Sebastian Vettel

Crashes didn't stop drivers like Scheckter from becoming WDC.

 

Being the sister cars and so high up and such a stupid mistake it is a very tough situation. He will race again but I would want to renegotiate his contract for him.

 

A possible win for a team that has never had one. A possible win for a driver that has never had one. It's hard to imagine how furious one would be.

 

I seriously wouldn't have blamed Mark if he'd punched Vettel, lol. The chances of the Rebull team and Mark getting that opportunity again is slim. The engine freeze rule allowed the teams to become more reliable, so instead of a mechanical gremlin, you now have to hope that the top guys crash out, or it pours rain so you can show your stuff. I think this race was an example of how underrated Mark is. Look where DC was the whole time Mark was challengine Lewis for P1, he was down there racing for a point until a few cars went out of the race and he moved up.

 

Hypothetical question - if Vettel (age 20) had podiumed, would he have received champagne?
If he had podiumed in the USGP this year, would he have? It would be against the local laws, of course.

What was the non-alcoholic drink the podium finishers received at Bahrain?

 

I don't know what the law is in Japan, it would have been no problem in Europe. In the US would it have been OK for him to have been given it as long as none passed his lips?

 

He may have been given a bottle to spray or perhaps it was non-alcoholic. In Bahrain the wine is made from locally grown fruit mixed with rose water.

 

Not to mention his previous teammates in superior cars...Rosberg & Heidfeld.

 

Vettel did exceptionally well. Obviously better than his team-mate in the great equalizer; rain.
Webber may have been accelerating/braking as stated in the post race interview by LH. In the rain with next to zero visibility and slippery conditions, this is fool-hardy.
Both learned a lesson.
"Brake Checking" should be banned and penalised accordingly. If not for the benefit of the race in general then for the benefit of those that do it if they are not smart enough to figure out this is self destructive.

 

i think he needs more experience. can't blame Webber for being so frustrated. did he swear anyways?


btws, i'm pretty sure he learnt his lesson in a hard way.

 

Webber definitely swore, you can find the video on youtube, I think it was unedited on accident on the British broadcast. I don't blame him for the outburst especially in the heat of the moment after running where he was. I also do give Vettel a lot of credit for how well he was running in the STR. I know Scott wouldn't have been doing that well so he is an improvement, whether or not Scott would have ran into the back of someone else is easily debatable tho.

 

Uhh??? didn't Liuzzi rise to 4th towards the end after having started from the pitlane in the spare car a lap down on everyone. ??

Not clear how he slipped down to 8th on the road, I think there was another stop soon after the Vettel/Webber incident.

 

I really felt for him after the crash. Red Bull would have been on cloud nine, especially Toro Rosso by putting a rookie on the podium.

He has plenty of talent, though. I think he will eventually have some success;furthermore, it might have to be with another team. BMW 2009?

 

i actually think the only chance he replaces someone at BMW is Nick, should he leave. ( age terms ). Kubik is pretty solid to ignore him

 

yeap. Thanks Kyle. i just watched it.

 

What's self destructive is not having any brakes and completely cold tires after the restart. Everyone was slowing down and weaving to try and keep the heat in the brakes and tires. The issue here is, Vettel looked away at Lewis when he should have been paying attention to what was in front of him.

 

Honestly, I read his post and just logged off. I didn't want to deal with it.

 

I've heard Webber utter the words "racing accident" enough in his own defense throughout his career (although not nearly as much as Ralf)....he should've cut Vettel some slack.

 

Yeah I don't blame you, lol.

 

+1
to wit: JPM and MS at Monaco.

 

Vettel is still in third place in the World Series by Renault. Funny if he wins a trophy in a series he doesnt even run in anymore.

 

+1

Mark