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Sebastian Vettel has won the Monaco GP for the first time in his career, ahead of Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button, both former World Champions and former winners. Red Bull were however lucky with a late safety car to make a risky one-stop strategy work.
Don't think there was anything rude about it – I think the photographer trying to yank him out the way was being very rude.andrew wrote:Who was he very rude to before he spoke to Jean Todt? I was looking away at the time but heard him having a bit of a mini-tantrum at someone.
Any car can chose not to run in Q3 and start from 10 with new tires. Hamilton has even wasted more tires with his aborted laps than a team that choses not to run. I don't see what your problem is. Rules are fine. I seriously doubt Hamilton will do well today anyway.andrew wrote:Agreed, there is no conflict between the intended and actual meanings. Ture that starting 3 places furhter back than you planned is a penalty but I'm not so sure with new tyres.beelsebob wrote:I don't think there's any conflict between the intended and actual meaning of the rules here – starting from 10th instead of 7th is already a severe penalty, whether you're on different tyres or not. If he'd set a time worth of P10, and then had his lap deleted he would have had even less of an issue. If he'd set two laps worthy of 7th on the grid, he'd similarly have had even less of an issue... This is absolutely the intention of the rule – if you cock up a lap, it's ignored, and the others paid attention to, whether they're as fast, faster, slower, or non-existant.
To be honest, starting in one of the fastest cars on new tyres whilst your competitors are on used tyres is not a bad way to start the race. I think Hamilon will have regained his original grid position by the end of lap one.
