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Spanish GP 2010: Race; Webber takes victory, Seb dramatically 3rd
Ne mogu vjerovati! Jel moguće da Sebastian i Red Bull imaju jednu sezonu, ma jednu utrku bez drame? Očito da nije, nakon ovakve utrke presretna sam sa trećim mjestom Vettela i svaka čast Webberu na sjajnom vikendu i pobjedi. Webberu je falio najbrži krug kako bi osvojio "hat trick" u Formuli 1.
Start utrke za vozače je prošao bez veće drame, Vettel je pokušao, ali nije uspio prijeći Marka na startu. Prva šestorica su uspjeli zadržati svoje pozicije tijekom starta, ali Španjolska se odlučila malo poigrati sa svima njima i pokušati ne biti toliko dosadna. Na startu su se jako dobro probili Barrichello u Williamsu i Alguersuari u Torro Rossu, a najveći gubitnici su bili Kubica i Kobayashi.
U početku se činilo da će biti procesijka utrka, ali nakon prvog i za mnoge jedinog ulaska u bokseve, koji su bili vrlo rano - oko 15 kruga Hamilton je uspio prijeći Vettela preko bokseva jer se Sebastian nije uspio odvojiti i Hamilton je ušao jedan krug prije njega. Ali kod Hamiltona nikad nije sve čisto, dok se Vettel borio za svoju poziciju, Hamilton ga je samo izgurao sa staze, što mi se čini totalno ne sportski. Tako da je Hamilton bio drugi, a Vettel treći. Alonso je vozio mirno na četvrtoj poziciji. Isto tako Schumacher je kroz bokseve uspio prijeći McLarenovog Jasona Buttona, koji ga je poslije stalno pratio i vršio pritisak, no kasnije je očito odustao, jer mislim da je Schumachera malo teško prijeći na stazi koju vozi po devetnaesti put i koju tako dobro poznaje. Taj dvoboj koji je trajao nekoliko krugova je iskoristio je Felipe Massa da im se približi, no njegove šanse da poboljša svoju pozicju bile su minimalne nakon što je udario u stražnji dio Chandokovog bolida, te mu je prednje krilo bilo uništeno. Nije ga otišao promjenuti jer bi tada izgubio 3 pozicije, a poslije su mu preko radija javila da s oštećeim krilom vozi 0.5 sekunde bolje vrijeme.
Poslije toga opet je bilo, amo reći jedan miran dio utrke gdje su bili zanimljivi dvoboji vozača koju su bili na kraju poretka.
No 15 krugova prije kraja eto ti opet drame - pogađate za koga, zar ne? Red Bull. Ili točnije za Vettela, jer Webber je cijelu utrku odvozio u miru na prvome mjestu imajući prednosti i do 16 sekundi. No Vettelu su kočnice bile istrošene, ili je jednostanije reći da je pa skoro vozio bez kočnica. Zbog toga je izletio nakratko sa staze, no uspio se vratiti i otići u boks po novi set guma. Vratio se na četvrtu poziciju iza Webbera, Hamiltona i Alonsa te je ispred Schumachera imao prednost od 23 sekunde. Njegov tim mu je govorio da se vrati u boks, da mu je oštećenje na kočnicama preveliko, no Sebastian je želio dalje voziti kako bi sakupio nekoliko bodova jer nemaju šta izgubiti (Seb u tom trenutku nije niti bio svjestan da se nalazi na 4. mjestu). I tako je Vettel 10 krugova vozio skoro pa bez kočnica i impresionirao jako puno ljudi.
Drama nije bila samo za Red Bull, nego ovaj put i za McLaren. Lewisu Hamiltonu je dva kruga prije kraja utrke pukla lijeva prednja guma te je izletio i utrka je za njega bila gotova. Mnogi su upozoravali na to da se prednja lijeva guma najviše troši u Barceloni, a poznato je da Hamilton u svome stilu vožnje uvijek blokira prednji lijevi kotač. Žao mi je Hamiltona, nije ovo zaslužio, ali njegovo odustajanje je značilo da Vettel nakon ovako teške utrke će ipak završiti na postolju skupa sa Markom Webberom i Fernandom Alonsom koji se tamo našao ni kriv ni dužan.
