Blimey, I didn't realise I was amongst people who knew all these drivers and Christian Horner so well they could tell me what they were feeling, how they behave and whether they lie or not!!
I hope an outsiders contribution is welcome...
I think that Vettel caused that crash, and that Button decided that he didn't want a crash, and backed out of it in Turn 1. To me that is a difference between someone with enough nous and experience to know which battles to fight, and which not to fight, in order to win the war.
If we go back to similar fights in the past, we find that Alain Prost (Suzuka 1989) had decided he wasn't going to give way to every forceful move by Senna, so just turned in at the chicane when Senna came up the inside from somewhere in the next postcode! Mansell and Piquet - the hot-headed Brummie threw it all away in Suzuka '87 trying for a pole position he didn't need, crashed, and was out for the rest of the season handing the title to the hated Piquet.
The car and body language of Weber suggests to me that he already knew he wasn't an equal in Red Bull, so when Vettel comes alongside he does a Prost - keeps his line, makes Vettel do the work. Webers's clean whatever happens!
Hamilton is, I think, smarting from being outdone by a driver with more nous and experience. It's hard to see how Button comes to pass him, but having done it, Hamilton seems to stop at nothing to get back. Come Turn 1, Hamilton is going to get through, and Button seems to know it. My guess is that Hamilton thought (as did lots of people, including me) he would hand Button his arse on a plate - hasn't happened! Am I the only one who thinks Hamilton is high-maintenance, and Button not, for the McLaren team?
Anyway, it's something we can talk about by the water cooler!! More please!!
