2011 Malasian Recap

That... was exactly what F1 needs. A race with a brilliant start and plenty of overtaking in it. Slight problem with a lot of the overtaking coming from the cars needing to constantly changing tyres as these seem to last as long as a Hollywood marriage. The real story at the start of the race was the Renaults and Schumacher tearing up the field and staying up there. After that the Red Bulls both seemed to have problems with the KERS unit and yet they both showed how fast the car can go with an extra 30 kilos on board. Hiedfeld showed what the Renault can do and shut everyone up who were quick to slate him in Melbourne. Hamilton, while showing that he has learned from Button about keeping his tyres in better shape then he did in the past, struggled toward the end with Alonso nearly taking both himself and Hamilton out in a daft move that could have been very simply avoided. I don't see how Lewis' moves against Alonso were deemed as weaving and as a result lost a place. This one move to defend yourself is fair enough if all the way down a straight a much slower car forces a faster one to duck and dodge but between a McLaren and a Ferrari the moves are justified. While they were both punished in the end Hamilton lost more so I ask if Alonso was deemed to have caused an avoidable collision why didn't he lose a place as well? Alonso already finished ahead of Hamilton so why punish him further?