Lewis Hamilton has won the Hungarian GP on merit by easily dominating the race from start to finish. He inherited the lead after Alonso lost a wheel and never gave it away again. Raikkonen is second, Webber third. Button saved two points while Vettel abandoned.
they just need 1 DNF from Buttonbjpower wrote:it wouldn't surprise me to see the torro rossa show up with the updates from the red bull.
there is not enough of a points difference between 1st and 3-4th for the RB lads to close the gap they need more people pushing the brawns down.
It's my opinion. You're entitled to yours.vasia wrote:Bit of a silly order. What exactly is this based on? You place Renault, Williams, STR, and FI ahead of Toyota? You do realize Hungary is a strong track for Toyota right? Last year Glock finished on the podium at Hungary. Toyota's car this year like the Brawn car excels in hot conditions, and it looks like it will be quite warm for the Hungary race.jddh1 wrote:I expect McLaren to be good in this circuit ahead of my lovely Ferraris. I think this is the order I think the teams will be, generally speaking:
Brawn (yes back on top)
RBR
McLaren
Ferrari
Renault
Williams
STR
FiFi
Toyota
BMW
I think Red Bull may not be as strong here, especially with higher temperatures.
In the last race Hammy was talking about saving his motor, meaning it could be a borderline unit. It may explode and need changing, or might just need changing for an underpower condition, either resulting in a penalty.n smikle wrote:Going out on a limb, to say: this is a Race for Mcalaren and Lewis Hamilton. Slow track (next to Monaco) and high downforce. Watch and see Hamilton's first Pole position and win of the 2009 season.
Remember this well!
Giblet wrote:In the last race Hammy was talking about saving his motor, meaning it could be a borderline unit. It may explode and need changing, or might just need changing for an underpower condition, either resulting in a penalty.n smikle wrote:Going out on a limb, to say: this is a Race for Mcalaren and Lewis Hamilton. Slow track (next to Monaco) and high downforce. Watch and see Hamilton's first Pole position and win of the 2009 season.
Remember this well!
It might also be just fine, but a new one is better
He was talking about the gearbox, if he DNF'd then he'd get a free change. I don't think he had a problem, he was looking for excuses to give up.chasefreak wrote:Giblet wrote:In the last race Hammy was talking about saving his motor, meaning it could be a borderline unit. It may explode and need changing, or might just need changing for an underpower condition, either resulting in a penalty.n smikle wrote:Going out on a limb, to say: this is a Race for Mcalaren and Lewis Hamilton. Slow track (next to Monaco) and high downforce. Watch and see Hamilton's first Pole position and win of the 2009 season.
Remember this well!
It might also be just fine, but a new one is better
cuz he knew he blew the race on turn1 and saving the machine was his best option
Neither actually, he simply suggested that it would be more prudent to save what they had for the next race rather than to continue plodding along at the tail end of the field for no good reason. I would have made the same suggestion myself, and if McLaren now indeed suffer a gearbox failure on Lewis' car in the Hungarian GP apologies would be in order...richard_leeds wrote:He was talking about the gearbox, if he DNF'd then he'd get a free change. I don't think he had a problem, he was looking for excuses to give up.
Remember Ferrari was the fastest at Monaco in qulyn smikle wrote:Going out on a limb, to say: this is a Race for Mcalaren and Lewis Hamilton. Slow track (next to Monaco) and high downforce. Watch and see Hamilton's first Pole position and win of the 2009 season.
Remember this well!
The Mclaren seemed promising in Monaco, things just didn't turn out right after Lewis' crash.siskue2005 wrote:Remember Ferrari was the fastest at Monaco in qulyn smikle wrote:Going out on a limb, to say: this is a Race for Mcalaren and Lewis Hamilton. Slow track (next to Monaco) and high downforce. Watch and see Hamilton's first Pole position and win of the 2009 season.
Remember this well!
and almost as fast as the Brawns in race
it is good to have dreams!n smikle wrote:The Mclaren seemed promising in Monaco, things just didn't turn out right after Lewis' crash.siskue2005 wrote:Remember Ferrari was the fastest at Monaco in qulyn smikle wrote:Going out on a limb, to say: this is a Race for Mcalaren and Lewis Hamilton. Slow track (next to Monaco) and high downforce. Watch and see Hamilton's first Pole position and win of the 2009 season.
Remember this well!
and almost as fast as the Brawns in race
The Mclaren team feels the same too. I am telling you, they're going to win!
http://www.f1technical.net/news/12892
It would interesting to see qualifying in dry and race in wet, or vice versaWhiteBlue wrote:Another wet race in Hungary would be nice to mix up things. I agree that Button woud be favourite to win a dry race. In the rain we can expect more mixed results.
