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LIVE COMMENTARY: 2012 HUNGARIAN GRAND PRIX - THE HUNGARIAN GRAND PRIX

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As it happened: The Hungarian Grand Prix
By Geoff Creighton and Emlyn Hughes

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11:45 Hello everyone and welcome to AUTOSPORT Live for coverage of round 11 in this year's FIA Formula 1 world championship - the Hungarian Grand Prix.

This is the last event before the sport takes its annual month-long summer break. Lewis Hamilton has started his weekend off perfectly, taking the fastest time in two out of the three practice sessions and then backing it up with a sensational lap of 1m20.953s to claim McLaren's 150th pole position, ahead of Romain Grosjean and Sebastian Vettel.

Jenson Button starts today's 70-lap race from fourth on the grid, while Kimi Raikkonen is fifth and championship leader Fernando Alonso will aim to protect a healthy points lead going into the holidays from the outside of row three.

11:46 The crowd rises for the Hungarian national anthem.

11:47 Here's how the standings look at the half way stage of 2012:

World Championship standings, round 10:                

Drivers:                    Constructors:             
 1.  Alonso       154        1.  Red Bull-Renault          230
 2.  Webber       120        2.  Ferrari                   177
 3.  Vettel       110        3.  McLaren-Mercedes          160
 4.  Raikkonen     98        4.  Lotus-Renault             159
 5.  Hamilton      92        5.  Mercedes                  105
 6.  Rosberg       76        6.  Sauber-Ferrari             80
 7.  Button        68        7.  Williams-Renault           47
 8.  Grosjean      61        8.  Force India-Mercedes       46

11:48 Romain Grosjean takes a break from the intense heat before heading to his Lotus on the front row of the grid.

11:49 Conditions have ranged from sublime to ridiculous already today. It all started with the latter shortly after 04:00, with spectacular storms giving Formula 1 an early alarm call.

The rain ended at around 08:00 and since then the circuit has dried out - although the race will start on a 'green' track. Blazing sunshine and rising temperatures since the GP3 race and this will continue for at least the next hour.

There remains a slight chance of rain towards the late stages of the race, but the most likely scenario is a fully dry event from here, with air temperature topping out at 32 Celsius and track surface temperature up to 50 degrees.

11:50 Championship leader Alonso lines up sixth on the grid today but has built his points advantage on strong raceday performances.

11:51 Vettel in third and Button fourth will both be looking to make a dent in Alonso's points margin heading into the summer break.

11:52 Alonso doesn't look too worried about that as he is greeted by Bernie Ecclestone on the grid.

11:53 Tyre degredation is typically high around this twisting circuit, meaning strategists have a tough afternoon ahead plotting the best way to complete this event on another warm day.

Soft tyres were the way to go for a single lap in qualifying, meaning they are the starting choice for the top 10, but the yellow-striped Pirelli is not particularly durable here, so the first stint could be quite short.

The medium compound rubber once again looks like an excellent race tyre, giving both speed and longevity, so is likely the favoured compound for the majority of the distance.

Once again the closing stages are set to be a battle over who has the best remaining grip, with plenty scope for a third stop to make late progress up the order.

11:53 Hamilton climbs aboard his pole-sitting McLaren and needs to convert his peerless qualifying speed into a good result this afternoon.

11:54 One DRS zone here, detected through the final complex of corners before allowing the chasing driver's wing to open on the run down to Turn 1

11:55 Just five minutes remaining until the formation lap begins at the Hungaroring.

11:57 Tyres being bolted on the cars now, with the top 10 drivers locked into the use of softs from the final qualifying segment.

11:57 A large crowd is packed into the natural bowl, with track temperature up to a very warm 46 Celsius.

11:58 Vettel is leaving his gloves off, so he can keep his hands cool until the last possible moment.

11:58 Drivers further back could try to complete the first stint on the medium compound, with the car using major rubber life when full of fuel.

11:59 Cooling fans are working overtime down there on the grid, to keep the machinery and drivers as refreshed as possible until the engines are started.

11:59 Initial indications are that Webber is gambling on medium compound rubber from 11th on the grid.

11:59 The engines fire with a minute to the formation lap.

11:59 Pic, Glock and de la Rosa are also on the medium compound from the rear of the field.

12:00 The formation lap begins and Hamilton leads the field of 24 away from the grid.

12:00 Webber's car is definitely on medium compound tyres as the cars pull away.

12:00 Hamilton leaves his position quickly and all 24 leave the grid without problem.

12:01 Up the hill and round to the chicane at Turns 6 and 7, Hamilton takes them round and is aiming to warm up his soft tyres.

12:02 Hamilton's starts have been variable this year and he must surely be concerned by Grosjean's propensity for a first-lap tangle.

12:02 Round Turn 13 and into the final corner now as the mechanics run back to their pit garages.

12:02 The dirty side of the grid is often a challenge here, with things incredibly dusty off the racing line.

12:02 Hamilton aims his car towards pole position and guides the MP4-27 into his slot. The front few rows are now in position.

12:03 The grid is ready and we are ready for 70 racing laps this afternoon. We await the lights...

12:03 The start has been aborted. The cars will now begin another formation lap.

12:03 Delayed start - new formation lap.

12:04 Michael Schumacher has caused the delay and he sits motionless as the rest of the pack moves away for a second tour.

12:04 Marshals quickly push Schumacher away towards the pitlane gap.

12:05 This additional formation tour will reduce the race distance to 69 laps.

12:05 Meantime, Hamilton is back round and heading to Turn 11, as Mercedes mechanics now attend to Schumacher's car.

12:05 Schumacher is underway and rolls towards the end of the pitlane, ready to get away when the field have taken the lights.

12:06 Hamilton comes back to pole position and is ready to rock for a second time. The field is forming up nicely. Let's try again...

Lap 1: The five red lights go out and we are racing in Hungary!

Lap 1: Hamilton gets a good start and leads while Vettel attacks Grosjean round the outside into Turn 1, but the Frenchman holds on.

Lap 1: Around the back of the circuit for the first time it is Hamilton from Grosjean, Button and Vettel.

Lap 1: Webber is up from 11th to seventh on the medium compound tyres and we're not even done with the first lap.

Lap 2: Vettel was challenging Grosjean in the opening corners but was punished by Button making a forceful move on the Red Bull at Turn 3.

Lap 2: Hamilton leads by a 1.4 second margin over Grosjean.

Lap 2: Raikkonen is sixth in his Lotus and reporting KERS problems.

Lap 2: Schumacher started from the pitlane, but is into the pits at the end of the first lap. He takes on medium tyres and rejoins miles behind.

Lap 3: Webber is all the way up to seventh on his medium compound tyres after a brilliant start from 11th on the grid.

Lap 3: Behind the leading runners, Senna is eighth with Massa ninth, Hulkenberg 10th, Rosberg 11th and Maldonado in 12th.

Lap 3: Hamilton streaks off into a 2.1 seconds lead, with Grosjean chased by Button, Vettel, Alonso, Raikkonen and Webber.

Lap 4: Then comes Perez in 13th, di Resta 14th, Ricciardo 15th, Vergne 16th, Kovalainen 17th, Petrov 18th, Kobayashi 19th, Pic 20th and Glock 21st.

Lap 4: DRS is now enabled, setting things up nicely for a battle between that leading pack.

Lap 4: De la Rosa is 22nd, just ahead of team-mate Karthikeyan. Schumacher is last - 17 seconds behind the HRT pair.

Lap 4: Hamilton continues to stretch an advantage with the fastest lap, now clocked 2.3 seconds clear of Grosjean.

Lap 4: It goes from bad to worse for Schumacher. He has been handed a drive-through penalty for speeding in the pitlane.

Lap 5: Replays of the start show a great launch for Hamilton, although he did brake a touch late for the first corner but the action was behind.

Lap 5: Glock has made a big mistake, allowing the HRT pair to get past him. Glock is now 23rd.

Lap 5: Vettel was quick away and locked in that battle with Grosjean, before being taken by Button after the pair squabbled.

Lap 5: Senna in eighth is holding onto the medium shod Webber easily in the opening stages. Massa is right with them in ninth, then a small gap developing to Hulkenberg.

Lap 6: Grosjean responds to Hamilton's pace with his own fastest lap, with the Lotus pulling slightly clear of third place man Button.

Lap 6: Schumacher comes in and serves his drive-through penalty. He rejoins the race.

Lap 6: Vettel is all over the rear of Button's McLaren but not making an impression on DRS for the moment.

Lap 7: Alonso has dropped 2.5 seconds behind Vettel in fifth, chased by Raikkonen, Webber, Senna and Massa.

Lap 7: Alonso is lapping around half a second slower than the leaders at the moment but may just be conserving his rubber.

Lap 8: Senna drops to one second behind eighth-placed Webber, with Felipe Massa now beginning to mount an attack on his fellow-Brazilian.

Lap 8: Webber is indeed told that Alonso may be saving his tyres, with the Australian looking set to go deep into the first stint on his mediums.

Lap 9: Little in it between Hamilton and Grosjean for the moment, both lapping in the late 1m27s bracket now.

Lap 9: Hulkenberg continues in 10th but he is falling away slightly from the developing Senna versus Massa battle and Rosberg is closing up to him.

Lap 9: Down the field, Kobayashi in 19th is climbing over the back of Vitaly Petrov's Caterham.

Lap 9: Button is told he is easing away from Vettel, with the third-placed McLaren now 2.8 seconds clear of the Red Bull.

Lap 10: Having been stuck behind Petrov, the Japanese drivers pits to get some fresh tyres and more importantly - clean air.

Lap 10: Raikkonen continues to harry Alonso in a battle over fifth but isn't showing any signs of making a move for the moment.

Lap 10: Hamilton responds to pressure from Grosjean, setting almost identical laptimes to cement the gap at 2.1 seconds.

Lap 10: Schumacher remains in 24th after his problems in the first few laps. He is now 7.0s behind Glock.

Lap 11: This first stint is expected to be fairly short, with the soft tyres taking a lot of punishment on heavy fuel loads.

Lap 11: Kobayashi rejoined after his stop just ahead of Glock, in 22nd.

Lap 11: Hamilton sets the fastest lap at 1m27.705s, now leading by 2.3s over Grosjean.

Lap 11: The Sauber driver is immediately on the move, passing Karthikeyan to take 21st. De la Rosa is just 2.4s ahead and next on the target list.

Lap 12: Button is now 3.7 seconds behind Grosjean in third, a further 1.5 seconds clear of Vettel's Red Bull.

Lap 12: Schumacher posts his fastest lap of the race so far, to close the gap behind Glock to 4.4 seconds.

Lap 12: Alonso is now 11.6 seconds behind the leader in fifth, with Raikkonen still on his gearbox.

Lap 12: Kobayashi continues his progress and moves easily past de la Rosa for 20th on the start-finish straight.

Lap 13: Hamilton is told the team would like to stretch the first stint a bit longer given the proximity of Grosjean.

Lap 13: Senna continues in eighth position and is doing his best to hang on to Webber's shirt-tails. The gap between them is 1.6s.

Lap 13: Hamilton has been stretching the lead on the last couple of tours, now 2.7 seconds clear.

Lap 13: Vergne pits from 17th position in the Toro Rosso.

Lap 13: Button's pace isn't so good now - a poor 1m29s effort puts his 8.1 behind team-mate Hamilton and Vettel on his case.

Lap 14: Vergne rejoins further down the order in 20th spot, promoting Kobayashi - track position gained for the Japanese driver.

Lap 14: Grosjean takes over the fastest lap, drawing in Hamilton's advantage to 2.4 seconds.

Lap 15: The field continues to spread, with McLaren strategists looking for a window to feed out Hamilton after the first stop.

Lap 15: Schumacher has passed Glock to take over 23rd - then up to 22nd past Karthikeyan less than one lap later.

Lap 16: Ricciardo has pitted the other Toro Rosso from 15th. He was ahead of Vergne before the stops so will be aiming to keep track position over his team-mate.

Lap 16: Button has been off the road at Turn 4 with an oversteer moment but remains ahead of Vettel.

Lap 16: Button pits his McLaren.

Lap 16: A quick change of tyres for Button and he's away on the medium compound.

Lap 16: Hulkenberg pits from 10th and Maldonado from 14th this time round.

Lap 17: Ricciardo rejoined from his stop ahead of Kobayashi and Vergne, in 18th position.

Lap 17: Hamilton's lead is now two seconds from Grosjean as the teams ponder when to make a stop.

Lap 17: Senna and Rosberg come into the pits.

Lap 17: Both drivers take on medium compound tyres. Senna is slightly delayed as di Resta comes in for his first stop.

Lap 18: Pitstops for the drivers ahead of Button put him in clear air on his fresh tyres.

Lap 18: Kobayashi has passed Pic on-track to take over 18th position.

Lap 18: Button will be hoping to leap Vettel if he can find good pace on this outlap.

Lap 18: Vettel responds with a pitstop.

Lap 18: Schumacher has also passed Pedro de la Rosa. That moves him up to 21st.

Lap 18: Soft tyres go on Vettel's car, with Alonso also in for a stop. He takes medium rubber.

Lap 18: Button surges through and is still ahead of Vettel.

Lap 18: Vergne passes Pic, who is falling away badly now with his tyres. The Toro Rosso driver is up to 19th.

Lap 19: Raikkonen, unleashed by the Alonso stop, sets the fastest first sector.

Lap 19: Kovalainen had moved up to 13th place in the pitstop phase, but the Finn comes in for his own change of tyres.

Lap 19: Leader Hamilton is in for his first stop.

Lap 19: Medium compound for Hamilton and he's back underway after a short delay.

Lap 19: That could be costly for Hamilton, with the reason for his slow getaway unclear at the moment.

Lap 19: Massa is the next to head in for a stop.

Lap 20: Petrov pits from 16th in the Caterham.

Lap 20: Grosjean leads for the moment but will likely pit this time.

Lap 20: Grosjean is in for his first stop.

Lap 20: Soft tyres for Grosjean and he's not too quick out of the box either.

Lap 20: At the rear of the field, Karthikeyan and Glock pit together, almost getting in the way of Grosjean's entry to the lane.

Lap 20: Hamilton drives past and back ahead of Grosjean on the road.

Lap 20: Raikkonen now leads from Webber, with Hamilton currently third and Grosjean fourth.

Lap 20: Only Raikkonen, Webber, Perez, Pic and de la Rosa are yet to come in for a stop.

Lap 21: Button and Vettel follow behind, as Alonso slips past the yet-to-pit Perez.

Lap 21: Raikkonen and Webber both dive in.

Lap 21: Soft tyres for Raikkonen, while Webber opts for medium compound.

Lap 21: Raikkonen resumes ahead of Alonso, with Webber dropping in behind the Ferrari.

