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[Dilly]

We're in Webber territory now. This and Monaco are his if next year is anything to go by.

Alonso wooh'ing and fingering for fourth, is this what it has come to?

Why shouldn't he? He got fourth place, almost third with a car that isn't as good as the Red Bull and McLaren and it's his home race, so he's racing in front of his car.

 

[Nolan.]

Yay, Alonso! smh, Massa.

edit: Shit, Alonso almost got Hamilton.

1:21,961 vs 1:21,964

Yup, but how many runs on the soft did he use to get that, anyway i'm Just glad for Webber, hope tomorrow is a good race.

 

[Lucius86]

Alonso to take out Vettel first corner? We can only hope...

 

[Wax Free Vanilla]

They need to do what Brundle said and give them an extra set of tyres for qualy. This one lap run in Q3 is shit.

 

[Ark]

Alonso to take out Vettel first corner? We can only hope...

I have a fantasy world where all 23 drivers team up each weekend to make Vettel's weekend as hellish as it could be.

 

[chicko1983]

I have a fantasy world where all 23 drivers team up each weekend to make Vettel's weekend as hellish as it could be.

haha, I wish the same thing!

 

[DrM]

Alonso to take out Vettel first corner? We can only hope...

Button should do something useful and take Alonso or Vettel out, he is so useless

 

[Igo]

Lewis should be fine on those tyres. How many laps did he do at the end of the race in China after flat spotting his softs passing Rosberg?

 

[Jinjo]

Why shouldn't he? He got fourth place, almost third with a car that isn't as good as the Red Bull and McLaren and it's his home race, so he's racing in front of his car.

I'm not detracting anything from that awesome lap of his. It's more the predictability of qualifying nowadays. As much as the racing has improved, qualifying (for top position) is not as exciting as it used to be. That has to do with RBR dominance, but also the lack of softs for qualifying.

 

[Ark]

haha, I wish the same thing!

I also wake up each morning hoping to find an article on Autosport saying that the FIA has disqualified Red Bull from the championship for some form of cheating.

This is what it's come to..

 

[Wes]

no way, at least drivers can overtake these days, qualifying isnt as important as it used to be.

I was talking about both parts of the weekend.

 

[Ark]

Has Vettel ever praised Webber for a good lap/race before this press conference? I don't recall it.

 

[S. L.]

no Kers for Vettel in Q3 either

 

[Dead Man]

I'm not detracting anything from that awesome lap of his. It's more the predictability of qualifying nowadays. As much as the racing has improved, qualifying (for top position) is not as exciting as it used to be. That has to do with RBR dominance, but also the lack of softs for qualifying.

I would much rather have a slightly less exciting qualy for a better race. Qualy is still interesting in terms of strategy, and the races are much better.

 

[Adam Scott Aukerman]

was B.Senna hinting at him getting a F1 seat somewhere?

Didn't sound like it to me. Besides, it would be insane for a team to sign him up so early into the season when his F1 ability is still relatively unknown.

 

[chicko1983]

I also wake up each morning hoping to find an article on Autosport saying that the FIA has disqualified Red Bull from the championship for some form of cheating.

This is what it's come to..

nah, 'cause I am a Webber fan.

I was talking about both parts of the weekend.

oh, ok.

yeah, qualifying isnt too bad for me to watch as Webber is still a chance to get pole even though noone else can.

 

[itsgreen]

