Eclap, It's just a wild guess. Dont take it too fullheartly, overall. McLaren is indeed fast, but Mercedes is fast aswell. It depends somewhat on the driver quality in the last stretch. Overall, I feel like Button is really strong this year. Time will tell tho.
I'm not taking it to the heart. but don't forget what Mercedes did last week. fast in practice but when the chips were down (qually) they were nowhere to be seen. I'm expecting more of the same this week. McLaren clearly have an edge in getting the tires work in the first hot lap when they give the most grip. after that one lap red bull is not that far off, really. still, this means clear McLaren dominance in qually. I'm expecting Vettel to be 3rd and my wild guess is Kimi 4th.
Kimi 1st so far, Impressive! Edit1: End of Q2.. Now: 1. Kimi Räikkönen 2. Jenson Button 3. Nico Rosberg 4. Michael Schumacher Go Kimi! :banana: Edit2: Q3 Started.. HOLD IT KIMI!
HTML: Times 01. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m36.219s + 0.149 02. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m36.368s + 0.172 03. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1m36.391s + 0.242 04. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m36.461s + 0.415 05. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault 1m36.461s + 0.439 06. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m36.634s + 0.445 07. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1m36.658s + 1.347 08. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m36.664s + 1.479 09. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m37.566s + 0.242 10. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1m37.698s + 1.370 11. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1m37.589s + 0.874 12. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m37.731s + 1.016 13. Bruno Senna Williams-Renault 1m37.841s + 1.126 14. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m37.877s + 1.162 15. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m37.883s + 1.168 16. Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1m37.890s + 1.175 17. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1m38.069s + 1.354 18. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m39.077s + 1.905 19. Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 1m39.306s + 2.134 20. Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 1m39.567s + 2.395 21. Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 1m40.903s + 3.731 22. Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 1m41.250s + 4.078 23. Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 1m42.914s + 5.742BR>24. Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 1m43.655s + 6.483 SOURCE: http://www.planetf1.com/grand-prix/malaysia/reports another mclaren 1-2, very good quali for schumi and kimi too! this season is looking to be the closest! :banana:
Let's not forget that Kimi is getting a 5 place penalty. So he'll be starting from 10th. Still, good quali, surprised with Mercedes pace, didn't expect them in top 3 but they do eat up their tires fast so I'm not expecting much from them in the race. Now for gp2
yeah.. he will again be racing up the field, just like last week. but at least it's not from 17th! very unfortunate, a penalty and I read they also lost their hospitality unit. damn i'm excited for tom
According to Kimi he mad few mistakes and lost few tenths. But daymn, race is going to be really interesting.
Vettel also said that he couldn't get the mediums to work well and he was faster on hards. So fair pay to Webber.
oh.. i see, that explains it. i was not able to watch the quali earlier today.. i'll just watch the replay tom before the race. anyway, so he's gonna be pitting late for at least the 1st round of pit stops tom. Interesting.
Again, that only explains that he was struggling. He was slower than Webber on mediums and preferred hards.
This is the season that many wanted. All teams are really pushing for podiums. Except Ferrari. Very close Qualifying as you can see from the times not really much in it. Problem is Race day when it matters that will see some teams wear out their tires too early. I'm waiting what SHUEY can do at the start. He is a fast starter and got the car now as well.
Grossjean derp derp. It's apperently easy to start well, but hard to keep on the track for more then 5 laps. LOL. :wanker:
Like i said, he's only ever been "good" in wet when his car was miles ahead of competition. He never had to push to look good. Today, even senna done him and drove away. For wet driving masterclass look no further than Alonso.
Well, 5th place isnt bad. Too bad that Perez did not win this one. It's a sad moment for me if Alonso or Hamilton wins Better news: http://eplsite.biz/stream1.html Free stream from the race, no HD but hell, dont care, good to be able to see the race, did miss the start and first half of the race tho.