super spa
question 1
Who had the best drive of the day on race day in your opinion and why?
@cbeSudha : Nico Hulkenberg of Sahara Force India. Vettel had an equally good drive but I will give it to Nico because he was in a lesser car and has less experience. VJM05 eats up its tyres and he managed them with 2-stops. The Hulk also did some great defensive/attacking driving against veterans like Webber, Schumacher. He drove out of his skin for his best ever finish of P4. We will certainly be hearing about this young German in the years to come.
@joshbohnf1 : Senna! Revived the senna name and proved he could score points! A slow puncture cost him overall but still a solid drive!
@multicooldude34 : Jenson Button's drive was superb and he was surely the driver of the day but sadly his drive will always be overshadowed by the first-corner crash.
@diggerdydoo : For me, two drivers drove briliantly at Spa. Jenson, because he made that win look so easy- but it never is easy in F1, there must have been so much going on in his head! Second, Seb was brilliant as he dropped so many places at the start but ended up 2nd in the end- he was the most aggressive in his overtakes that I've seen him for some time.
@cbeSudha : Nico Hulkenberg of Sahara Force India. Vettel had an equally good drive but I will give it to Nico because he was in a lesser car and has less experience. VJM05 eats up its tyres and he managed them with 2-stops. The Hulk also did some great defensive/attacking driving against veterans like Webber, Schumacher. He drove out of his skin for his best ever finish of P4. We will certainly be hearing about this young German in the years to come.
@joshbohnf1 : Senna! Revived the senna name and proved he could score points! A slow puncture cost him overall but still a solid drive!
@multicooldude34 : Jenson Button's drive was superb and he was surely the driver of the day but sadly his drive will always be overshadowed by the first-corner crash.
@diggerdydoo : For me, two drivers drove briliantly at Spa. Jenson, because he made that win look so easy- but it never is easy in F1, there must have been so much going on in his head! Second, Seb was brilliant as he dropped so many places at the start but ended up 2nd in the end- he was the most aggressive in his overtakes that I've seen him for some time.
question 2
The first lap saw an incident which ended the race for several drivers. Who did you think was to blame? (Before penalty was issued)
@jo_johnson63 : Romain Grosjean's over-enthusiasm once again got him into a very dangerous situation, which, thank goodness was not as serious as it looked at first. I also think,as do a lot of others, that Maldonado's jump start put everyone on the wrong foot so to speak. He hopefully will learn from his penalty unlike other repeat offenders.
@NigelBeechey : Well Maldo started it all off in a way by jump starting? Then Grosjean -who I quite like for some reason- caused most of the carnage.
@hedgeryhoops : For quite some time after the incident it wasn't entirely clear what caused the accident, but after seeing the replays (in particular the view from Hamilton), it's clear to see that Grosjean was at fault. Hamilton was alongside Grosjean and you have to respect the space that drivers in that circumstance are in, I think Roman just got a bit carried away when he dived across the grid after the start. Some people (in particular a Lotus mechanic on Twitter!) have suggested that Hamilton should have moved more over towards the grass, but if you watch the replays slowly you can see Hamilton already moving over to the grass before Gorsjean hits him. And to be perfectly honest, why should Hamilton have backed off? He was not doing anything wrong at all! Felt most sorry for Alonso and in particular the Saubers, whose races were completely obliterated by the incident, not exactly the best reward for an outstanding qualifying session!
@jo_johnson63 : Romain Grosjean's over-enthusiasm once again got him into a very dangerous situation, which, thank goodness was not as serious as it looked at first. I also think,as do a lot of others, that Maldonado's jump start put everyone on the wrong foot so to speak. He hopefully will learn from his penalty unlike other repeat offenders.
@NigelBeechey : Well Maldo started it all off in a way by jump starting? Then Grosjean -who I quite like for some reason- caused most of the carnage.
