- 20 Jul 14, 20:33#409058Great race today, if a bit shocking to see the difference in spectator passion between Silverstone and Hockenheim. Oh well at least bernie wasnt delayed at the border
Rosberg - drove well, got the points - lucky the safety car didnt enter the mix, I really dont think he would have won had the safety car been deployed rite after his finall stop for fresh options. Its a good story, home race win, except no one there seems to care much for Nico or Seb compared to MS
Massa - again showing his amazing lack of situational awareness. Too busy looking at his teammate, he makes the cardinal sin of not being aware of the dynamic of others, completely his fault, he didnt see him and should have, avoidable accident, and with his experience should be wiser. He would be fined and then sacked by Williams for that if possible
Lewis - fantastic drive, a bit disappointing as together with the team they did the best possible, he should have had his safety car, Merc did the right strategy but Bernie thru charlie has given the Germans a nice show.
Alonso - greatstuff, always great to watch him, its a criminal outrage that this guy is on a huge paycheck instead of in a competitive car
Ricc - very good attitude, good racing, no crashing or losing it
Seb - needs to be smarter with strategies etc
Mag - great driver, just 1 point behind his teammate despite starting at the back after Massas clumsiness
Button - Ron is almost always correct, he says Button should be beating Mags soundly, but he is not able to do this on merit. Only when Mag has issues is Button close to him on performance. Button is only a little ahead. Its great to have a driver who gets points but McLaren need a driver like they always had before, who can do what a few drivers were doing today - getting 100% out of the car and using race craft to make up for the difference - the ones who were on the move forward, who were involved in close and hard fights, like Ricc, Seb, Alonso, Hulk, Perez, not the ones like Button who was overtaken so much his rearview mirrors got worn out (that was Brundles joke lol).
Button gains when others drop out, thats fine in a back grid team, but in McLaren he gets 1 point more than his teammate who qualified 4th and started from the back effectively
And the incident with Lewis - completely Buttons fault and confirms his self serving sneakiness. As Lewis said and as we have seen Button was jumping out of the way of Lewis all season, like he does for everyone who is not his teammate. Obviously since Ron threatened him, he is now back to the rat like behaviour. I reckon he was hoping Lewis would take the two of them off so he had a great excuse
Anyway for those people pointing out how Button is closely ahead of his rookie teammate, the point is the rookie can only get better, Jenson cant, so its not rocket science to work out that when factoring future potential and previous experience, Mag is absolutely wiping the floor with Button. This is ofcourse before we even get on to the small matter of 15million a year vs sponsorship for Skandinavian stores Jack and Jones.
Button wont be there next year
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