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Vettel | 13 | 19.40% | |
Alonso | 46 | 68.66% | |
Webber | 0 | 0% | |
Hamilton | 0 | 0% | |
Button | 0 | 0% | |
Massa | 0 | 0% | |
Raikkonen | 1 | 1.49% | |
Hulkenberg | 1 | 1.49% | |
Grosjean | 0 | 0% | |
Senna | 3 | 4.48% | |
Rosberg | 0 | 0% | |
Di Resta | 0 | 0% | |
Ricciardo | 0 | 0% | |
Kobayashi | 0 | 0% | |
Vergne | 0 | 0% | |
Maldonado | 0 | 0% | |
Petrov | 0 | 0% | |
Kovalainen | 0 | 0% | |
Pic | 0 | 0% | |
Glock | 0 | 0% | |
Karthikeyan | 1 | 1.49% | |
Other | 2 | 2.99% | |
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28 Oct 2012, 14:44 (Ref:3159007) | #1 | ||
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Driver of the Race - Indian Grand Prix
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28 Oct 2012, 14:51 (Ref:3159012) | #2 | ||
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Alonso for me with HM to the Ten Tenths fave, Der Finger for his flawless drive despite issues.
It's killing me to admit that Alonso will need a Seb DNF to have any chance at WDC. |
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28 Oct 2012, 15:44 (Ref:3159039) | #3 | ||
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though Vettel only is where he is in the standings due to Alonso's two DNFs in Spa and Suzuka
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28 Oct 2012, 15:48 (Ref:3159042) | #4 | ||
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This was a tough one. Vettel drove an absolute Champion's race: He qualified on pole, controlled the start, got clear of the DRS gap time and controlled the race from the front. I could care less about what he says or does after winning. The man is absolutely showing that he can take a race by the neck and wring it out in his favor.
But then there is Alonso. Qualifies 5th with two of the better starters/competitors in the field directly in front of him. No whinging or kvetching. He just gets in the car and when the lights went off he splits the Mc's after nearly taking them both on the start. Then he puts his head down and makes his strategy work, passes on the track and through excellent pitwork and at the end of the race he was turning laps as fast or faster than Vettel. A drive from a master and true fighter. What an awesome end of the season we are being treated to! For me, Alonso was the driver of the race, but boy, what drives to pick from! |
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28 Oct 2012, 15:52 (Ref:3159047) | #5 | |||
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The point is that each driver has to make the absolute maximum from every opportunity. Both drivers (particularly Alonso to my mind) have made the most of their opportunities. Neither has binned it through poor decision-making or lack of focus. Two champions fighting it out to the end (I hope!). Can't wait for the next race... |
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28 Oct 2012, 16:09 (Ref:3159052) | #6 | |
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Not to take anything away from the excellent performance of Vettel today, but I am going tot give it to Alonso. Mainly because he dragged the second fastest car to second place(with some help from a failed KERS on Webber's car - I accept) and 40 seconds in front of his teammate. A superb performance, and it shows you how talented he is.
I still don't think he'll take the WDC though. |
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28 Oct 2012, 16:38 (Ref:3159061) | #7 | ||
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JohnSSC, I agree with most of what you say except your optimism about how the rest of the season will unfold. It seems to me that Vettel at the moment can just cruise away from the field and Alonso has to do something really special just to come second.
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28 Oct 2012, 16:54 (Ref:3159070) | #8 | ||
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Alonso for me - just never stops fighting. The gap to his team mate less of an issue to me as there were apparently a raft of new parts on Alonso's car only - & Massa didn't appear to have the same high gear for the DRS area.
Gotta admire Alonso (yet again) for the never say die approach and an almost mistake free drive. |
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28 Oct 2012, 16:57 (Ref:3159072) | #9 | |||
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Look at today when Maldonado was struggling with his car after the puncture and Seb came up on him quickly. There was no incident, obviously, but it shows that the unexpected may happen. It will be interesting for sure (for me at least) to see how this plays out over the remaining races. |
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28 Oct 2012, 17:15 (Ref:3159079) | #10 | ||
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alonso managed to keep in touch and therefore gets my vote
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28 Oct 2012, 17:42 (Ref:3159100) | #11 | ||
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I wasn't sure if I wanted to give this to Vettel or Alonso. Alonso did well, mainly by jumping the two McLarens at the beginning and then eventually getting Webber after he suffered KERS issues, but on the other hand Vettel was the unquestionably dominant driver of the entire weekend once again and I reckon being the uncontested best must count for something here.
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28 Oct 2012, 18:07 (Ref:3159109) | #12 | |
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Amazing drive from Alonso, I wish he let drives like this do the talking for the rest of the season The DVD footage of how he dealt with the two Mclarens should be the perfect Xmas gift for Maldonado
Honorable mention goes to Senna, an absolute mature, collected drive. |
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28 Oct 2012, 18:13 (Ref:3159113) | #13 | ||
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It has to be Alonso. His relentless consistency is amazing.
Glad to see Bruno getting some votes as well. His move on Kobayashi and Maldonado mid-race was really classy. It will be a travesty of justice if he is not in F1 next season. |
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28 Oct 2012, 19:42 (Ref:3159161) | #14 | ||
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28 Oct 2012, 21:33 (Ref:3159202) | #15 | ||
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Alonso cos he's Spanish "innit" !
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28 Oct 2012, 21:44 (Ref:3159209) | #16 | ||
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Yeah true. And playing the "what if", if he had actually won that race with Alonso second, all he'd need to do is outscore Alonso by 5 points in Abu to take the title 2 races early. Only 2 points if Grosjean had finished 2nd, which he would have if the safety car hadn't intervened.
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28 Oct 2012, 21:44 (Ref:3159210) | #17 | |
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Vettel - faultless!
Honourable mention for sulky (Alonso), and nice try with the mind games! You're wasting your time son Vettel won't crack! Ditto Mr V above. |
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28 Oct 2012, 22:34 (Ref:3159231) | #18 | |
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Alonso, for doing the best that his car can do, and perhaps some more to boot.
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28 Oct 2012, 23:04 (Ref:3159245) | #19 | ||
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I'm generally inclined to give DOTR to the winner, because he is the only one to have achieved the objective. However, that is a bit boring and predictable so I also search to see if I can find someone else to give it to. This time, I think I can just about find the justification to award my personal DOTR to Alonso.
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29 Oct 2012, 03:38 (Ref:3159316) | #20 | ||
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Alonso for me, Kudos to Webber too.
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29 Oct 2012, 04:28 (Ref:3159326) | #21 | ||
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I give the award to lap 1 of the race. That battle with Alonso and the Maccers was awesome.
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29 Oct 2012, 05:58 (Ref:3159339) | #22 | ||
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Webber cause hes aussie, and held off the british
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29 Oct 2012, 12:12 (Ref:3159484) | #23 | ||
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Alonso, relentless as always. Wrung a 2nd place out of a 4th or 5th place car.
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29 Oct 2012, 12:46 (Ref:3159498) | #24 | ||
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What yesterday showed us is that the Red Bull is a winning car in Seb's hands and the Ferrari a podium car in Fernando's.
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