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[Big Azza]

This is the first race in a while that I've missed - and apparently it would've been a fantastic race for me to watch. I need to get to the Internet Cafe and watch Vettel's overtake.

[bud]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/formula_one/14874360.stm

The end...

Synopsis please for us non-UK people?

Can you see this one?



If anything watch the Irvine interview onwards...

Was Eddie drunk? Hmm I don't know if its a good thing or a bad thing but I have those exact sunglasses as Eddie...

[acosmichippo]

That guy is awesome.

[Bye_Ya]

[Timekeeper]

[Timekeeper]

In regards to Michael's driving -

I'm a big Lewis fan. Always have been, always will be. But to be honest I didn't notice, nor care for the way Schumi was defending his position. In fact we should see more of it. Get rid of this stupid 'one-move defense only' bullpoo. Michael drove a superb race, and what we saw between him and Hamilton was pure racing. It was f***ing fantastic. That's what fans want to see. I want to see drivers fighting within an inch of their life to keep another car behind them. Overtaking is meant to be a skill. Overtaking isn't meant to be easy. Schumacher drove immensely well and I enjoyed watching the two of them battle for position. I don't want to see gifts for overtakes when it comes to DRS and KERS etc. I want to see pure race craft. That's what racing is all about.

If it was the other way round I am positive Hamilton would have been reprimanded. But that's not the point. The sport needs to relax its attitude towards overtaking and let the drivers race. This was one of the few grand prix we've seen where there were no stupid 'investigations' into incidents. Leave them as racing incidents from now on, and let's enjoy the action.

Schumacher and Hamilton's battle was epic and unadulterated. Schumi has shown that he still truly has it, and given the right car he can still hold his own. The McLaren was a superior car - obviously, but the Mercedes with that top speed, and fast Sector 1 times made for brilliant racing.

Onto Vettel - I've been speculative of his talent, and in the past have been guilty of underestimating his ability. That pass on Alonso shut me right up. Just an insane move. Thank you Vettel for pulling your finger out and taking a risk. That's what we all want to see. You've shown your immense qualifying ability, and your great race pace up front; now it's time to show us your repertoire of overtaking ability. We need to see more moves like that from Vettel. He could have just sat back, and waited for DRS to be enabled - but he didn't. He took a big risk which could have resulted in retirement, and he came out on top. The fact that it was against Alonso, in a Ferrari, at Monza just makes it more special to view. A very important overtake and from there his raw speed took him onwards to win the race. He's a Double World Champion now for sure. Fingers crossed we see this kind of racing from him in the future, because it is very good for the sport.

[Timekeeper]

This is the first race in a while that I've missed - and apparently it would've been a fantastic race for me to watch. I need to get to the Internet Cafe and watch Vettel's overtake.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEW4lViA ... re=related" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Here it is! Watch it before it gets taken down!

[andrew]

Eddie Irvine does have a point about EPS, I mean DRS and pressing the button, but if he doesn't like F1 so much why was he there? Guess free booze helps.

I liked Ted Kravitz's closing line!

Timekeeper - you're not wrong about Schumacher's racing. It was fantastic and him against Hamilton was one of the best battles I've seen in along time. It's just a pity that the Merc is hard on its tyres and the battle could have gone on longer. The one move rule is . I've never liked it and never will. When I was watching Schumacher defend with the widest Merc F1 car ever built it reminded me of Gerhad Berger who drove a string of extremely wide Benettons, Ferraris and McLarens. He was extremely hard to pass but no one complained. Changed days indeed.

[Hammer278]

Wow....Jenson speaks:

Button unimpressed by Schumacher's tactics

Jenson Button has described Michael Schumacher's defence of his position from Lewis Hamilton at the Italian Grand Prix as not "that bright".

Schumacher and Hamilton became embroiled in a 16-lap battle for position which Button watched from behind before passing both cars in a single lap. Such was the ferocity of the battle between Schumacher and Hamilton that Mercedes team principal Ross Brawn had to remind his driver to "leave room for the car behind when you change direction".

Hamilton refused to criticise Schumacher's tactics - which were reminiscent of some of the moves he pulled in his prime - but Button was not impressed.

