2012 Formula One European Grand Prix

[James Maskell]

saying that he always gets plagued with this issues just when he is amost equal to sebastians plague, his bad luck on his least favorite track.

Im trying to not think like that, like i did last year. But if it continues..... I have my fingers crossed that this was a one off. Also hoping we see something that resembles china last year cause he has quite an advantage with the tyres and the pace of the car if it works properly.

 

[Hampus Andersson]

Man it will be a battle down to T1. I think having Maldonado up there really makes things interesting for both Vettel and Hamilton.

 

[Bradley Vanian]

Man it will be a battle down to T1. I think having Maldonado up there really makes things interesting for both Vettel and Hamilton.

In other words, Maldonado will brake too late and take both of them out or force them into the run-off at Turn 2

 

[James Maskell]

Man it will be a battle down to T1. I think having Maldonado up there really makes things interesting for both Vettel and Hamilton.

It will be interesting for the mid pack and for the tail end to avoid anything. As it is really tight through that whole first section! Always interesting

 

[Andrew Ford]

a few things.
i'm a massive hamilton fan but i don't think the team will like him much if he keeps having digs at them. they've let him down a lot and i think he's frustrated, but public criticism won't help - "we've got no upgrades" is the theme this week. Come on Lewis! Hope he wins.

However, I think vettel will win this week. He's a master at this track.Really nice guy too- a much more likeable chap that schumacher (arrogant) in his prime.

conspiracy theory here. Has anyone considered that pirrelli alocate better tyres to certain drivers on a rotational basis? e.g. tyres graded in quality from 1-24 with 1 being best...
race 1 jenson gets quality 1 and vettel gets 2 lewis 3 (he was fighting tyres)

race 2, different driver gets quality 1 and so on.
this way they could balance it out over the season to be fair but create greater variety in racing.

hope this is not the case but i have this sneak feeling with 7 different winners

 

[Kartik Sri Harsha]

7 Min to go for Race

 

[S4Sonny]

The cars off for their warm up laps, c'mon Kamui!

 

[Chris Preston]

Hehe, there we go... We got to see the girls in the pool When they showed them Crofty lost his train of thought lol.

 

[S4Sonny]

And we're off!

EDIT: Excellent start for Kamui, bring home a podium today!

 

[Sun]

Wow! look at vettel!

 

[S4Sonny]

Grosjean passes Hamilton for 2nd!

Committed move!

 

[Chris Preston]

Damn, that was a nail bitter lol. Don't normally say this, but nice pass Grosjean. Not going to lie I was expecting him to crash Hamilton xD

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

Wooow Grosjean, move of the day!

 

[S4Sonny]

Damn, that was a nail bitter lol. Don't normally say this, but nice pass Grosjean. Not going to lie I was expecting him to crash Hamilton xD

Wouldn't it then become Hamiltons fault!

 

[Chris Preston]

Wouldn't it then become Hamiltons fault!

True, it's not like the Stewards ever think Grosjean does anything wrong.

 

[S4Sonny]

Raikkonen passes Maldonado for 5th!

 

[Kartik Sri Harsha]

Alonso the Man on a Mission

 

[Xosé Estrada]

What its proved is that its the cars-track binomial what makes good or bad races, not just the track.

 

[S4Sonny]

Raikkonen jumps Kobayashi during the pitstop... WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED THERE!

Keep battling Kamui!

 

[Ivo Simons]

Nice DRS zone again....