Oh, my giddy aunt!

[lil_shepherd]

What a race! What a victory for Jensen! Schumi still the greatest in the wet, even with a car that's still off the pace!

Wow! It was worth waiting through the rain. Never tell me again that F1 isn't exciting.

Comments

[joereaves]

The safety car was out too long and I think they should have started normally, but after they went racing again after the restart it was brilliant fun. Not sure what the point of having wet tyres is if you're going to insist on keeping the safety car out until conditions are right for inters...

Fantastic racing between the top four especially. I'm a Vettel fan, but JB really deserved that win.

[lil_shepherd]

I think this was probably true of the last stint, but I think they called it right the rest of the time. What the stewards were remembering at the start is that the first corner at that track sometimes takes out half a dozen cars on the dry. It could have been carnage if some people started on inters.

[carl_allery]

I think they probably had it right to start behind the safety car, but don't think they needed 5 laps of it, and then on the restart, way too long behind the SC. What's the point in insisting on wet tyres if they're never actually used for racing?

[lil_shepherd]

I think it's in the rules that they have to start on wets. And, of course, the rationale is that the wets are best at clearing the track of water...

[carl_allery]

Yes, if you red flag a race for rain and re-start it while conditions are still marginal enough to insist on the safety car, then wets must be necessary. And certainly full wets clear the track efficiently. But still, if the track isn't 'safe' enough to bring the safety car in until a dry line is beginning to emerge and everyone's ready for inters, then is it ever safe to race when the weather requires full wets? Couple of laps would have been enough to clear the worst, given it wasn't raining any more. I suspect Vettel preferred to wait as long as possible ...

[lil_shepherd]

They were expecting more rain - a short burst which never materialised - after they went out. It may be that the Race Director (and the driver of the safety car reporting back to him) was waiting for that rain.