Gran Premio de España Santander 2012

[reppo]

I did read somewhere that there is a lever with fill and drain position. The guy taking care of it, put it first into wrong position before setting it right. Others were counting seconds from a clock, but nobody knew or realized or told or something that the amount of fuel was wrong. So, a human error. Unbelievable but true.

That's okay ... but they already knew about it on out lap ..i guess?

If they knew, then they were playing rich or poor, and this time they lost. Too bad for Lewis. If he'd been in top 10, he would have been in podium or who knows even won.

[iceman1]

Why Lotus told Raikkonen that Both Alonso and Maldonado will have to pit again in the final stages of the race? delayed team radio or to motivate him?

[reppo]

Why Lotus told Raikkonen that Both Alonso and Maldonado will have to pit again in the final stages of the race? delayed team radio or to motivate him?

Elsewhere I saw a comment for that question: "Maybe they need fresh set of brains for their race decisions."
Maybe the only one who can count laps was on his vacation

[dacer]

Why Lotus told Raikkonen that Both Alonso and Maldonado will have to pit again in the final stages of the race? delayed team radio or to motivate him?

To motivate, and maybe they doubt about if they have to stop one more time.

I did read somewhere that there is a lever with fill and drain position. The guy taking care of it, put it first into wrong position before setting it right. Others were counting seconds from a clock, but nobody knew or realized or told or something that the amount of fuel was wrong. So, a human error. Unbelievable but true.

That's okay ... but they already knew about it on out lap ..i guess?

If they knew, then they were playing rich or poor, and this time they lost. Too bad for Lewis. If he'd been in top 10, he would have been in podium or who knows even won.

For sure they know on his out lap, engineers are watching telemetry all time. And really strange no one note it when on garage.

Sl2

[Zack]

I did read somewhere that there is a lever with fill and drain position. The guy taking care of it, put it first into wrong position before setting it right. Others were counting seconds from a clock, but nobody knew or realized or told or something that the amount of fuel was wrong. So, a human error. Unbelievable but true.

That's okay ... but they already knew about it on out lap ..i guess?

If they knew, then they were playing rich or poor, and this time they lost. Too bad for Lewis. If he'd been in top 10, he would have been in podium or who knows even won.

Of-course they knew. They made second error of unseeing it and ignoring the consequences.

[phil1993]

Chavez has declared a public holiday in Venezuela following Maldonado's victory.

[Zack]

Chavez has declared a public holiday in Venezuela following Maldonado's victory.

...one lucky country out thr

[phil1993]

Caterham moving forwards - Heikki was 43s off of 10th place. 24s down on Massa in 15th, not bad.

[JoostLamers]

I did read somewhere that there is a lever with fill and drain position. The guy taking care of it, put it first into wrong position before setting it right. Others were counting seconds from a clock, but nobody knew or realized or told or something that the amount of fuel was wrong. So, a human error. Unbelievable but true.

That's okay ... but they already knew about it on out lap ..i guess?

They knew it when he was still in the pits! But still let him go!

[François]

Just because Massa's doing terrible doesn't mean everybody else is suddenly awesome!

Caterham wanted to join the midfield this year. But the midfield (part of it at least) has moved forward and Catherham seem to be even further back than they were last year.

Anyway, what a race that was! I'll have to eat my hat because I never thought Maldonado had it in him. He is now a Grand Prix winner and has silenced his critics, me included, for quite a while.

Also worthy of note were Kobayashi's overtakes. Why hadn't we seen these since Japan 2010? Go for it, man!

The rest in brief:

Alonso:
Lotus:
RBR:
McLaren:
Schumacher:

Spoiler:

Massa:

Spoiler:

This season so far:

[donald29]

Chavez has declared a public holiday in Venezuela following Maldonado's victory.

Someone said on Twitter during the podium ceremony they couldn't help but thing of the people oppressed by Chavez as the Venezuelan anthem was playing. Tend to agree, would be nice if he did something about that.

[donald29]

A thought, as posted by Adam Cooper. Alexander Rossi shared the track with Michael Schumacher on Friday, he was not born when Schumacher made his Grand Prix debut. Incredible.

[JoostLamers]

A thought, as posted by Adam Cooper. Alexander Rossi shared the track with Michael Schumacher on Friday, he was not born when Schumacher made his Grand Prix debut. Incredible.

Another sign for Michael to stop imo

[iceman1]

A thought, as posted by Adam Cooper. Alexander Rossi shared the track with Michael Schumacher on Friday, he was not born when Schumacher made his Grand Prix debut. Incredible.

Another sign for Michael to stop imo

This one is scary:

With three retirements in five races, Michael Schumacher is firmly at the bottom of the chart for distance covered so far this year: only 793 kilometres, barely more than half of the total distance run (1538);

[Omegablue]

Someone said on Twitter during the podium ceremony they couldn't help but thing of the people oppressed by Chavez as the Venezuelan anthem was playing. Tend to agree, would be nice if he did something about that.

Been to Venezuela lately to know the people are being oppressed? Or did you see it on TV or read an article sponsored by our Western nations?