[craditc]

Alonso for making a hash of his start, then getting penalised because of his unwillingness to give the place back to Kubica.

Erm, that's it really.

[KRbGA0Bg]

Alonso for making a hash of his start, then getting penalised because of his unwillingness to give the place back to Kubica.

Erm, that's it really.

Mercedes for pitting Schumacher so early and putting him behind Button and Kobayashi.

[ElenaEvgeevnaa]

Alonso for making a hash of his start, then getting penalised because of his unwillingness to give the place back to Kubica.

agreed.

[estheticianI]

close one, but I've got to give it the other way in Ferrari, to Massa.

I think he managed to hit Alonso on the 1st lap, and that caused a puncture, and then whilst racing around at the back he managed to spin by getting on the power too soon, into the pitlane and forced himself into an extra pit stop.

I'm not sure if its just Silverstone (remember that wet race?) but he's starting to regress back into his early career.

Alonso was also poor, messed up the start, overtook on the grass and tried to claim he was "ok" with being forced onto the grass in order to defelect the FIA investigation he surely knew was coming. the resulntant penalty turned out to be very harsh, but on the other hand, so well deserved

[JTS_tv]

alonso obviously and vettel too.

[loginptsa]

alonso obviously and vettel too.

Vettel was no donkey.



RBR on the other hand...

[enurneAcourdy]

Alonso for making a hash of his start, then getting penalised because of his unwillingness to give the place back to Kubica.

Erm, that's it really.

Yep, he had the faster car, so he should have just let him back through and tried again. He would have ended up higher than where he finished anyway.

[Scukonah]

Fred for throwing the race away at the start, and Felipe for driving like a tool.

[enurneAcourdy]

Vettel was no donkey.



RBR on the other hand...

Vettel wasn't at fault at the start, but he wasn't interested in charging hard until the safety car came out and he could see points ahead - just like how he only ever seems to win from pole.

Decent overtaking from him late on though, however I was surprised schumi didn't fight him harder and defend earlier but there you go.

[enurneAcourdy]

Vettel did knock Sutil off the track which I had forgotten about.

[klnbgqr]

For the race: Alonso
For the weekend: Red Bull Racing (Despite their results)

[Tndfpcin]

Not taking away from the race win but for the reactions afterwards Red Bull. For only fanning the flames to the split camp issue with their handling of the weekend.

Media now will ask them about the comments made after the race and nothing else now.
On the Beeb for example all questions pushing this story on.
Good to watch though.

[iqxdvjgmat]

Donkey of the race : angry little baby Vettel, for trying to shortcut Webber after the start by a "schumi"-style manoeuvre, causing himself a well deserved last position after lap 1.

What a waste of the new front wing ...

Imo Alonso was at equal level with Kubica and pushed off the track by the latter, so he was right to keep his position. The Marshalls decision was far too harsh.

[enurneAcourdy]

Donkey of the race : angry little baby Vettel, for trying to shortcut Webber after the start by a "schumi"-style manoeuvre, causing himself a well deserved last position after lap 1.

What a waste of the new front wing ...

Imo Alonso was at equal level with Kubica and pushed off the track by the latter, so he was right to keep his position. The Marshalls decision was far too harsh.

The thing is, if Kubica had done that to Alonso, the Ferrari driver's whining would have gone on until Hockenheim.

Alonso should have played safe, because Kub a wasn't quick at all today and Fernando would have got past him at some point.

[Henldyhl]

I didn´t liked it when Lewis got Seb a puncture at the start. There and then Sebs race was ruined.

[baritkello]

Alonso should have played safe, because Kub a wasn't quick at all today and Fernando would have got past him at some point.

Kubica held off a much faster Kimi in Fuji 2008

[F1grandprix]

The thing is, if Kubica had done that to Alonso, the Ferrari driver's whining would have gone on until Hockenheim.

Alonso should have played safe, because Kub a wasn't quick at all today and Fernando would have got past him at some point.

Hockenheim 2011 more like

Donkey of the day - Alonso

WT

[sadgpokx]

Mercedes for pitting Schumacher so early and putting him behind Button and Kobayashi.

During the refueling era Team Schumacher was really comfortable in turning strategies into his favour. Besides Michael's general underperformance it looks like with the new rules they have lost a lot of ground in the strategical games too and haven't adapted to them well.

Vettel wasn't at fault at the start, but he wasn't interested in charging hard until the safety car came out and he could see points ahead - just like how he only ever seems to win from pole.

Wasn't interested? He was faaar behind everyone else, so he didn't have anyone to fight against and he was almost lapped in the beginning.

Overall I see that thanks to team's mismanagement Vettel has become the most hated driver on the grid and people bash him after every misfortune with great pleasure. He was very unfortunate that the slight touch by Lewis in T1 punctured his tyre and ruined the race.

[osteoftex]

Mercedes for pitting Schumacher so early and putting him behind Button and Kobayashi.

Michael Schumacher (9th): " I was in traffic for most of the race and did not really have a clear track. After the pit stop where I had to push really hard to make it in front of Rubens, I unfortunately made a mistake out of a slow corner which put me off the track. That cost me a lot of time plus two positions and that was it for today."

Ross Brawn, Team Principal: "Michael also had a good start and his position was looking interesting. We made an early pit stop to put him in fresh air, as he told us the guys around him were holding him up, but unfortunately he made a mistake and lost the advantage that we were gaining from the early stop. When the others made their stops, they were out in front of him, and with some damage to the car, that was really his race.


Donkey of the race is Alonso for cutting the corner.

[Savviioor]

Alonso, Vettel and Michael...