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Old 06-13-2011, 11:21 AM   #134 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang View Post
Re: Vettel -- his tires were shot anyways. Whether he lost it there or not Button was still going to fly by him down the straight with the DRS. I don't know about you guys, but I feel like the DRS gives the chasing driver too much of an advantage... it virtually guarantees a successful pass.

Re: McLaren drivers -- I think it was a racing incident. You could say Button shouldn't have come down and you could say that Hamilton should have backed off, but at the end of the day it was hard racing and you know that both Lewis and Jensen have no ill-will towards one another.

I totally agree with you on the DRS. Overtaking should be entirely up to the prowess of the driver, not the car aiding him:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRJwZu5Qqio&feature=player_embedded


And regarding McLaren, I think Jensen was positioning his car for the correct line in that corner, but he had to know his teammate was behind him. Lewis probably should have let off to let Jensen get his line, but I think he was under the impression his team mate would have given enough space between the cars. Who knows, but you can imagine the Paddy Lowe was facepalming when this was all going down.
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