Lap 21: Vettel is looking very racy on his soft tyres and is all over the gearbox of Button in a battle for third.

Lap 22: So Alonso is up to seventh, with Perez eighth, Senna ninth and still ahead of Massa. Then Rosberg in 11th - he gained track position over Hulkenberg.

Lap 22: Up front, Hamilton leads again, now on medium rubber, by 2.6 seconds from the soft-shod Grosjean.

Lap 22: Pic has been in for his first stop of the afternoon. He rejoins outside the top 20.

Lap 22: Button is a further 5.3 seconds behind in third, on mediums, with Vettel all over the McLaren thanks to his soft tyres.

Lap 22: Perez finally makes it into the pits and takes on medium compound tyres. He rejoins in 15th.

Lap 23: The only driver in the race who is yet to come in is Pedro de la Rosa. He is 22nd.

Lap 23: Raikkonen, fifth, is on softs and looking to close down on Vettel, followed by Alonso and Webber.

Lap 23: Grosjean's pace is strong at the moment but McLaren reckon his soft tyres could run out of grip before Hamilton's harder rubber.

Lap 23: So after all that, Senna resumed in eighth with Massa ninth, Rosberg 10th, Hulkenberg 11th, Maldonado 12th and di Resta in 13th.

Lap 24: Ricciardo is 14th ahead of Perez 15th, Kobayashi 16th, Vergne 17th, Kovalainen 18th, Schumacher up to 19th and Petrov 20th.

Lap 24: Grosjean sets the fastest lap at 1m26.353s and is now clocked just 1.3 seconds behind Hamilton.

Lap 24: De la Rosa pits the HRT and rejoins - just in time to get in Alonso and Webber's way.

Lap 25: Hamilton now has Grosjean in his mirrors and begins to respond to the Lotus pace.

Lap 25: Grosjean is now just 0.9 seconds behind Hamilton as he enjoys the grip from his soft tyres.

Lap 26: McLaren strategists should be concerned by this speed from Grosjean but the Lotus man really needs to take the lead to build an advantage.

Lap 26: Down the field there are two developing scraps. Di Resta in 13th is homing in on Maldonado, while at the back Glock is about to challenge Karthikeyan.

Lap 26: Button, also on medium rubber, continues to take major pressure from Vettel on softs.

Lap 27: Overtaking is proving difficult though, with the DRS zone not proving particularly useful so far.

Lap 27: Has Grosjean cooked his softs already? He fades to 2.4 seconds off leader Hamilton after a pair of poor laps.

Lap 28: Senna posts his best lap of the race so far. He continues in eighth spot and is just 2.2s behind the Alonso versus Webber fight.

Lap 28: Lots of debris building off-line on the front straight, with the tyres depositing a huge amount of rubber as they wear here.

Lap 29: Massa is more than six seconds behind Senna. He is ninth with Rosberg 10th, Hulkenberg 11th, Maldonado 12th and di Resta is now 1.3s back from the Venezuelan in 13th.

Lap 29: Ricciardo is 14th in the Toro Rosso, but Perez is liking the feel of his tyres and is on the Australian's tail.

Lap 29: Button continues to hold off Vettel, while Grosjean is edging back towards Hamilton again.

Lap 30: Track position is still everything here, with the typical Monaco-like difficulty of overtaking seeming to continue.

Lap 31: Grosjean is now clocked 1.2 seconds behind Hamilton.

Lap 31: Vettel tells Red Bull that he "can go much faster" than Button, urging the team to "do something" on strategy.

Lap 32: Hamilton now has Grosjean now right on his tail as the pair move towards lapped traffic.

Lap 32: Vergne pits from 17th position for his second stop.

Lap 32: Vergne rejoins in 20th place, behind Schumacher and Petrov.

Lap 32: Vettel's calls for a change of strategy get ever-more insistant, but the team is busy plotting where he would feed out after another stop.

Lap 32: An move to three-stop from Grosjean or Vettel would force McLaren into a change of strategy as well...

Lap 33: At the back, Glock is still on the tail pipe of Karthikeyan's HRT, as they occasionally move out of the way of quicker cars coming through to lap them.

Lap 33: Something Button is told with McLaren suggesting the need to move to "plan B"

Lap 33: Grosjean continues to tail Hamilton but has been off the circuit a couple of times in recent laps.

Lap 34: Lotus could stop fairly soon on a three-stop plan, which would put McLaren into a bit of a bind as Hamilton plans to run long on his mediums

Lap 34: Senna in eighth is gradually continuing to lose ground behind Webber, but it is only one or two-tenths per lap. The gap is 3.3s.

Lap 34: Button continues to hold off Vettel as the pair work through the lapped traffic.

Lap 34: Schumacher pits from 18th place and rejoins back behind Vergne. He is down to 20th and failing to recover after a dismal start to the race.

Lap 35: Webber is told he is basically racing with Alonso and Senna.

Lap 35: Button pre-empts any Vettel move to three stops with his own pitstop to go to softs.

Lap 35: Button resumes behind Senna, which could prove a problem.

Lap 35: The battle for 14th is another that continues unabated. Ricciardo is holding off Perez, but now it changes as the Australian pits.

Lap 35: Hamilton is now being told of the need to switch to "plan B" - seemingly a three-stop.

Lap 36: Perez moves through into 14th and Kobayashi inherits 15th as Ricciardo drops down the order.

Lap 36: Vettel, now released, sets the fastest lap - with Button boxed up behind Senna and not making progress.

Lap 36: Senna is seventh, with Button right behind in eighth and this is surely going to cost him track position to Vettel if he doesn't get past.

Lap 36: Replays coming through of Perez running wide slightly at Turn 11. This happened before Ricciardo's stop. He continued without problem.

Lap 37: Petrov pits this time round from 19th position.

Lap 37: This could be a strategic blunder from McLaren, who could have waited a bit longer to see what Vettel was going to do.

Lap 37: Schumacher regains 19th as the Russian blasts out of the pits.

Lap 37: Raikkonen now sets the fastest lap at 1m26.365s. He is now 3.2 seconds behind Vettel.

Lap 37: Button is looking for a move on Senna but this is very costly for the McLaren man.

Lap 38: Kovalainen comes in for his second stop from 17th place.

Lap 38: Raikkonen is now eying getting past the delayed Button as well, rapidly drawing up on the rear of Vettel.

Lap 39: Vettel is next in the pits, taking medium compound.

Lap 39: Vettel resumes and he's clear of Senna and Button on the road.

Lap 39: Petrov and Pic are fighting on track for 20th and cause concern as the Senna versus Button battle comes into Turn 1.

Lap 40: Ending up boxed behind Senna proved a terrible blunder from McLaren.

Lap 40: Grosjean makes his next stop from second place, fitting medium compound rubber.

Lap 40: A roll of the dice from Louts, but that looks like a two stop plan.

Lap 40: Di Resta has been into the pits as the race gets busy. Hulkenberg is in one lap later.

Lap 40: Grosjean will need to push on now, while Hamilton will surely react with a stop.

Lap 40: Webber has also been in for a set of soft tyres.

Lap 40: Hamilton sets his personal best middle sector as he dives into the pits.

Lap 41: Di Resta is flying on his new tyres. He rejoined in 13th but has just posted the fastest sector times of all in the middle and last portions of the racetrack.

Lap 41: Hamilton is down and away on medium rubber and resumes well clear of Grosjean after a quick stop.

Lap 41: Pic pits for his second stop from 21st place.

Lap 41: A great pitstop sequence for Hamilton and McLaren there as he retains track position over Grosjean.

Lap 41: Rosberg is in next from 10th place. He rejoins and will charge to make sure he can at least get a few points this afternoon.

Lap 42: Kobayashi is another to stop. He was 16th.

Lap 42: Hamilton and Grosjean are now on medium rubber and have clearly backed out of a change to three stops.

Lap 42: Karthikeyan is in and that hands 23rd to Glock for the time being.

Lap 42: Lotus could have forced McLaren into three stops by an earlier switch for Grosjean, but seem to have opted for a more conservative approach.

Lap 42: Maldonado pits from 10th, handing that place back to Rosberg.

Lap 42: Meanwhile, Raikkonen leads ahead of his final stop and is setting rapid times despite used rubber.

Lap 43: Ricciardo in 15th posts his best lap of the race so far. In doing so, he edges away from team-mate Vergne.

Lap 43: Raikkonen eases out to a 14.1 second lead over Hamilton as the McLaren man is told of the intention to run to the end.

Lap 43: Glock pits and the fight for last will shake out in just a moment.

Lap 43: Senna is in for a stop, finally releasing Button.

Lap 43: Hamilton is being forced to push here by Raikkonen's pace at the end of the Finn's soft tyre stint.

Lap 44: Massa moves up to seventh, but he is yet to come in for his second stop. Webber is closing quickly in ninth.

Lap 44: Alonso is the next man in for a change of tyres.

Lap 44: De la Rosa pits from 22nd position.

Lap 44: Massa follows his team-mate down the pitlane.

Lap 44: Alonso has resumed on medium compound, clear of Senna on the road.

Lap 45: Hamilton has paused Raikkonen's spurt at a gap of 14 seconds but the Lotus is now putting Grosjean and Vettel under danger for a nett second

Lap 45: Marussia can claim a small victory over HRT, as Glock emerges from his stop some 12 seconds in front of Karthikeyan.

Lap 45: Raikkonen is told he "really needs to push" ahead of an imminet final stop.

Lap 45: Glock has also jumped de la Rosa in the pitstop phase and moves into 22nd spot.

Lap 45: Raikkonen is in for his final change of tyres.

Lap 45: Raikkonen will resume behind Hamilton but it is close with his team-mate...

Lap 46: Button is also in for another stop.

Lap 46: So Senna is back into eighth and continues to hover around two seconds back from Alonso. Massa maintained ninth and Rosberg holds 10th.

Lap 46: Side-by-side from the Lotus pair and Raikkonen barges past!

Lap 46: Perez is 11th but he is yet to stop for a second time. Hulkenberg is up next, then team-mate di Resta in 13th.

Lap 46: That puts Raikkonen ahead of Grosjean and Vettel on the road after putting the manners on his younger team-mate.

Lap 47: Replays of Button's stop show a bit of a fumble on the left front, with his costly move to a three stopper continuing to go awry.

Lap 47: Force India did a good job for di Resta, getting him track position over Maldonado, who is down to 14th. Ricciardo is 15th with Vergne 16th.

Lap 47: Hamilton is clocked 4.4 seconds clear of Raikkonen, Grosjean and Vettel.

Lap 47: Hamilton will have to go further than Raikkonen on this final set of tyres, meaning the Lotus could put the pressure on at the end.

Lap 48: Kobayashi is 17th and Schumacher is unable to make any inroads into the Japanese driver whatsoever. Kovalainen is 19th with Petrov 20th.

Lap 48: Webber is now fifth in his Red Bull but on soft tyres, which may run out of grip by the end.

Lap 48: Vergne pits one more time from 16th position. A three stop strategy here and the Toro Rosso driver may lose out.

Lap 48: Hamilton's lead is cut to 3.5 seconds by Raikkonen's continuing progress.

Lap 48: Perez comes in for his second stop from 14th place.

Lap 49: Button is down to seventh and right behind Alonso after the change of strategy for McLaren dropped him down from third.

Lap 49: Maldonado plays bumper cars with di Resta at Turn 12. He nerfs the Scot out of the way, barging through into 12th.

Lap 49: Hamilton is warned of Raikkonen catching towards the finish and the Finn is making significant inroads into the lead McLaren.

Lap 49: Both cars continued and di Resta appears to have suffered no damage in that contact. He is still able to lap at a reasonable pace and is 1.5s behind the Williams driver.

Lap 50: Hamilton has some understeer in his McLaren, with Raikkonen now clocked 2.6 seconds behind.

Lap 50: Ricciardo has also been into the pits for a third stop this afternoon. He rejoins in 16th, 12 seconds clear of team-mate Vergne.

Lap 50: Overtaking is proving extremely difficult today, but Hamilton's tyres could fade significantly in the closing laps.

Lap 51: Raikkonen continues to draw closer to Hamilton, now clocked just 1.3 off the lead.

Lap 53: Schumacher posts his best lap of the race so far - 1m27.604s. He is still down in 18th place, but is now 7.1s behind Vergne.

Lap 54: Raikkonen is told to turn his KERS down for the moment, but will be able to put it back to full strength in the closing laps.

Lap 54: Vergne responds to the potential attack from Schumacher over the final laps. He puts in his best lap of 1m26.965s to maintain the gap.

Lap 54: Maldonado pits from 12th - a sight that a certain Paul di Resta will be pleased about - after being handed a drive-through penalty.

Lap 54: Raikkonen is now right with Hamilton, with the Lotus now in the dirty air from the McLaren.

Lap 54: Petrov has also been in from 20th place, for his third stop of the afternoon.

Lap 54: Further back, Grosjean is 4.4 seconds off the lead and tailed by Vettel.

Lap 54: Up front, Raikkonen begins to exercise his DRS but the opening rear wing hasn't proved an effective overtaking aid so far today.

Lap 55: Webber, in fifth, is still on soft rubber and surely one of the most likely to run into rubber problems at the end.

Lap 55: Senna is driving a solid race in that Williams. He is still eighth and keeping pace with Button's McLaren. The gap is 1.5s.

Lap 55: Indeed, Webber dives in for a third stop.

Lap 55: Webber resumes on another set of softs, just ahead of Massa.

Lap 55: Massa maintains ninth but is 4.6s back from Senna, with Rosberg 10th, Hulkenberg 11th and di Resta 12th.

Lap 56: Senna, Button and Alonso will surely be on Webber's hit list as he looks to take advantage of fresh rubber.

Lap 58: Hamilton is keeping Raikkonen comfortably at bay for now, but the difference may come in the late laps when Hamilton's tyres are worn out.

Lap 59: Webber is now 2.6 seconds behind Senna and closing on the Williams.

Lap 59: Vettel pits his Red Bull for a third stop.

Lap 59: Kovalainen pits from 19th and should maintain track position over team-mate Petrov.

Lap 59: Soft tyres go on for Vettel and he's away for a charge to the finish.

Lap 59: Vettel just makes it out ahead of Alonso.

Lap 60: Alonso is looking for a move on the Red Bull but the championship leader is held off.

Lap 60: There could be another battle coming at the rear of the field. De la Rosa isn't done with Glock yet. They are battling for 22nd and the Spaniard has the gap down to 2.8s.

Lap 60: Raikkonen says his only hope of getting past is if Hamilton's rear tyres fade.

Lap 60: So after those late Red Bull stops it is Hamilton from Raikkonen, Grosjean, Vettel, Alonso, Button, Senna and Webber.

Lap 61: Schumacher pits the Mercedes from 18th place. This is for good and the mechanics wheel him into the garage.

