One thing to add to the discussion: let's not forget that Vettel found himself at the start with a car he hadn't driven a single lap in. A car with high downforce handles quite differently than a car with low downforce setup. So essentially, he didn't know what he would get until after the first lap...

HOERSS wrote:The 2nd safetety car helped him massively

How do you define "massively"? The second SC got him one extra place, which I wouldn't use the term "massive help" for. Also, he could have closed the gap to Button without that SC too - but that's ofcourse speculation, so I won't go on about that.

If Vettel had started in his original grid slot (and had his original setup) he would have taken his 5th in a row. Hamilton was the only fly in the ointment in qualy this week & with his retirement Vettel could have gone on to dominate the race. I won't argue this. QF went well for Vettel in Abu Dh...

I've been thinking about this for the past two days, and I do think Abu Dhabi has shed a new light on the RBR. Before, I was thinking (weren't we all?) that RBR really didn't have the choice: their car is designed to be a high-downforce, qualification and pole-win monster. With the obvious lack of t...

Hi all. I've been following the main site for quite a while now, but have only recently started reading on this forum. As I enjoy discussing on other fora too (not always F1-related), I wanted to participate in the discussions being held here. I started following F1 from very early on, got the vibe ...