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So, he refuses to use the F-duct on Friday and puts himself behind the eight-ball. Then, on Saturday he gets within seven-tenths of Kubica in FP3, yet barely gets out of into Q3 with a low 1:49.

Then bam! In his first run in Q2, he bangs in a low 1:48 to be P6, and then nicks the tire wall, ending his qualifying. But wait, few are improving, and with less than two minutes left he's still P10. Three drivers edge him out and he lines up P13. If he would've kept it together, there is little doubt he could've made Q3.

For the race, the equally luckless Alguesuari, gridded just in front of Petrov, must start from pitlane, and Vitaly dives inside Kamui to claim 10th. Things are looking up.

Then the SC period begins, and Vitaly is the leading driver to pit, and comes out around 12th. Now things are looking promising indeed!

Then it all falls apart.

After two laps he still can't get by Glock, and there's an impatient train behind him. Hulkenberg gets a good run and nudges Vitaly aside. But the Russian loses THREE places, and is now at the back of the conga-line behind Glock.

Late in the race, running 11th (but only one second from Sutil in 8th) the leading cars come up behind and Vitaly is forced to give away, but no one else does. So even though he's right on their gearboxes, he gets lapped on the final lap.

So what, 11th place pays no points, so no big deal, right? But now there are penalties being handed out to Hulkenberg and Sutil. If Vitaly would've held station instead of allowing Fred and Vettel by, he would have finished 9th after the time penalties were handed out to AS and NH.