Zachary Thompson2 said:Look, regardless of how much you root for Vettel, you have to admit the kid made a massive blunder. He saw that Robert Kubica was significantly faster and was going to blow past him. It was only a matter of time before it happened in that corner or the next, so risking a podium like that was just reckless. Oh well, hopefully he learns from it.
The Ferrari drivers are both idiots. 😍
Congrats to Brawn, Jarno Trulli, and Lewis Hamilton. 👍
I’m not some F1 "historian" who keeps track of every single crash, and I don't really root for anyone specific—I try to watch F1 with total objectivity. But what does stick with me are those insane driver moves that clearly come from desperation, rage, jealousy, stupidity, or just plain ignorance. Especially when one person's blunder ends up costing another driver or their entire team everything.
Now, Sebastian Vettel definitely isn't part of the "unskilled or untalented" crowd, but this isn't his first year in the game, and it certainly isn't his first slip-up like this. That's probably why he went on record saying he felt like an "... idiot and was so, so sorry." Most likely, his engineers were barking at him from the pit wall to stop fighting with Kubica because their tires were shot and he didn't stand a chance.
In fact, Brawn probably warned Button about 5 or 6 laps before the incident that his biggest threat was actually Kubica (who was about 10 seconds back at the time), rather than Vettel, who was hovering around 4 or 5 seconds away.
The thing is, some people just never learn that being a great driver means using your head, not just chugging "Red Bull." If Brawn were running his show, he wouldn't have let that happen. He could’ve learned a thing or two from Lewis Hamilton about how you win championships by knowing when to ease off a little, instead of charging ahead like a madman.
