Firstly, I've decided to revise to approach to writing up the results, the lap time etc are a bit too formal and while I might allude to them, I won't put them on the blog. (Additionally, I'm too lazy)
Overall Result:
Classification: 9th
Grid Position: 10th
Laps: 56
Time: 1:37:55.630
Gap (to leader): 57.404
KPH: 186.913
Fastest Lap: 1:41.261 (Lap 50)
From the perspective of a Petrov fan this was a very mixed feeling race. It was undoubtedly one of the best dry races of the modern era but only from an objective (or Hamilton/Webber) perspective, because Renault were definitely disappointing.
From the start things weren't looking great, Vitaly's getaway was poor, no doubt it was his worst this season and consequently was battling for 12th and 13th for the early part of the race.
Things didn't improve much later on, consensus seems to be that the strategy was the ultimate flaw in both Renault drivers performances this weekend with both opting for a 2 stop strategy of Soft-Soft-Hard. Nico Rosberg and Mark Webber clearly displayed the superior effectiveness of the 3 stop compared to the 2 and evidence could be seen of this all over the track. Each stint the Renaults were being required to nurse their tyres, even extending their stints long after the lap times were dropping away. Although they were managing to get round the Force Indias and Saubers, by the time they'd come out of the pits again, they found themselves with the same job of getting around them again. Thankfully since Vitaly's stop came later in the race than Nick's, Vitaly still had some pace in the last stint to catch and pass the Heidfeld-Kobayashi-DiResta train and got himself into 9th for some crucial championship points.
Ultimately the race was a success, Pirelli definetely ought to be commended for their efforts, today they've proven just how accurately they've been able to produce a Canada-2010-like race at other circuits. Bring on Turkey and a more progressive Renault strategy!
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