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Old 06-13-2012, 10:30 PM   #17 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by niky View Post
As regards the title... DRS didn't give Hamilton that win. Good driving and excellent tire preservation did. All it did, really, was enable him to pass Fernando Alonso a bit more easily... as Alonso's car didn't have the grip (cold tires) or pace to keep the McLaren at bay.
Actually you've got that backwards. Hamilton completely disregarded his tires and put in as many "qualifying" laps as he could to open up a big enough gap so he could pit for fresh tires. That put him only a few seconds down from Vettal and Alonso. Alonso was running on old tires and just didn't have to grip to hold off the charging cars behind him.

Andy,
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