Crazy. Even Di Resta had a shot at front row if not stuffed last sector. And i think winner will do less stops than others.
After both drivers were summoned to see the stewards on Saturday evening to explain the situation, it was decided that Hamilton had not driven excessively slowly – so there was no need for any punishment.
The stewards said that there was no evidence that Hamilton had driven 'unnecessarily slowly'.
In a statement issued on Saturday they said: "The sector time for Car 4 (Hamilton) was actually faster than a time set previously in that same sector by Car 8 Nico Rosberg, which is an indication that Car 4 was not being driven unnecessarily slowly between turns 21 and 25."
It added: "The smallest gap between Car 4 and Car 8 was 18 metres and 1.1 seconds."
That means he will keep his second spot on the grid for the race in Valencia, with Rosberg ending up sixth overall.
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/100655
Hamilton was not Penalized
JFYI in Valencia, grand prix was won 3 times from pole. Only in 2009 Barrichello won starting only 3rd.
May be He has Weak Points like Dealing of Traffic and Overtaking but this year Provided him enough Opportunity to master it i guessI think Vettel is showing he's 2 times 2 WDC because he's that good.
Like any other, he has strong points (qualy, P1 pace and focus) and some less strong points (traffic, overtaking), so you can like him more or less depending on the style you like, but he wins easy with a better car, and he wins also with an equal car, as long as he can do a good qualy and the race goes his style.
Regarding popularity... when somebody new wins everybody likes him, until he starts to win often, and also we know him better, then some people switch to dislike him due to personal preferences or just boredom... Schumacher, Alonso, Hamilton... it happened to all of them, the only one didn't suffer this is Button, probably because he was not always on top since Brawn, but another season like that in Brawn and a lot of people won't like him, with or without reason.
saying that he always gets plagued with this issues just when he is amost equal to sebastians plague, his bad luck on his least favorite track.What are you saying....
yes he does win with a good car, but equally...he has been lucky mostly the faults of the ones behind him, like Kimi in Bahrain, tyre call too late, worked in his favor, thats how he gained it, not saying he is terrible, he is just on his prime era. Hopefully the reducing costs for next year can reduce the gap more and more since the costs will reduce the amount of cash they will spend in upgrades, although every team always tends to slip in more and more, a reason the RR became a joke.I think Vettel is showing he's 2 times 2 WDC because he's that good.
Like any other, he has strong points (qualy, P1 pace and focus) and some less strong points (traffic, overtaking), so you can like him more or less depending on the style you like, but he wins easy with a better car, and he wins also with an equal car, as long as he can do a good qualy and the race goes his style.
Regarding popularity... when somebody new wins everybody likes him, until he starts to win often, and also we know him better, then some people switch to dislike him due to personal preferences or just boredom... Schumacher, Alonso, Hamilton... it happened to all of them, the only one didn't suffer this is Button, probably because he was not always on top since Brawn, but another season like that in Brawn and a lot of people won't like him, with or without reason.