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#65344
Does this make Vettel the 6th race winner this season? Who would have thought it?!


I'm quite happy with having six winners this season. It would be nice to have one more but the only candidates I can think of are Webber, Heidfeld and one of the Toyota pair. Maybe Singapore will present the opportunity?
#65410
Does this make Vettel the 6th race winner this season? Who would have thought it?!


I'm quite happy with having six winners this season. It would be nice to have one more but the only candidates I can think of are Webber, Heidfeld and one of the Toyota pair. Maybe Singapore will present the opportunity?


If it rain in singapore it could shake things up again, it would be great to see a Toyota or Redbull on the winners step
#65482
Alonso is probably in with half a chance of a win if the conditions allow it, same as Heidfeld. Judging by STR's form even Bourdais could have a chance! A really outside bet would be Trulli, but i can't realistically see that.
#65488
Does this make Vettel the 6th race winner this season? Who would have thought it?!


I'm quite happy with having six winners this season. It would be nice to have one more but the only candidates I can think of are Webber, Heidfeld and one of the Toyota pair. Maybe Singapore will present the opportunity?


If it rain in singapore it could shake things up again, it would be great to see a Toyota or Redbull on the winners step


Hopefully it rains and the lights go out... that be much more fun.
#65818
I think the Italian GP was great. A brilliant drive by Hamilton in the wet, worthy of a WC. Hats off to Vettel and and entire Toro Roso team as well. I read that ppl (namely Alonso and Glock) are complaining about Hamilton's driving but i think it's what the sport has been missing since those Montoya/Schumacher days.
#65890
Vettel was fenomenal indeed, very mature drive...I still don't know what those guys from STR did, but damn...their going fast! The race of Lewis looked impressive, it was, but I'm not a fan :wink: so I won't admit he's the man of the race :twisted: . Felipe did he's best, we all know rain isn't his best friend...that's why I'm a bit worried about the races to come. But we'll see; I'm happy we had 6 different GP-winners this season, we're spoiled :D !
#66382
Some interesting stats.

How Raikkonen, Hamilton and Massa’s lap times compared at Monza

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2008/09/17/how-raikkonen-hamilton-and-massas-lap-times-compared-at-monza/

The three championship rivals had varying fortunes in the mixed weather at Monza. At one time or another each was substantially faster than the other.

Here’s a look at how their lap times compared during the Italian Grand Prix:

Kimi Raikkonen, Felipe Massa and Lewis Hamilton lap times
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The important thing to remember when looking at this graph is that the gap between each line is one second. So the swings in performance between each of the drivers were quite large.

Lewis Hamilton’s lap times suddenly improved once he got past Raikkonen, but what was particularly impressive was he kept his lap times very quick despite having to pass cars on several laps.

Massa’s lap times improved considerably after he hit clean air having passed Nico Rosberg on lap 15. Massa’s pit stop on lap 22 coincided with Hamilton getting his first proper clear laps in prior to his stop on lap 27.

Through all of this Raikkonen was oddly quiet. He began putting in some quick laps after his first pit stop but it wasn’t until he switched from extreme wets to standard wets that he really sped up.

Over the final laps he was taking up to two seconds per lap off Massa and Hamilton, who were running nose to tail. Just as at Silverstone and Spa-Francorchamps, Raikkonen seemed to thrive when the track was moving from damp to dry conditions.

Here’s two graphs showing how the gap from Raikkonen to Massa and Hamilton fluctuated:

Italian Grand Prix: Gap between Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa

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Italian Grand Prix: Gap between Kimi Raikkonen and Lewis Hamilton

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#66423
Great information. Thanks a lot. :thumbup:
#66611
It was just a little wet wasn't it

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#66616
It was just a little wet wasn't it

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:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

Quack Quack! :D
#66617
If it rain in singapore it could shake things up again, it would be great to see a Toyota or Redbull on the winners step

It rains a hell of a lot in Singapore, which is just as well, for the track doesn't look too exciting.
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