Monza 2010: Mistakes Abound As Fernando Alonso and Ferrari Take The Points

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Published: September 12, 2010

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The Italian Grand Prix of 2010 will be remembered by the Ferrari fans for the terrific first and third finish of Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa. Everyone else—particularly the teams at the pointy end of the championship—will remember the race for the mistakes that the other teams seemed to make.

The blunders started from the moment that the lights went out. Mark Webber missed the start for the second race in a row, slipped back, didn’t defend his line and ended up letting Nico Rosberg and Robert Kubica through. It was an uncharacteristically timid approach, perhaps the effort of a man with too much to lose.

Lewis Hamilton made the mistake of the day. Having pulled off a terrific start to move up to fourth, he then put then nose of his car where the metaphorical angels would fear to tread and clipped Felipe Massa’s rear wheel, breaking a steering arm and costing himself the chance to extend his championship lead.

It was a simple racing incident and no one is really to blame, but given Hamilton’s position and the dwindling number of races remaining, it may have been prudent to opt for a more cautious approach a la Webber. There’s an old saying about discretion being the better part of valor, that he may like to learn about.

The Renault engineers might have hit the wrong button on Sebastian Vettel’s engine management system that saw him lose a massive amount of time in a single lap before they hit CTRL—ALT—Del to reset the system and get him going faster than ever.

This particular incident had the conspiracy theorists lining up with explanations for how Red Bull were pulling a team orders stunt without getting themselves in trouble. Most vociferous of all was Eddie Jordan who is rapidly becoming the mad uncle of Formula One with his crackpot theories.

McLaren, too, got in on the act. They telegraphed Jenson Button’s pit stop over the radio, al...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Formula 1

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