Formula 1 - 2013 Season

[UniversalTruth]

I put my 5 cents and would say that you are wrong and Lotus will be slower than Ferrari and RB

 

[jimbo75]

For the sake of the championship I hope the Ferrari's are fastest but they look to be taking more effort to get their times. The Lotus in P3 just seemed to glide effortlessly around the corners. Should be a good qualifying.

 

[jimbo75]

Jeez that Ferrari looks fast in Q1, Lotus looks a bit of a handful again, I wonder if they keep messing with the setup on that car because one minute it looks stuck to the road then the next it looks like it's on ice.

And out of nowhere the Merc is flying again. Would love to see that pair on the front row, could set up a great race. Raikkonen was on some lap there before being held up on hard tyres.

 

[Lightman]

Great so far!
Kimi's lap on hard tyre in Q1 was amazing. That is till he was blocked and lost at least 0.5s

Bring on Q2

 

[jimbo75]

Kimi favourite for pole for me now I think, but maybe a surprise from the Merc's yet. Can't write off Vettel obviously and Alonso will clearly be close. This is anyone's - I can see the top 5 being separated by not much more than a 10th here.

Or maybe Hamilton will just blow everyone away lol.

Good stuff from Perez, Button will be losing favourite driver status soon.

 

[Lightman]

Great job by Ham in Q2. 0.7s quicker than a year ago in Macca withoutc fuel

 

[jimbo75]

This is a Merc front row now surely.

 

[jimbo75]

Some great laps by Rosberg again, he's looking good. I wonder if they'll try some kind of holding up tactic in the race, let the first guy at the first corner run away.

 

[Wynix]

Some great laps by Rosberg again, he's looking good. I wonder if they'll try some kind of holding up tactic in the race, let the first guy at the first corner run away.

Hamilton take the back-seat? he will be looking to overtake Rosberg on the first corner.

 

[jimbo75]

He would be trying hard yep if the first guy to the first corner wins. I still would doubt the Merc's staying power even with the second car sacrificing itself. That's a long straight.

As usual Vettel is probably the real winner today. Can't say anything bad about his performance, if anything he outperformed the car today I think while the other two (Raikkonen and Alonso) probably underperformed.

 

[Wynix]

Raikkonen gave away pole imo, he fell apart in the last quarter.
Hamilton probably should have come out earlier to do a 2nd lap.
Webber underperformed.
Felipe was consistently fast, i think he will have a strong race.

This race is going to be a very good one, i can feel it.

 

[DJ12]

Pole was mercs before they even turned up. Like I said before if they sort out their tyre deg. The rest of them are screwed.

They clearly have the fastest car but its flawed which is why they spent virtually all practice sessions working on race pace.

 

[Bludd]

Mercedes will go backwards and Vettel will probably win the race.

 

[Lightman]

Mercedes will go backwards and Vettel will probably win the race.

I have funny feeling Vettel will not win this race. If Merc improved slightly on the long runs (and they did), Vettel will not be able to overtake that easily during first few laps and then his strategy of running in clear air will fall apart together with his tyres. If Kimi or Alonso will play it smart they will try first two laps to get as far up as possible and then let it go to preserve tires and use pit window to overtake Vettel.

My strategy is the best and I wonder why I'm not hired by F1 team to run their race strategies

 

[itsmydamnation]

Mercedes will go backwards and Vettel will probably win the race.

this is a Ferrari kind of dash to the first corner. thats the best chance for a spoil.

 

[DuckThor Evil]

Super interesting start that's for sure. Alonso seems to always have a good start. Very hard to say what's going to happen after that. Vettel should be pretty strong, but Alonso and Kimi can win too. I doubt Mercedes has the pace in the race.

 

[Wynix]

I just don't see vettel winning this race, his qualifying just seemed... bland, perhaps it's just my dislike of him that's making me bias.

I'd love to see kimi/alonso/lewis fight it out.

 

[UniversalTruth]

I'd love to see Vettel winning zero points this race. It is time to make the championship a little bit more interesting...

Of course, these are only my hopes for this circus to become more intriguing. I have no idea when Fernando will be allowed to win a new title, tho

 

[Billy Idol]

I hope for an interesting race. A new winner would be fun, also Alonso for the spanish fans would be nice.

Hopefully we have a fight for the first place.

 

[jimbo75]

The Merc's are just going to go backwards, I think we all recognise this. Could be fun to see some rain - that would make it interesting.

Getting those butterflies waiting for the start already lol.