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I wonder why Alonso calls himself "we"...Post-race press conference wrote: Q. Fernando, Mark said that the victory might have been a bit of a gift. A bit fortunate for him. Was second place for you and Ferrari a bonus given the pace difference between yourself and Red Bull this weekend?
Fernando ALONSO: Yeah, I think so. But I think we have some credit still from this year's bad luck. If we have five or six more gifts like this, still not enough maybe. I think it was a good race. The start was super. We passed Mark thanks maybe to the clean side and then we were side-by-side with Vettel in the first corner. Not able to overtake this time but very close. Then very stressful moments when the safety car came in. Tried to go to the pits. We were before the last corner, so there is always the minimum time to respond, so we were taking care about all the stints to do a good Sunday today with no mistakes, no penalties, not anything, so we found ourselves second. Mark was incredibly quick and the soft tyres this weekend were not too soft, so he was able to do 40 laps with a set of tyres which normally is not the case. Overall a good weekend knowing that the pace was not good enough. We had 40 laps with Vettel behind and one second or two seconds quicker than us, so the lay-out of the circuit also helps today as I think on a normal circuit it was impossible to maintain second.
All drivers do it. It's out of respect for the team.piast9 wrote:I wonder why Alonso calls himself "we"...Post-race press conference wrote: Q. Fernando, Mark said that the victory might have been a bit of a gift. A bit fortunate for him. Was second place for you and Ferrari a bonus given the pace difference between yourself and Red Bull this weekend?
Fernando ALONSO: Yeah, I think so. But I think we have some credit still from this year's bad luck. If we have five or six more gifts like this, still not enough maybe. I think it was a good race. The start was super. We passed Mark thanks maybe to the clean side and then we were side-by-side with Vettel in the first corner. Not able to overtake this time but very close. Then very stressful moments when the safety car came in. Tried to go to the pits. We were before the last corner, so there is always the minimum time to respond, so we were taking care about all the stints to do a good Sunday today with no mistakes, no penalties, not anything, so we found ourselves second. Mark was incredibly quick and the soft tyres this weekend were not too soft, so he was able to do 40 laps with a set of tyres which normally is not the case. Overall a good weekend knowing that the pace was not good enough. We had 40 laps with Vettel behind and one second or two seconds quicker than us, so the lay-out of the circuit also helps today as I think on a normal circuit it was impossible to maintain second.
Sebastian Vettel: I didn’t understand what was going on and why I was penalised. It was a question mark for me. I didn’t understand at the time. Now after the race people told me what happened. The start was fine. We knew it was a long way to the first corner, so Fernando got the tow but we were able to defend. After that we had a very good first stint where we could use our speed.Neco FEROX wrote:Why not Vettel?
Don't you think Vettel's drive-through had something to do with it?JohnsonsEvilTwin wrote:Alonso splitting the Red Bulls in an inferior car is pretty impressive.
Who's fault is that?jonathan189 wrote: Don't you think Vettel's drive-through had something to do with it?
It was Vettel's fault, but it is not achieved by Alonso ....so its not impressive as you said it. He was AS ALWAYS LUCKY (like in 2005/2006)JohnsonsEvilTwin wrote:Who's fault is that?jonathan189 wrote:Don't you think Vettel's drive-through had something to do with it?JohnsonsEvilTwin wrote:Alonso splitting the Red Bulls in an inferior car is pretty impressive.
Alonso kept Vettel behind him, in a car that is a second a lap slower round this track. Not bad for the Anti-christ.....
Hate to shatter your theory but I don't like Hamilton or Alonso.cultavix wrote:You guys are all "pro-Hamilton" that is extremely clear... as we all know, anyone who is "pro-Hamilton" is "anti-Alonso".
If you think luck could get you 2 WDC's and 20-something GP victories then is your luck so horrible you haven't even won a single GP,or do you think some tiny amount of skill must need to be involved. If Alonso is all luck than surely one of his teammates must've outscored him some season. I can't believe anyone could call Alonso lucky after this season.He's had more bad luck than anyone on the grid.siskue2005 wrote: It was Vettel's fault, but it is not achieved by Alonso ....so its not impressive as you said it. He was AS ALWAYS LUCKY (like in 2005/2006)
And in todays F1 you can hold someone who is 1 sec faster than you even in tracks like Spa/Monza, let alone in Hungary its easy peessy!
Even Rubens with 4 sec faster car took 5 laps to overtake Schumy with worn out tyres and even that was dangerous and difficult!