Lap 61: Webber is not really making progress on Senna and his three-stopper isn't working out for the moment.

Lap 61: Vettel is now clocked 17 seconds behind Grosjean in fourth but sets the fastest lap.

Lap 61: A disappointing day for the German. It all went wrong at the start and on pace it wasn't getting any better. Schumacher retires.

Lap 62: Hamilton is now approaching lapped traffic in the form of de la Rosa's HRT.

Lap 62: The lead gap is clocked at 0.8 seconds as Hamilton flashes past followed by Raikkonen.

Lap 62: Perez in 14th is putting on a spurt in the closing stages. He is 4.3s behind Maldonado and closing at over half-a-second per lap.

Lap 62: Nine-tenths closed for Perez on the last lap and he has the gap to 13th placed Maldonado down to 3.4s.

Lap 64: Hamilton confirms his tyres are still in good shape with his best race lap of 1m25.752s.

Lap 64: Senna is holding on well to seventh spot, but Webber is within one second and Massa has joined the fun. He is 1.4s behind the Australian.

Lap 64: Five laps remain in a strategic Hungarian Grand Prix.

Lap 65: Karthikeyan has dinged the barrier at what looks like Turn 4. He is off to the side of the track and retiring with left front corner damage.

Lap 65: Hamilton is told on the radio that he can set the yellow button on his steering wheel to give maximum from the McLaren to the finish.

Lap 65: Hamilton's lead is one second from Raikkonen with four to go.

Lap 65: Marshals are slowly removing the HRT away from the side of the circuit. Yellows remain in place up the hill.

Lap 65: Vettel continues to charge forwards, clocked 8.8 seconds behind Grosjean and closing fast.

Lap 66: Vergne has pitted from 17th position. That's his fourth stop of the afternoon.

Lap 66: Webber is also finally taking advantage of his fresher softs, pressuring Senna in a scrap for seventh.

Lap 66: Perez in 14th continues to charge after Maldonado. The gap is down to 1.9s.

Lap 66: Hamilton draws 1.2 seconds clear of Raikkonen as he controls the chasing Lotus to the finish.

Lap 66: At the back, de la Rosa has closed up to Glock and there is just 0.8s between them, as they fight for 22nd.

Lap 67: Two laps remain before F1's summer recess.

Lap 68: Race control states that yellow flags will remain in place at the exit of Turn 4 until the end of the race.

Lap 69: Hamilton begins his final lap in the lead at the Hungaroring.

Lap 69: Kobayashi pits the Sauber from 15th place.

Lap 69: Raikkonen is no where near a challenge on Hamilton, with the upgraded McLaren's tyres holding on well to the flag.

Lap 69: This looks like a retirement for the Sauber driver on the final lap of the race.

13:47 Webber in eighth is still less than one second behind Senna in the final stages.

13:47 Lewis Hamilton wins the Hungarian Grand Prix!

13:47 A commanding performance from the British driver, holding off major pressure from Lotus for his second win of the year.

13:47 Raikkonen was rapid today and harried Hamilton to the flag but in the end the Finn just falls short of a comeback win this afternoon.

13:47 Grosjean takes another podium but may be disappointed to be leaped by his team-mate after pushing Hamilton in the early stages.

13:47 Vettel leads the three-stop brigade with fourth place, some solid points after making the best of the alternative strategy.

13:48 Championship leader Alonso maintains his advantage into the break with a fifth place finish.

13:48 Sixth for Button, who will surely be questioning McLaren's early switch to a three stop plan when he was on for the podium.

13:48 Senna drives to a strong seventh for Williams, holding off Webber at the end - another man who could be ruing a three-stop plan.

13:48 Massa comes home in ninth place and Nico Rosberg claims the final point on a hot afternoon in Hungary.

13:49 Hamilton is told his drive was "magnificent". He praises the "amazing job" and urges keeping this up for the rest of the campaign.

13:49 Out of the points: Hulkenberg finishes 11th with team-mate di Resta in 12th. Maldonado closed back up to di Resta but ends up 13th.

13:51 Hamilton steps out of his winning McLaren and celebrates his second triumph of the year.

13:51 Perez caught Maldonado at the end but ends up in 14th spot, ahead of Ricciardo and Toro Rosso team-mate Vergne.

13:53 Kovalainen and Kobayashi retired in the late stages. They are classified in 17th and 18th positions, with Petrov 19th and Pic 20th.

13:53 Glock was 21st, holding off de la Rosa at the end. The spaniard finished 22nd.

13:54 The top three drivers walk out onto the podium and God Save the Queen rings out over the Hungaroring for Lewis Hamilton and McLaren.

13:55 Lewis Hamilton picks up the trophy for a fine victory in Hungary, delighted at putting himself back in the title fight.

13:55 McLaren sporting director, Sam Michael, picks up the constructors' prize for the winning team.

13:55 Kimi Raikkonen receives his award for second place in today's race. He raises it above his head - smile absent - and salutes the fans.

13:56 Romain Grosjean accepts his award for yet another podium finish on a strong day for Lotus.

13:56 The champagne sprays on the podium and Hamilton showers his crew down below, before the three drivers pose for the end-of-race photo.

13:58 Placido Domingo is on hand to interview the podium trio in front of the crowd.

13:58 Two drivers retired and were not classified in the results. Karthikeyan suffered an incident at Turn 4 in the final stages, while Michael Schumacher pulled into into the pits after a disastrous day at the office.

13:58 Alonso's championship lead is now 40 points over Webber. Vettel is just two further back in third closely followed by Hamilton and Raikkonen

13:59 Alonso's advantage over Hamilton is now 47 points, but the McLaren team will be pleased with the upturn in pace from the upgraded MP4-27.

14:01 Indeed, Hamilton's win puts McLaren back up to second in the constructors' points by one marker over Lotus. Ferrari are demoted to fourth.

14:02 Stick with AUTOSPORT for all the reaction to today's events in Hungary.

14:04 Lewis Hamilton gets his mojo back, winning in style and holding off Raikkonen for 25 important points.

His race was shaped with a brilliant start off the line, as Romain Grosjean faltered. From then on it was a case of driving hard - but all the while protecting his tyres. In the end he managed the situation perfectly, holding off the challenges from both Lotus drivers.

Vettel secured more solid points and Alonso will head for the summer holidays with a sizable championship lead intact. But a disappointing day for Jenson Button, who was mired in traffic - and that will be a topic of discussion in McLaren's post-race debrief.

This was the 2012 Hungarian Grand Prix on AUTOSPORT Live. Thanks for joining us over the last three days of action. Enjoy the summer break and we will be back for the Belgian Grand Prix in five weeks' time.

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Emlyn (11:40) The last one before the summer break, so let's hope this is good. Join us with your comments and opinions during the Hungarian Grand Prix, live from the Hungaroring

mark f1 (11:45) howdy all :wave:

fnz (11:45) hi chaps

Youichi (11:45) Hello Folks, Go Lotus !

Andy35 (11:46) :wave:

rghojai (11:46) hello from Dubai, fellow w@nkers and fans of Club International.

PEW (11:46) I am going to make the most of this one :wave:

rghojai (11:46) Always nice to see that Andy lives another day.

Crafty (11:47) :wave:

Exar Kun (11:47) evening all :wave:

Crafty (11:47) What I want to know is if Brundle wasn't there telling drivers how to get off the grid to the toilets how many would get lost ?

f1fastestlap (11:47) :wave:

sergeym (11:48) :wave:

Lord Snooty (11:48) Afternoon all... looks like a clear, hot day for the race

:up:

mark f1 (11:48) any chance of rain today?

race addicted (11:49) 36'C air temp, a friend at the track said, but that can't be right, surely?

mark f1 (11:50) rain early this morning washing the track might make it interesting

smartie_f1 (11:50) Hi All :wave:

krapmeister (11:50) 'ello 'ello :wave:

PEW (11:50) If he's in a grandstand -yes it can

race addicted (11:50) She, but OK.

krapmeister (11:50) mark f1 - are you out of hospital yet?

Crafty (11:51) sky have been reporting that rain will hold off until after the race

saudoso (11:51) morning y'all

mark f1 (11:51) nope krap,...tonight is night 33

krapmeister (11:51) We want rain dammit!

mark f1 (11:51) full room now too, but they are watching olympics

boost (11:52) :wave:

Andy35 (11:52) Just spent an hour trying to fix my daughters bike, why do things always come apart easier than they go back together?

krapmeister (11:52) cripes Mark - any idea when?

SuperDaan (11:52) Hello all :wave:

katmen (11:52) ahoy :wave:

mark f1 (11:52) it is impriving, no date yet, but I;m hopeful by end of the week

rghojai (11:52) darn. was hoping for rain.

mark f1 (11:52) improving

KnucklesAgain (11:52) Hi folks

krapmeister (11:53) Actually Andy - my clio went back together easier than it came apart today

Lord Snooty (11:53) @mark: fingers crossed that comes good for you mate! :up:

mark f1 (11:53) all I will say is, if you wear contact lens....don't

krapmeister (11:53) hopefully it won't be much longer then Mark :up:

mark f1 (11:53) thanks LS

SuperDaan (11:53) GL mark

Andy35 (11:54) Krap, I need you here with your snap on set. We have one hammer and a screwdriver.

mark f1 (11:54) is that in your wife's toolbox?

krapmeister (11:54) Hmmm... I have more than a hammer and a screwdriver but Snap-on sets are the things that dreams are made of for me... :lol:

Andy35 (11:54) Saucy mark :blush:

Betty Swollox (11:55) if it was a Red Bull bike you wouldn't need any tools

Lord Snooty (11:55) :lol:

mark f1 (11:55) maybe a stint in hospotal will do you well Andy...

Andy35 (11:55) lol Betty :lol:

krapmeister (11:55) Betty :lol:

mark f1 (11:56) no chores...and I always make the start of the F1 sessions

Andy35 (11:56) silver lining Mark! :up:

krapmeister (11:57) Don't s'pose you get sponge baths though Mark... :lol:

Crafty (11:57) so then, if lewis gets his usual crappy start and grosjean is on the wrong side will vettel get the jump ?

ColchesterF1 (11:57) Afternoon all! :wave:

Slackbladder (11:57) hi guys

mark f1 (11:58) unfortunately not :well:

katmen (11:58) SC in first lap?

Dalton007 (11:58) hey :clap:

mark f1 (11:58) so, Webber in P11 to go long on the primes?

boost (11:58) yep

Andy35 (11:59) Track slightly hotter than yesterday.

Dalton007 (11:59) lewis will be awesome today.

StefK (11:59) would have thought so mark

mark f1 (11:59) yep,,,whitewalls

SuperDaan (11:59) everyone from p11 onwards will go long on primes probably

katmen (11:59) webbo whites

StefK (11:59) will be interesting to see if MACs struggle with the hotter temps

Andy35 (12:00) Mark is on primes

rghojai (12:00) local temp here is the same as the track temp.

mark f1 (12:00) would love to see Grosjean win

fnz (12:00) webbo out of synch wiuth his tyres

Slackbladder (12:00) Just stuck some money on grosjean leading first lap...

StefK (12:01) good call slack

Youichi (12:01) Come on Romain !

mark f1 (12:01) hungary tends to have a dirty side off the grid, but early morning rain might have helped

Slackbladder (12:01) well at 9/1...he does have agressive starts...

roadie (12:01) Heeeeyooo :wave:

SuperDaan (12:02) so when are the thunderstorm comming in? :smoking:

roadie (12:02) come on Williams! MAL don't screw this up!

fnz (12:02) good luck to all drivers

Betty Swollox (12:02) gla

PEW (12:03) fnz :up:

KnucklesAgain (12:03) Daan, RTL said they talked to Macca, and they think that any thunderstorms will be unpredictable sudden formations of weather cells

mark f1 (12:03) aborted

fnz (12:03) haha

saudoso (12:03) Wtf

carbonfibre (12:03) ??

SuperDaan (12:03) oh oh oh

Slackbladder (12:03) oooh don't see that often

KnucklesAgain (12:03) lol

CaptnMark (12:03) MS?

smartie_f1 (12:03) whats going on?

mark f1 (12:03) granpa

boost (12:03) shu

Andy35 (12:03) MS

krapmeister (12:03) Lol Schumi

roadie (12:03) hmmm

Slackbladder (12:03) grandad stalled

katmen (12:03) omg msc

carbonfibre (12:03) dear god schumachers car already broken.. :down:

blackonyx4 (12:03) :lol:

smartie_f1 (12:04) MS stuck

fnz (12:04) sch start from pit?

Crafty (12:04) grandad fell asleep and dropped the clutch ?

KnucklesAgain (12:04) oh. Good work by Charlie

Lord Snooty (12:04) blimey!!

roadie (12:04) bye bye MSC

fnz (12:04) how did charles knew?

Konsta (12:04) Michael doing the Suzuka '98

krapmeister (12:04) He really is making up for all his good luck in his first career... :lol:

mark f1 (12:04) didn't see any waved arms

ColchesterF1 (12:04) 12:01 Up the hill and round to the chicane at Turns 6 and 7, Hamilton takes them round and is aiming to warm up his soft tyres.

Legard? That you?

carbonfibre (12:04) car cant stall with anti stall so the car failed on him

roadie (12:04) 1 less race lap...

rolf123 (12:04) schumi looks so amateur since his return.

Slackbladder (12:05) That counts as one of the laps doesn't it

mark f1 (12:05) looks like he is going

fnz (12:05) hmmmz

roadie (12:05) @slack: aye

SuperDaan (12:05) huh he switched the engine off..?

Konsta (12:05) MS stopped his engine all by himself :confused:

carbonfibre (12:05) he shut it down himself because of yellow flags being waved thought the start was cancelled.

Youichi (12:05) did Ms switch it off because of the yellow lights ?

katmen (12:05) psycho...

fnz (12:06) now front rows have to wait for ages till schu arrives

race addicted (12:06) Schu the only one who knows the rules?

Crafty (12:06) no schu start from the pitlane

OfficeLinebacker (12:06) Weird. Is

muelte (12:06) sch will start from pit

Andy35 (12:06) Good opne from Lewis

fnz (12:06) bad start from fa

Crafty (12:06) great start from all

Slackbladder (12:07) Buttonn!!!!

fnz (12:07) slow off the line

Betty Swollox (12:07) JB

mark f1 (12:07) good start webbo, around ferrari at 1 and williams in 2

Exar Kun (12:07) Webber makes places on start!

krapmeister (12:07) Blinding start from Webber :clap:

Andy35 (12:07) Jenson !

carbonfibre (12:07) yep race addicted seems like it normally they abort the start why the extra warm up lap?

ColchesterF1 (12:07) Shocker from MAL

Slackbladder (12:07) Webber!!!

boost (12:07) macca boys good start

Crafty (12:07) webbo :eek:

KnucklesAgain (12:07) How did Massa lose all those places

roadie (12:07) MAL...

