What an epic race we saw today! The start was absolutely crazy. In addition to Maldonado taking a jump start there was a collision in the first corner caused by Lotus driver Grosjean (not the first one for him this year!). The Frenchman crashed to Hamilton´s McLaren and it lead to both Grosjean´s and Hamilton´s cars flying in the air and crashing to Alonso´s Ferrari. Perez in his Sauber was also involved in the crash and all four were out of the race! Luckily none of the drivers were hurt because it really looked like a nasty crash! Anyway, I have to admit I was a bit mean being happy that Alonso was out of the race... I was happy that he didn´t get hurt but I was delighted that the Spaniard didn´t score points today.
Naturally the crash caused safety car to come out but after the restart it turned out to be Button´s race. He disappeared to the horizon immediately. Kimi seemed to be struggling with his tyres and was lacking grip. He was struggling with both Force India drivers and the team decided to take the Iceman in for an early pit stop. That seemed to be the right call as Kimi´s pace got better with the fresh set of hard tyres.
Vettel started the race in P10 but his race pace was absolutely excellent. He took positions one by one and it was such a pleasure to watch his driving. Sebastian´s overtaking moves on his team-mate, Massa and the 7-time world champion Schumacher were legendary! I enjoyed every moment from the bottom of my heart. I have to admit there was some screaming, too when I sat on the sofa watching the race on TV ;) Before the race I was certain that Seb would be able to make it to the podium and he didn´t let me down!
Both the race leader Button and Sebastian on the 2nd place had a one stop strategy. Kimi had pitted twice and was fighting for the 3rd place with Schumacher and Hulkenberg. Kimi´s battle with Schumi almost caused me a heart attack! On lap 31 Kimi was able to pass the German but Schumi took his position back when the duo got into the DRS zone. But on lap 34 Kimi did a breathtaking overtaking move and passed Schumi at Eau Rouge! That pass made me absolutely speeechless! That was an overtaking move that you couldn´t have expected from most drivers but the Iceman seemed to be on fire today! Schumi had intended to run with a one stop strategy as well but at the end of the race he had to pit again due to heavy tyre degradation. After passing Schumi Kimi was able to build up a few second gap to Hulkenberg and finished the race 3rd.
This was definitely one of the most eventful races this season and some penalties were handed as well. The Venezuelan Williams driver Maldonado was back in the limelight again and not in a very positive way... He was handed a 5-place grid penalty for taking a jump start and another 5-place penalty for colliding with Glock. Heikki Kovalainen crashed into Karthikeyan in the pits and Caterham got a fine of 10 000 euros for the unsafe release of the Finn. Grosjean was handed a one-race ban for causing the collision at the start which I personally consider quite a heavy punishment. I believe Grosjean had no intension of crashing to Hamilton, I see the incident more like caused by his lack of racing experience. So let´s see who will be driving the other E20 at Monza next weekend...
Today´s result definitely tightened things up in terms of the championship fight! Alonso still tops the standings but now he´s only 24 points ahead of Sebastian which means Seb is only one win away from the Ferrari driver! Webber is 3rd 8 points behind his team-mate and the Iceman is only a point behind the Australian! Can´t wait what will happen at Monza next week! I hope Lotus gets a chance to test their "double DRS" on Friday and that we´ll see the system in action next Sunday! Meanwhile... I have no words to describe how much I enjoyed the race today, I´m utterly speechless, once again...! Kimi and Sebastian, you have absolutely no clue how fantastic you two make me feel by driving your cars in an incredible way :):) I admire you so so so so so MUCH!
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