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[CookinFlat6]

He has shrugged off any responsibility whatsoever for the car. Its all the engineers and the team, and he will just sit back and joke his way through it till the team sort out their car

pathetic

[Jabberwocky]

Button was very down beat after the race.

[What's Burning?]

It's probably Lewis' fault.

[darwin dali]

Button was very down beat after the race.

Lovers' spat between him and MW?

[Jabberwocky]

Well if Lewis had not come up with the silly idea of "lets try the Ferrari suspension" they would of been OK /jk

[CookinFlat6]

Thing is looking downbeat and being an inspirational figurehead for the team to rally around are different. Its him downbeat for having a bad car, but at the same time he is reminding everyone about HIS positives, like not geting overtaken, wining last year etc, nothing for the team.

Instead he says 'this car wont win a race'. he needs to learn from others that also crow about making a team his and wrapping them around his desires etc. like Alonso

Button delivered the brutal assessment when he said: "The way the car is at the moment, this package that is sat in the garage right now is not going to win a race."

It was a painful reality check for the senior driver in a leading team, one that is second only to Ferrari in terms of achievement in Formula One. But, for a while at least, McLaren may have to get used to life as an ordinary player;

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2013/ma ... grand-prix

[LewEngBridewell]

Any other drivers stand out this weekend? The Marussia / Caterham boys kept it steady and all finished the race.

But Jean Eric Verne anyone? He had flashes of brilliance at sporadic moments throughout the weekend, regardless of the end result.

[Jabberwocky]

Sutil stood out for me, and Bianchi

[CookinFlat6]

Yes JEV definetely stood out. Shame Hulk didnt have a go, those two are the 'new' ones to watch I reckon

[LewEngBridewell]

Yeah it was a bummer that the Hulk didn't get to start. He'll come back strong though.

[What's Burning?]

Gutierrez had some saving grace of a drive. I was disappointed not to see the Hulk, as that would have given me a much better indication of where Sauber is and what I've got to do with my fantasy team.

Perez may be the first one I jettison.

[What's Burning?]

Yes JEV definetely stood out. Shame Hulk didnt have a go, those two are the 'new' ones to watch I reckon

JEV drove very well in the wet during qualifying... always the mark of skill so he's definitely one to keep an eye out for on the next full wet weekend.

[LewEngBridewell]

Wasn't Ricciardo doing well too, before pulling off? I always rated him very highly when he was at HRT.

[scotty]

Felipe Massa said it was a strategic gamble from Fernando Alonso that swapped the order of the Ferraris in the Australian Grand Prix, rather than any team favouritism.

Massa had outqualified Alonso and was running ahead of his team-mate through the first two stints.

But before the second pitstops, Alonso came in early and was able to leapfrog both Massa and leader Sebastian Vettel thanks to a clear lap on fresh tyres.

Massa denied this was a case of Ferrari putting Alonso on a preferential strategy and said he would not have wanted to pit when his team-mate did because in theory the tactic should not have worked.

The Brazilian felt Ferrari needed to get at least 15 laps out of each set of tyres, whereas Alonso pitted after 11.

"When you're fighting with the guy at the front and then you lose two positions, you're always disappointed," Massa said.

"Honestly it was a little bit too early to stop. We were planning to stop maybe three or four laps after.

"Looking at the degradation on the tyres, it was quite high. But he took a risk and it worked."

"The track improved and it was much better for keeping the pace with more rubber on the track, and he didn't have any cars in front," said the Brazilian, who ultimately finished fourth.

"So it worked. For sure when you are behind it's always easier to stop before and try to take the risk.

"I am a little bit disappointed about this but overall I'm happy because the way we started the season was very, very positive."

So there you go, straight from the horses mouth. Ferrari didn't screw Massa or any of this other false and laughable BS i've heard and read today.

[spankyham]

So there you go, straight from the horses mouth. Ferrari didn't screw Massa or any of this other false and laughable BS i've heard and read today.

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