Bodove su još osvojili Sutil, Kubica, Barrichello i Alguersuari.
Utrku je izvan bodova završio Nico Rosberg, ali i dvojica Sauberovih vozača, što je za njih posebno razočaravajuće.
Osim nesretnog Hamiltona, utrku nisu završili Heikki Kovalainen, Bruno Senna, Pedro de la Rosa, Karun Chandhok i Sebastien Buemi.
Classified:
01. M. Webber 1:35:44:101
02. F. Alonso +0:24:065
03. S. Vettel +0:51:338
04. M. Schumacher +1:02:195
05. J. Button +1:03:728
06. F. Massa +1:05:767
07. A. Sutil +1:12:941
08. R. Kubica +1:13:677
09. R. Barrichello +1 lap
10. J. Alguersuari +1 lap
11. V. Petrov +1 lap
12. K. Kobayashi +1 lap
13. N. Rosberg +1 lap
14. L. Hamilton - retired
15. V. Liuzzi +2 laps
16. N. Hulkenberg +2 laps
17. J. Trulli +3 laps
18. T. Glock +3 laps
19. L. di Grassi +4 laps
Not classified:
S. Buemi 43 laps
K. Chandhok 23 laps
P. De la Rosa 19 laps
B. Senna 1 lap
H. Kovalainen 1 lap
Fastest Lap: L. Hamilton: 1:24.357 (59. lap)
SV: "A lot of things didn't go my way today. The start was okay; there was no chance to get past Mark, but also it wasn't worth taking the risk. It was quite slippery, so I didn't want to take a run down the outside. I was not quick enough today. I struggled a lot with the balance of the car. The car's fast - Mark was in his own league today, but for some reason I found it difficult. There were a few problems. I was unlucky as I had a slow stop and had to wait in the pit box for the Ferrari to drive past and then Jenson was coming in, so it felt very long! We lost ground and the position. It was close when Lewis came out, but then he was impossible to pass. I felt the car was getting better, but as soon as you got close there was no chance to pass. Fifteen laps to the end, I lost the front left brakes and had to back off. I was lucky as there was a gap to Michael (Schumacher) behind me. I don't know how to feel as third is not a bad position, but I think we had a difficult race today with some things happening that we didn't want. It's good to take some points, the car is fast, but it was difficult."
Christian Horner: "It was a fantastic race from Mark and a very commanding performance from him today. He has been sensationally quick all weekend and this was a fitting result. Sebastian had a much more eventful race. We had a right front wheel issue at the first stop that cost him a bit of time and unfortunately allowed Lewis to sneak past. Thereafter he was comfortable, but stuck in dirty air until a brake issue appeared with about fifteen laps to go. We made a pit stop for a precautionary look at the brake disc – we could see it was still there, but it was a bit damaged and then it was a question of managing the pace of the car until the end of the race. Sebastian did a good job of building in a big enough safety margin in the braking areas for it not to be an issue. Ultimately first and third is a great team result – one place off a maximum score. We've enjoyed a good step forward in our performance this weekend, which is credit to the effort put in by the whole team."
Press Conference:
Pres konferencija s troje najboljih vozača s VN Španjolske: Mark Webber (Red Bull), Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) i Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull).
Kao i uvijek ovdje sam stavila samo Vettelove odgovore, ali ako želite pročitati cijelu možete OVDJE.
Q: Sebastian, is there anything that didn’t happen to you today? Unscheduled pit stop, brake problems and what about that incident with Lewis?
