Turkish Grand Prix summary, part one: la la la, this isn’t very interesting. Turkish Grand Prix summary, part two: SHIT!
The Good
- That brief period when Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button temporarily thought they were driving in the BTCC, and went through about five corners wheel to wheel. Bloody brilliant.
- Mark Webber, for restraining himself after the race, and remaining impressively dignified. Best man in Formula 1? Seems likely.
- Is this the start of Kamui Kobayashi rediscovering the form of his two races for Toyota last season? A point for 10th, the first for Sauber this season.
The Bad
- Fernando Alonso. Fernando Bloody Alonso. Vitaly Petrov was having a jolly good drive until you gave him a smack. Idiot. Fastest lap of the race going to Petrov – because he had to change tyres after the Alonso incident, near the end of the race – was not sufficient consolation.
- Though not quite as idiotic as Sebastian Vettel. Jesus. Then implying that Mark Webber was insane? Hmm!
The Ugly
- The rumours – denied, but not going away – that Red Bull Racing actively disadvantaged Webber to help Vettel. They’re everywhere. Absolutely bloody everywhere.
- Actually, I find the team’s line on why Webber switched to fuel-saving mode before Vettel very plausible, but Christian Horner‘s other comments haven’t helped, appearing to blame Webber at least as much as Vettel, because he didn’t leave enough room.
- Enough room for what? For Vettel to move across Webber before he’d fully overtaken him? The more I watch the incident, the uglier Vettel’s move is. I liked Vettel. But now? Not so keen.
- Oh, and let’s not forget the grey-mint Mercedes GP cars.
