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Originally Posted by mr_bo
Not so sure about 3rd, Lewis caught Fernando at an amazing rate but struggled to pass him as the 'aero' procession started to set in.
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At the point of the crash, Hamilton was attempting an overtake of Massa, he had a good chance of taking him when Webber hit him.
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Originally Posted by Pierre
Jesus, give the man some credit. It was stated several times yesterday, by the driver, the drivers Engineer and the Team Principal thjat it was Jensons call to come in when he did for slicks.
He's the driver he can feel when the grip is starting to return to the track. They have sophisticated wether monitoring equipment so they knew it wasn't going to rain heavily again - not luck.
Jenson gambled to get the jump on everyone else, as you saw as soon as the other teams could see Jensons times everybody made a dive for the pits causing congestion and extending pit times.
It was all about who had the balls to go for slicks first, and Jenson did.
I agree that Mclaren hedged their bets by making Hamilton pit, and it nearly paid off. He should have been able to get past at least one of the Ferraris.
If he'd stayed out there's no guarantee that he would've got 2nd. Jenson has showed that not only can he conserve his tyres that he can still get performance out of them without killing them.
We don't yet know if Hamilton can do that.
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And he would have, if it hadn't have been for Webber.