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Omiee · Jul 30, 2011

i can see mclaren taking 1 and 2 this weekend, they look fast.

Stop It · Jul 30, 2011

Hmm, Alonso doing a 1:20.272, Button a 1:20.578, Webber 1:20.890, Vettel 1:21.095 and Massa 1:21.099

Then, on the Prime tyres is Hamilton on a 1:21.105? Interesting!

zomgbbqftw · Jul 30, 2011

Weird strategy from Lewis. Must be conserving tyres, pretty risky though.

SunhiLegend · Jul 30, 2011

Hamilton could go through on primes and save tyres. I think he might make it, Mercedes slower and Renault don't look like they can challenge

Gareth Bale · Jul 30, 2011

At the moment it looks like pole should be between Hamilton and Alonso.

navanman · Jul 30, 2011

Surprising Red Bull are so far off the pace.
What a change from last year.

Its like this season is turning into carbon copy of 09 where Brawn destroyed all other in the first half and then got caught and struggled over the line to win both championships.

zomgbbqftw · Jul 30, 2011

Alonso for pole and Lewis second assuming he makes it through to Q3 with his risky strategy.

SunhiLegend · Jul 30, 2011

zomgbbqftw said:
Alonso for pole and Lewis second assuming he makes it through to Q3 with his risky strategy.

I doubt he will get knocked out with his time on the primes. So looking good for Hamilton. I'm still convinced RedBull haven't shown thier hand just yet.

Joseph Merrick · Jul 30, 2011

SUPERPEREZ!!! come onnnnn fail heidi

navanman · Jul 30, 2011

Hamilton is safely into Q3 IMO.
Saves a prime tyre for the race or Q3 if he needs it.

Omiee · Jul 30, 2011

amazing strategy by hamilton, he now has one set of super softs more.

zomgbbqftw · Jul 30, 2011

SunhiLegend said:
I doubt he will get knocked out with his time on the primes. So looking good for Hamilton. I'm still convinced RedBull haven't shown thier hand just yet.

Yeah, that lap time from Seb was too slow. I think 1:19.9 or thereabouts will get pole.

Gareth Bale · Jul 30, 2011

Poor Schumi... he's just not adapting is he

Edit: Oops, spoke too soon

brotkasten · Jul 30, 2011

Oh Heidfaild.

Orgun · Jul 30, 2011

Maldonado not setting a lap then?

SunhiLegend · Jul 30, 2011

Perez to set no time and make only 1 stop racing on the primes?

f0rk · Jul 30, 2011

Di Resta and Kobayashi

mrklaw · Jul 30, 2011

Martin Brundle just did his usual 'hello' to all the other countries that take the BBC feed. How will they be affected by the Sky deal?

Will we have an odd situation where Canada, Australia etc get the live races with BBC commentary, but those in the UK can't? And perhaps the BBC will still need to commentate the live races for the highlights packages.

Salacious Crumb · Jul 30, 2011

The tortoise beating the hare at it's own game

Stop It · Jul 30, 2011

Orgun said:
Maldonado not setting a lap then?

A sign of problems or just saving tyres as Barrichello burned a set of super softs to get all the way to 15th?

Well, Perez has to be the star of Q2, getting into 10th in the Sauber.

Joseph Merrick · Jul 30, 2011

SUPER

PEREZ

SunhiLegend · Jul 30, 2011

Salacious Crumb said:
The tortoise beating the hare at it's own game

ha, exactly

Adam Scott Aukerman · Jul 30, 2011

mrklaw said:
Martin Brundle just did his usual 'hello' to all the other countries that take the BBC feed. How will they be affected by the Sky deal?

Will we have an odd situation where Canada, Australia etc get the live races with BBC commentary, but those in the UK can't? And perhaps the BBC will still need to commentate the live races for the highlights packages.

The BBC and Sky will share the commentary team.

Omiee · Jul 30, 2011

hamilton is going to get pole, no doubt.

Gareth Bale · Jul 30, 2011

rogue_pigeon said:
The BBC and Sky will share the commentary team.

Really? Did they say that?

zomgbbqftw · Jul 30, 2011

Omiee said:
hamilton is going to get pole, no doubt.

I wouldn't write Alonso or Vettel off as quickly as that!

Adam Scott Aukerman · Jul 30, 2011

Bungieware said:
Really? Did they say that?

http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2011/07/new-details-of-co-operation-between-sky-and-bbc-emerge/

Gareth Bale · Jul 30, 2011

Omiee said:
hamilton is going to get pole, no doubt.

I wouldn't be so sure. With the expect tyre difference, he's very close to Alonso.

SunhiLegend · Jul 30, 2011

Omiee said:
hamilton is going to get pole, no doubt.

He looks blisteringly fast around here.

Omiee · Jul 30, 2011

come on now, he was almost as fast as vettel while not even using the super softs.

Salacious Crumb · Jul 30, 2011

It would be shocking to see anything other than a red bull on pole on such an aero-dependent track. Today though it looks as though that might actually happen.

Gareth Bale · Jul 30, 2011

Omiee said:
come on now, he was almost as fast as vettel while not even using the super softs.

Why are you using Vettel as a marker?

f0rk · Jul 30, 2011

rogue_pigeon said:
The BBC and Sky will share the commentary team.

Not necessarily the same team as now though.

zomgbbqftw · Jul 30, 2011

1:19.978 for Lewis. Damn.

Looking at the lap he can still go faster.

Ark · Jul 30, 2011

Look how close everyone is!

Omiee · Jul 30, 2011

wtf red bull!!

Adam Scott Aukerman · Jul 30, 2011

f0rk said:
Not necessarily the same team as now though.

Of course.

Cerebral Assassin · Jul 30, 2011

What tyres was Webber on?

SunhiLegend · Jul 30, 2011

Hamilton looking good for pole. Hopefully Alonso stays in 3rd place not on the dirty side

Salacious Crumb · Jul 30, 2011

Piss poor effort from Webber if there was no issues.

Edmond Dantès · Jul 30, 2011

Red Bulls domination of pole may well be coming to an end.

Stop It · Jul 30, 2011

zomgbbqftw said:
1:19.978 for Lewis. Damn.

Looking at the lap he can still go faster.

Well, this should be interesting. Will the teams burn a 2nd set of tyres or accept their fate? I can't imagine they will and Vettel and Webber especially will want to improve their times.

zomgbbqftw · Jul 30, 2011

They'll all definitely go around again. This is going to be awesome.

Salacious Crumb said:
Piss poor effort from Webber if there was no issues.

KERS issues.

Adam Scott Aukerman · Jul 30, 2011

Cerebral Assassin said:
What tyres was Webber on?

Soft. Sounds like he had no KERS though.

Edit: super soft, rather. Forgot that they're both soft compounds this weekend.

SunhiLegend · Jul 30, 2011

There was no Kers for Webber on first timed lap

DieH@rd · Jul 30, 2011

CMON HAMILTON!

Omiee · Jul 30, 2011

i have to say, great great job by ferrari and mclaren and their factory.
they have closed the gap, red bull need to step it up.

brotkasten · Jul 30, 2011

I doubt that Alonso can beat Hamilton's time.

Salacious Crumb · Jul 30, 2011

Edmond Dantès said:
Red Bulls domination of pole may well be coming to an end.

On a track where last year they were at their most dominant. This bodes very well for the rest of the season.

Gareth Bale · Jul 30, 2011

Omiee said:
i have to say, great great job by ferrari and mclaren and their factory.
they have closed the gap, red bull need to step it up.

From what they've said about Vettel going back to previous parts, you could make the case that it's more that Red Bull have gone backwards.

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