2013 Malaysian Grand Prix Thread

[steveaki13]

You have to say on the whole Bianch looks good again, just 2.9 off the fastest time up until a while ago ahead of a Williams and nearly 2 seconds faster than Max Chilton.

[steveaki13]

insert an "i" in that sentence somewhere

[henners88]

Its about keeping Europeans happy while taking away our venues.

And ironically our TV coverage as well!! lol

[Mia 01]

So far so good Kimi!!

[henners88]

I've got a good feeling about Kimi this year. He's quietly motivated and playing down the fact he has a great car even if the press are trying to sensationalise his comments. I hope Lotus can keep up with development and we'll see a second WDC from Kimi this year. We need a change in the order.

[CaptainRaiden]

I've got a good feeling about Kimi this year. He's quietly motivated.

Yep. I feel as though Kimi has come of age and seems the happiest he's ever been driving for Lotus. He's learned to temper his natural driving ability with consistency and smoother driving too, part of the reason why he's excelling in that Lotus and Grosjean isn't, I guess. I for one am overjoyed that one of my favorite drivers is doing so well.

Of course, he could prove us all wrong and beach the Lotus in the gravel on Sunday...

As for the tyres, while I don't like that everything is governed by the tyres now and not the ultimate combination of a fast driver and a fast car, on the other hand I'm also quite satisfied as long as Red Bull are struggling we don't have to see another year with them dominating.

[AndyL]

these extended dead zones in Q1 where nobody comes out on track are really a waste of everyone's times
either provide "friday only" tires or bring back 3rd drivers or something
but these lulls in action are ridiculous.

They already have friday-only tyres, just not enough of them: 2 sets of primes and one of options. Seems like they could really use at least one more set of each specification.

Right now they might as well shorten each Friday session to 45 minutes, and use the time to run some support races instead.

[Mia 01]

I will give a promise. If Kimi wins the WDC this year I will also start cheering Lewis

[henners88]

I will give a promise. If Kimi wins the WDC this year I will also start cheering Lewis

You should only support or cheer on who you think is worthy Mia. If you don't like Lewis and we know here you don't, you are not obliged to cheer him on. I've always supported Kimi since his first McLaren days, so its nice to see him back at the top after his lesser loved Ferrari stint.

[dj_bytedisaster]

They already have friday-only tyres, just not enough of them: 2 sets of primes and one of options. Seems like they could really use at least one more set of each specification.

Right now they might as well shorten each Friday session to 45 minutes, and use the time to run some support races instead.

All we need is a tire supplier, who can build tires that last more than 30 miles...