2012 Chinese GP

jacfan · Post by **jacfan** » Sun Apr 15, 2012 6:34 pm

Button has just taken 2nd place from Vettel.
Can Rosberg keep the lead???

jacfan · Post by **jacfan** » Sun Apr 15, 2012 6:41 pm

Whooo hooo Mark has just passed Vettel!!!!

jacfan · Post by **jacfan** » Sun Apr 15, 2012 6:43 pm

Nico Rosberg has taken his first win!!!!

jacfan · Post by **jacfan** » Sun Apr 15, 2012 6:46 pm

Top 10 are

Rosberg
Button
Hamilton
Webber
Vettel
Grosjean
Senna
Maldonado
Alonso
Kobayashi

Brilliant and exciting race.

BTW it was apparently a front tyre that was not secured properly and took out MS. Sorry about that.

Ed · Post by Ed » Sun Apr 15, 2012 10:26 pm

We thank you Jacfan for your commentary during the race.

We had a diificult time in Shanghai to get the coverage working

Much appreciated

Thaddeus · Post by **Thaddeus** » Sun Apr 15, 2012 11:16 pm

Voted for Rosberg as Driver of the Day, due to his utter dominance. Whilst the Mercedes was clearly excellent, the massive margin he had over Schumacher showed that he was also driving very well.

Feel a bit sorry for Schumacher. He could've gotten second, and serious bad luck has seen him score just 1 point in 3 races due to a gearbox failure, getting tagged by Grosjean and then suffering a wheel problem that wasn't his fault.

Grosjean did really well today, and I feel sorry for Raikkonen. If they'd put medium tyres on his car he might have held second, or at least finished with some points.

jacfan · Post by **jacfan** » Mon Apr 16, 2012 3:33 pm

Ed wrote:We thank you Jacfan for your commentary during the race.

We had a diificult time in Shanghai to get the coverage working

Much appreciated

No worries Ed. I was watching and the computer was on. So much was going on that I was having trouble keeping up with it all.

jacfan · Post by **jacfan** » Mon Apr 16, 2012 3:36 pm

I considered voting for Rosberg but in the end gave it to Jenson Button as he had pit stop problems and still managed to take 2nd. I think he might have won it if it wasn't for the problem in the pits.
A fascinating race.

Thaddeus · Post by **Thaddeus** » Mon Apr 16, 2012 5:05 pm

Yeah, Button was unlucky (but luckier than Schumacher!), and I'm glad he managed to get 2nd.

However, I disagree with a lot of people who, like you, think he might've got the win. I think Rosberg would've won by a greatly reduced but still comfortable margin. It's a shame we never got to find out, but that's racing and it's great for Rosberg, Mercedes and the sport that he got his and their [in their recent guise] first win.

jacfan · Post by **jacfan** » Mon Apr 16, 2012 6:44 pm

Yes it would have been an interesting finish. I am obviously not sure that Jenson could have taken 1st place but pits stops might have given him the edge. However as you say that is racing and we will never know what would have, could have etc.
I was thrilled for Nico to get his first win.

Let's hope that is the first of many.

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