How awful did the STRs look? Buemi was driving a slippery banana! Very difficult to make any judgements, but I will anyway! RBR look quick. Force India look improved. BMW look very slow as do STR. McLaren and Ferrari are still midfield cars.
At least we know the Nico and Fernando cars have good one-lap pace - but compared to what? Ah, the mystery.
What do you think of turns nine and ten? They're probably the highlight of the lap since they're so important; turn nine in particular. You have to brake and turn at the same time to set the car up properly for turn ten. I think it's a lot like the twelve-thirteen-fourteen sequence at Sepang where no two drivers take the exact same line.
Adrian Newey is usually an utter genius when it comes to vastly new car designs. The fact that he "missed" the double decker diffuser amazes me (that is to say, he may have considered it, but thought it too controversial). It will be interesting when they finally have it on the car. Though no doubt it's effectiveness will be compromised by fundamental aspects worked into the front wing, that can't be changed on that car.
I feel F1 has lost it's spirit to some extent. After a long time of watching it, this is the first season where I have the little personal interest in who wins. Nonetheless, the technical intrigue of the season is the sort of thing that has always fascinated me.
are we going to see pay-drivers and rediculously bad teams return?
Any possibility to watch free pratice on internet?
Darn. Vettel was so close!
Alonso's got to be running on fumes again. He started in Shanghai with just enough for ten laps, and since that was a week ago, I seriously doubt Renault's engineers have managed to come up with a solution to the problem.Is Alonso running light again or has he found some magical pace in the Renault? He's currently 3rd in Q2 with Piquet 15th in Q2... And Raikkonen 2nd in Q2...
Makes sense. That's the way they've been playing it for the past three rounds.*EDIT* Wow, Toyota just crushed the competition with a 1-2 in Q3. I'm astonished about this. This is their first pole since 2005, and on top of that, a 1-2 combo. Since the gap was so big (0.6 seconds with P1 for Trulli and P3 for Vettel), I'm expecting Toyota, and especialy Trulli to run relatively light. I'm expecting Buttin to run heavy, and Barrichello uber-heavy.
I think the devil is going to be in the details again. If you'll recall Sepang, when Glock was running second and inherited the lead from the pitting Rosberg: when Glock made his stop, the heavier Button was able to lay down some astonishingly quick laps and put enough of a gap between himself and Glock that when he came out, the Brawn was still in front of the Toyota. If Brawn can pull that off tomorrow, it's going to be very difficult for Toyota to reel them in. Brawn can go faster than anyone while carrying more fuel, and the Sakhir circuit seems to suit Button's style as a lot of the corners flow into one another. Barring a mistake, I think Button will be hard to catch. But this is where the devil is in the aforementioned details: it depends on the difference between the Toyotas and Button. The greater the difference between the two, the more time Button is going to have to open a gap between himself and Glock, Trulli or whoever is in front of him assuming he's up-front for the first round of stops.I really, really, really hope Toyota can pull this off tomorrow. Who know we might get to see a third team achieving a 1-2 race result, I really hope it for them. The team has been working so hard since 2002, it's about damn time they'd got where they are now 👍