SuperDaan (12:07) kimi bad start also

Slackbladder (12:07) so much for my bet...ah well

boost (12:08) webb :up:

Crafty (12:08) lewis out of drs before it even began

Jimisgod (12:08) wtf schumi

SuperDaan (12:08) msc pits for hards?

krapmeister (12:08) Must be a blue moon tonight, Webber has had a blinder :lol:

Lord Snooty (12:08) Pastor going backwards and now racing withPerez... this might not be good..

Slackbladder (12:08) Kimi's KERS broke

jwrw (12:08) Lewis away already

Crafty (12:08) schu switched tyres, going to run long on the prime?

xman (12:08) kimi had no kers in the start?

Slackbladder (12:08) Schumi pits onto mediums...

Konsta (12:08) Lovely, Kimi's KERS not working :mad:

smartie_f1 (12:08) Kimi needs to ctrl alt del

rolf123 (12:08) lol kimi voice "why is not my kjers working!"

Slackbladder (12:09) Looool grandad speeding

SuperDaan (12:09) lol msc speeding rofl

katmen (12:09) msc fail

blackonyx4 (12:09) :lol:

KnucklesAgain (12:09) Great race for Schu

krapmeister (12:09) lol @ schumi for speeding in pitlane

Crafty (12:09) team say kimi just needs to reset kers

saudoso (12:09) M$ should park it...

Jimisgod (12:09) lol poor kimi

Andy35 (12:09) Kimi just needs to get it charged up and it will be ok

kal-el (12:09) gawwd.. MSC weekend gets worse

Konsta (12:09) MS seems to have forgotten everything regarding races

prty (12:09) MS: Guys, I think we should retire the car

OfficeLinebacker (12:09) failing some kind of pit stop miscue, Lewis is going to walk the field and win this one in style for McLaren.

rolf123 (12:09) charlioe whiting screwed schu

sergeym (12:09) schumi is under investigation for speeding

StefK (12:09) but deleted from live timing it seems

D A (12:09) buttons transponder broken?

Crafty (12:09) massa is right up sennas chuff

Slackbladder (12:09) Hamilton flying

Crafty (12:09) button showing on LT ok

Andy35 (12:09) Webber might be one to watch though OLB

Crafty (12:10) grosjean dropped button by a second too

carbonfibre (12:10) why was there an extra warm up lap and why the yellow flags in the first place??? Schumacher switched the car off because of those yellow flags.

eoin (12:10) I did think that schumacher was going a bit fast in the pitlane after his engine was restarted.

Crafty (12:10) looks like button is trying to get out of vettels DRS

krapmeister (12:10) Blimey - Ricciardo has had a good start as well :eek:

That's it I'm going to buy a lottery ticket...

OfficeLinebacker (12:10) I'd like to see a Grand Chelem from Ham. that would be a lot of nice round number records for McLaren

roadie (12:10) KOB way back

OfficeLinebacker (12:11) ruh roh yello

D A (12:11) drs broken for kimi too?

Slackbladder (12:11) Drive thro for grandad

sergeym (12:11) DT for schumi

Andy35 (12:11) Ms cursed

kal-el (12:11) arrrghhh

rolf123 (12:11) F U charlie whiting :evil:

krapmeister (12:11) Lol Schumi will have been in the pitlane 3 times already

roadie (12:11) LOL MSC :clap:

Crafty (12:12) that was mega from webber

krapmeister (12:12) Great pass by Webber round the outside if someone in T2

Slackbladder (12:12) Senna had a good start

roadie (12:12) MAL just played it safe

katmen (12:12) massa awful start

SuperDaan (12:12) question remains why the start was aborted

KnucklesAgain (12:12) ALO took RAI on the outside after start

Andy35 (12:12) Grosjean squeezed Seb so Jenson took the benefit

carbonfibre (12:12) so again why was the first start aborted and for who were those yellow flags in the first place?? :confused:

Peter Perfect (12:12) A quick lap from Romain there

Konsta (12:13) MS not cursed - just a weekwnd to remember. All he "needs" now is to crash into someone and then it's "perfect". Poor showing altogether.

roadie (12:13) SEN very cautious in turn 3 on start

roadie (12:13) how WEB got past

kal-el (12:13) everyone but Narain is gonna lap msc

Crafty (12:14) carbon : I think the start was aborted for some unknown reason and schu thought procedure was engine off and they'd get restarted.

OfficeLinebacker (12:14) Seesh. Trundling along in 21st place and WHOOPS spun out.

Arn (12:14) looks like kimi has no drs

D A (12:14) haven't seen kimi use his drs yet

KnucklesAgain (12:14) VET dropped ALO quite a bit these last 2 laps. Let's see if ALO is just hanging back for tyre benefit

mark f1 (12:14) how long before the options come back to the primes

Crafty (12:14) Lewis just managing pace to look after tyres ?

krapmeister (12:14) Glock seems to have lost form a bit lately

Lord Snooty (12:14) @roadie: i think Pastor had so many people in his ear about be cautious that he was rather lacklustre in the start.. went backwards a far way

roadie (12:15) some may go only 10 laps I reckon

Andy35 (12:15) Alonso has a small train behind him at the moment.

Slackbladder (12:15) Alonso train...choo choo

xman (12:15) Alonso train choo choo

Exar Kun (12:15) Romain hanging in there nicely

KnucklesAgain (12:15) Crafty, and isn't that how it usually is? I don't think I've ever seen Charlie sending them on a second warmup lap immediately when the first try had to be aborted

roadie (12:15) @snooty, yeah he needs to finish to get points. Should have ROS when pits come round at least

xman (12:15) Slackbladder

Andy35 (12:15) Massa is the brakecar on the Alonso train

Konsta (12:15) If Kimi is withous DRS and fully-working KERS then... :mad:

Crafty (12:16) alonso is very smart when it comes to tyre management and picking his pace

krapmeister (12:16) Massa is the little red caboose :lol:

roadie (12:16) SEN out of DRS behind WEB

Crafty (12:16) konsta : nope, they just told him to reset kers, nothing said about drs

carbonfibre (12:16) indeed Knuckles if they normally abort the start then they should have let schumacher get back to his starting position.

xman (12:16) "Raikkonen told "KERS recovery five, only use 50% KERS this lap if you can, please""

StefK (12:16) vet ainfully slow in s2

krapmeister (12:17) Lotus borrowed RBR's KERS this race?

Andy35 (12:17) lol Krap . Oh we are mean

Konsta (12:17) @crafty: it was just a reply to arn who questioned that. Kimi's KERS in not fully OK, darn!!

OfficeLinebacker (12:17) KnucklesAgain--Webbers engineers are clearly in this chat because that's what they just told Webbo

mark f1 (12:17) @Stefk, RBR have been slow in S2 all weekend, Webb same time as Vett and it was green

Don_Humpador (12:17) This track is so bad for racing

Arn (12:18) havent seen kimi open his drs downthe straight yet

f1fastestlap (12:18) that's a big alonso train going on there...

StefK (12:18) true mark

Jimisgod (12:18) rains

KnucklesAgain (12:18) Seems like ALO is now keeping the +2.8 to VET stable

Andy35 (12:18) Now Grosjean has got past his "chaotic" phase in the opening laps he will go to the end, will the Lotus be really good on the tyres? Worth a punt for the win ?

prty (12:18) Alonso is saving tyres, Ferrari confirmed

fnz (12:18) fernando trulli

choo choo

roadie (12:18) KOB pits

KnucklesAgain (12:19) confirmed where, prty?

Konsta (12:19) @fnz:

roadie (12:19) MAL slow for some reason

StefK (12:19) if I had a betting account, id be putting money on GRO about now

Exar Kun (12:19) Alonso just gets himself out of the dirty air and then holds station. He's a smart driver.

Lord Snooty (12:19) Grosjean speading up a tad... Lewis already used up the best of his tyres?

Arn (12:20) kimis F1 career in a nutshell, stuck behind a slower car

Konsta (12:20) Kimi's DRS not opening :mad:

prty (12:20) Knuckles: in the TV transmission here they have people listening to the radios, guess it has been said there

Youichi (12:20) Anyone else got a slight echo on the sky commentary ?

Andy35 (12:20) quite a few marbles already

ColchesterF1 (12:20) Senna broke the DRS gap to Massa

KnucklesAgain (12:20) thx prty

Crafty (12:20) not here youichi

smartie_f1 (12:21) Kimi's DRS was open last time down the straight

Betty Swollox (12:21) no o

smartie_f1 (12:21) no Youichi

saudoso (12:21) I'm guessing this second half of the season will look pretty different concerning the Williams duo.

Youichi (12:21) Konsta Kimi's DRS was open that lap, they've got a large top flap.

fnz (12:21) FA broke DRS to KR

Konsta (12:21) @smartie: was it? I tried to look carefully. Hope you're right.

Youichi (12:21) thanks folks, must be my TV

Andy35 (12:21) I do Youichi but then I have illegal Sky right next to legal Sky. I see everything twice.

Slackbladder (12:21) Martin and Crofty getting bored

Arn (12:21) buttons race pace is also much slower than lewis

grunge (12:21) Kimi's DRS is working guys,dont panic

fnz (12:22) grunge: bit he +1 sec behind now

KnucklesAgain (12:22) Hm, ALO keeps losing time to VET

mark f1 (12:22) Webb always reularly fastest in S1 now

saudoso (12:22) who's in panic?

Crafty (12:22) grunge : they are looking for excuses as to why he cant pass fred.

Konsta (12:22) @grunge: so Kimi only has to fight with 50% KERS

He can do it...

Slackbladder (12:22) Lotus tyres now going?

Arn (12:23) crafty, no I just couldnt see that the drs was open...

grunge (12:23) @Konsta i think they said that to him for that lap only..im hoping its all right now

Andy35 (12:23) Arn you stop picking on Button !

: Mind you, you are correct.. Still long way to go though.

StefK (12:23) alo stepping it up now

Crafty (12:23) grosjeans pace is superb, fast and consistent. Hes pushing lewis all the way at the moment.

KnucklesAgain (12:23) indeed StefK

roadie (12:24) fred looking mighty this lap

krapmeister (12:24) Come on Growjohn!

OfficeLinebacker (12:24) dat cloud

Exar Kun (12:24) Slow lap from Jenson

Andy35 (12:24) Is Seb sensible being that close to Button, tyres wise?

Slackbladder (12:24) Button's tyres gone?

blackonyx4 (12:24) Why do the keep calling Grosjean "dark horse"?

KnucklesAgain (12:24) well roadie, +0.7 to HAM is not mighty

Lord Snooty (12:25) Grosjean really pushing now

Arn (12:25) i think romain has a good chance to win, it only takes lewis to have a drop off a bit earlier

saudoso (12:26) RG will have LH messing it up

fnz (12:26) vettel q helmet is a joke

Lord Snooty (12:27) Senna beginning to drive away from Massa but is losing ground to Webber...

ZooL (12:28) its going to be about who can stop last

Exar Kun (12:28) When Hammy can clear Webber they'll pit him I guess

rolf123 (12:28) yawn this race is nearly a quarter over already.

ZooL (12:28) else u get stuff intraffic if you pit 2 early

MikeTekRacing (12:28) that FI is struggling badly in front of nico

grunge (12:28) RG very strong uptil now..this isnt going to be an easy win for LH

saudoso (12:28) Snooty I think from ALO on everyone just cruising

Slackbladder (12:28) jenson pits

magicon (12:28) what is top 5

roadie (12:28) BUT pit

grunge (12:28) Button pits

smartie_f1 (12:28) whats pitlane time here?

fnz (12:29) vettel sloaw lap

roadie (12:29) and HULK and MAL

Crafty (12:29) exar : dont think they will wait that long, thats like 10 laps away at least

roadie (12:29) hmmm, interesting midfield battle with ROS

Slackbladder (12:29) 3 sec stop...not bad

KnucklesAgain (12:29) Why did VET have a 1:29.1 last lap? super slow

saudoso (12:29) anyone got formula1livetiming.com working?

roadie (12:30) MAS fading behind SEN

saudoso (12:30) so quiet here

mark f1 (12:30) Gros faster that lap

carbonfibre (12:30) saudoso only after a couple of try's.

f1fastestlap (12:30) Lewis slow now..

Crafty (12:30) lewsi just about to lap glock I think

roadie (12:30) but SEN pits

Lord Snooty (12:30) Butt, MAL, Hulk now all on mediums..

krapmeister (12:30) Vergne has lost out badly on the pitstops to Ricciardo

grunge (12:30) RG eating away on Ham now

Andy35 (12:30) I think Grosjean is playing clever here and sitting far enough back to save his tyres.

Lord Snooty (12:30) Quick stop for SEN

saudoso (12:30) 20 seconds pit lane for SEN

grunge (12:31) KR now inside DRS zone

mark f1 (12:31) dan was in front of him after the sart @krap

fnz (12:31) RAI on the move

krapmeister (12:31) Pastor almost does it

roadie (12:31) wow a good Williams pit stop!

Lord Snooty (12:31) Maldonado showing a bit of the red mist on Petrov... :lol:

krapmeister (12:31) mark f1: yeah I know but he's lost 3 spots on track to Dan after the pitstop

Slackbladder (12:31) Vettel pits.

Slackbladder (12:32) Interesting to see how close he is to button

KnucklesAgain (12:32) VET options

roadie (12:32) ROS has got ahead of HULK

Crafty (12:32) fred and vettel stopped. now mac can think about stopping lewis.

mark f1 (12:32) ok

krapmeister (12:32) Webber needs to make hay now

Andy35 (12:32) not that quick pits stop for Vettel

xman (12:32) kimi purples on clear air

mark f1 (12:32) kimi clear track now

Crafty (12:32) kimi purple s1

fnz (12:32) A good stop will KR make leapfrog FA

f1fastestlap (12:32) super slow S2 from lewis

ColchesterF1 (12:32) HAM needs to box

roadie (12:32) Perez going long as always

saudoso (12:32) SEN will undercut WEB

KnucklesAgain (12:32) ALO primes

Andy35 (12:32) Kimi could make some hay now.

StefK (12:32) not sure that was the right tyre choice for VET

ColchesterF1 (12:33) There we go

f1fastestlap (12:33) lewis pits

Lord Snooty (12:33) lewis box

Slackbladder (12:33) Hamilton pits

carbonfibre (12:33) slow stop

Andy35 (12:33) Now Grosjean may go quicker ...

f1fastestlap (12:33) nooo

ColchesterF1 (12:33) Long stop

Slackbladder (12:33) Slowish stop for Mclaren

OfficeLinebacker (12:33) dafuq with the pitstops

StefK (12:33) HAM behind WEB who will be going long

karlth (12:33) Another pitstop f***up

Arn (12:34) romain will win this i think, the lotus is much better on tires i think

fnz (12:34) FA stuck?

mark f1 (12:34) perez will hurt fred

KnucklesAgain (12:34) Damn, ALO stuck behind Perez, that will be difficult

Andy35 (12:34) Grosjean not quick though

Crafty (12:34) fred right front already going dark on the inside..