P Driver Team Time Laps Note
1 M. Webber Red Bull 1:20.981 12 Season Best
2 S. Vettel Red Bull 1:21.181 13 Season Worst
3 L. Hamilton McLaren 1:21.961 12 5th q3
4 F. Alonso Ferrari 1:21.964 15 Season Best
5 J. Button McLaren 1:21.996 12 5th q3
6 V. Petrov Renault 1:22.471 14 Season Best
7 N. Rosberg Mercedes GP 1:22.599 14 5th q3
8 F. Massa Ferrari 1:22.888 15 5th q3
9 P. Maldonado Williams 1:22.952 14 Season Best
10 M. Schumacher Mercedes GP No time 12 2nd q3
-
11 S. Buemi STR 1:23.231 6 3rd no q3
12 S. Perez Sauber 1:23.367 9 Season Best
13 J. Alguersuari STR 1:23.694 9 4th no q3
14 K. Kobayashi Sauber 1:23.702 8 3rd no q3
15 H. Kovalainen Lotus 1:25.403 6 Season Best
16 P. Resta Force India 1:26.126 13 Season Worst
17 A. Sutil Force India 1:26.571 13 Season Worst
-
18 J. Trulli Lotus 1:26.521 4 Season Best
19 R. Barrichello Williams 1:26.910 5 Season Worst
20 T. Glock Virgin 1:27.315 8 Season Best
21 V. Liuzzi HRT 1:27.809 9 Season Best
22 N. Karthikeyan HRT 1:27.908 9 Season Best
23 J. d'Ambrosio Virgin 1:28.556 5 Season Worst
24 N. Heidfeld Renault No time 0 Season Worst


Via http://formula1news.com/article/374/Results-Qualifying-Webber-grabs-pole

Awesome lap from Maldonado. Good to see Williams up there again!!

 

[Edmond Dantès]

Button should do something useful and take Alonso or Vettel out, he is so useless

He‘s not as fast as Lewis, but who is? That doesn‘t make him useless

 

[DrM]

no Kers for Vettel in Q3 either

It will work as charm tommorow, you will see

Will Webber mess his start? Last time he did not do so badly, so there are chances this time. And he is also on clean side.

Button is useless, he should be racing and not moaning like dying grandma after each practice/quolies/race - understeer, oversteer, traffic, balance issues, where are my pits...

 

[Ark]

nah, 'cause I am a Webber fan.

So am I, I'd pay good money to see Webber win the title this year. But I can't stand to see Vettel take a second title.

 

[Nolan.]

He‘s not as fast as Lewis, but who is? That doesn‘t make him useless

Yeah people need to stop rubbishing Button

 

[Carton]

fuck yeah webber!

so annoyed I had to watch that on the web, damn Aussie tv wasnt even showing qualifying for another two hours tonight!

Are you in WA?

I'm in NSW, and i just watched it live on One.

 

[Wax Free Vanilla]

no Kers for Vettel in Q3 either

Horner:

it was an unequal contest between Webber and Vettel

They don't like Webber do they? :lol

Button is useless, he should be racing and not moaning like dying grandma after each practice/quolies/race - understeer, oversteer, traffic, balance issues, where are my pits

All the drivers are useless then...

 

[Dead Man]

Are you in WA?

I'm in NSW, and i just watched it live on One.

WA, SA, and Vic all get a delayed telecast for the AFL.

 

[Psychotext]

(I'll keep making this post until someone beats Red Bull)

It already happened.

 

[Frawdder]

Are you in WA?

I'm in NSW, and i just watched it live on One.

Sydney was the only major city that got it live.

In Adelaide it's not on until 12:30, that's 3 hours late. I think Perth might have been the same. Melbourne has it 2 hours late and Brisbane only got it on a half hour delay.

Edit: As Dead Man said, all ONE wants to do is keep all the football bogans happy by showing a stupid amount of football every fucking weekend.

 

[navanman]

Could be an interesting race for Vettel tomorrow.
Diryt side of track, KERS not working (maybe fixed tomorrow) & longest run into Turn 1 so far.

 

[Salacious Crumb]

Sydney was the only major city that got it live.

In Adelaide it's not on until 12:30, that's 3 hours late. I think Perth might have been the same. Melbourne has it 2 hours late and Brisbane only got it on a half hour delay.

It was live in Tassie

 

[Frawdder]

It was live in Tassie

You're not connected, doesn't count.

I watched the superior BBC stream anyway, I'll take that over ads and Greg Rust any day of the week.

 

[DrM]

All cars are on the grid tommorow, 107 % time is 1m28.767s, DiAmbrosio did 1m28.556s.

