The 2012 Season

[gethinceri]

Please explain mnmracer, if you are saying that unless Vettel's alternator fails he will be crowned WDC that is nonsense.

 

[mnmracer]

gethinceri Do you believe Vettel would not be able to finish 4th unless a mechanical issues arises?

 

[The Artist.....]

mnmracer

Remember 2010.... Going into the final race, Alonso had a 15 point lead over Vettel... Vettel only has a 13 point lead going into Brazil.....

 

[Boyle]

Nine different race winners, five different race winning constructors, 3 points and an incredible year.

2013 has A LOT to live up to!

Edit: Eight winners obviously. I had it in my mind that the Hulk was the ninth

 

[mjo]

8 different winners.

 

[landogeorgelewis1]

Thought it was eight. However brilliant season, thoroughly enjoyable .

 

[Brogan]

Thanks to this stat from Mike.

Raikkonen would have been the only driver to finish all laps in the season, if he hadn't got lost; because of that he finished a lap down.

Perhaps he should have done the track walk like all the other drivers...

 

[landogeorgelewis1]

Aw Kimi , what an achievement that would have been. It's still an achievement nonetheless. However that would have been awesome .

 

[MCLS]

Anyone else find it ironic that Kimi was kicked out of Ferrari to make room for Alonso and then Kimi beat Alonso in Abu Dhabi, something that stopped Alonso winning the title

 

[FB]

Ironic or Karma?

 

[Boyle]

Or coincidence?

 

[MCLS]

No fun in coincidence Boyle

 

[Boyle]

If one was to be a conspiracist MCLS, we could say that he deliberately did so because Kimi drove a Red Bull sponsored car in the 2010 WRC

 

[KekeTheKing]

if he hadn't got lost

Kimi claims he did the same thing in 2001 and the gate was open then. He said next year he'll make sure they leave it open.

 

[gethinceri]

Definitely karma.

 

[teabagyokel]

Karma like how the cucumber lost Vettel the points in Austin that were nearly crucial.

 

[gethinceri]

Sorry, i meant luck. 'Cos that exists too.

 

[downforce]

Hamiltons 2012 bad luck

Australia: faulty clutch + bad safety car timing - dropped him from 1st to 3rd
Malaysia: slow pitstops - hard to say if they cost him in the end though
China: gear box penalty - cost him at least 2nd
Bahrain: very slow pitstops - cost him 4th for 8th
Spain: McLaren fuel error - cost him pole and a certain win for 8th
Valencia: Maldonado crashed into him - cost him 4th for a DNF
Germany: takes exactly the same line through debris as everyone else but is only driver to get a puncture - puts him out of the points.
Spa: Grosjean crashes into him - hard to say where he would have finsihed, probably 5th/6th
Singapore: gearbox failure - cost him a certain win
Japan: suspension faliure - cost him a possible 3rd place
Korea: rear anti-roll bar faliure + kermit the frog stalls his diffuser - drops him from around 5th to 10th
Abu Dhabi: electronics faliure - cost him another certain win
Brazil: Hulkenburg crashes into him - cost him 1st/2nd

Thats a lot of points,

someone should do one for Schumacher, he had a pretty unlucky time as well

 

[Jen]

 

[Boyle]

I think we can all agree that Hamilton has had some pretty torrid luck this year despite driving very well. He should have been in the mix for the title until Brazil.

But ifs and buts don't win cups, and Vettel is the champion.