I kind of agree with what Eddie Jordan said during the race. Vettel felt he had to find a way past Webber so he could try to reassert himself as the main Red Bull championship contender. Obviously it didn't pay off in the end, but with Webber winning the previous two races, he had to do something about it.

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Red Bull certainly seem to favour Vettel who was, imo, in the wrong. No matter what the circumstances he should not have risked taking his team-mate out and from where I was sitting Webber had the racing line and didn't budge from it.

Personally I wouldn't mind helping Mark Webber get his rubber up to racing temperature any time he likes...

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La la la........

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Nice to see you practising your Kodaly

In the midst of all the World Cup madness, there's a Grand Prix to look forward to this weekend (in Canada)

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And it's usually one of the best races of the year : usually full of incident.

At last, a Red Bull is not in pole position...

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Another British/McLaren 1-2 yesterday in an action-packed race

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Ooo...no mention of the last Grand Prix - it's still a British 1-2 at the top of the standings, despite Vettel winning on Sunday...

It's the British Grand Prix this weekend

Both Red Bulls on the front row again. Boring...

Hamilton 4th, Button only managed 14th...

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Interesting what Mark Webber said over the radio after winning today... 'not bad for a no. 2 driver'...

Anyone else think that Webber is being treated really shabbily by his team?...

Definately!!! Nice result for Hamilton too...

Now, if I were Felipe Massa, I'd be rather disappointed...

Oh please let the stewards actually enforce the rules...that was disgraceful! Poor poor Felipe, his face says it all.

How disappointing for the lovely Felipe Massa, especially considering the horrendous accident he had this time last year. This was the first time since his return that I've seen him drive like his old self.

Sadly team orders, technically "banned" or not, are part of F1 and always have been. That doesn't make it right and this was lousy viewing. I'd have like to have seen a proper scrap and Alonso may well have made it past eventually.

Ferrari should be ashamed of themselves.

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And always will be. Trying to ban team orders was a stupid move anyway. Disappointing for Massa yes, but it IS a team.

Well it's a $100,000 fine but the results still stand. That's a huge deterrent for Ferrari, isn't it? The best funded team in F1. Disgusted.

Merely the cost of a few tyres.

It goes against the spirit of racing for its own sake. It might be a romantic view, but I think this incident is terribly sad.

and what about those who bet on the race, with Massa to win....now if it was horseracing.....what an outcry!

I would be interested to hear the various team managers' views of the "no team orders" rule. My bet is that in reality, none of them like it.

$100,000 - cheap at the price. Such things have always taken place, Felipe could have made it a little less obvious. It's not a good rule.

Doubtless had it been any team other than Fiat (or The Cheat's) at the least the team would have lost the points from the race for the constructor's championship.

Ferrari have been summoned to the FIA in September, to explain...

mmm and who is the head of the FIA??? John Todd!!

This seems to explain what happened with the Fiat cars on Sunday.

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/sport/sport-...n-201007262945/

used to watch it before schumacher(whatever the spelling) retired

I think you'll find its spelled The Cheat

Mark Webber....faworrrrrrrr...

B****y Schumacher. There is alot of difference between proper, exciting racing and moves that are just darned right disgraceful ... I tried to make allowances and remember some of the great run-ins with Senna/Prost for example but although they got in some terrific scraps and would happily take each other off if necessary, they didn't try to kill each other...

Bah. Anyway, otherwise I really enjoyed the race.

Mark Webber....faworrrrrr...

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Excellent result for the sport.

Schumy was always a dirty ### - and SO WAS SENNA.

Please don't speak ill of the dead. We are both entitled to our opinions so there is no need to shout at me...

Sorry that was bad-tempered of me. I'll use underlining or italics in future.

Schumacher has been penalised 10 grid places at the next Grand Prix in Belgium.

Quite right to punish him there, that could've caused a big accident...

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Good win for Webber, nice to see a very close championship

totally uncalled for, and very dangerous!!! Good race today though!!

Did folk on this thread appreciate last week's Top Gear feature on Senna?

It was a really good feature. A fitting tribute.

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I don't really follow Formula 1 these days, but I did watch it quite avidly back then. Whether it's just nostalgia, I don't know, but the competitions did seem more exciting back then, the top-spots changing hands more frequently, the races closer.

Or was it Prost, James Hunt, Nigel Mansel and the emergence of Damon Hill that kept me on the edge of my seat?

Yes... Thought it was very well done, and a very fitting tribute to an amazing driver!

The cynic in me said it was a nice long free advert for a DVD Clarkson has coming out.

Its quite interesting to make comparisons between Senna and The Cheat - both have driven recklessly to take other people deliberately out of races. The only difference is The Cheat (despite being disqualified from one year) generally had the benefit of Ferrari International Assistance and team mates (Irvine, Barichello, Massa) who were ordered to compromise their own chances to help him out.

Now, this is quite an exciting race...

Do watch the re-run of this - it's an excellent race

I could have had another hour in bed though. But yes, a good one.

Could have been a different result if Hamilton had been able to stick his car to the road like Alonso did, after the latter's pit lane crew gifted Lewis a place which he then promptly gave back!

Or if Jenson had found some grip, or Mark hadn't ditched it or the boy wonder's engine hadn't let go. I must say I was hugely entertained by the enormous show of schadenfruede up and down the pit lane when that happened.

I still have a feeling Mark Webber's going to win the championship, but time will tell...

I'm sure he is "the people's choice". I reckon he ought to be able to do it but it's going to be tough. Alonso is looking frighteningly as though the force is with him.