Could be an interesting race for Vettel tomorrow.
Diryt side of track, KERS not working (maybe fixed tomorrow) & longest run into Turn 1 so far.

Webber, Hamilton, Button, Rosberg and Maldonado on clean side.
Vettel, Alonso, Petrov, Massa and Schumacher on dirty side.

Tyre situation is looking good for RBR and Mclarens. Schumacher also saved his tyres with no time in Q3. And that 'flat' spot on Hamilton front left shouldn't be a problem, they can rebalance the wheel.

 

[rockman zx]

Alonso, so good...

shame that he don't have a car to give Vettel a run for his money. Massa sometimes looks like a GP2 rookie.

 

[S. L.]

Could be an interesting race for Vettel tomorrow.
Diryt side of track, KERS not working (maybe fixed tomorrow) & longest run into Turn 1 so far.

i don't think the dirty side makes that much of a difference here, plus the hard tyres are graining much less

 

[Shaneus]

That comment from Horner wa a bit shit. Otherwise, just checking in to voice my happiness for Webs getting P1. Fingers crossed he takes it all the way, hopefully with a Vettel DNF.

 

[Dead Man]

Horner:

They don't like Webber do they? :lol

Bloody hell, what rubbish.

 

[moojito]

Vettel will cut straight over and just weave back and forward wildly like always. The stewards have already come out and said they don't take into account when people do that at the start.

 

[Ark]

It already happened.

Really? I haven't seen anyone qualify in pole, other than a Red Bull.

(I'm not talking about races)

 

[Leunam]

What did Horner say?

Nevermind, just saw it. What a prick.

 

[Frankfurter]

Why all the Vettel hate? :/


Edit: Btw. quoting Vettel: "To claim Mark got the pole because I couldn't use KERS wouldn't be fair ... Mark deserves the pole, he did the better job. ..."

 

[Adamm]

Could be an interesting race for Vettel tomorrow.
Diryt side of track, KERS not working (maybe fixed tomorrow) & longest run into Turn 1 so far.

I dont think they can fix Kers for the race tommorow. When they are in Parc ferme they arent alloowed to make any changes i thought, unless it is for safety reasons.

 

[Foliorum Viridum]

Very boring quali. P3 lacked any tension or excitement. I agree with Brundle - they need to do something to keep it interesting on Saturdays now the races are infinitely more eventful.

 

[DrM]

Mclaren also reporting KERS problems in Q3, they were unable to use it at full capacity due to temperature problems.

 

[AcridMeat]

Well I made my changes on F1 racemanager but I didn't set bets, d'oh.

Get one Webber and hopefully Hamilton can get a pass on Vettel in T1.

Also what happened to Heidfeld?

 

[S. L.]

Well I made my changes on F1 racemanager but I didn't set bets, d'oh.

Get one Webber and hopefully Hamilton can get a pass on Vettel in T1.

Also what happened to Heidfeld?

exhaust cracked/exploded in FP3

Why all the Vettel hate? :/

crazy australian fans, everything is backwards there. so they love Webber

 

[Wax Free Vanilla]

 

[Goldrusher]

Why all the Vettel hate? :/

Vettel is the Justin Bieber of F1.

 

[S. L.]

Vettel is the Justin Bieber of F1.

are you saying Bieber is talented?

 

[AcridMeat]

Holy shit. Good thing I made the change I did then.

 

[S. L.]

Edit: Btw. quoting Vettel: "To claim Mark got the pole because I couldn't use KERS wouldn't be fair ... Mark deserves the pole, he did the better job. ..."

suprised all the vettel haters didn't jump on this one, as it was quite a cheeky thing to say.
Praising Webber for doing a better job and a faster time (2 tenths) as it was clearly as Horner said it "it was an unequal contest between Webber and Vettel" with Vettel without KERS which supposedly is worth 5 tenths

(doubt that was intentional thou)

 

[Goldrusher]

are you saying Bieber is talented?

Yes.

 

[Edmond Dantès]

Vettel is the Justin Bieber of F1.

Not really, as Vettel actually has tremendous talent.