2011 INDIAN GRAND PRIX - Live Thread

Chode ^ | 10/27/2011 | Chode

[Chode]

but Marley??? it's beyond me...

[Chode]

but Marley??? it's beyond me...

[Chode]

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Pts
1	1	Sebastian Vettel	RBR-Renault	60	1:30:35.002	1	25
2	4	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	60	+8.4 secs	4	18
3	5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	60	+24.3 secs	3	15
4	2	Mark Webber	RBR-Renault	60	+25.5 secs	2	12
5	7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	60	+65.4 secs	11	10
6	8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	60	+66.8 secs	7	8
7	3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	60	+84.1 secs	5	6
8	19	Jaime Alguersuari	STR-Ferrari	59	+1 Lap	10	4
9	14	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	59	+1 Lap	8	2
10	17	Sergio Perez	Sauber-Ferrari	59	+1 Lap	20	1
11	10	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	59	+1 Lap	16
12	9	Bruno Senna	Renault	59	+1 Lap	14
13	15	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	59	+1 Lap	12
14	20	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus-Renault	58	+2 Laps	18
15	11	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	58	+2 Laps	15
16	25	Jerome d'Ambrosio	Virgin-Cosworth	57	+3 Laps	21
17	22	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	57	+3 Laps	23
18	23	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT-Cosworth	57	+3 Laps	22
19	21	Jarno Trulli	Lotus-Renault	55	+5 Laps	19
Ret	6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	32	+28 Laps	6
Ret	18	Sebastien Buemi	STR-Ferrari	24	Technical	9
Ret	12	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Cosworth	12	Gearbox	13
Ret	24	Timo Glock	Virgin-Cosworth	2	Accident damage	24
Ret	16	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	0	Accident damage	17

[Moltke]

Like I said - “No Woman No Cry”. One of Marley’s biggest hits. Hamilton is sending a message to his ex - and the world at large. Brundle and Coulthard briefly mentioned the Marley design in the BBC race commentary but didn’t follow through with the meaning. I wonder why. Did they not figure it out (they were mumbling something about a Marley tribute - what, 30 years after the guy died?) or were they going easy on Hamilton?

Anyway, back to the race, did Massa damage his front suspension on purpose? It sure looked that way to me.

He broke the right front suspension on one of those raised orange curbs yesterday in qualifying. And after he gets the penalty for the incident with Hamilton (heh, Hamilton again) in the race today he hits one of those first right front and then in the following turn left front - bang! and goodbye! He was AIMING for those suckers knowing what would happen! I wonder whether Massa will be driving for Ferrari next season...

[Chode]

now i get the No woman no cry, and it kinda look like Massa was aiming for them to me tooo... guess you're right and he might be gone next year

[steve86]

The race itself seemed to go pretty smoothly. Nice layout but that haze/smoke was distracting. My wife tells me it’s very common around Delhi, similar to parts of China.

[nascarnation]

So Baraq’s claim he stopped the oceans from rising and the earth began to heal may be contingent on the (sh1tty) atmosphere in Indian and China?

Who knew?

[Little Pig]

Yes. My wife tells me that’s a common phenomenon for this time of year in Delhi. However, the race commentator’s comments were heartening, in that this is apparently one of the best tracks in the series (something supported by the drivers), and the fact that the event itself went so smoothly, and the facility was in such good shape (unlike the Commonwealth Games) that this is likely to become a favorite on the race calendar in the future. I missed being able to be there this year, though several other family members were able to attend, but I’ll be there next year for sure.

[steve86]

My wife is from Mumbai but doesn’t look like I’ll ever make it there (or to an F1 event, for that matter). Oh well, looking forward to visiting the new Oregon Raceway Park next spring (not too far away) and there’s always the Mt. Everest webcam http://www.evk2cnr.org/WebCams/PyramidOne/everest-webcam.html