The Official 2010 F1 Thread!!!!!!

[Jparkr]

Bloody hell...Webber should have won this.

Yes, that's what I was hoping for. Alonso and Webber shooting it out.

[Drew325is]

The better half and I decide at the pub that we'd go to Abu Dhabi if Webber's championship would be decided there (during the safety car start mind you)...but maybe that's a lot of money to spend for potentially a lot of dissapointment.

[elsabor67]

Wildest race i've seen so far. two more to go. Now to see who RBR is going to support more in the last 2 races knowing Webber is holding a strong second and Vettel with a remote chance.

[323iNathan]

Nuts race. I was actually wanting Hamilton to take the win for a little while in the middle and minimize the points loss for Webber... Can't believe that... I must now go and cleanse my soul!

Still, seeing Vettel's engine pack up was crazy! Chunks of metal spraying out all along the back straight!

[Hick]

I really want to see Webber win the title but i dont think anyone can stop Alonso, short of a kamikaze move by Vettel in the next two races.

[YAN-3]

ahhhhh why? Im hoping that the next 2 tracks suit the red bulls like they did last year and Webber can pull off wins. Vettel needs to be #2 now and back Mark up, to try and eat as many points from Alonso as possible.

think about it, how much would it blow to NOT have the best car of the year (and clearly the Red Bull is THE car of the year) win the driver championship.

[Jon325i]

Holy hell! That has to be one of the more dramatic races I've watched as far as weather conditions AND title contention is concerned. Alonso put his stamp of authority with this one.....lots of good driving and a good dose of luck too (rain being the great equalizer in F1). With him winning the last 3 of the 4 races he's got momentum at his back to keep pushing.

With Jensen failing to finish in the points, his chances of defending his title are done. So now it's down to Alonso (231 points), Webber (220 points), Hamilton (210 points) and Vettel (206 points) who are still in contention of taking the drivers' title, however, Vettel will need a miracle at this point. Below I've listed the most relevant top 4 points-paying spots in probable combinations with two races remaining....

1st & 1 st = 50 points
1st & 2nd = 43 points
1st & 3rd = 40 points

2nd & 1st = 43 points
2nd & 2nd = 36 points
2nd & 3rd = 33 points

3rd & 1st = 40 points
3rd & 2nd = 33 points
3rd & 3rd = 30 points

4th & 1st = 37 points
4th & 2nd = 30 points
4th & 3rd = 27 points

The next race in Brazil poses to be another wild card race. Last years' Brazilian GP saw rain so we can't discount that from the equation. The final race in Abu Dhabi will most likely be warm & dry making weather less of a factor. The pressure is all on Webber now. He must win both remaining races to be the champ. Alonso needs just a 1st and a 2nd at this point (assuming Webber does no worse than a 1st & 2nd) to get his third title.

Jon

[YAN-3]

side not about the Massa/Alonso relationship

found this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMjknmNdvrM&feature=player_embedded

[Jon325i]

side not about the Massa/Alonso relationship

found this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMjkn...layer_embedded

I remember that post-race exchange. Here's the battle which led up to it. Actual contact happens around 2:50. That was a great finish too. And like Korea yesterday, there was rain (albeit not as intense).

[E30Kaiser]

I was so pissed after this race, I am slightly happy that Alonso won instead of Hamilton but still I really wanted Vettel to win, and as someone else said this is the umpteenth time he has been let down by the car or engine. It is little solace to know that with better luck in reliability he would be ahead by a large amount of points.

[323iNathan]

Yeah, he definitely seems to have inherited Webber's luck for mechanical letdowns this year. Mark must have paid his dues by now!

[naplesE30]

The scuderia have some tough decisions to make after seeing Vettel's engine blow up. Alonso is using recycled engines just as vettel was. Do they risk blowing up an engine in Brazil, and end Alonso's title run, or do they take the 5 spot penalty and play it safe.... I would imagine interlagos is hard on engines with the elevation changes it has,,,, should be very interesting.

[Hick]

10 spot, not 5. They can use older engines, im sure they will be fine to use the ones from earlier in the season.

Reminds me of 2006 when Schumcher came back in the mid season to take the championship over Alonso only to have his motor let go in japan with a few laps left.

I remember that post-race exchange. Here's the battle which led up to it. Actual contact happens around 2:50. That was a great finish too. And like Korea yesterday, there was rain (albeit not as intense).

That was because Massa had run away with the race and when it began to rain near the end of the race his tires were not doing their job. Not really anything Alonso did, but i think Massa was just pissed off that the rain came and he lost after dominating early.

[z31maniac]

I was sick to my stomach watching Webber lose it. Then again when Vettel's engine puked all over teh track.

[naplesE30]

So Berger is accusing Weber of trying to take out Alonso or Hamilton after his shunt by letting his car role across the track.

http://formula-one.speedtv.com/article/f1-webber-tried-to-take-out-rivals

At first I thought horseshit, but after watching the replay it could have some merrit, but I doubt it.