Poll 2011 Spanish Grand Prix Driver of the Weekend

[Slyboogy]

Not really. The front wing and superior downforce made up for any loss of KERS.

Sure it did

The DRS zone was in a bad place...otherwise Hamilton would have got ahead.

 

[Brogan]

You know, I have a feeling you two guys aren't going to agree on this

 

[MCLS]

Put it this way, the Red Bull was hardly compromised by the lack of KERS and not being able to use DRS, Vettel wasn't weaving all over the track to stay ahead of Hamilton

 

[Fenderman]

Time to call it a draw?

p.s. Top drawer?

 

[MCLS]

http://cliptheapex.com/threads/the-mclaren-is-faster-than-the-red-bull.2725/

 

[Slyboogy]

Put it this way, the Red Bull was hardly compromised by the lack of KERS and not being able to use DRS, Vettel wasn't weaving all over the track to stay ahead of Hamilton

I beg to differ, when Vettel wasn't using KERS Hamilton made the closest move to passing Vettel through the whole race, the reason he didn't get by because Vettel defended it really well. To sayy KERS "hardly" comprimised them, it would have if Vettel didn't defend that move aswell as he did.

And that other article doesn't prove anything

 

[MCLS]

I think we're going to have to agree to disagree on this, look at the speed of Red Bull in the race, there was only one team and probably one driver who was able to keep up with them during the race.

 

[Slyboogy]

I think we're going to have to agree to disagree on this, look at the speed of Red Bull in the race, there was only one team and probably one driver who was able to keep up with them during the race.

Well we will never know that since Button was on a 3 stopper so he was slightly handicapped, even then he was setting faster times compared to Webber in his last stint.

And indeed

 

[MCLS]

Don't get me started on Buttons (quite right) 3 stop strategy

 

[Slyboogy]

I rather not indeed

 

[Fenderman]

Alonso was best performing Spaniard over the whole weekend. Can we agree on that, perhaps?

 

[Fenderman]

Now you come to mention it. Reminds me of a certain Caption Competition!

 

[Bushi]

I'm going for Vettel. The Mclaren had faster race pace than the RB, just look at Jenson and Webber.

 

[Jen]

Hamilton for me

 

[siffert_fan]

With Hamilton having the fastest lap I don't see how anyone can say the McLaren was inferior to the RB in the race (as distinct from qualy).

 

[EvilWhippet]

The way I see it, Heidfeld took more places in one race then any other driver has in one race so far this year and beat his teammate despite being on a very unfriendly circuit when it comes to overtaking. If having more tyres was more important than testing and qualifying nobody would test or qualify.

 

[The Artist.....]

Normally, in a race like this, I'd have given it to Hamilton, but following that abysmal start, I have to say that my driver of the day was Button....

 

[no-FIAt-please]

Normally, in a race like this, I'd have given it to Hamilton, but following that abysmal start, I have to say that my driver of the day was Button....

But surely it was Button who is accountable for that terrible start? He shouldn't be measured after the first corner seeing as its part of the race aswell.

 

[The Artist.....]

But surely it was Button who is accountable for that terrible start? He shouldn't be measured after the first corner seeing as its part of the race aswell.

Yes, you could argue that, but you could also argue that it was a fantastic drive - the number of times I've heard people describe drivers having "the race of their life" following a mistake at the start... Why should this be any different?

PS... It's just my opinion - you don't have to agree with it!

 

[Galahad]

Hamilton and Vettel were both outstanding, but having done the overtaking stats I have to go for Quick Nick. I know it's not such a problem to start from the back these days, but he could quite easily have cruised along anonymously ('doing a Rubens'?) and instead made an impressive series of passes, one or two of which even made it onto the TV footage.