Official Driver of the race : Korean GP

**Bononi** · 24 Oct 2010, 08:57 (Ref:2779412)

Driver of the race minus RBR...

Super Hans · 24 Oct 2010, 08:58 (Ref:2779415)

Lewis Hamilton, for his attitude and a solid performance.

ralf fan · 24 Oct 2010, 08:59 (Ref:2779418)

Hamilton. The only one with balls.

Alonso drove a blinder too.

ECW Dan Selby · 24 Oct 2010, 09:15 (Ref:2779451)

Quote:

Originally Posted by ralf fan

Hamilton. The only one with balls.

Alonso drove a blinder too.

This.

Liuzzi did do well, but he's had an absolutely awful season..

Selby

**Born Racer** · 24 Oct 2010, 09:25 (Ref:2779464)

Today, I'm going to vote for Alonso. I might not be his greatest fan, but credit where credit's due.

strider · 24 Oct 2010, 09:48 (Ref:2779486)

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Originally Posted by Born Racer

Today, I'm going to vote for Alonso. I might not be his greatest fan, but credit where credit's due.

Ditto.

stripedcat · 24 Oct 2010, 09:57 (Ref:2779492)

I know his car blew up, but for me it has to Vettel. Got pole and lead most of the race. Second place to Alonso for driving an excellent race - shows why he is the most rounded driver in F1 (his experience paid off). Third place to Hamilton(his little skid probably cost him a win). Still he drove a good race and this time didn't crash. Was a good job that Rosberg overtook him actually as that allowed Rosberg and Webber to have their accident.

GT6 · 24 Oct 2010, 10:40 (Ref:2779528)

gave my vote to sutil, he seemed to be on the coverage more than the leaders and provided some great moments, upstaged the drivers up the front and was always trying, deserved something out of this race

frostie · 24 Oct 2010, 12:21 (Ref:2779583)

I voted for Liuzzi. I thought with the pressure he's under to keep his drive he did really well to finish sixth. He drove a very controlled race and its gotta do his confidence the world of good for the last two races of the year

AUSRSR · 24 Oct 2010, 12:47 (Ref:2779589)

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Originally Posted by frostie

I voted for Liuzzi. I thought with the pressure he's under to keep his drive he did really well to finish sixth. He drove a very controlled race and its gotta do his confidence the world of good for the last two races of the year

+1. He bloody needed that good result too.

Teflonso as well..Didn't put a foot wrong

E.B · 24 Oct 2010, 13:09 (Ref:2779594)

Vettel was pretty well faultless all weekend, and as has been said, was taken out of the race by an engine fault not of his doing.

He was able to gap Alonso at will whenever the SC returned to pitlane, whilst saving his tyres, and had the race totally under control.

Also good to see that despite his championship having suffered from another car failure whilst in a dominant and unchallenged position, he was still able to smile with his engineers, with none of what would have been understandable tantrums in the circumstances.

Re Hamilton I find it amusing that towards the end of the race when asked on the radio about the light, he said the light is perfect. Funnily enough it was all different after the race when he said "It was very tricky out there, particularly towards the end. It was pitch black, I couldn’t see much." Perhaps he was a bit confused in the race? Mind you he might have been stretching the truth, as he has done previously.

A bit like when he suggested on the radio that the track was dry enough for inters, when behind the SC early in the race and wanted the race to be started properly with no SC...... Funnily enough, when the SC came in Lewis did not rush for the inters, but struggled around on the wets, still using the run offs as most did, and was in fact one of the last of the drivers to go onto the inters.

In fact when he went to Inters during the final SC period, as soon as the SC came in and the racing was resumed, Hamilton lost a place, the place that gave Alonso the race win as it turned out, as Lewis glided helplessly off the track and onto the run off at the very first turn with the inters on..

motorsarena · 28 Oct 2010, 17:37 (Ref:2781748)

Vettel first then Alonso and Hamilton, Massa drove well too.
and great to see Sumi good as well.

Hawkwood · 24 Oct 2010, 09:02 (Ref:2779426)

Both Alonso and Hamilton were excellent, but special mention goes to Tonio Liuzzi for finishing 6th after starting from so far down.
But is it too little too late for his career?

