Maldonado
has forgotten how to drive...
After
emphatically winning in Spain, many were talking up Maldonado’s chances around
the Principality, (cough) but he quickly silenced all his
believers with a couple bonehead moves in the final practice session. First by
swerving into Sergio Perez and then wiping off a couple corners from his car on
his very next tour.
Whichever story
you want to believe about Maldonado’s swiping story it doesn’t look good. He
either threw his car at another driver out of frustration then blatantly lied about it, or he was telling the truth about
his cold tyres and he’s proven himself unable to keep the thing pointing in a
straight line as if he was a rank amateur, two weeks after displaying
immaculate car control to win fantastically in Spain. The fact is Maldonado has
form in this area before, taking a swipe at Lewis in Spa last year. The truth
is out there, and I dare say the telemetry revealed it when the stewards
decided on his 10 place penalty. I just wonder how many more times he is going
to weaponize his car before they take a harder line?
Whoops
China
train good. Monaco train bad.
With the top 6
covered by 5 seconds and a light rain falling across the track, the ending of
the race should have been a thriller. As it was, it promised it all and
delivered nothing. Webber drove a perfect race, only going as fast as he ever
needed to and kept Rosberg’s apparently faster car (according to Rosberg)
behind, but to say they were all running nose to tail and nobody
could pass at all (or even attempt it) was a fairly lacklustre end to a very
illustrious race.
Follow
the leader
The
more things change...
We got our
sixth different winner for 2012 setting a new record in the history of the
World Championship. The unpredictability rolls on.
McLaren’s race
strategy kept Button behind a Caterham all day long and managed to move Lewis
backwards. They’ll get it right one day...won’t they?
A year after
knocking himself out in qualifying, Sergio Perez suffered a very bizarre crash
indeed in Q1 that left him stranded at the back of the grid. At least he stayed
conscious this time but I'm not too sure Monaco actually likes him too much.
Shueys pole lap was a brilliant display of precise, committed driving. A bit of a flash back and proves the old man still has it, at least sporadically.
Shueys pole lap was a brilliant display of precise, committed driving. A bit of a flash back and proves the old man still has it, at least sporadically.
Alonso keeps
delivering. No more talk about how rubbish that Ferrari is, Alonso is racking
up the points more regularly than Charlie Sheen’s dealer.
Kobayashi
can fly
Ah
who am i kidding, we already knew that!
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