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[spankyham]

Well said Ri21, good luck to everyone for today. Of course I'd love SF to register their first win for 2011, but any win is always better when the main contenders all finish)

[acosmichippo]

well, whatever happens at the race, we can always hope that Vettel doesn't beat Reubens' reasonably priced car time later tonight.

[acosmichippo]

Patrick Stewart on the grid!

Engage!

[andrew]

Patrick Stewart on the grid!

Engage!

He should be commentating!

[What's Burning?]

Patrick Stewart on the grid!

Engage!

He should be commentating!

ENGAGE!

[What's Burning?]

Everyone at the track, enjoy your day, please post some pics and get back home safe. I'm disconnecting for four hours now as FOX isn't showing here until noon.

[vlad]

Damn, I was too late to see Patrick!

[oaba09]

Bad luck for jenson..
Great job by lewis(crazy battle with massa towards the end)...
Vettel didn't win!

[Hammer278]

That was Lewis on 110% !!!!!!! Awesome finish to the race, WOW!

McLaren clearly 3rd best now, in terms of pace and BRAINS...for Gods sake, they can't even gauge the amount of fuel required to finish COME ON!

[FerrariFan63]

Well said Ri21, good luck to everyone for today. Of course I'd love SF to register their first win for 2011, but any win is always better when the main contenders all finish)

I bet you're pleased with that result then.

[hypertek]

Great race! was on my toes the whole time.

Mclaren had some bad luck.. but they had great push in the beginning.

Sucks that Webber has fallen to team orders again. Doomed to be the number 2 driver again.

[EagleF1-27]

What a race, I hope Hamilton doesnt get penalised for losing the end of his front wing on the side of Massa's car. But seeing as Mansell is head Steward this weekend and after Hamilton said he didnt give a to$$ over what the likes of Mansell had to say over his driving, I feel he may well get a time penalty . Will be a sad day for wheel to wheel racing if he loses the position.
But what are McLaren doing, did they not fill up Hamiltons car enough seeing as the start of the race was at quite a slow pace? And then to not get Buttons wheel nut on, McLaren as a team seem to be self destructing, bet Button wont be happy with them for a change.

[Hammer278]

Yeah what a joke...when he's 0.01 seconds behind "Maintain that gap maintain that gap"...come on Vettel is unreachable anyway.

[oaba09]

last yeat, we had "fernando is faster than you"...This year, we have "maintain the gap"...

[andrew]

Entertaining race. Despite the reg’s being changed to hinder Red Bull they were still in contention.

Vettel raced with his head and didn’t need to risk going for the win when it was a long shot. Didn't like the "maintain the gap" message but it was wise to not let both cars race one lap form the end. it would have been stupid to risk a smash and no points.
Alonso/Ferrari have to give some thinks to the rule changes and Vettels dodgy pit stop.
McLaren seem to have screwed up. Missing wheel nut on Button and not enough fuel for Hamilton.
I would like to see Hamilton investigated for his collision with Massa. Looked like he went into the corner too fast and used Massa as a brake going by the angle of the car and the locked up wheels.

I can’t help but think this will be Ferrari’s one day in the sun with the reg’s reverting back to that of Valencia for the next race. (Interesting to note that it is Ferrari and Sauber-Ferrari that are not happy with the rules reverting back to the Valencia spec.). It’ll be interesting to see if they go back to 3rd behind McLaren.

Have to mention Schumacher. The penalty was cynical. Both him and Koby were struggling into that corner, it was just a racing incident. Given Schumacher’s pace, a good result would have been on the cards if it wasn’t for the penalty.

Most importantly, Vettel got another good result and still keeps a healthy lead in the championship.