madness!
Alonso beached it!!!
what drama
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madness!
Alonso beached it!!!
what drama
Well, Alonso is out of Q2 after spinning out into the gravel. Any chance he'll be able to get to the track in Q3?
MSC, Kobayashi, Rosberg, Grosjean all haven't set times
I think all might be in the top 10
Not laughing at Alonso whatsoever.... :p
I think it is safe to say that mercedes is back
...and williams
I hope he does, but I don't think the rules allow it. He might just sneak into the top 10Quote:
Originally Posted by N4D13
you got to give him credit for wrestling that poor handling car
I don't think he will be able to drive it again, not because of what's in the rules (which I don't know), but because the stewards left the car just outside the track.Quote:
Originally Posted by truefan72
Anyway, what a disgrace for Ferrari. Massa is out of Q3 having been no less than one second behind Alonso, who only managed to set a single lap before spinning out.
8 out of 10 ain't bad for my top 10 prediction
Car has to return to the pits under it's own power. Alonso did not.
The next ten minutes will tell all. Rosberg, Schuey or Hammy may very well get pole. Not sure about rbr pace yet.
Now that's a time. Lewis is back.
Mclaren and Mercedes are back, Vettel 6th! :D
This season will be EPIC!
wow!
Hamilton is back!
Button came mighty close!
Mac 1-2 :)
Grosjean, spectacular, this guy and the lotus are terrific
And Schumi? wow!
can't wait for the race
can't wait
Eat turd rapunzel. Not looking that great without 1 second per lap faster car than anyone else.
Awesome lap by Hamilton, also great job by Grosjean. Bad by Kimi, but at least the car is good.
ok
let me restate this
Unbelievable by Grosjean
Incredible lap from Hamilton. Looks like he's back. Yes! Delighted. Happier to see Vettel back there. Where's his finger now? Schumacher outqualified Rosberg. Rosberg looked scrappy. He might have been able to grab pole had he put it all together. Good by Grosjean. Would love to have seen what Kimi would have done. If Schumacher makes an incredible start tomorrow as he did all last year he might cause a lot of trouble for the Mac's.
Impressive laps from Hamilton and Grosjean. Congratulations to all their fans. ;)
What a huge disgrace for Kimi. Yes, I know he's back from rallying and all, but the fact remains that his teammate is third on the grid while Kimi will be eighteenth.
Oh, and no glory for Ferrari this year either. It's Ferrari, they will fight back and all the drill, but only Alonso could have got that car into Q3 and even if he had had the chance, it would have been by a very slim margin. Fighting against Toro Rosso and Williams is certainly not what they bargained for.
Pathetic is the whole Ferrari team IMO.Quote:
Originally Posted by truefan72
But that's fine, they deserve what they got after gradually removing their best assets in order for LdM to get in the spotlights. And guess what? he's in the spotlights for all the wrong reasons! :D
Cant wait for the Race, just cant wait!
Well done Grosjean and MS!
Appalling Ferrari and Raikkonen.
Looks like a race for Button to win, he's only marginally slower than Hamy in Q3.
Great job by Grosjean. Heidfeld and Petrov both got podiums in the Renault at the beginning of last season... I wonder how long they'll be able to sustain that level of performance this year.
I still don't know why they chose such a radical design. They had a decent car last year and now have made a balls of things. I was at the first Barcelona test and it looked like a pig of a car. I really doubt they'll do much this year. Looks like McLaren could be the team to beat this year along with Mercedes a close second.Quote:
Originally Posted by N4D13
Hamilton will have to have a spectacular 3 laps to avoid the Mercedes DRS advantage
Button better watch out too from Grosjean
But all things considered this is terrific for Hamilton to have button right behind him
...but will he be there after the first corner?
cause button isn't the best starter and Schumi is lining up right behind him
Incredible... Ferrari needs to scrap the car....what a truck!
Blimey I fully expected Red Bull to suddenly be quick when it really mattered, as they did throughout 2011, but it turns out their testing pace was genuine and that McLaren really were faster.
Amazing effort from Grosjean, I wonder what Kimi could have done had he not made a mistake. Ferrari were hopeless, Alonso's cock-up probably didn't make that much difference in the end.
Now on to the stewards' room: will Merc's wing be protested and will Karthikeyan be sent to the opticians?
Lotus are going to appeal the result of qualifying on the basis they believe the Mercedes rear wing to be illegal. I hope they don't finish tomorrow. I really hate this sort of rubbish in f1 every year. Whitmarsh has said he believes the rear wing to be legal.
they might be the first with a nose jobQuote:
Originally Posted by The Black Knight
Alonso beached it! I almost spilled my Scotch whilst laughing.
I'm happy for Hamilton for getting rid of that saccubus and getting back to achieving great results.
I still think Button has the advantage tomorrow because of his tire management, so we'll see how it goes.
Finally, Grosjean gets to strut his stuff ever since the fat man stupidly kicked him out of F1.
Red Bull are struggling more, but I have faith in the team and drivers that they'll be competitive eventually.
Mercedes: w00t!! I haven't seen Norbert smile like that for years!
Happy St. Patrick's Day! I can't wait until tomorrow night.
Apart from Grosjean and Schumacher, Maldonado also did an excellent job. :up:
Pity about the mistakes of Räikkönen and Rosberg... They should have done much better.
Refreshing to see Red Bull so far back. :D
Oh yeah, and the Macs were pretty decent too. :D
Do not wonder, Kimi's is no match for Romain right now. Maybe he'll come up to speed again later in the season.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave B
Well, one good thing about today is that people aren't going to make a fuss of the Maccas not having a stepped nose anymore.
So...Quote:
Originally Posted by CavallinoRampante
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Originally Posted by CavallinoRampante
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Originally Posted by CavallinoRampante
:DQuote:
Originally Posted by gloomyDAY
ioan, if Kimi is not a match for Romain now, when will he? It's not like Romain is a driver with tons of experience - he's only driven in 7 Grand Prix, and that was three years ago!Quote:
Originally Posted by ioan
It's not that Kimi is slow. Perhaps he'll need time to settle, but today's performance was merely pathetic. He's a F1 World Champion and he's not meant to be beaten by Grosjean, let alone being humiliated by him, as has been the case today. How long before the motivation whispers are heard all over the place again?
Now, now, gloomy. Be nice to our Ferrari expert. ;) He's having a tough enough time already. :D :p :Quote:
Originally Posted by gloomyDAY
I'm just glad that the prettiest car on the grid is also the fastest.
Well Felipe did beat Kimi, so why wouldn't Romain do it too? He might not have as many F1 GPs behind him, but he's got tons of racing experience, and besides being crashy he was also very fast last time in F1, if he matured enough he can do well now.Quote:
Originally Posted by N4D13
And BTW I am not a Grosjean fan, but he did great today.
He made a mistake, simple as that when pushing hard. As did mr.0,6 tenths Alonso. Unless you are mentally retarded (are you?), you should not view that as lacking motivation.Quote:
Originally Posted by N4D13
In fact, the only ones talking about motivation issues are those people who should be isolated from society.
Can I just say that it was really enjoyable to watch Ferrari today, I really hope it only gets worse for them and luca di montezumas (revenge) will break many TV-sets