MARK WEBBER, 2ND - NICO ROSBERG, 1ST - FERNANDO ALONSO, 3RD
What started off as a ho-hum race became anything but. Nico Rosberg became the winner when Vettel's car broke down in the last few laps. He was being chased by Mark Webber who was only 0.7 seconds behind. One more lap and the outcome would have been different. Fernando Alonso came in third.
The Perlli tires were just as much trouble as they have been from the beginning. Only this time the left rear tire seemed to explode leaving several drivers out on a limb. Felipe Massa, Jean-Eric Vergne, Esteban Gutierrez, Sergio Perez and Lewis Hamilton all had the left read tire disappear on them. The Red Bull team said that they noticed a delamination problem on Vettel's car. Delamination! I haven't heard that term since the 60's when America was experimenting with re-capped tires for cars and trucks. Does that mean that Perlli is giving them re-capped tires to race on? Perlli has no incentive to fix their tire problems because next year they are out of the picture.
Some notable drives were had...Mark Webber plunged to 14th by the end of the first lap and ended in second...Lewis Hamilton went down to 21st and ended in fourth place...Felipe Massa also dropped to the back of the pack and ended in sixth. What started ho-hum became very interesting.
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