Malaysia 2010
Apr. 4th, 2010 03:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gwaevalarinI'm not even that disappointed after this race. Sure, 8th isn't the result I was hoping for but I really think Jenson did a pretty good job today.
The qualifying yesterday was bad luck. Aquaplaning, not much he could do about that. So he had to start from 17th which of course was far from ideal. Hamilton had an unbelievable start, I have to give him that, and that's where he got past Jenson, even though Jenson's start wasn't too bad either.
I also think that's Jenson's early pit stop was a good move once again. He was stuck fighting with the Ferraris and even though he lost performance at the end, he probably would have lost a lot more time had he stayed on the options much longer.
After Hamilton's stop I was hoping that Jenson could overtake him. But even if that had worked out, Hamilton would probably have made it past again eventually with his fresh option tyres compared to Jenson's older prime tyres.
What a great fight Jenson had with the Ferraris in the last third of the race. He had to give in to Massa at last but could hold him back quite a while and then did the same with Alonso keeping the Ferrari behind him even though it was clearly the quicker car at that point.
So, yeah, while I'm not too happy about the result I'm pretty happy with Jenson's performance.
In Mark, on the other hand, I'm a little disappointed. Second is a great result, sure. But after he had lost his first place to his team mate he never really challenged him for the lead again. And with Jenson so far back on the grid I just wanted to see Mark win after his amazing qualifying yesterday.
Overall, a fun race again with a lot of action on the track, even without rain. :)
The qualifying yesterday was bad luck. Aquaplaning, not much he could do about that. So he had to start from 17th which of course was far from ideal. Hamilton had an unbelievable start, I have to give him that, and that's where he got past Jenson, even though Jenson's start wasn't too bad either.
I also think that's Jenson's early pit stop was a good move once again. He was stuck fighting with the Ferraris and even though he lost performance at the end, he probably would have lost a lot more time had he stayed on the options much longer.
After Hamilton's stop I was hoping that Jenson could overtake him. But even if that had worked out, Hamilton would probably have made it past again eventually with his fresh option tyres compared to Jenson's older prime tyres.
What a great fight Jenson had with the Ferraris in the last third of the race. He had to give in to Massa at last but could hold him back quite a while and then did the same with Alonso keeping the Ferrari behind him even though it was clearly the quicker car at that point.
So, yeah, while I'm not too happy about the result I'm pretty happy with Jenson's performance.
In Mark, on the other hand, I'm a little disappointed. Second is a great result, sure. But after he had lost his first place to his team mate he never really challenged him for the lead again. And with Jenson so far back on the grid I just wanted to see Mark win after his amazing qualifying yesterday.
Overall, a fun race again with a lot of action on the track, even without rain. :)