Jimisgod (12:34) :stoned:

mark f1 (12:34) ferrari team order coming up?

rolf123 (12:34) perez is so slow

Andy35 (12:34) Gro pits

roadie (12:34) PER holding up ALO is good for SEN

rolf123 (12:34) massa needs to slow down the entire pack. easily doable here

SuperDaan (12:34) FA losing too much now behind perez

Slackbladder (12:34) Long stop for Lotus!!

Andy35 (12:34) Slow from Lotus too

Konsta (12:35) Slow stop by Lotus

Enkei (12:35) Fortunately they botch it up as well

saudoso (12:35) GRO screwed

Crafty (12:35) good outlap from lewis and a bit of luck there too I think

grunge (12:35) Raikkonen's needs to put in some stellar laps now,time to undercut Alonso

F1isZen (12:35) About time for some luck eh Hami

muelte (12:35) great job ferrari :down:

Arn (12:35) kimi is fast

OfficeLinebacker (12:35) so no grand Chelem for Ham because GRO led that last lap

KnucklesAgain (12:35) markf1, Ferrari don't treat Sauber like RBR treats TR

ColchesterF1 (12:35) Senna pulled gap to 7.1!

carbonfibre (12:35) pfff lol

xman (12:35) team orders.. perez :P

mark f1 (12:35) team orders, as I said.... :well:

rolf123 (12:35) hehe

roadie (12:35) pit stops didn't work out for MAS

Andy35 (12:36) Lewis having some luck today so far. Perhaps we are in a parallel universe .... :lol:

Crafty (12:36) grosjean purple s2

Arn (12:36) lotus should pit kimi now

xman (12:36) so obvious

grunge (12:36) KR pits

Slackbladder (12:36) nothing works out for Massa

mark f1 (12:36) that was clearly not normal pass

Konsta (12:36) Perex gave up quite easy

Not to take anything away from FA...

rolf123 (12:36) perez blatently half throttle

saudoso (12:36) WEB/SEN on the mark now

krapmeister (12:36) Webber pitted already?

roadie (12:36) PER does a 1.31!

carbuff (12:36) kimi ahead of fred

Arn (12:36) passed alonso :clap:

mark f1 (12:36) kimi jumped alonso

grunge (12:36) KR undercuts Alonso :clap:

Konsta (12:37) Kimi jumped FA!! Finally Lotus gets sumthin right :clap:

Slackbladder (12:37) Clearest sign yet Perez to Ferrari??

Crafty (12:37) vettel on a rampage. he went on option right?

roadie (12:37) come on SEN do PER

xman (12:37) Slackbladder indeed

Andy35 (12:37) Lotus having a good day, has their time finally come?

Crafty (12:37) grosjean loves s2.

mark f1 (12:37) webber wasn't losing any more on guys behind, like Senna, so why stop now?

prty (12:37) Are you serious about the Perez team orders thing? :lol:

Crafty (12:38) perez isnt going to ferrari.

ZooL (12:38) grosjean gone on softs

KnucklesAgain (12:38) Yep VET on options

Arn (12:38) RG will undercut lewis after next stop

CaptnMark (12:38) SEN :up:

grunge (12:38) KR is out on softs again

saudoso (12:38) attaboy Senna!

roadie (12:38) nice move. Good driving from both

ZooL (12:39) arn unless rg gets stuck in traffic on his undercut

Lord Snooty (12:39) so GRO on used mediums?

Crafty (12:39) lotus are going to screw strategy, they will be on the prime when light on fuel and everyone else will be on option.

fnz (12:39) alo is dead slow

mark f1 (12:39) fred much slower

Exar Kun (12:39) I wonder how long Mark plans to do on options at end?

Enkei (12:39) Come on Mark!

StefK (12:39) same for VET crafty

KnucklesAgain (12:39) The first laps on mediums ALO was really slow in Germany as well

ColchesterF1 (12:40) Rumbles of thunder here in Colchester

grunge (12:40) Vet on a rampage

Crafty (12:40) vettel wants button

roadie (12:40) MAL is really slow for some reason...

Andromeda (12:40) Grosjean is on softs which mean Grosjean is 3 stopping

inaki (12:40) Alo is always slow at the beginning of the stints, specially with hard tyres. Ferrari takes a while to get temp

mark f1 (12:40) guy next to me storing like a locomotive :well:

Exar Kun (12:40) Webber could have stayed out and jumped Fred at this rate

alfa1 (12:40) MSC has also been dead slow this race.

mark f1 (12:41) definitely Exar

KnucklesAgain (12:41) ALO up to reasonable speed now

Crafty (12:41) HAM -> GRO 1.3

Konsta (12:41) Ferrari surprizingly slow.

Slackbladder (12:41) under a second now crafty

mark f1 (12:42) so who put softs back on?

Arn (12:42) kimi is too slow atm

krapmeister (12:42) Come on Growjohn!!!

Andy35 (12:42) Looking darker in Sevenoaks as well Colchester. Mrs AndyW has volunteered to go to Tesco's on a beer run :up:

mark f1 (12:42) both lotus and vetel

Crafty (12:42) andy : becks one presumes ?

Exar Kun (12:42) Which tyres did Kimi go onto?

Konsta (12:42) @knuckles: FA 8/10 slower than Kimi. Reasonably fast?

Andy35 (12:42) Offer on 568ml Stella, 4 cans for a fiver.

ColchesterF1 (12:42) Senna catching Webber

smartie_f1 (12:43) Exar: softs

roadie (12:43) @andy, nice! I just had a cheeky Sierra Nevada with lunch

Exar Kun (12:43) ahh, soft thanks

Andy35 (12:43) £1,25 a pint

krapmeister (12:43) Kimi on softs iirc

Slackbladder (12:43) Grosjean has to pass Lewis to have any chance though

grunge (12:43) Comon RG!!!

Crafty (12:43) lewis now matching grosjean times on this lap

Lord Snooty (12:43) @colch: and driving away from Massa again

Dalton007 (12:43) softs at the end will be even better which MAC will be on.

inaki (12:43) @Konsta, yes, Kimi is on softs and Alonso is trying to control Webber, 2nd in WDC

Crafty (12:43) woah grosjean dropped a second in s3

fnz (12:43) GR lost & sec in last sector

Konsta (12:43) HAM controlling?

Youichi (12:44) no crafty, romain being slowed by dirty air, not lewis going quicker.

mark f1 (12:44) kimi closing now

KnucklesAgain (12:44) Konsta, well when I wrote that he was just a bit slower on that particular lap. Now obviously not. We shall see

D A (12:44) problems for grosjean?

Crafty (12:44) and 7 tenths down in s1.. tyres gone of rmade a mistake that carried on in to s1 ?

Exar Kun (12:44) RG tyres gone already? Or traffic?

Andy35 (12:44) Agree Dalton, lower temp, lighter car and more rubber down.

Crafty (12:44) of ? or

Lord Snooty (12:44) Grosjean tyres gone off already?

roadie (12:44) MAS being caught

D A (12:45) no traffic from what I can see

Andy35 (12:45) Track is now down to 41C

Dalton007 (12:45) Jenson's pace is much better now :up:

Crafty (12:45) hmm pace picked up now, he must of made a mistake in the last corner that affected his speed down the straight

fnz (12:45) dummy stop by rbr

Konsta (12:45) RG slow all of a sudden.

Slackbladder (12:45) red bull playing games

krapmeister (12:45) Webber was going to pit already?!?!

Crafty (12:45) VET still catching button

mark f1 (12:46) more likely vett

Crafty (12:46) nah RBR pit was for vettel to stop him getting held up, surely ?

Arn (12:46) button has nice pace this stint

Slackbladder (12:46) Vettel can't get close to button though crafty even if he's faster

roadie (12:46) yeah track cooling. Who will this suit?

rolf123 (12:46) is there any chance of rain?

smartie_f1 (12:47) cool track goes towards ferrari and away from lotus

KnucklesAgain (12:47) Happy now Konsta?

Andy35 (12:47) Good question Rolf, seems to be some clouds bubbling up as some shade now.

Slackbladder (12:47) Kimi in trye saving mode

Crafty (12:47) kimi being told to conserve tyres..

Crafty (12:48) that means grosjean will have to as well, surely ?

inaki (12:48) to Kimi: "We need to make this stint long"

roadie (12:48) why go long on soft instead oj just putting medium on?

Andy35 (12:48) blue sky to one side of the track, some circumcisionnimbus to the other side.

f1fastestlap (12:48) gr back again...

ZooL (12:48) why are they not showing HAM vs GRO?

Konsta (12:48) @knuckles: 4 hundreths

I am elated.

StefK (12:49) because, despite you beng a HAM fanboy, VET is closer to BUT than GRO is to HAM

KnucklesAgain (12:49) @konsta: I'm not comparing him to Kimi, but the lap time is now "reasonable", compare e.g. to BUT

rolf123 (12:49) pls rain,pls safety car

alfa1 (12:50) Meanwhile, MSC still cant get past KOV. He's not recovering at all.

kal-el (12:50) @rolf123 praying with you

MikeTekRacing (12:50) alfa, msc is on 29 laps old tyres....

Slackbladder (12:50) We haven't had any safety cars for a while have we?

carbonfibre (12:51) alfa1 he has already recovered a lot of time but he is now on very old tyres already

Andy35 (12:51) Only half way through, tyres must take a leading part in this increasingly strategic race.

rolf123 (12:51) i pray to all gods for RAIN! lol

Dalton007 (12:51) thought Lewis would be much quicker.

HoldenRT (12:51) these laptimes right now.. F1 = spec series

Crafty (12:51) what did vettel just say ?

Slackbladder (12:51) Vettel frustrated

fnz (12:51) vettel needs 'a tool'

whoisjohngalt (12:51) vettel :lol:

rolf123 (12:51) "i think we're much faster than him so do something"

Crafty (12:51) dalton : tyre management, surely?

MikeTekRacing (12:52) why do they show blue flags so so early?! come on

fayah69 (12:52) lol he wants them to blue flag button lol

Slackbladder (12:52) loooool Vettel whine

Andy35 (12:52) LOL :lol:

Lord Snooty (12:52) :lol:

Dalton007 (12:52) Possible, Crafty

Betty Swollox (12:52) nappy rash?

rolf123 (12:52) vettel basically throwing toys out of pram as usual

HoldenRT (12:52) vettel on his whiniest day is nowhere near as spoilt or precious as lewis is..

inaki (12:52) To Vettel: "We are working on it". "Try something"

Dalton007 (12:52) lol Vettel.

f1fastestlap (12:53) why can't he shows some racecraft? :smoking:

Crafty (12:53) GRO got a tow off the marussia down the straight

krapmeister (12:53) Come on Seb, you're the WDC - do something...

roadie (12:53) WEB quickeest on track

Arn (12:53) you mean as button is :lol:

MikeTekRacing (12:53) ouch..that was close

Crafty (12:53) VET pushing again

Slackbladder (12:53) hah Ted: handbags radio

OfficeLinebacker (12:53) Hey if RBR had a policy in place where only Seb Vettel himself could do the ride height adjustment, then they were within the letter of the law that the adjustment can only be done with a tool.

HoldenRT (12:53) speaking of lewis.. his pace is crap atm.. probably nursing tyres.. track position here means everything rather than pace

inaki (12:53) Meanwhile Grosjean entered in DRS zone

Konsta (12:53) @knuckles: I know - sorry to mess up with you

Ferrari altogether not as strong as expected methinks.

Dalton007 (12:53) Lewis just had a low 1.27 hmmm

Peter Perfect (12:53) Hamilton with an issue? Button is lapping 0.5s quicker consistently on the same tyre. Romain now right behind him.

KnucklesAgain (12:53) Really old joke OLB

roadie (12:53) hmmm it's goong to get interesting

Lord Snooty (12:54) @holden: my thoughtsexactly... Hamilton is doing just about enough and no more..

Crafty (12:54) peter perfect : tyre management I reckon. Lewis is going just fast enough

Peter Perfect (12:54) Forget that. Hamilton back up to speed.

mark f1 (12:54) only way for Webb to get Fred is to undercut, but he can't because he has options left, needs a shorter stint on them at the end

ZooL (12:54) peter - ham had backmarrkers

OfficeLinebacker (12:54) @KA I only just thought if it! Slowpoke.jpg

KnucklesAgain (12:54) Konsta, yeah all in good fun, no problem. IMHO just as I expected after Q

inaki (12:54) Vettel was telling his team that he can be faster than Button, so try a strategy to overtake him and go forward

rolf123 (12:54) vettel should shut it and save tyres

Konsta (12:54) Hope RG does not crash - totally at the limit and at times over it.

Crafty (12:54) rosberg cant catch massa

KnucklesAgain (12:55) OLB you didn't hang out in the ride height adjustment thread ...

roadie (12:55) 11, 12 & 13 making no impression at all

Andy35 (12:55) It is odd Rolf why he is so close behind for so long whilst knowing he cannot overtake? What's the point?

prty (12:55) If RBR tells Ricciardo to stay in the garage, does that count as doing something?

carbuff (12:55) Lewis is driving really well, taking care of his tires and managing the gap to Romain! :up:

rolf123 (12:55) lol schumi!

Dalton007 (12:55) Looks like everyone will 3 stopping

Konsta (12:55) @knuckles: After Hockenheim the expectations were higher - were they not supposed to bring updates as well.

OfficeLinebacker (12:56) KA why would I hang out in that thread? I read the first 50 posts and it was all "OMG THE FIA SUCKS THEY ARE LETTING RBR CHEAT THIS IS UNCONSCIONABLE WAA WAA" and I was like OK I've seen enough.

rolf123 (12:56) andy, i think vettel is not that smart or "thinking" driver. relies so much on his engineer to tell him what to do

inaki (12:56) Ferrari's only chance is to go 2 stopping

KnucklesAgain (12:56) Not for this race really. They said "maybe a few small parts". Big update planned for Spa, it seems

roadie (12:56) BUT pit

Arn (12:56) button already pits

grunge (12:56) But pits

Andy35 (12:56) Kimi could do just one more stop.

rolf123 (12:56) i love the partnership between webber and his engineer. real men.

fnz (12:56) JB pits

Lord Snooty (12:56) BUT box

Crafty (12:57) button switched to 3 stop then

mark f1 (12:57) webber radio msg? I have no audio

Slackbladder (12:57) Button pits...

OfficeLinebacker (12:57) OK so there was a Button train forming, and he's pitted.

