The 2013 Korean Grand Prix didn´t lack thrilling entertainment and colourful events! When the lights went out, Sebastian immediately took the lead and it certainly seemed that the German Red Bull driver wasn´t going to give up on it at any circumstances. Grosjean in his Lotus had a fantastic start and the Frenchman was able to get past Hamilton in turn three. Massa in his Ferrari spun on the opening lap and hit his team-mate Alonso but Alonso managed to keep the 6th place. Thanks to Massa´s incident Kimi was able to overtake both McLarens and was in P8.
On lap 6 right before the first pit stops Kimi made a staggering overtaking move on Alonso and made his way up to P6. It was entertaining to watch the battle between these two -who will be team-mates next year! It made me feel huge pleasure to see Kimi overtaking the Spanish Ferrari driver. This could be an omen in terms of the next season, hahaha ;) After the first pit stops Alonso, however, managed to get ahead of Kimi, who was among the last top drivers to pit for a new set of prime tyres. Kimi got stuck behind Alonso and Hulkenberg so Lotus decided to change their strategy and they called Kimi to the pits for the second time on lap 26. That turned out to be an excellent call.
Rosberg had just managed to get past his team-mate Hamilton, whose tyres were in bad shape. Right after that Rosberg´s front wing failed and touching the asphalt there was a stunning looking shower of sparks flying around. Rosberg had to pit for a new nose. On lap 31 we saw another dramatic event. Kimi was storming around the track with the new set of prime tyres and the Iceman had just overtaken Perez in his McLaren when something unexpected happened. Perez had locked his front-right tyre in the braking just a moment before and suddenly the whole surface of the tyre came away! This caused the safety car to come out. Majority of the drivers rushed into the pits. Kimi had pitted a few laps earlier so the Finn was now 3rd in the race!
The safety car came in on lap 36 but it didn´t take long until it was needed on the track again! Only a couple of laps later Sutil in his Force India spun and hit Webber´s Red Bull causing Mark´s RB9 to catch fire. There were big flames and a lot of black smoke and Webber´s race was destroyed. So the safety car was deployed for the second time. Only a moment before Kimi had made a phenomenal overtaking move on his team-mate Grosjean who had fallen into a small mistake. Fortunate for Kimi, there were yellow flags on the straight so Grosjean couldn´t use DRS and try to take the position back.
Grosjean asked for a team order on the team radio, but the Team Principal Boullier told Grosjean to concentrate on racing. After the restart there was no chance for Kimi to challenge Vettel for the victory. Sebastian immediately built up a clear gap over the Lotus duo. So no doubt of the winner: it was the fourth consecutive race win for Sebastian today! Kimi took the brilliant second place and his team-mate Grosjean completed the podium. After the race the atmosphere between Kimi and Grosjean seemed somehow cold but Grosjean had been told to have a smile on his face on the podium! And there wasn´t anything unclear about the overtaking situation: Grosjean had made a mistake and Kimi used the advantage and snatched the second place. Today´s race showed once again the brilliance of Kimi Räikkönen as a racing driver. From P9 on the grid up to the P2! Grosjean started the race from P3 and still he didn´t manage to finish any higher. There is something absolutely magical about Kimi and his performance. Though the car still wasn´t like Kimi would have wanted it to be! A lot of understeering, some KERS issues... Kimi is absolutely and utterly phenomenal, a real super star of Formula 1!
Sauber´s Nico Hulkenberg finished the race in P4, which was a superb job from the Sauber driver. No matter how hard Hamilton tried to get past Hulkenberg, the German blocked every attempt to get past. A brilliant achievement indeed! Hopefully Hulkenberg will get a Lotus seat for 2014, his skills have definitely stood out this weekend! Hamilton finished 5th, Alonso 6th and Rosberg 7th.
The situation in the championship standings is crushing. Sebastian now has a 77-point gap over his closest opponent Alonso. The numbers feel somehow unreal. Red Bull have over 400 points in the constructors´ standings whilst their closest rival Ferrari have 284 points... It certainly looks like to be a very superior WDC and WCC for Red Bull this year but I guess the point is to keep the feet firmly on the ground as long as the titles are officially secured. But Sebastian is so superior to his rivals at the moment. His success story is absolutely unbelievable. You should think up a whole new word for the way this young man drives his car! I feel there´re no existing words, which would do justice to this man´s skills behind the wheel! Phenomenal, unique, exceptional, raw talent... Just to name a few adjectives, which unfortunately seem too lame and inadequate to describe Sebastian Vettel. What if I just say that the way he drives is simply... Sebtastic! ;D
Ei kommentteja:
Lähetä kommentti