Bigpower

2nd - 10th place excellant race. Hulkenburg must have been shattered at the end o0f the race what a fantastic job he did keeping Hamilton behind him. Lotus double podium as well. Was really miffed at Sutil he must have miss understood my email telling him to take that c*** in the Redbull out:smash:

I thought that both Lotus drivers drove a fantastic race with 2nd and 3rd being fully deserved

I must admit though, after about 15 seconds I thought to myself 'Oh well that'll be Vettel taking the win then....' yawn!!!

one good thing that did come out of it is that now we know that Vettel's Redbull isn't actually 2 seconds a lap quicker than the rest of the field due to the others protecting their tyres etc, it's actually 1.5 seconds quicker and we know that because after the safety car Vettel tried to throw a curve ball at Raikkonen by slowing right down and suddenly pushing hard on the gas pedal.....though Raikkonen anticipated exactly what Vettel was going to do and managed to reduce that 2 seconds to a mere 1.5 seconds!!

Vettel's car has something that is giving him an unfair advantage over the rest of the field, whether it be legal or not it certainly isn't a level playing field

and this whole weight limit thing for next season needs to be sorted asap because even the slightest hint that a driver of Hulkenberg's calibre could be without a drive in 2014 because he's too heavy is just ridiculous

That new rule about weight limits is stupid. It's not like Hulkenburg weighs in at 25 stone. I'm just glad that the tv directors have got the message and don't waste time with Vettel. For me the biggest difference is with the chasing pack. Vettel goes hell for leather at the start to break the 1 sec gap (DRS). Hamilton was fighting with Grousean at the start which allowed Vettel to open a gap. After the first safety car restart Grousean was caught napping but aftre the next restart Kimi was on and this showed that the Redbull is quick but not uncatchable.