"I thought he was moving quite a bit with Lewis," the Times quoted him as saying. "I had such a good run on him [Schumacher] and came on him so fast that he couldn't move a lot. It would have been very dangerous. But with Lewis he was moving across to the left and then to the right, which I don't think was all that bright. He always went to the right, then left and back to the right - not exactly what we agree is right. One move. Maybe he has just lost his memory."

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Respect! I didn't expect this from Jenson...this is the first time he's backing up Lewis and its nice to see. Bit more happier with his 2nd place now.

[bud]

One move rule has been there for a while now, I remember getting drilled on here last year by the usual crop, about saying the one move rule existed.

I think its needed you can't have drivers making as many moves as they like as it gets dangerous then. Plus its fairer if you're only allowed to make one defensive move. Anyone can cut off a passer, keeping someone behind with one move that takes more skill.



Hammer thats not the first time he has backed up Lewis. Maybe you need to read the Jenson articles a bit more often

[Timekeeper]

One move rule has been there for a while now, I remember getting drilled on here last year by the usual crop, about saying the one move rule existed.

I think its needed you can't have drivers making as many moves as they like as it gets dangerous then. Plus its fairer if you're only allowed to make one defensive move. Anyone can cut off a passer, keeping someone behind with one move that takes more skill.

Hammer thats not the first time he has backed up Lewis. Maybe you need to read the Jenson articles a bit more often

I still think it takes away from the spectacle. Drivers should be able to drive how they want. The sport is more than safe enough today to warrant some riskier over-takes/driving etc. I'm not saying that drivers should go crazy.. But we've seen a number of horrific accidents in recent years (think of Webber's 180 flip in Valencia '10) which drivers have walked away from completely unscathed. There's a line between safety and drivers being wrapped in cotton wool.

Over-regulation is hurting the sport IMO. It needs to go back to basics.

[bud]

So you're for anarchist driving? Its not over regulation its making it fair for the guy behind as well as safe. Not just in F1, this rule is driver etiquette in most FIA racing series! If the car in front can just weave and cut off a car behind and do what ever he likes then you'd never see overtaking. so there needs to be regulations to make things fair for all on track.

Look at it this way you have chosen your braking point committed to the corner, you need the other car to have already done the same. If he then changes his mind and does another move then you're going to hit or have to leave the circuit to avoid a crash. Thats not racing, theres no skill in forcing another car off track.

[darwin dali]

Wow....Jenson speaks:

Button unimpressed by Schumacher's tactics

Jenson Button has described Michael Schumacher's defence of his position from Lewis Hamilton at the Italian Grand Prix as not "that bright".

Schumacher and Hamilton became embroiled in a 16-lap battle for position which Button watched from behind before passing both cars in a single lap. Such was the ferocity of the battle between Schumacher and Hamilton that Mercedes team principal Ross Brawn had to remind his driver to "leave room for the car behind when you change direction".

Hamilton refused to criticise Schumacher's tactics - which were reminiscent of some of the moves he pulled in his prime - but Button was not impressed.

"I thought he was moving quite a bit with Lewis," the Times quoted him as saying. "I had such a good run on him [Schumacher] and came on him so fast that he couldn't move a lot. It would have been very dangerous. But with Lewis he was moving across to the left and then to the right, which I don't think was all that bright. He always went to the right, then left and back to the right - not exactly what we agree is right. One move. Maybe he has just lost his memory."

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Respect! I didn't expect this from Jenson...this is the first time he's backing up Lewis and its nice to see. Bit more happier with his 2nd place now.

However, Brawn believes it was Schumacher back at his best.

"He settled into a really tough battle with the McLarens, particularly Lewis, which was great racing and vintage Michael," Brawn said. "We haven't quite got a car that's quick enough yet but we are all pleased with Michael's fifth place."

[What's Burning?]

I feel bad for Rosberg, starting on hards and all.

[myownalias]

You might want to change your storyline about Webber - it was FM not FA

Just a couple corrections (looking like this). But... well written and nicely put.

Everyone is a critic... I realised that I wrote Alonso instead of Massa in the collision with Webber; I corrected that on the blog last night after I copied/pasted on the forum!
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On the subject of 'only one defensive move' I believe it to be detrimental to the sport in conjunction with every coming together being investigated and often penalties dished out! I too enjoyed the Schumacher/Hamilton battle; it's refreshing to see some real racing, this is the sort of racing that got me into F1 in the first place.