Wims · 24 Oct 2010, 09:03 (Ref:2779427)

Clearly Alonso, good mention for Liuzzi. I dont see how you can call Hamilton the driver of the race when he gave away the win by running wide and letting Alonso past again

Super Hans · 24 Oct 2010, 09:05 (Ref:2779431)

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Originally Posted by Wims

Clearly Alonso, good mention for Liuzzi. I dont see how you can call Hamilton the driver of the race when he gave away the win by running wide and letting Alonso past again

I don't see how you could call Alonso the driver of a race he tried to stop.

HughGJohnson · 24 Oct 2010, 09:20 (Ref:2779456)

Alonso for me.

Dishonorable mention to both of the RBR drivers for trying to manipulate the results under the guise of safety. Even if it wasn't safe enough to race it was clearly much better than before when Webber said he couldn't see much of a difference. And, call me cynical, but I don't think it's any coincidence that Vettel's engine blow right after he was complaining about visibilty.

Wims · 24 Oct 2010, 09:06 (Ref:2779433)

Hamilton made a driver error that cost him the race win. I mean, come on!

Super Hans · 24 Oct 2010, 09:07 (Ref:2779436)

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Originally Posted by Wims

Hamilton made a driver error that cost him the race win. I mean, come on!

I don't care.

I voted for Hamilton and gave my reasons.

marcel82 · 24 Oct 2010, 09:10 (Ref:2779439)

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Originally Posted by Wims

Hamilton made a driver error that cost him the race win. I mean, come on!

the only reason Alonso won it, was Webber crashing and Vettel's engine trying a different route. If it were op to himself, he wouldn't have won the race, because it wouldn't have happened.

Hamilton was the only one not trying to wuss out of the race, so he's the DotR for me

ChrisPage · 24 Oct 2010, 10:39 (Ref:2779527)

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Originally Posted by Wims

Hamilton made a driver error that cost him the race win. I mean, come on!

I went for Alonso, before I'm accussedo of partisanship (and voting Alonso did hurt!).

In Hamilton's defence however -
a) under the safety car he was on the radio saying how he had needed to make all kinds of balance and drivability changes to the car, so he went into that first corner blind as to how the car would react under full speed. Still a mistake for sure, but hardle the worst ever.
b) the same issues with tyres resulting in the balance changes clearly affected Lewis and caused extreme caution in the closing laps. Granted, if he was still leading he would have pushed harder and maybe still won - but he could also have blown his tyres in the trying and not finished at all.

Taprobane · 24 Oct 2010, 09:06 (Ref:2779434)

Hamilton, the only one who wanted to start it and not waste me getting up at 6am!

**bjohnsonsmith** · 24 Oct 2010, 09:08 (Ref:2779438)

Massa; he quietly got on with it.

genevieve_autumn · 24 Oct 2010, 09:11 (Ref:2779440)

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Originally Posted by bjohnsonsmith

Massa; he quietly got on with it.

I agree, he had a strong race where he didn't mess about and just got on with it and hence why he is third.

Armco Bender · 24 Oct 2010, 09:11 (Ref:2779442)

Sutil,he passed everyone at least twice before he binned it.

genevieve_autumn · 24 Oct 2010, 09:12 (Ref:2779447)

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Originally Posted by Armco Bender

Sutil,he passed everyone at least twice before he binned it.

He did well at that overtaking but he was a bit over the place hence why we all saw him going out before it happened

View Poll Results: Driver of the race
Teflonso (now 2nd driver with most points)	43	33.33%
Hamilton	30	23.26%
Massa	2	1.55%
TGF	16	12.40%
Kubica	0	0%
Liuzzi	14	10.85%
Barrichello	0	0%
Kowasabi	1	0.78%
Heidfeld	1	0.78%
Alguersuari	0	0%
Hulkenberg	0	0%
Button	0	0%
Kovailainen	0	0%
Senna	0	0%
Yamamoto	0	0%
Sutil	6	4.65%
Vettel	15	11.63%
Petrov	0	0%
Glock	0	0%
Other	1	0.78%
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