2012 British GP - Race Thread

[fronaldo]

can we said that we are back now?

[Forzi]

Could have had 1st (if we went with the softs) and 3rd (if we reacted to everyone around us pitting for faster tires). Oh well, good result anyways

[REDARMYSOJA]

Another win would have been asked too much maybe! P2 is great too, and congrats to Webber- if anything he is one of the better guys. So funny how the team radio tries to sound enthusiastic....

^ This. Still a good points haul. And good to see Massa up front.

[M.K]

2nd and 4th....I would take before the race.

[radosav]

strategy wasn't bad, pirelli's weren't bad cause alonso was faster than vettel and not to mention lewis and kimi, but webber and red bull were very fast in last stint.
great race by ferrari.
great race for our boys

[eugene22n]

too much negativity here. alonso leaves the race in the lead. felipe has his best finish. we gain on every other driver but webber. mclaren have a terrible day. we show much better pace versus nearly everyone and competitive with red bull.

... and still people complain.

[REDARMYSOJA]

can we said that we are back now?

Yes, car has the pace, it's just down to what tires they have on.

[Bonjers]

Here comes the usual overreaction....

When is the hard ever quicker than the soft compound? We weren't to know with the lack of dry running.

It's a good result for the Championship, we've gapped Vettel and Lewis again. Red Bull won't want Webber winning it.

[F2008]

2nd and 4th is a brilliant result for Ferrari!

[brava]

Well done! Good race! We are up there fighting for the top spot with the bulls. I'm optimistic for the rest of the season

[Nathan]

Looking at Massa's pace, I think that running the primes initially was an unnecessary gamble considering we started from pole, however, we're still leading the WDC and i'll take a 2nd any day. Congratulations on Massa, fantastic race by him fending off Raikonnen

[PURE PASSION]

anyone do the maths on wcc!!!!!

[stefa]

Here comes the usual overreaction....

When is the hard ever quicker than the soft compound? We weren't to know with the lack of dry running.

It's a good result for the Championship, we've gapped Vettel and Lewis again. Red Bull won't want Webber winning it.

This is just what I was saying. Wrong RB won the race. Good for us

[eugene22n]

we ONLY lost out to Webber. Its for SURE that Vettel will take points away from Webber at many more races. In the long championship its a great result.

[Katu]

Here comes the usual overreaction....

When is the hard ever quicker than the soft compound? We weren't to know with the lack of dry running.

It's a good result for the Championship, we've gapped Vettel and Lewis again. Red Bull won't want Webber winning it.

true

[fronaldo]

we are 2nd in WCC

[theforce]

Fernando DEFINITELY does not look too pleased

[da_one]

Alonso's tyre strategy would have worked in his favor had it rained. Jeez, some fans are hard to please, despite the fact we have improved leaps and bounds since the first race of the season, where we were fighting for 5th place.

[Forzi]

anyone do the maths on wcc!!!!!

We're second

[MRRabbit]

we extended our lead over Vettel which i still see as the main competitor from Red Bull,the amount of drama queens in here is staggering

More importantly the pace of vettel from valencia was not repeated here which is promising for the rest of the season.

[Grillo]

yes and ur point is?

What's the point if yo start on the harder compound then you pretty much stop on the same lap as your opponents?

Dumbest strategy so far by Ferrari and Alonso since Abu Dhabi 2010.

[DJTaurus]

Points
http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/07/0...onship-points/

[stefa]

Fernando DEFINITELY does not look too pleased

Who will? He lead almost the whole race!

[Corey]

We still have a healthy gap in the WDC,

[Hornet]

I must admit I'm disappointed, was hoping for a win. Didn't expect the soft tires to gave up so quickly. I mean, Alonso wasn't even pushing them. What gives?

[eugene22n]

of course Alonso is not pleased in the moment but this is a good result. The car is on pace with more and more improvements coming.

Again. Webbers disadvantage is that Vettel will take points off of him. Alonso is in the clear in that regard.

[Hermann]

Red Bull won't want Webber winning it.

The team radio was just hilarious.

[eugene22n]

I must admit I'm disappointed, was hoping for a win. Didn't expect the soft tires to gave up so quickly. I mean, Alonso wasn't even pushing them. What gives?

Are you kidding? Alonso not pushing? That is not possible.

He was just smart in not defending to a degree of risk.

[sav_pap]

I have to say that we had a very good race, still leading the WDC (exrtend our gap to Hamster and Heidi - Webber not a serious contender), we are 2nd in the WCC and the most important MASSA is HERE.

[Hornet]

I don't understand the first stint strategy actually. We started Alonso on hard but pitted the same time as those on soft?

What advantage do we gain by doing that.