F1

Pass of the year – 2012 United States Grand Prix

Viewing 15 posts - 1 through 15 (of 26 total)
  • Author
    Posts
  • #132397
    raymondu999
    Participant

    Kimi on whatsisname on the exit of T1.

    Or Perez on Williams – because no one understood yet that that was a very viable overtaking spot.

    #215291
    Enigma
    Participant

    Raikkonen on Hulkenberg in turn 2 was very good.

    #215292
    DaveF1
    Participant

    Maldonado on Senna. Pastor gets a lot of hate but I love watching him race the ruthless way he does. He’d make a great pantomime villain after Alonso retires.

    #215293
    Cucamest
    Participant

    My vote goes to Button on Raikkonen on lap 46.

    #215294
    tmekt
    Participant

    Räikkönen on Hülkenberg

    #215295
    vinicius.jlantunes
    Participant

    Button on Raikkonen! Raikkonen on Hulkenberg was second best probably.

    #215296

    Maldonado on Senna – cheeky!

    #215297
    electrolite
    Participant

    Raikkonen on Hulkenburg

    #215298
    Prisoner Monkeys
    Participant

    Pretty much any pass that took place in the double Hockenheim switchback. It looked like such an awkward, rhythmless section of circuit, but it produced a lot of passing. I think the secret is the little kink between the hairpins, which allowed the drivers the chance to move around a bit and pick their line into the second corner without compromising their track position.

    #215299
    Gabriel Ca?â??as
    Participant

    Hamilton on Vettel for 1st place…

    #215300
    dave
    Participant

    I was just watching a video of Button shaking Raikkonen’s hand and thanking him for giving him room.

    I think from a tactical perspective Hamilton regaining second was bigger than the lead. I was cheering for Lewis and was afraid it would take him too long to get to second where he could start to stalk the lead, and certainly with team strategies going on all day, it seemed possible Red Bull might successfully shield Sebastian.

    #215301
    raymondu999
    Participant
    #215302
    infernojim
    Participant

    Raikkonnen on Hulkenburg or Button on Raikkonnen.

    Kimi wheel to wheel has been great this season. Clean, hard, fair racing.

    #215304
    Atticus
    Participant

    Hamilton on Vettel.

    I mean Hamilton was aided by Karthikeyan of course, but I still think that was the pass which was the hardest to nail due to the minimal pace difference between the two cars. Hamilton really had to be there inch by inch for that pass – he did so the laps before, but fell juuust short. There was a lap, where he was ismilarly close, but his rear end stepped out at the most critical moment. He had to nail it perfectly. This race-long battle for the lead with a pass was one of the best in recent years, comparable to the Prost-Senna one in 1989, but with a lot less stake of course. The Maldonado-Alonso could have come close in Spain this year, but Alonso could not find that final inch.

    There were a couple of other excellent passes as well, but I think all others were somewhat easier to execute due to the higher difference between the paces of the cars.

    I also think nothing will beat Raikkonen’s pass on Schumacher for the pass of the year title. No pass required as much balls as that one. Not often are drivers in real close lethal danger nowadays, but I still think that if two cars touch at those speeds in the right-hander up the hill, they literally fly into the barriers in all sorts of shape and that could end up in the worst way possible.

    #215305
    matt90
    Participant

    Definitely not Hamilton on Vettel. Breezing past on a straight does not constitute being a contender for best pass unless it was the only one in the race.

Viewing 15 posts - 1 through 15 (of 26 total)
  • You must be logged in to reply to this topic.