Formula 1 Gran Premio de España Santander 2012

[Biffy]

Lotus-Renault aren't too far off Hamilton, I'm a Hamilton fan myself but it's great to see them right at the top, race should be fun.

 

[niky]

Raikkonen practicing hands-free steering there...

 

[mister dog]

Yeah I agree but I guess it's been put in to help the cars close up and give drivers a chance to overtake on the start/finish straight.

Wouldn't know if the statistics prove that now there really is more overtaking at the backstraight, because of that chicane.

My feeling is the results are equal (remember senna mansell in '91 )so no reason to make the circuit slower and boring.

 

[Alex p.]

Maldonado whaaaaaaaaaat?! 1.22.105! Daym!

 

[niky]

Webber out... Maldonadoooooo.... goaaaaaal!

 

[That90sGuy]

Maldanado fastest! Both Red Bulls out! And Sauber are mighty! can this get any stranger!

 

[bloodstriker]

Woah

-Maldonado 3 tenths faster than Hamilton
-Webber out
- Good to see both Saubers make it though

 

[TyrrellRacing]

Maldonado fastest, never thought I'd see that in Q2.

Podium maybe ?

 

[gorsad]

Button and Webber out in Q2. Jenson still complaining about understeer. Amazing lap from Maldonado.

 

[PAWEL17]

I'm getting excited about Williams now. I don't want to get my hopes up though. This is Maldonado we are talking about.

 

[Alex p.]

I'm getting excited about Williams now. I don't want to get my hopes up though. This is Maldonado we are talking about.

Lol true.

 

[dhandeh]

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[bloodstriker]

Apparently some guy bet 1 pound on Maldonado for pole and he's 200 to 1
I'd start getting out of my chair if i was him

 

[NINE_HUNDRED]

 

[niky]

Button was complaining of understeer early Q1, then of rear tire instability... and now understeer, again. He just can't seem to find the balance in that car...

 

[PeterJB]

Kobayashi's pulled over. That guy can't catch a break!

 

[SuperDiscoDaz]

Wouldn't know if the statistics prove that now there really is more overtaking at the backstraight, because of that chicane.

My feeling is the results are equal (remember senna mansell in '91 )so no reason to make the circuit slower and boring.

I don't either I just don't like the chicane before the last corner and as for Senna Mansell in '91 I can't comment on it as A) I was only 3 and B) I haven't seen it so I can't make comment on it.

 

[That90sGuy]

Top 9 shootout. Here we go! All bets are off!

 

[SuperDiscoDaz]

I'm gonna guess that it's gonna be Maldonado on pole

 

[Alex p.]

Top 9 shootout. Here we go! All bets are off!

Ok I'll try it: Hamilton.

 

[bloodstriker]

What do you guys think of the FIA banning parts like the blown diffuser which made the top teams (especially red bulls) so fast last year? What is the point of having superior crews if the FIA just evens everything out?

 

[SuperDiscoDaz]

Looks like Red Bull are doing a slow lap to save tyres and try to run hard tyres for longer because of the rate of wear on the softs.

 

[That90sGuy]

How many cars will actually complete a hot lap?

 

[Alex p.]

What do you guys think of the FIA banning parts like the blown diffuser which made the top teams (especially red bulls) so fast last year? What is the point of having superior crews if the FIA just evens everything out?

You have a point. But as always, politics (money) regulate things, not fairness or common sense.

 

[TyrrellRacing]

Vettel back out

Alonso fastest.

 

[Alex p.]

Alonso you son...

 

[Tesla]

That was a finish and a half!

 

[SuperDiscoDaz]

Bloody hell that's a crazily fast lap from Hamilton

 

[Alex p.]

Ha. It's Hamilton, after all I was right.

 

[Pagey279]

What the buggering hell is vettel doing?? Utterly baffling

Awesome job by Maldonado though