Zitat von SpinsterI hope kimi makes a perfect start and get p4 and do a one stopper to win... Mercedes never gonne drive away from vettel and kimi ... Great hopes for today
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I knew Kimi would probably end 16th, but when I saw him climb up the order I just could not believe it! There was one more place left to get in the last lap, I thought theres no way he'll get Hulk on time... BUT HE DID! It feels like a win to me t" title="hat" />
Kimi was just screwed over the whole race. In the first safety car, the safety car let Webber and Vettel though, and they were able to lap much faster. While Kimi and Alonso was held up for much, much longer. Without that Red Bull, Kimi and Alonso would properly have ended up ahead of Mercedes.
Then of course Perez happened. Alonso shouldn't have given up his place for Perez to start off with. The crash with Kimi was ridiculous. Perez deserved a punishment. Not that it will give Kimi his points back.
Kimi did a great job over the weekend in qualifying and at the end of the race to score points. It is a shame that he didn't score more points.
Although, the top 4 was sorted after the first safety car which ruined everything, as it didn't let the Alonso and Raikkonen do something about Vettel's championship lead. Just shows, track position is key, Mercedes ran the race at their own pace while the others followed, the undercut or staying out longer won't work here due to the traffic. For me, Mercedes got lucky with the first safety car as it came out on time for them to pit, obviously Hamilton lost out, but he's admitted the blame for that.
Exclude the top 4, and you have a belter of a race, unfortubately, the race lacked something for me, and that was a fight for the win/podiums.
Anyway, flawless race by Nicorette patch Rosberg, dominant all weekend, could have played out differently if the first safety car didn't play into his hands, but didn't seem troubled at all, apart from the start. Gets his second win of his career, despite Mercedes is car troubles.
Vettel had a great start off the line, was quite anonymous really, seemed to be saving the tyres throughout the race, managed to push crucially to undercut Hamilton, but one must wonder what he and Red Bull were playing at why preserve the tyres on the last stint? He clearly had the pace judging by his fastest lap, puzzling...
Webber didn't have his usual dismal start unfortunately for us, just seemed to follow Vettel home, despite being hounded by Raikkonen for the first stint.
Hamilton didn't seem to be on the same pace as Rosberg, could have been him on the top spot if he was a bit more aggressive into Turn 1 as he had the momentum, but when it's your team-mate, you take less risks, unless you are Perez. Got caught out by the safety car and missed the podium. Must not be happy.
Sutil entertained us with some overtakes, inherits 5th place due to Perez ruining his and Raikkonens race, great move on Alonso though, his best finish since his return to F1.
Button, had several bangings with Perez at the start, I don't think Perez should have let him past, as we've seen before, drivers doing what Perez did against Button yet not yield and get away with it, Button was up and down in the race.
Alonso was nowhere, he only looked threatening at the restarts, don't think he should have let Perez past, as he couldn't continue on the race track and had to go straight on from the chicane. The debris that got stuck in his front wing was late on in the race, so I don't think that affected him throughout the race. Guess he's allowed one bad race as we expect much from him.
Vergne was solid and would have finished where he started from if it wasn't for Perez clashing with Raikkonen, beats his team-mate though and catches up with him on points making it 7-5 in favour of Ricciardo, still seeming unseperable these two, with Ricciardo just looking a little better, presumably from that extra half year at HRT.
Di Resta made a good recovery, helped along the way with a lot of the retirements ahead of him, points is points though, but he still managed to complain about it.
Raikkonen, had great race pace apparently from practice, but couldn't put that to use, had two incidents with Perez, the second one ruining both of their races, Perez's fault in my opinion, not sure why he didn't get a penalty. But Raikkonen comes back from 16th to 10th in 7 laps with a late charge, which the commentators and camera crew missed. Carries on his points and finish streak, although the former is under threat due to him being under investigation.
Perez, made the race exciting, but then just went too far, could have got his team valuable points, but just went overboard, surprised he didn't come out of that race with a penalty, deserved one in my opinion.
Grosjean, as Martin Brundle said "I worry about that boy", yeah, I think we all do!
The three idiots of F1 delivered in this race to make it entertaining, them being Grosjean, Maldonado and Perez, altough hard to fault Maldonado for his incident.
A quick note on the safety car, I thought it was terrible today, especially the first one deployed. It was called 2 laps too late, picked up the wrong car had to do an extra lap, let Vettel & Webber go without letting Raikkonen & Alonso go who were right behind, then waited to let Van der Garde go by until it was perfectly clear.