ZooL (12:57) mclaren idiots

Konsta (12:57) Jense 3-stop.

Lord Snooty (12:57) Jenson onto scrubbed softs?

KnucklesAgain (12:57) OLB just saying that if you had been there you would think the joke is old as well.

ZooL (12:57) you cant overtake on this track mclaren fools!

krapmeister (12:57) mark f1: yeah just giving webber the gaps to those around him

Konsta (12:57) Plan B for Lewis as well

Lord Snooty (12:57) Lewis plan B too?

boost (12:57) plan b

Slackbladder (12:57) McLaren to put Lewis to 3 stops as well...hmmm

Crafty (12:57) lewis : "yeah I hear ya".. how relaxed does he sound ?

roadie (12:57) BUT will clear SEN fairly easily I think

boost (12:57) :lol:

mark f1 (12:58) thanks krap

Arn (12:58) thats why buttons pace was a bit faster than lewis, he was pushing while lewis is nursing tires

Andy35 (12:58) Both Lotus will be just having one more stop is my guess.

rolf123 (12:58) lol lewis engineer might as well say "3 stops"

carbuff (12:58) Vettel was indeed faster ...

F1isZen (12:58) Mclaren Bloughing, no way lewis will 3 stop

Crafty (12:58) grosjean had a bad s3. Tyres going surely. Lewis should stay out to grow an advantage

OfficeLinebacker (12:58) @KA OK thanks. @Crafty I was about to say the same thing. Like with a cig hanging from his lip. "I hear ya, man. Now take a hit of this...."

krapmeister (12:58) Good to see that Mclaren was willing to do something for Seb there...

Arn (12:58) vettel joining the battle for th :clap:

e lead

Andy35 (12:59) lewis has one more sets of soft and Button none?

OfficeLinebacker (12:59) What I meant to say is @KA yeah I hear ya

Exar Kun (12:59) Webber needs to get the undercut going on Fred. I assume he has one set of new options to go on at some point

Crafty (12:59) OLB :lol:

"pirelli make some good sh1t man" :lol:

KnucklesAgain (12:59) :lol:

Crafty (12:59) kimi just woke up from a nap ?

xman (12:59) Kimi FL

roadie (12:59) RAI

Konsta (12:59) Kimi saving tyres!!

carbuff (12:59) Kimi purple

SuperDaan (13:00) iceman :lol:

xman (13:00) no more tyre conserving it looks

Exar Kun (13:00) Button to drop two places here

Arn (13:00) kimi told to push probably

OfficeLinebacker (13:00) Well this race is indeed a bit tense, with the gaps changing and whatnot. OH Kimi! :clap:

Konsta (13:00) Kimi has decreased the gap to LH by 5 secs this stint!!

krapmeister (13:00) Nice block from Senna there

roadie (13:00) SEN 27.1 which is good

xman (13:01) another FL by Kimi

Arn (13:01) kimi again FL

carbuff (13:01) fast again

HoldenRT (13:01) mclaren tyre wear is horrible

Konsta (13:01) Kimi is rather quick :clap:

Crafty (13:01) konsta: you sure ?, lewis was 17 secs to webber before his stop, not 19.

kal-el (13:01) where's that cursed rain

Arn (13:01) damn way :lol:

StefK (13:01) Kimi on fire

inaki (13:02) Red Bull and Lotus Renault are rockets and Vettel is an idiot saying that the best car is the Ferrari

rolf123 (13:02) hamiltopns spoiltn brat

roadie (13:02) out of the darn way. I say old chap!

Crafty (13:02) who is that blocking HAM ? Pastor ?

Konsta (13:02) @crafty: The diff to LH after stops was 14 secs and now 9.

rolf123 (13:02) ham and vettel = top brats of F1

OfficeLinebacker (13:02) well now our relaxed friend is a bit agitated.

KnucklesAgain (13:02) What's HAM's problem with Senna. It's a race

mark f1 (13:02) vett will get butt now

StefK (13:02) great stop!

xman (13:02) wonder how many laps Kimi can keep up with that pace

Lord Snooty (13:03) good stop from vet

Arn (13:03) can vettel go to the end on primes?

Crafty (13:03) KA : that isnt senna, I *think* its pastor.

krapmeister (13:03) Web needs to undercut Fernando

Dalton007 (13:03) Lotus should pit roman now!

Arn (13:03) vettel cleared button :clap:

blackonyx4 (13:03) Lotus strategist destroying Grosjean's race

xman (13:03) Vettel ahead of Button

MikeTekRacing (13:03) mclaren strategy fail....

saudoso (13:03) SV screwed it up?

KnucklesAgain (13:03) 30 laps very risky

Konsta (13:03) Nicely timed stop by RBR.

Andy35 (13:03) agree MikeTekRacing

mark f1 (13:03) gros should pit

gincarnated (13:03) rofl123 have you forgotten how Alonso acts behind back markers?

Lord Snooty (13:04) GRO box

Peter Perfect (13:04) Bit of bad luck there for Button

HoldenRT (13:04) grosjean can win?

KnucklesAgain (13:04) @crafty: oh thx

mark f1 (13:04) ah ah

D A (13:04) ham should have pitted this lap

Crafty (13:04) grosjean pitted, mac may be going back to 2 stop??

Arn (13:04) kimi to also clear button in a few laps

Slackbladder (13:04) Grosjean going for the undercut

Arn (13:04) RG will undercut lewis and win the race

krapmeister (13:04) Web going for undercut

roadie (13:04) this race is like a Bridgestone one

fnz (13:04) alo going for two stop?

Exar Kun (13:04) Vettel has made some ground on Grosjean there

mark f1 (13:04) webb on options now?

MikeTekRacing (13:04) not a great clear track for grosjean

Crafty (13:05) Arn : not if lewis is 2 stopping...

Crafty (13:05) lewis NPB S2.

Arn (13:05) I think with hards you can go to the end now

mark f1 (13:05) geez...30 laps for webb on options

roadie (13:05) SEN 2 stop?

Andy35 (13:05) Button must be spitting feathers. Plan B was actually Plan BS it seems.

Crafty (13:05) and hes in, so must be 3 stop

roadie (13:05) HAM pit

Arn (13:05) Crafty, yes because lewis will come out after RG

Exar Kun (13:05) Grosjean not setting the timing board on fire with his outlap

fnz (13:05) RG's race engineer roflol

Slackbladder (13:05) Lewis in lead still

mark f1 (13:05) webb 1 sec quicker than fred in S2

Crafty (13:05) mac stop :up:

GVera (13:06) Alo will save Hamilton!

D A (13:06) mac stop :up:

Jimisgod (13:06) who's in the best position to win

Andy35 (13:06) Good pitstop for Lewis

krapmeister (13:06) Unless Webber is going for a 3 stopper

Lord Snooty (13:06) Nice for Lewis

saudoso (13:06) RG screwed by FA from now on

Slackbladder (13:06) that should be the race won for hamilton

Arn (13:06) RG had poor outlap

rolf123 (13:06) alonoso 2 stop?

Lord Snooty (13:06) Williams need to pit MAL

krapmeister (13:06) Senna driving pretty good :up:

roadie (13:07) @snooty. I reckon let him run and try pace at the end

Jimisgod (13:07) guess its lewis

Konsta (13:07) Kimi!! What a lap!!

xman (13:07) Kimi FL :clap:

TIFOlonSO (13:07) Alonso should let gro pass but not vet, heheheh

Peter Perfect (13:07) Kimi for the win?!

StefK (13:07) Kimi will get VET

Arn (13:07) kimi very fast on old tires :up:

Andy35 (13:07) Could be a Kimi Lewis battle for the win here.

rolf123 (13:07) go kimi!

roadie (13:07) but MAL pits...

fnz (13:07) kimi managing his tyres perfectly

Lord Snooty (13:07) @rodie: could do; just watching di resta who he was racing and is now nearly 1 sec quicker... ah, MAL pits

roadie (13:07) will be undercut I reckon

Arn (13:08) all the top guys are 2 stopping exept button i think

Exar Kun (13:08) Webber to be held up by Massa this lap

blackonyx4 (13:08) Raikko could end up 2nd

Crafty (13:08) andy : nah

StefK (13:08) buahahahah JB

rolf123 (13:08) kimi to win, ham will eat all his ttyres up

mark f1 (13:08) hope mass pits...ferrrai funny business, keep massa out

krapmeister (13:08) Fred holding up Gro and Vet

Arn (13:08) alonso is helping kimi atm :up:

Lord Snooty (13:08) SEN box

roadie (13:08) SEN pit

Paul Prost (13:08) massa probably won't be able to hold webber up on his older tyres

prty (13:08) Hamilton 3 stopper and Lotuses 2 stoppers?

grunge (13:08) Rai is 1.5 sec faster than anyone on track

whoisjohngalt (13:08) Alonso..will wait till Button is on the tail of VEttel

Crafty (13:09) prty : surely not, 29 laps on option? madness

GVera (13:09) No prty Ham will not stop

ColchesterF1 (13:09) Great stint from Senna

Andy35 (13:09) Kimi will be on softs crafty , just needs to do some fast laps now.

MikeTekRacing (13:09) how much does rai need to pit?

fnz (13:09) alo has used both compôunds hqsnt he?

StefK (13:09) come on KIMI!!

StefK (13:09) (from a non KIMI fan)

saudoso (13:09) My bet is SEN the only 2 stopper...

Arn (13:09) no andy, kimi needs to go on hards

blackonyx4 (13:09) Alonso will cost GRO 2nd place

roadie (13:09) clear air for SEN now?

Lord Snooty (13:10) blast.. di resta bounced MAL in the stops

Arn (13:10) hards to the end

krapmeister (13:10) Fred in

saudoso (13:10) with ALO/RAI

Paul Prost (13:10) alonso started on soft

Exar Kun (13:10) Webber has caught Massa now.

Arn (13:10) crap, alonso pits

roadie (13:10) @snooty. SEN is the only one that counts now. No FI or Sauber in points

mark f1 (13:10) webb was only 9 secs behind fred, will jump easily

Arn (13:10) kimi should pit now

HoldenRT (13:10) webber can get button?

Lord Snooty (13:11) @rodie: spot on :up:

fnz (13:11) all alo can do is hope some drivers in front of him hit the cliff

saudoso (13:11) ALO/RAI/MAS/SEN 2 stoppers, the rest will hit the cliff if they try it

krapmeister (13:11) Web 8 secs ahead of Fred after the stops :eek:

Crafty (13:11) Grosjean pace all over the place, 1:28.1 last lap

GVera (13:11) KImi should have pitted last lap

Crafty (13:11) kimi just about to stop

Arn (13:12) kimi still took time from RG and vettel

Andy35 (13:12) No, he is still getting time GVera

mark f1 (13:12) kimi will be behind jens

blackonyx4 (13:12) Kinda like he was behind Alonso, Crafty?

Arn (13:12) wow Kimi is still really fast :clap:

Crafty (13:12) for the soft lewis isnt that quick, is he staying on those until the end?

Andromeda (13:12) Vettel under pressure from Button now.

rolf123 (13:12) go kimi!!! :clap:

Arn (13:12) lewis is on hards

mark f1 (13:12) bloody ads

D A (13:12) lotus not that quick on mediums

Andy35 (13:13) Good pitstop

saudoso (13:13) KIM will get back between BTU/VET

Lord Snooty (13:13) BUT pits

mark f1 (13:13) button !!??

StefK (13:13) really andromeda?

Arn (13:13) and yes crafty, lewis will stay on hards till the end

fnz (13:13) lovely

krapmeister (13:13) I hear ya mark f1

xman (13:13) LIKE A BOSS

Slackbladder (13:13) Brutal there

blackonyx4 (13:13) Lotus destroyed Grosjean's race today.

Konsta (13:13) KIMI!!!

SuperDaan (13:13) kimi

Lord Snooty (13:13) :lol:

Andy35 (13:13) Kimi does the move !

Arn (13:13) hahaha Kimi :clap:

D A (13:13) :clap:

grunge (13:13) kImi!!!!!!!!

rolf123 (13:13) nice drivin kimi!!

OfficeLinebacker (13:13) dafuq? Kimi locked up tho....

Paul Prost (13:13) wow

bystander31 (13:13) :clap:

Andy35 (13:13) Xman is right, like a boss :lol:

Lord Snooty (13:13) Ice man shows no mercy

saudoso (13:13) RG seeing the red mist now

HoldenRT (13:13) this willl be one of those coulda shoulda woulda races for lotus with the win slipping away but showing HUGE potential

GVera (13:13) Button pits

blackonyx4 (13:14) What a fu**** up strategy for Romain

Crafty (13:14) arn : lewis is on option at the moment

roadie (13:14) BUT again. Where is he going to end up!?

Arn (13:14) told you all the top runners would 2 stop exept button

mark f1 (13:14) and channel 10 doesn't show it

prty (13:14) Raikkonen can still win if Hamilton tyres are shot at the end

saudoso (13:14) GRO strategy right, covering HAM

HoldenRT (13:14) grosjeans pace has been horrible since the stop

prty (13:14) which is probable

MikeTekRacing (13:14) lotus really not liking grosjean

TIFOlonSO (13:14) Kimi will get Ham.

Lord Snooty (13:15) MAL having a go at Di Resta?

fnz (13:15) not so bqd for fred if i would end now

GVera (13:15) Kimi will win this

Enkei (13:15) I fail to see the logic in Button's strategy :well:

Arn (13:15) RG has been stuck behind alonso after his stop

blackonyx4 (13:15) You missed the bit when they send him behind Alonso, HoldenRT?

roadie (13:15) come on MAL

roadie (13:15) behind the PER train

Andy35 (13:15) Kimi catching Lewis

SuperDaan (13:15) kimi already fasten then lewis :eek:

Only 4.4 between them.

krapmeister (13:15) If Webber gets 5th he'll be happy with that I reckon

Arn (13:15) Lewis is on tires with white stripes right? thats hard primes

Crafty (13:15) snooty : and he's having a go at hulk who is having a go at perez...

saudoso (13:16) Sen over 20' faster than MAL over a race distance for the second time in a row

mark f1 (13:16) so only webb on options right?

Andy35 (13:16) It's a Kimi v Lewis battle ( read that Crafty

)

Arn (13:16) Kimis only hope is that lewis tires will drop

Jimisgod (13:16) kimikimikimi

Enkei (13:16) Kimi on softs?

Konsta (13:16) I like Lotus team a lot!!

Crafty (13:16) webbo diff failure..

roadie (13:16) MAL past

SuperDaan (13:16) no hards Enkei

krapmeister (13:16) saudoso - perhaps that lobotomy they gave Maldonado has had the desired effect :lol:

grunge (13:16) :eek:

Lord Snooty (13:17) MAL past Di resta :clap:

rolf123 (13:17) dakmit what ha[p-pen to ferrari

smartie_f1 (13:17) kimi on hards now i think

krapmeister (13:17) Lol or not...

