Mark Webber has won the Grand Prix of Great Britain for the second time in three years after a late charge on Fernando Alonso. The Spaniard suffered in his final stint and lost the win 5 laps from the end. With Alonso second, Sebastian Vettel finished third to make this a great result for Red Bull Racing.
who was consistent?He hasn't really been consistent in wet races. Belgium 2010 and Canada 2011 were pretty poor, nothing spectacular.
Oh yeah like Canada 2011's result was Fernando's fault..zyphro wrote:
He hasn't really been consistent in wet races. Belgium 2010 and Canada 2011 were pretty poor, nothing spectacular.
what is a wet racing monster? Alonso clearly dominated wet Sepang together with Perez. In this car, with these tyres he is clearly a wet racing monster to me. Of cource in Fuji 2007 he did not look like the wet racing monster. Is a wet racing monster a better driver? I don't know, in the wet everything is slower (so if you have slow eyes it's easier for you), also the limit is not that "edgy" so I guess some people are relatively faster in the wet than in the dry.raymondu999 wrote:Alonso has had his share of good results in rain afflicted races. But generally, he's made the result up in the dry portion of the gp, or by experience and racecraft. He's never really been a wet racing monster with fantastic wet pace, generally.
Hungary 2006. He started from 15th and was going to win the race until he retired. I'm not arguing with you that he's some wet race phenom or he's the best ever, but he's has some above average wet races. I mean someone brought up Canada 2011 like that was his fault..raymondu999 wrote:No but that's my point - he's never had really amazing feats of wet pace. In Malaysia Perez was faster. Alonso was ultimately the better driver that day with better racecraft, but he didn't win that on pace.
they will work for HAM, BUT will need the double amount of them....n smikle wrote:I just hope it is wet all race and the tyres are working for Mclaren.
mx_tifoso's signature wrote:"When you hope it rains, that means you're in the sh*t" - Valentino Rossi
Autosport: Schumacher believes wet weather could help Mercedes at Silverstone wrote:"It is certainly an opportunity, that is clear," said Schumacher about the prospect of rain. "It is more an opportunity than having a clear dry race for us."
n smikle wrote:I just hope it is wet all race and the tyres are working for Mclaren.
mx_tifoso wrote:It's mainly down to set up, so calm down with the "amazing wet weather drivers". If you're car is ready for dry only, you're screwed if it rains. And vice versa.
Imo.
I'm referring mx_tifoso's quote that said "Dry only"... Given that the weather is expected to be on the wet side this week, teams might as well be ready for it... But if it was completely clear till the red lights and rain plays spoilsport then, that is a screwed up situation right? And that's when driver skills come to the fore - to bring home dry-set-up-car safe under wet conditions....zyphro wrote:It's been accounted by many technical figures in F1 that, the setup difference transferred nowadays is not what it used to be.
