Italian GP race review

[eytl]

Hi everyone,

The Italian GP race review is up! http://www.f1rejects.com/centrale/2010/italy/index.html

Time to start gearing up for Singapore - I look forward to writing about the Singapore experience when I return!

Cheers,
Enoch

[CarlosFerreira]

Brilliant, thank Enoch.

I know that ROTR is your remit, and won't argue Hulkenberg didn't really deserve it... OK, that is a bit surprising, in a race where HRT arrive with Monaco-spec aero (plus plain pit-crew disorganisation) and McLaren forgets to prepare a proper blown Monza-spec wing, trusting The Boys (Lewis, actually) will compensate for that on sheer bravery.

Hulkenberg almost got the IIDOTR, and many people said they enjoyed his driving, but wouldn't vote for him because of those same antics on Webber. Martin Brundle was very vocal about Hulkenberg's moves as well, and not for the first time in the season. The Hulk is perhaps showing some excessive aggression on track, the sort of thing we're not really used to anymore (and then we complain there isn't enough aggression; I know I do). In that respect he reminds me, of all people, of Michael Schumacher - not an unlikely comparison, considering Willy Webber is behind him. There's the same ruthlessness, the feeling he will go all the way down the allowable road, and then some. Here's a guy that will originate countless discussion topics in the future.

[DonTirri]

Whoa. And to think Hulk was *this* close of being the first one to get both the IIODTR and the ROTR in the same race xD

[patrick]

Good review as always!

The Hulk is perhaps showing some excessive aggression on track, the sort of thing we're not really used to anymore (and then we complain there isn't enough aggression; I know I do). In that respect he reminds me, of all people, of Michael Schumacher - not an unlikely comparison, considering Willy Webber is behind him. There's the same ruthlessness, the feeling he will go all the way down the allowable road, and then some. Here's a guy that will originate countless discussion topics in the future.

you make a valid point, and made me think of Valencia when he retired from his first points position and took his anger out on a tire wall - which suggested he's clearly very highly wound during races. I wonder if anyone has anything to share from his GP2 days?

[FullMetalJack]

Excellent review, up to your usual high standards. I can't believe how close Hulkenberg was to getting ROTR and IIDOTR simultaneously.