Crafty (13:17) andy

Enkei (13:17) Thanks Daan

MikeTekRacing (13:17) maldonado destruction derby again

roadie (13:17) tappy tap

ZooL (13:17) lol mal ramming again

boost (13:17) mad mal

Enkei (13:17) Maldonado driving his shovel again

Konsta (13:17) MAL is an idiot!! He should take lessons from someone how to overtake without hitting.

Arn (13:17) kimi has the newest tires, he should be able to push to the end

rolf123 (13:17) maldonaldo doesnt know how to brake properly

gincarnated (13:17) He better get a penalty for that

Lord Snooty (13:17) MAL with the red mist again... blimey!! that will be protested I'm sure..

grunge (13:18) KR is on hards now guys..LH's tires are 5 laps older than his

roadie (13:18) Fred train forming

krapmeister (13:18) godfather - MAL doesn't know how to RACE properly

mark f1 (13:18) webb gradually catching vett..pulled back 2 secs so far

GVera (13:18) Ham is probably nursing tyres

roadie (13:18) MAL has pace at the moment though

Arn (13:18) lewis on hards, you see crafty?

Jimisgod (13:19) maldonado :stoned:

Lord Snooty (13:19) @roadie: Both MAL & SEN doing well..

Konsta (13:19) MSC thinks he is racing Webber

D A (13:19) the lotus' are slow on the straight so i don't think it will be a drs pass if one happpens

mark f1 (13:19) I think webb pushing because he has to pit again

roadie (13:19) MAS looking racy but a little far back at present

ZooL (13:19) I think HAM VET WEB tyres wont last tey will have to pit again I think.

Slackbladder (13:19) looooool maldonado in trouble

joshb (13:19) RBR might have a call to make soon, Webber really quick

fnz (13:19) KR s2 :love:

Lord Snooty (13:19) Race control investigating MAL :lol:

krapmeister (13:20) If WEB has to pit again he needs 17/18 secs on the car behind - almost 11 secs ahead of Alonso already

Arn (13:20) kimi will only pass lewis if he hits the cliff

Crafty (13:20) lewis just had an utterly horrible S2. traffic?

ColchesterF1 (13:20) Kimi's got this

GVera (13:20) Slack HAM is in trouble....

krapmeister (13:20) Lol Pastor REALLY needs a slap

grunge (13:20) Maldanado is on it again

MikeTekRacing (13:20) why is ham's rear light on?

carbuff (13:20) cmon Kimi!!!

Slackbladder (13:21) Lewis break light on...

mark f1 (13:21) 6 or 7 laps webb will be with vett

Slackbladder (13:21) *brake

carbuff (13:21) coz he's slow :clap:

SuperDaan (13:21) well MSC did 31 laps on he's hards right? So ham should be able to do 29 on them...

Arn (13:21) it could end with all the top runners hitting the cliff and button cruising past them on his 3. stopper, that would be so cruel :lol:

karlth (13:21) If Ham's tires hold together then it will be ok

sergeym (13:21) in terms of overtaking this looks like the worst race of the season so far

Andy35 (13:21) Lewis slow again in S2 crafty

HoldenRT (13:21) webbers pace indicates he might need to stop again? doesnt seem to be nursing tyres at all but 30 laps on softer tyre?

grunge (13:21) Raikkonen now inside 2 secs!!

Hamilton..you're next!!

krapmeister (13:21) Arn - I think WEB will be 3 stopping

joshb (13:21) Webber- can he go to the end???

Arn (13:21) but button stopped only 1-2 laps after kimi so not gonna happen

Dalton007 (13:21) Alonso killing Button damn :mad:

Jimisgod (13:22) :clap:

Arn (13:22) if webber is on hards they plan to go to the end

GVera (13:22) Ham: Can he go to the end?

Crafty (13:22) MAL gets a DT.

Exar Kun (13:22) Webber needs to gap Alonso. His tyres surely won't last

Andy35 (13:22) We might have a lot of people going off the cliff here.

boost (13:22) lol mal

saudoso (13:22) MAL :lol:

OfficeLinebacker (13:22) haha LOL@MALdonado. What an idiot.

mark f1 (13:22) I wouldn't have given Pastor a penalty for that

Slackbladder (13:22) Hah...drive through for crashtor

Lord Snooty (13:22) Drive thru for MAL

Konsta (13:22) Penalty for MAL. Surprize!! ?

He is a moron.

roadie (13:22) durrr

Crafty (13:22) gvera : dammed he if does, dammed if he doesnt.

kal-el (13:22) mal deserves a red card

krapmeister (13:22) WEB 12 secs ahead of Alonso - needs another 6 secs to clear another stop

rolf123 (13:22) bit harsh on maldo, he shoulda let him thru right away tho

joshb (13:22) pic 78 secs clear of glock :up:

roadie (13:22) shame

saudoso (13:23) Now who's pitting?

Arn (13:23) now it will be just a waiting game till the last laps to see if the tires go away

OfficeLinebacker (13:23) heh KERS MODE TEN turn it down, let it rest a bit, then BOOM! we'll let him have it at the end.

Crafty (13:23) if kimi wins the forums will be utterly unbearable with fanboys.
To be honest I think its why I don't really like kimi that much is all the bullsh1t that fans put out.

Lord Snooty (13:23) SEN ever so slightly quicker than BUT at the mo

krapmeister (13:23) I think Lotus have gone RBR in terms of KERS packaging

Andy35 (13:23) track temp gone up, those clouds must have cleared. All playing into Lotus hands

xman (13:24) Crafty hard day for you, huh?

krapmeister (13:24) Crafty - amen :up:

OfficeLinebacker (13:24) @Crafty YOU JUST MAD YOU JUST JELLY FINNISH MASTER RACE ETC ETC

grunge (13:24) same to you Crafty..the love is mutual :wave:

Arn (13:24) its funny how kimi is so popular

roadie (13:24) @andy, good spot

smartie_f1 (13:24) awwww crafty, i'm a kimi fangirl!

krapmeister (13:24) OLB :lol:

Slackbladder (13:24) I'm not sure Kimi has the speed to pass

Crafty (13:24) OLB :lol:

rolf123 (13:24) kimi dont need kers. he will rape hamilton now

Crafty (13:25) smartie : ah but you're allowed

rolf123 (13:25) hamilton, prepare your ass!

Jimisgod (13:25) kimi shall winner

ZooL (13:25) you cant overtake this track, see button with new tyre vs alonso. HAM will only lose this if the tyres reach the cliff

mark f1 (13:25) webb's tyres going

smartie_f1 (13:25) heehee ok thank you :lol:

Arn (13:25) RG has been really inconsistant this race, small mistakes everywhere

mach4 (13:25) 5 laps to go, not enough for kimi to get this done

OfficeLinebacker (13:25) ANYONE figured out why HAM's pit/rain light is on?

Andy35 (13:25) I think Kimi is over rated but I would like to see someone come back and do well,Same as I woulf for MS. I am just a BIG OLD EMOTIONAL SOFTY !

kal-el (13:26) 15

Crafty (13:26) hmm, lewis / kimi on same pace now. both saving tyres ?

GVera (13:26) 15 laps

Andy35 (13:26) So come on Kimi ! But will be happy if Lewis wins.

krapmeister (13:26) mach4 - don't you mean 15 laps?

grunge (13:26) Lotus guys on pit radio..seems Raikkonen still has Kers issues

mark f1 (13:26) webb has to try and hang on, can't pit

mach4 (13:26) oh wow 15 indeed, everyone with a long last stint

grunge (13:26) Crafty:No,Kimi is without KERS right now

xman (13:26) grunge yeah looks like its not charging properly

Exar Kun (13:26) Webber will end up 9th if he's not quick enough

Arn (13:26) crafty you are clueless, obviously lewis is saving tires and kimi is doing same laptimes because he cant get by

GVera (13:26) Kimi was told to save Kers until closer

Crafty (13:27) arn : erm, I just said exactly the same thing? so are you clueless as well ?

roadie (13:27) WEB pit

saudoso (13:27) RBRs screwed

krapmeister (13:27) Web pits

Lord Snooty (13:27) WEB box?

mark f1 (13:27) bad move webb

fnz (13:27) webbo pit

roadie (13:27) I reckon most will 3 stop

Arn (13:28) kimi is not saving tires, he is trying to get by

roadie (13:28) funny that WEB pits so soon after doing the long first stint

mark f1 (13:28) now he has to pass

saudoso (13:28) HAM/RAI/ALO/SEN/MAS

krapmeister (13:28) Web on fresh tyres should hopefully get past those in front?

Crafty (13:28) interesting for webbo.

Arn (13:28) kimi doesst need to save tires

Konsta (13:28) Webber poor strategy methinks.

joshb (13:28) watch webber fly past them in the last 5 laps

Arn (13:28) you still think lewis is on softs? :lol:

Exar Kun (13:28) FL for Webber then... Why didn't they go way longer in 1st stint?

HoldenRT (13:28) main thing that can screw webber is trains of cars drsing each other.. if it was overtaking 1 car at a time, he'd get them easily

OfficeLinebacker (13:28) @Arn, if he's saving KERS, he's not wasting tyres to make up for that lack. He's saving everything for a big push with 10 or fewer laps to go

grunge (13:29) Raikkonen will attack in the last 3 or 4 laps..hold onto yer breath

Arn (13:29) agreed OLB, like I said, its a waiting game till the last laps hoping that lewis tires will drop

Crafty (13:29) Heikki 19th

miserable race for them

OfficeLinebacker (13:30) @grunge I don't think he'll wait that long. By then he'll either be pulling away or have resigned himself to 2nd.

mark f1 (13:30) man, this guy beside me :well:

sergeym (13:30) overtaking is next to impossible here.

krapmeister (13:30) Exar - of they ran him an extra lap or 2 WEB would've cleared Alonso and not been held up by Fred all of that second stint :well:

joshb (13:30) if Seb could find 3 secs he could pit and charge at the top 3

roadie (13:30) God the Saubers are nowhere today!

Arn (13:30) but still trying to pressure lewis a bit

GVera (13:30) This is a good result for Alonso given the Ferrari speed here

fnz (13:30) Kimi saving his tyres for his trademark FL in final lap

Andy35 (13:30) If Kimi is waiting why is he waiting so close,, or just waiting for a mistake?

grunge (13:30) @OLB..maybe yah..lets see

KnucklesAgain (13:30) absolutely GVera

Crafty (13:30) alonso, button, senna all turn in NPBs that lap

StefK (13:31) but will get past VET if he has to pit again...

roadie (13:31) the end of this race is going to be awesome!

OfficeLinebacker (13:31) @Andy if you watch closely he's just staying within DRS zone to save time so he's ready to strike when the moment comes

grunge (13:31) I think the attack will be in last 5 laps when Ham's tires are at the oldest and Kimi will have Kers at his disposal

OfficeLinebacker (13:31) ..and trust me, it will come.

fnz (13:31) SV pit??

Crafty (13:31) OLB : just about to drop out of it I think.

KnucklesAgain (13:31) VET pit

roadie (13:31) VET pits

Arn (13:31) RG has bad pace this stint, expected him to close in on the leaders

whoisjohngalt (13:31) vetteeell pitsss

GVera (13:31) VETTTEL!!!!

Slackbladder (13:32) Vettel rolls the dice!!

Crafty (13:32) VET pits too. weird.

Lord Snooty (13:32) VET box?

KnucklesAgain (13:32) ALO new quite fast PB

fnz (13:32) if only alo got him

ZooL (13:32) it was free pit stop for vettel

Exar Kun (13:32) So Red Bull think everyone else is going to fall off the cliff?

roadie (13:32) wow fast stop

Andy35 (13:32) Well lets hope he does not make his tyres nearer to the state of Lewis so making that final move harder.

OfficeLinebacker (13:32) @Crafty yeah I've just seen, the gap went to 1.1 . Perhaps many of us have been overestimating Kimi's pace

KnucklesAgain (13:32) damn

Lord Snooty (13:32) McLaren in pit lane?

Arn (13:32) even on hards they had too much tire wear, lewis could get in trouble

fnz (13:32) good thinking by RBR

krapmeister (13:33) Good call from RBR to pit Vet then

Crafty (13:33) lewis slow in S2.

blackonyx4 (13:33) It might be smart to call Grosjean in immediately

Jimisgod (13:33) passpasspass

mark f1 (13:33) one of gros or kimi should pit

blackonyx4 (13:33) But of course, Lotus didn't call him in

Andy35 (13:33) Lewis is slow in S2 but good in S3

OfficeLinebacker (13:33) OK so Kimi has resigned himself to hoping HAM's tyres degrade

krapmeister (13:33) They should throw the dice and pit Growjohn

rolf123 (13:34) i reall hope lewis tyres off the cliff

Crafty (13:34) grandad retires

grunge (13:34) Kimi's saying his tires are going off

krapmeister (13:34) Merc takes mercy on Schumi

OfficeLinebacker (13:34) Schu retiring to get a free gearbox

Crafty (13:34) lewis 6 tenths faster in S2 than the last lap.

karlth (13:34) I know you do rolf

Exar Kun (13:34) Yup, pit RG now

StefK (13:34) haven't heard that one before crafty

mark f1 (13:34) cant see webb getting anyone

carbonfibre (13:34) Indeed offlinebacker seems like it he was doing some good laptimes before that

Crafty (13:35) webbo can get senna I reckon

grunge (13:35) Pretty delicate line here..KR attacks too much,his tires go off the cliff,hes easy meat for Grosjean and others behind

rolf123 (13:35) pls hamilton tyre blowout! :lol:

mark f1 (13:35) webb was about 11 secs off the lead, fred is now 26, he could have hung on

roadie (13:35) MAS has really come on in this stint

OfficeLinebacker (13:35) I'm sure Merc can make something up. I'm sure these cars never finish the race in 100% perfect condition as before the race. They can always point to something.

Slackbladder (13:35) shut up rolf

rolf123 (13:36) pls slack bladder pee the bed nightly

ZooL (13:36) rolf pathetic, how about someone winning with skill?

Arn (13:36) lewis has been able to make the tires last much longer than Mr. easy on tires Button

StefK (13:36) bit touchy there slack?

f1fastestlap (13:36) rolf gtfo

ColchesterF1 (13:36) Post of the year goes to Slack :up:

roadie (13:36) VET quick lap

xman (13:36) Vettel is fast

rghojai (13:36) has anyone not put rolf on ignore?!?!?