The race for me was ruined by the red flag, and too many start and stops. But it was still enjoyable
Zitat von BoudicaKimi was just screwed over the whole race. In the first safety car, the safety car let Webber and Vettel though, and they were able to lap much faster. While Kimi and Alonso was held up for much, much longer. Without that Red Bull, Kimi and Alonso would properly have ended up ahead of Mercedes.
Then of course Perez happened. Alonso shouldn't have given up his place for Perez to start off with. The crash with Kimi was ridiculous. Perez deserved a punishment. Not that it will give Kimi his points back.
Kimi did a great job over the weekend in qualifying and at the end of the race to score points. It is a shame that he didn't score more points.
The problem with letting Perez to get away without punishment is that he believes this is acceptable behaviour. He actually blamed Kimi for not letting him away . Next time he'll expect people to give way to him again irrespective if it's reasonable or not. He'll try to take opportunities to pass that are only in his head.
ZitatInstant Crush - 2013 Monaco Grand Prix, Sunday 26th May
Kimi Räikkönen salvaged a solitary point on the final lap of an incident-rich Monaco Grand Prix after a late puncture forced him to pit from fifth place. Having re-joined the field in thirteenth, Kimi made back three places in the last two laps to take his tally of unbroken points scoring races to 23.
Romain Grosjean’s race ended early following damage to his car after making contact with the rear of Daniel Riccardo’s Toro Rosso on lap 62. Kimi remains second in the Drivers’ Championship, but is now 21 points behind leader Sebastian Vettel. The team remains in third place in the Constructors’ Championship, now eleven points from Ferrari.
• Kimi started from P5 with a used set of supersoft tyres, changing to new softs on lap 26, another set of new softs during the race suspension and finally scrubbed supersofts on lap 70 • Romain started from P13 on a new set of soft tyres, switching to new supersofts during the race suspension and again on lap 30 • Today was Kimi’s 34th consecutive race finish – 26th consecutive with Lotus F1 Team - and 23rd consecutive Grand Prix points finish; the latter leaving him just one shy of Michael Schumacher’s record
Kimi Räikkönen, P10, E21-03 “It was a really disappointing day. Because of one stupid move from Sergio [Perez] we’ve lost a lot of points to Sebastian [Vettel] in the Championship and you can’t afford to lose ground like that. He hit me from behind and that’s about all there is to it. If he thinks it’s my fault that he came into the corner too fast then he obviously has no idea what he’s talking about. It’s not the first time he’s hit someone in the race; he seems to expect people to be always looking at what he might do, then move over or go straight on if he comes into the corner too quick and isn’t going to make it without running into someone. Not the ideal weekend but there’s nothing we can do about it. At least we got one point back at the end.”
Romain Grosjean, DNF, E21-02 “Daniel [Ricciardo] seemed to be really struggling with his rear tyres and they looked to have a lot of graining. I’d been following him for almost all of the 61 laps but I was caught out by him braking early in the middle of the circuit and there was nowhere for me to go. It’s a frustrating end to the weekend, but the real damage was done in qualifying when I didn’t get through to Q3. That was Daniel again who I was held up by, but it certainly wasn’t my intention to end my race in the back of his car! Now we just press the reset button and head to Canada hopeful of a better weekend all round.”
Eric Boullier, Team Principal "This is certainly not the weekend we wanted. Kimi was impeccable all weekend once more and his race was ruined by another driver making unnecessary contact with his car. This caused a puncture and basically ruined his race. Romain had a difficult weekend, but showed fantastic pace when he had a clear track in front of him. We’ve lost ground in both the Constructors’ and Drivers’ Championships this weekend so we’ll be pushing twice as hard when we get to Canada to make amends. On a more positive note, we were extremely proud to have Daft Punk – making only their third public appearance in twenty years – join the team for the race, and would like to express our gratitude to Columbia Records for helping make this concept a reality. The team has a truly unique brand image, and we’re keen to continue this unorthodox approach.”
Alan Permane, Trackside Operations Director “A very frustrating race for us. Both of our cars were bottled up in traffic almost all of today, which is what you can expect in Monaco if you’re not leading. Romain was unfortunate to get caught out by the car in front, but he has received a ten-place penalty for Canada which will compound today’s woes. Kimi was running strongly in fifth position, but his race was completely compromised by the late pit stop we were forced to make. That he was able to make back three places in the last two laps shows just how hungry he is. We head to Canada wanted to return to business as usual.”
Ricardo Penteado, Renault Sport F1 Team Support Leader “One point from that sort of race is ultimately disappointing, particularly as Kimi was in such a good position for 90% of the Grand Prix. From the engine side of things it has however been a good weekend. Both cars were using units for the third race to give us flexibility later in the season when the standings will be tight. Aside from the engine on Kimi’s car running a bit hot under safety car conditions there were no issues, which gives us a stable platform for the coming races.”
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