Hello there! I am sorry that I am writing the race review today and not yesterday. I have been a bit busy but now I have a little time so here goes.
The race was entertaining as usual. It was exciting that Hamilton started from the back and I was sure that he would be on the podium. He didn't let me down and overtook a lot of cars!
It's just a bit stupid with DRS because it's very easy to come from the back to the front. It's not that special anymore. I remember when Räikkönen started from the back in the 2005 Japanese GP and overtook Fisichella on the last lap and won the race. No KERS/ERS or DRS! just pure skills and a fast car.
Don't get me wrong I like to see overtakes but it's like comparing basketball and soccer. In basketball there's a lot of points very often and in soccer when you score it's more important cause it doesn't happen that often. DRS/ERS/KERS has made F1 like basketball. Maybe you got the picture?
I realized that overtaking isn't as cool as it used to be in 2012 (Abu Dhabi) when Sebastian Vettel started from the pits and was 3rd when the race was over. He had the best car with these new buttons you just push and then you are in front like that.
But now let's talk more about the actual race!
The start was a disaster for Felipe Massa who collided for the 3rd time this season on the first lap. Maybe it is bad luck or maybe he should start looking more in the mirrors? The man who hit him was Kevin Magnussen who has also hit Kimi Räikkönen about 3-4 times this season and every time with his front wing. This time it was also his front wing and tyre that touched Massa's car.
It was difficult to say who's fault it was because Massa couldn't see him coming and Magnussen was as close as he could be to the grass. The brazilian had to retire after sliding upside down for a few meters.
Kimi Räikkönen had an ok race and was overtaking car after car also but had a lot of bad luck again. He got hit by at least these drivers: Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel and his teammate Fernando Alonso. The worst part was when Vettel and Alonso hit him at the same time from both sides.
If I say one more thing about Kimi then it's this: WHY AREN'T THEY EVEN TRYING WITH HIM?! Kimi said that he must pit because the tyres are destroyed and they just respond calmly that he should continue. Then when he says several times "WE MUST PIT!" then they believe him. If Alonso would have said that they should pit they would have ran outside with flames coming out of their asses.
I can't believe that Kimi drove so well with Lotus and then with Ferrari it's like he is a terrible driver. What is going on?! Seriously! It's so weird that I can't understand this. This has been his worst season of his career. Let's move on..
Later we saw two pretty weird retirements. First of all Daniil Kvyat was on flames and was obviously not happy about it:
..and then we saw Adrian Sutil spinning on the main straight saying "something's wrong with the car".
Then I'm gonna talk about my new hero! Valtteri Bottas! what a driver! It was like nothing could stop him. Not even Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes!
Bottas has now scored in 10 races more than the whole Williams team in three seasons!
This has now lifted Williams to third position in the constructors championship. Ferrari doesn't like that! Better get Kimi's car to work now. At least he was happy with it in the last race even though he had a lot of bad luck again.
What else? Lewis Hamilton said before the German GP that Nico Rosberg is not German because he is half finnish and lives in Monaco. He obviously tried to make him nervous before his home race. Instead he made him more hungry to prove him wrong and to win the race.
I am going to say this again in this post: NICO ROSBERG WILL BE CHAMPION IN 2014!
I have a very strong feeling of this.
And then! Here are my predictions for the 2014 German GP and how it went:
Pole position: Nico Rosberg, Mercedes - CORRECT
The race:
The race:
- Valtteri Bottas, Williams - WRONG. He was 2nd.
- Nico Rosberg, Mercedes - WRONG. He was 1st.
- Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes - CORRECT
Fastest lap: Nico Rosberg, Mercedes - WRONG. It was the other Mercedes driven by Lewis Hamilton.
First to pit in the race: Jean-Eric Vergne, Toro Rosso - WRONG. Kevin Magnussen pitted after crashing with Felipe Massa.
Surprise: Jenson Button, McLaren - He will be very close to a podium finish - WRONG. It didn't go THAT well.
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