Sebastian Vettel: Well, a lot of things went wrong today. The start was okay. There was no chance to get past Mark. It was not worth taking the risk as it was quite slippery down the inside where he was, so I didn’t want to take a run on the outside. I was not quick enough. I struggled a lot with the balance of the car. We see the car is quick. Mark was in his own league today but for some reason I struggled. Then a lot of problems. I think we came in too early. Probably expected Lewis to come in the same lap and it turned out not to be. The primes, the hard tyres, were a bit difficult to switch on, so we couldn’t do the undercut and get him on the strategy side. Also we were a bit unlucky as we had to wait in the pit box a long time for the Ferrari to drive past and Jenson (Button) was coming in, so it was probably nine seconds. It felt like a nine second pit stop, so we lost a lot of ground and lost the position. It was very close where Lewis came out but there was no way, so to avoid contact I went wide. After that impossible to pass. I felt the car was getting a bit better but as soon as you get closer no chance to pass as you lose the grip. Then 15 laps from the end I lost the front left brakes and the last 10 laps I was lucky as there was so much gap to the back, to Michael. I was able to bring the car home. I don’t know how to feel. Third is not a bad position and I think we had a horrible, quite bad race, with a lot of things happening we didn’t want to. It is good to take some points but we need to work and keep pushing. The car is fast but you have to be able to use that every single time. It is 50-50 per cent chance of getting through. Mark had a race without any problems but for me it was the other way around, so difficult.
Q: What did they do when you came into the pits? Did you have a puncture?
SV: Just changed tyres. They probably had a quick look but there’s nothing that you can fix quickly. And then I went back out, I still had three brakes around the car, I think, so then obviously towards the end it was getting critical because you don’t want to have another failure, so I think we were just lucky to bring the car home, to be honest.
Q: (Michael Schmidt – Auto, Motor und Sport) Sebastian, for most of the race you drove behind somebody else. Is it possible that the Red Bull loses more speed or loses more balance than other cars in traffic?
SV: I haven’t driven another car this year. I don’t know. I think any car loses grip all around, loses downforce when you follow another car, depending on the gap. On top of that, I think this afternoon, as far as I could see outside from the inside of the cockpit, it was very, very windy today with a lot of gusts, especially in turn seven where I think you had a tail wind under braking, it was very difficult to get in, and then sometimes with a gust, it just blew you away. So it was difficult, I think, and obviously when you have another car in front, the closer you get it doesn’t get easier. I don’t think necessarily we are worse than others. I think we’ve had other races this year where I was able to follow and it wasn’t a problem. For sure you lose grip, you damage your tyres, but that’s the usual procedure for everyone.
Q: (Juha Päätalo – Financial Times Deutschland) Sebastian, can you just clarify why you came into the pits in the first place, 15 laps before the end? Were your primes finished or was it a safety option?
SV: I was braking for turn seven – boom! And then I went straight on. Obviously I saw that something flew off the car and I had some brake failures in the past, so it was extremely difficult. Every time I then touched the brakes the car was massively pulling to the right and didn’t stop properly, obviously, so I knew that something was wrong. I thought at that stage that that was it. So what you do, obviously, is that you pit. They changed the tyres, they probably had a quick look, couldn’t see anything and I was sent back out. The lap after I got the call to come in and retire and then I said ‘is there no chance to save some points?’ Obviously at that stage I didn’t know I was fourth but then I was telling the team that I would love to try and keep racing and try to save some points. At that stage I thought maybe two or three points were better than nothing, but it turned out to be a lot more and I even finished on the podium. So like it or not, I think it was a very lucky day.
Q: (Heikki Kulta – Turun Sanomat) Sebastian, five races and three times you’ve had reliability problems. How much more pressure does that give you?
SV: Nothing for me, there’s not much I can do differently. Obviously I knew that I was behind Lewis. To be honest I was seconds faster. It’s very difficult to judge your true pace but he wasn’t slow at the end, as Fernando said. They were also on a similar pace, so I think all us three were within a couple of tenths. So I was looking to finish the race in third and trying to save engines, save tyres and save brakes as well. As I said, it was a surprise and then boom, the failure.
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Post je objavljen 09.05.2010. u 19:46 sati.