@hedgeryhoops : For quite some time after the incident it wasn't entirely clear what caused the accident, but after seeing the replays (in particular the view from Hamilton), it's clear to see that Grosjean was at fault. Hamilton was alongside Grosjean and you have to respect the space that drivers in that circumstance are in, I think Roman just got a bit carried away when he dived across the grid after the start. Some people (in particular a Lotus mechanic on Twitter!) have suggested that Hamilton should have moved more over towards the grass, but if you watch the replays slowly you can see Hamilton already moving over to the grass before Gorsjean hits him. And to be perfectly honest, why should Hamilton have backed off? He was not doing anything wrong at all! Felt most sorry for Alonso and in particular the Saubers, whose races were completely obliterated by the incident, not exactly the best reward for an outstanding qualifying session!
question 3
Twitter controversy has been another headline for F1 this weekend with Lewis Hamilton's 'disappearing' tweets. What do you make of the incident and the way in which it has been reported upon?
@RobLMyers : The publication of the telemetry trace was wrong, but the whole incident has been blown out of all proportion by the media. Some people appear to take great delight in hammering Hamilton over any perceived wrong doing, unnecessarily so. The other deleted tweets were also blown up out of all proportion. No swear words were used despite articles that stated otherwise. I'd far rather have a driver that says what he thinks and expresses himself openly and honestly than a corporate clone.
@EmTheEmu : The media seriously need to give Hamilton a break. Yes, the telemetry tweet was silly, but the others were only showing his very understandable emotions. I'd much rather see drivers being themselves on social media, than become the PR robots they're increasingly being turned into.
@DarshanChokhani : The Saturday tweet was all OK, he just used the word "WTF" which I don't think is a big issue. Is there anyone in the media or team officials who don't use it? He just spoke his mind which we all want from drivers but the media have just blown it out of proportion. Just shows why the drivers and officials don't speak their mind. However, I am totally against him tweeting the picture he did on Sunday. It leaked some very important data. I hope he doesn't do that in future but no problem him speaking his mind.
@RobLMyers : The publication of the telemetry trace was wrong, but the whole incident has been blown out of all proportion by the media. Some people appear to take great delight in hammering Hamilton over any perceived wrong doing, unnecessarily so. The other deleted tweets were also blown up out of all proportion. No swear words were used despite articles that stated otherwise. I'd far rather have a driver that says what he thinks and expresses himself openly and honestly than a corporate clone.
@EmTheEmu : The media seriously need to give Hamilton a break. Yes, the telemetry tweet was silly, but the others were only showing his very understandable emotions. I'd much rather see drivers being themselves on social media, than become the PR robots they're increasingly being turned into.
@DarshanChokhani : The Saturday tweet was all OK, he just used the word "WTF" which I don't think is a big issue. Is there anyone in the media or team officials who don't use it? He just spoke his mind which we all want from drivers but the media have just blown it out of proportion. Just shows why the drivers and officials don't speak their mind. However, I am totally against him tweeting the picture he did on Sunday. It leaked some very important data. I hope he doesn't do that in future but no problem him speaking his mind.
bonus question
Jenson Button started off the second part of the season with a magnificent win in Spa. Do you think that this is his catalyst to reignite his battle for the title or will he drop off in a similar fashion to the beginning of his season?
@MarussiaF1Will : He'll be up there towards the end of the season, don't think he'll win the WDC but he'll be close. He was terrific in the second half of last season and if he can do the same, it'll be very good.
@icywingsuk : If Jenson is getting the car to his liking, then he has every chance of being equally successful in the second half of this season as he was in the last. It come down to how he and the team work, and how far they are willing to develop the McLaren to his liking.
@Donz358 : I hope it reignites his battle but I don’t think we’ll know for sure until Monza. JB either seems perfectly in tune with the car – or not. There is no middle ground with him, unlike Alonso who seems to bring out the best in the Ferrari, despite its poor performance at times.
@MarussiaF1Will : He'll be up there towards the end of the season, don't think he'll win the WDC but he'll be close. He was terrific in the second half of last season and if he can do the same, it'll be very good.
@icywingsuk : If Jenson is getting the car to his liking, then he has every chance of being equally successful in the second half of this season as he was in the last. It come down to how he and the team work, and how far they are willing to develop the McLaren to his liking.
@Donz358 : I hope it reignites his battle but I don’t think we’ll know for sure until Monza. JB either seems perfectly in tune with the car – or not. There is no middle ground with him, unlike Alonso who seems to bring out the best in the Ferrari, despite its poor performance at times.