KnucklesAgain (13:36) Massa, we need you to take Webber

Enkei (13:36) D*mn commercials on RTL7 again. Commentator said the final ones were shown before already :mad:

Exar Kun (13:37) Haha, I gave up on seeing Rolf's posts ages ago

GVera (13:37) Ham is nursing tyres in S2 and pushing in the last turn to keep safe in DRS zone

rolf123 (13:37) rghojai trying to bully. what a saddo. let people decide for themselves, not ur silly peer pressure

rolf123 (13:37) hamilton slowing!!!

Crafty (13:37) lotus looks kinda squirrely

Exar Kun (13:37) Webber is barely on the pace he was on before his tyre change :confused:

rolf123 (13:37) come on glock get in the way

Arn (13:38) Webber is stuck behind Senna thats why :rolleyes:

mark f1 (13:38) yep Exar, shouldn't have stopped

OfficeLinebacker (13:38) hey guys you know if you ignore a person in the forums, they don't show up in chat either. So just do that. Let the idiot (who I won't name) yell in an empty room.

Crafty (13:38) exar : yeah I saw that, he has closed up to senna though. Dont think the RBR strategy really worked

Andy35 (13:38) I have Rolf not on ignore, lets face your all mad apart from me with my accurate and pithy comments :up:

Andy

StefK (13:38) VET on overdrive...

krapmeister (13:39) Andy :lol:

OfficeLinebacker (13:39) /me is about to put Andy on ignore. j/k

MikeTekRacing (13:39) I've managed to not have anybody on ignore until now..

rolf123 (13:39) andy35 - a man who knows sense.

mark f1 (13:39) vergne has closed upn Dan

roadie (13:39) SEN now picking up the pace after looking after tyres. Good job!

Andy35 (13:39) I'm quite surprised they don't pay me to come on here Krap

fnz (13:39) this result suits alo just fine i recon

grunge (13:39) Comon Raikkonen!!!!!

rolf123 (13:39) andy35 - a man who thinks for himself and doesnt let others pressure him. a real man, not a boy like hamilton/vettel. andy35=the alonso of Autosport!

OfficeLinebacker (13:40) it's a shame this track is so poor for overtaking. or this would have been an EPIC race. As it is, the tension has drained from the race and we're just making laps

Arn (13:40) if you gnore the godfather of autosport you will end in bed with a horse

smartie_f1 (13:40) we could have a whip round Andy

KnucklesAgain (13:40) Andy please don't

Andy35 (13:40) 30p would be about right Smartie.

rolf123 (13:40) lol Arn

krapmeister (13:40) So am I Andy, so am I...

Crafty (13:40) yellow

rolf123 (13:40) come on hamilton tyre cliff.

Lord Snooty (13:40) Actually, surprisingly tense end to this race...

OfficeLinebacker (13:40) and the chat has turned into a member crosstalk circlejerk

Crafty (13:41) lewis given max revs

mark f1 (13:41) bad strategy RBR

sergeym (13:41) HRT has stopped with broken front suspension

KnucklesAgain (13:41) ALO really quick now

Arn (13:42) lewis just did personal best lap

mark f1 (13:42) If Jens couldn't get Bruno on new tyres with a faster DRS car...

Slackbladder (13:42) noooooo my satelites gone

grunge (13:42) Ok,Attack time Raikkonen

OfficeLinebacker (13:42) to be fair sergey Narain broke it against a barrier, I'm pretty sure

roadie (13:42) SEN's bird?

Slackbladder (13:42) phew back now

GVera (13:42) Ham tyres are holding

saudoso (13:42) yep

alfa1 (13:42) MASSA out of the points.

Arn (13:42) Massa is less than 8 secs behind alonso, amazing really

ZooL (13:43) Good race by Ham, controlled the race perfectly despite the crazy strategies

Crafty (13:43) kimi out of DRS ?

rolf123 (13:43) come on hamilbrat, lose your bottle

grunge (13:43) KR out of DRS

Jimisgod (13:43) (long text removed)

Crafty (13:43) just come over very dark here..

Jimisgod (13:44) nooo :clap:

oops

Lord Snooty (13:44) @rolf: :lol:

determined to wind people up but I don't think its working

Enkei (13:44) Vettel putting 30.2's under yellow in S1

ZooL (13:44) rolf is really hurting :lol:

Andy35 (13:44) Looks like Crafty might have been right about Lewis conserving his tyres.

sergeym (13:44) yellows will stay until the end

rolf123 (13:45) snooty, i never try to wind anyone up.

rolf123 (13:45) i simply speaking my mind,.

Crafty (13:45) lewis going easy in S1 it would seem?

Lord Snooty (13:45) :lol:

ZooL (13:45) rolf how do you feel? :lol:

rolf123 (13:46) i feel bored.

sergeym (13:46) somebody pits at the last lap :confused:

ZooL (13:46) rolf have you broke the TV yet? :lol:

rolf123 (13:46) this live chat is more intersting than the race.

rghojai (13:46) you come here when your wife allows it, andy; we know the truth.

rolf123 (13:46) lol zool

blackonyx4 (13:46) Probably the most boring race of the season.

SuperDaan (13:46) koba pits....

Enkei (13:46) And a FL for Vettel under yellows, still fast in S1 where there's yellow.

karlth (13:46) black, not for us Hamilton fans

rolf123 (13:46) pls hamilton. only 7 corners left to crush your car!! :up:

Andy35 (13:47) Shame cannot be two winners today. Crap saying though that is.

Arn (13:47) button on a 3 stopper couldnt even pressure alonso till the end on a 2 stopper

rolf123 (13:47) pls hamilton crush i beg you!! :stoned:

krapmeister (13:47) Enkei - as long as he's lifting where the yellow is it's ok

KnucklesAgain (13:47) If this is what a bad weekend looks like for ALO, he can live with it once in a while

Konsta (13:47) Kudos to LH, well executed race. Kimi stamped his authority well!!

f1fastestlap (13:47) :clap:

D A (13:47) lewis :clap:

Slackbladder (13:47) Lew Lew!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

karlth (13:47) :clap:

Andy35 (13:47) Never seen so many marbles apart from China

Andy35 (13:47) :clap:

rolf123 (13:47) hamilton lucky. any other circuit and he would be second.

fnz (13:48) Knuckles: so true

krapmeister (13:48) Blimey Vet wasn't far behind Growjohn then

mark f1 (13:48) RBR handed 5th to Fred

Lord Snooty (13:48) Nice from Lewis & Senna :clap:

karlth (13:48) Hamilton beat the fastest car.

SuperDaan (13:48) nice for lewis. This will make the WDC closer. time for basketball now, USA vs FRA

StefK (13:48) slack you are nauseating.... LEW LEW?!?! WTF?

fayah69 (13:48) gooood drive from hammy!

ZooL (13:48) shame button not helping his teamate

ColchesterF1 (13:48) Great job from Senna :clap:

Crafty (13:48) 9.4 krap

roadie (13:48) Yep, well done SEN

rolf123 (13:48) LUCKSTER!

fayah69 (13:48) I think he was a little luck today

Crafty (13:48) Heikki ended up 20th. :rolleyes:

krapmeister (13:48) Oh how I long for the glory days of Webber finishing 4th...

Andy35 (13:48) So Plan A excellent, plan B rubbish for Mclaren. Button got the wrong choice today

Arn (13:49) Button couldnt make the tires last long enough for plan A

xman (13:49) Super race from Kimi though from P5 to P2 on a track where overtaking is next to impossible... :up:

Konsta (13:49) Kimi and Spa looks promising!! Well done nevertheless.

karlth (13:49) Great pace from Kimi

fnz (13:49) So, alonso s cas slow... yet he extends his lead in the wdc

rolf123 (13:49) driver of the day = KIMI :clap:

Crafty (13:49) andy : would seem that way. Why you'd pit 3 times on a track thats hard for overtaking I don't know.

Slackbladder (13:49) Mclaren in front of Ferrari now in the constructors

mark f1 (13:49) he shoulda been 5th Krap

Slackbladder (13:49) ??

Lord Snooty (13:50) Very mature drive from Lewis, good charge from Kimi, glad to see Senna doing better and a tad more red mist from Mad Dog... :up:

krapmeister (13:50) yep

fayah69 (13:50) kimi has the fastest car on the track

race addicted (13:50) Yes! :clap:

prty (13:50) I want to see Kimi in the new podium ceremony

OfficeLinebacker (13:50) whaqt was that rant from kimi?

Andy35 (13:50) Teams are going hero to zero from subsequent weekends. And then back again. Amazing year.

Arn (13:50) crafty, because you had to

Andy35 (13:50) Lotus are actually really consistent though. Interesting

Crafty (13:51) arn : lewis & kimi say otherwise...

Jimisgod (13:51) :well:

Arn (13:51) but they are not button

blackonyx4 (13:51) So Mercedes is clearly the favorite for Spa.

Jimisgod (13:51) kimi shoulder won

krapmeister (13:51) Soggy bottom Lewis...

Arn (13:51) button on new tires couldnt even pressure alonso till the end on older tires

Ramses1348 (13:51) did someone understand what kimi said?

Betty Swollox (13:51) clunge

GVera (13:51) Alonso saved Hamilton today, holding back Kimi and Romain

ColchesterF1 (13:52) Best race weekend for Senna :up:

And missed FP1

Crafty (13:52) clunge corridor :up:

roadie (13:52) lovely ladies

Fudce (13:52) Faultless by Hamilton, so close for Kimi

Lord Snooty (13:52) hungaian huneys :love:

Crafty (13:52) sam michael is a slimy looking git isn't he

fnz (13:52) 40p lead for fred, not to bad

Lord Snooty (13:52) @crafty: :lol:

krapmeister (13:52) Fred a lock for the title...

karlth (13:52) Sam talking about his pitstops!

Fudce (13:53) I want to see that Lotus with it's ears open for Spa

karlth (13:53) He seems convinced that if he manages 2s pitstops then McLaren probably fire the drivers.

krapmeister (13:54) Cue the Kimi 'king of Spa' talk in 3, 2, 1...

karlth (13:54) Raikkonen must be the favorite for Spa. On the other hand the track temp probably helped Lotus alot.

fayah69 (13:54) lewis reminding Sam tha Mclaren doesnt trust him :lol:

Crafty (13:54) Before he says it can someone stab the guy that goes "chaaaammmppppannnggeeeee" please.

Andy35 (13:54) Pretty packed Lotus podium there.

krapmeister (13:54) :lol:

I kill me... :lol:

aditya-now (13:55) Great drive by Fernando, well done preserving the tires, keeping Webber (and very nearly) Vettel behind!

Andy35 (13:55) How is Lewis and his dad getting on nowadays? I don't read Racing Hello magazine.

mark f1 (13:55) Bob Constanduras Crafty

Fudce (13:56) Lewis refuses to be told how to spray the champagne

jwrw (13:56) Kimi showing his joyous expression there

grunge (13:57) Raikkonen...keeping all his Champagne for later

Jimisgod (13:57) THE (long text removed)

Crafty (13:57) mark f1: is that the guy that got all sh1tty because he didn't get a tv job and was making catty comments ?

Jimisgod (13:57)

Crafty (13:57) f**k the olympics.

Andy35 (13:57) An opera singer doing the interviews "With my spear and magic helmet "

mark f1 (13:57) not that I am aware of

Slackbladder (13:57) Kimi on the hunt for an ice cream

krapmeister (13:57) I'm sure it was good jimisgod :lol:

fayah69 (13:57) :well:

crafty?

Crafty (13:58) mark : I've probably got him mixed up with someone else

fayah69 (13:58) its the only time the world get along

whoisjohngalt (13:58) stop these interviews. please.

Andy35 (13:58) "What is your favourite colour of car ? "

krapmeister (13:58) Bwahaha Andy :lol:

I loved that bugs bunny cartoon!

Slackbladder (13:58) does Kimi think thats a cornetto in his hand?

Fudce (13:58) What an odd interviewer and interviewee... A hardly understandable interviewer, and Mr Happy

grunge (13:58) Andy :lol:

Crafty (13:58) fayah : olympics is a big bucket of arse. Its just one big commercial enterprise.

Andy35 (13:59) Fantastic isn't it Krap , nice to see you are another patron of the arts :up:

Fudce (13:59) Kimi has clearly been told to speak up there, and he wont ever speak again

Fudce (13:59) Grosjean came out? I thought he got married a few weeks back

krapmeister (13:59) It's brilliant Andy, a modern classic

Slackbladder (13:59) Thats kimis alloted speech time for the year used up

smartie_f1 (14:00) see you in 5 weeks guys x

Betty Swollox (14:00) next time get Davina to do the interviews

Andy35 (14:00) Indeed Krap.

Crafty (14:00) Davina used to report on F1 for MTV when they sponsored the sintek.

Fudce (14:00) I wasn't here for the race, but was there a lot of fun where the Mad Dog bit the hand that tried to keep him behind?

krapmeister (14:01) Right all - have a nice break. See you in... christ, 5 WEEKS!?!?!?!

grunge (14:01) WTF?

Andy35 (14:01) see ya smartie,

Crafty (14:01) krap : yep, It'll be summer by then you for !

Andy35 (14:01) see ya krap

Slackbladder (14:01) ok bye bye all

Andy35 (14:01) see you slack

ColchesterF1 (14:01) Anyone here going to WEC at Silverstone?

krapmeister (14:02) :wave:

Crafty (14:02) colc : what date is that?

ColchesterF1 (14:03) 24-26 August

mark f1 (14:03) cya after the break, hopefully I will be home by then

Crafty (14:03) good luck mark :up:

Andy35 (14:04) Not seem Lewis dad so much in the frame for a long time, does it mean anything?

Crafty (14:04) col : hmm maybe. I'm trying to blag a trip to San Francisco for then :lol:

Arn (14:04) he is no longer the manager of di resta

Andy35 (14:04) Yes good luck Mark, let us know the good news hopefully next time.

Crafty (14:04) andy : I think it must means they are on speaking terms again.

mark f1 (14:04) thanks

Andy35 (14:05) I am not sure Arn. Seems like he is gravitating back towards his son.

Arn (14:05) they said so on danish TV

Andy35 (14:07) The points do show how Alonso had a good day today as pointed out on here.

Fudce (14:07) Vettel will leave 2012 with his unfortunate record in tact.

He has still never won in July.

Fudce (14:08) And I still feel like they need to take Pastor to one side and tell him to calm down.

Andy35 (14:17) Good point Fudce. Right off to watch the Olympics.

Marvellous month of sport just had and to come. :cool:

Fudce (14:27) If Alonso scores at least 9 points in Belgium, we'll start mathematically ruling out drivers for the championship

Fudce (14:28) Obviously it's never going to happen, but mathematically, all 24 drivers can score enough to win the title right now.

Fudce (14:28) 11 sorry, not 9

Fudce (14:30) Right now, Alonso is on 164 points, with 200 available. After belgium, if he finishes 4th he'll be on 176 points, with 175 remaining

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