RBR's Hapless Korean GP
Monday, October 25, 2010 at 1:57am
Luck has played a big part for Alonso to win and for Hamilton to get P2.
Strong drivers who have been very unlucky are in this order:
3. Mark Webber
2. Nico Rosberg
1. Sebastian Vettel
Mark paid a hefty price by making a mistake on the kerb at turn 12. It was a very challenging track with all the conditions - its new, its wet, its very slippery and drivers got a poor visibility. The chance of making a blunder was next to inevitable. And yes, a lot of drivers have spun early and made mistakes. Some of them however were lucky enough to finish such as Kovalainen and Kobayashi but for Mark, it was a total disastrous day. And the sad thing about it is that he can't blame anybody but luck and himself.
Second unluckiest man at Yeongam was Nico Rosberg. He got caught when Mark spun. I was thinking, if only he hadn't overtook Hamilton on lap 18, then it would have been a Webber-Hamilton crash again. And Hamilton would still be 4th behind Vettel on the WDC standing.
Nico has been scoring modestly this season but recently, he's having his share of successive DNFs as well. It was not his fault, but sad to say, accidents have victims.
The unluckiest man award goes to Vettel. His free practice sessions weren't great and being 16th on FP3 was his lowest this season and yet he magically was able to pull it off and get P1 in qualifying.
Then come race day, all has been running pretty well for him. Getting splashes of water only from the safety car on the first 17laps, he had the advantage of visibility. He drove perfectly and clearly didn't waste his pole position. With only ten laps remaining and a good lap time, 25points of P1 was on his way. But then luck once again played with this young talended german and poof! out came the smoke from his car as his engine fails. His race was over!
Such was not really a failure but a clear example of cruel catastrophe in racing. And such is life.
But Vettel knew in his mind and in his heart that he did the best he can. And by doing everthing right and knowing that, makes him a winner still and with this I am sure that he will bounce back.
With two races remaining, I am not losing hope on him.
Viel Glück!!!
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Race Details:
October 24, 2010
Yeongam Circuit, South Korea
55 laps/Wet Track
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