Lap 1 - "Good start for Red Bull, poor start for us as fans I think." Do I need to even say who said that?! Kinda sums up how I am feeling about the race. It's the first European, lunchtime start, but I am underwhelmed by the prospect. Wasn't sure whether to blog about the race, but when Martin said that, I thought it expressed my feelings so might as well record the ambivalence ;-) Cool circuit name but it doesn't conjure up images of exciting races. Lap 9 now and nothing to report. Not much of a stat that the last 9 pole sitters here have won.
Lap 16 - mildly of interest. Rosberg pitted and as he left his box his right front wheel started smoking on fire!
Lap 18 - Lewis nice overtake/ came out of the pits at the same time as Vettel. Back marker hanging around to confuse things too! Ham just in second now. Button just lost out though in the stops losing a place to MSC down to 6th but is following him closely now.
Well, I was so little into it that I even invited a friend round who was in the area. We sat with it on in the same room. I was aware of Vettel having something wrong with his brakes so he dropped down a bit. Then the biggest moment was Hamilton's left front blowing sending him off and into the barrier on the penultimate lap when he was in second. There was mention of Hakkinen on the final lap in ??2001? So it was a Weber win from pole with Alonso pleasing the home fans picking up second.
Only a week till Monaco!!
"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." Confucius "Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead." Louisa May Alcott
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