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[Zeknurn]

What a great season we have ahead of us.

Indeed. Even fighting by everyone.

 

[Adamm]

Both red bull tyres are are a mess, Webber looking at the both in great detail.


But anyway, see ya in 5ish hours - time for sleep!

 

[Diablohead]

 

[kharma45]

Who are you here for? F1 in general?

Footy-GAF invasion, he's a scout.

 

[TCRS]

... this not good for Ferrari. Hamilton on 3 is quite surprising.

 

[paskowitz]

F1 drivers weigh 64kg (141lbs) with equipment? Wow... that is really light.

 

[Addnan]

Woo, Massa ahead of Alonso.

Massa is tiny

 

[kharma45]

Marussia ahead of Caterham, excellent.

 

[Omiee]

Hamilton must be laughing so hard right now. Vindicated.

Def, the mclaren car is a mess. They need to improve big and fast.

 

[Gareth Bale]

haha Webber checking out Vettel's car

 

[Xun]

Vettel will win again this year, I can feel it, sadly.

Great job by Hamilton though!

 

[Sleeplessnights]

Footy-GAF invasion, he's a scout.

I just wanna say "#Fuck---" whoever he's cheering for.

 

[RomanticHeroX]

Those tires are going to drop off a cliff within the first couple laps.

 

[Blablurn]

Who are you here for? F1 in general?

im in for vettel!!

 

[tHoMNZ]

going to run out of tires in this race? lol Cold temps + heavy car = graining after a few laps

 

[Sleeplessnights]

Vettel's quali lap looked incredibly smooth.

im in for vettel!!

Oh that's great

Spoiler

#FuckVettel

 

[kharma45]

im in for vettel!!

Vettel's quali lap looked incredibly smooth.



Oh that's great

Spoiler

#FuckVettel

#FuckVettel #FuckBlaburn

 

[SunhiLegend]

 

[Salacious Crumb]

going to run out of tires in this race? lol Cold temps + heavy car = graining after a few laps

Looking at the state of the tyres the top 10 are gonna have to pit on the first lap.

http://www.abload.de/img/untitled-7bhkbe.gif

Smug satisfaction.

 

[nny]

Seagull sighting.

 

[Juicy Bob]

Vettel Gear: Revengeance

 

[Shaneus]

Wow vettels tires look a mess!

Could be interesting tommorow

Did they show any of Webbers? Is it likely that Vettel was a little harsher?


Fuck, that was an exciting quali. Concerned about Perez and the Lotus Renaults didn't light up like I'd hoped. Still, happy with Webber being on second, should've been P1 but his third sector was .600 of Vettel's. 'Grats to Massa as well. Hope he has a good year.

 

[TCRS]

reasserting dominance. and one day I'm going to chop of Vettels finger.

 

[Shaneus]

F1 drivers weigh 64kg (141lbs) with equipment? Wow... that is really light.

Webber's 74kg.

PS. Interesting hearing BBC5 talking about Alonso's body language compared to Massa's. May even see a Massa renaissance... would not complain.

 

[Dutch Gronk]

The Ferrari drivers look happy.

They must be real excited about how good the car is this season.

 

[cmr-94]

Lol@ Massa walking like Doug from The Hangover

 

[Shaneus]

Both red bull tyres are are a mess, Webber looking at the both in great detail.


But anyway, see ya in 5ish hours - time for sleep!

Thanks for that. Obviously I couldn't tell from my vantage point :/

 

[jey_16]

Alonso wasn't using DRS on his fast lap for some reason, anyway great result for RBR but I'm happy with the Ferrari result, could have been much worse. Lets hope for a good start!

 

[DBT85]

Incredible how Rosberg just dropped off once it was slick tyres.

Please to Hamilton in the top 3.

EDIT: Button "the rears are destroyed"

 

[G-Unit]

Meh wtf Red Bull again dominating, disgusting F1 inc

 

[Ark]

Alonso wasn't using DRS on his fast lap for some reason, anyway great result for RBR but I'm happy with the Ferrari result, could have been much worse. Lets hope for a good start!

Isn't DRS dis-allowed for quali?

Meh wtf Red Bull again dominating, disgusting F1 inc

Sigh.

 

[Omiee]

reasserting dominance. and one day I'm going to chop of Vettels finger.

wauw.

Hamilton made the right call by jumping out of that sinking chip. I cant imagine the honda engines being better than the mercedes engine.

Hamilton will challange webber and vettel at the first corner. You just know alonso is going to win some places. Leave those ''season is over'' comments away from the discussions.

This is just the first race.

 

[Wax Free Vanilla]

Button's rear tyres destroyed, Vettel's look shagged, fuck off Pirelli.

 

[DBT85]

I cant imagine the honda engines being better than the mercedes engine.

Didn't you hear? The Honda engine gets a +10% Horsepower modifier because McLaren have trained "Nostalgia" to lvl 10.



Footballfan, please post something incorrect so that someone can avatar quote you and I can laugh.

 

[FootballFan]

That was quite entertaining. Was very impressed with Hamilton and Massa, race should be interesting. The first lap will be crucial here, if it`s raining expect quite a few DNF's also.

Btw. What was wrong with Button, his car seemed like it was driving on ice.

 

[jey_16]

Isn't DRS dis-allowed for quali?

No, they can still use it in the DRS zones

 

[paskowitz]

I think Alonso either had a moment or was behind a slower car in quali (Button?) on that second to last lap.

 

[Shaneus]

No, they can still use it in the DRS zones

Unless its wet. Was either Q2 or Q3 considered "wet"?

 

[Nicktendo86]

My god, McLaren is a joke. Total joke. I thought Hamilton had made a huge error but wow, was I wrong.

 

[Dead Man]

So happy seeing hamilton and rosberg having pace in the mercedes.

4 team race this year it seems.

I know you genuinely mean it, but it looks like a one team race, with a three team race for second.

 

[jey_16]

Unless its wet. Was either Q2 or Q3 considered "wet"?

I don't think so....I saw cars using it

 

[Blablurn]

#FuckVettel #FuckBlaburn

 

[zomgbbqftw]

My god, McLaren is a joke. Total joke. I thought Hamilton had made a huge error but wow, was I wrong.

Someone was telling me that McLaren are shit because Hamilton left, he is incredibly hands on and technical with the engineers and gives them amazing feedback which allows them to change and adjust the car during testing and practice.

 

[Nicktendo86]

Someone was telling me that McLaren are shit because Hamilton left, he is incredibly hands on and technical with the engineers and gives them amazing feedback which allows them to change and adjust the car during testing and practice.

They shouldn't rely so much on a driver like that, when engineers can't understand why a car is acting the way it is you have problems.

 

[zomgbbqftw]

They shouldn't rely so much on a driver like that, when engineers can't understand why a car is acting the way it is you have problems.

And if they are so reliant on him, don't let him fuck off to a competitor.

 

[Mastah]

Red Bull are close to 2011 level of performance, almost 1 second (!!!) of advantage in S3 alone. This car has ridiculous downforce advantage, so Gary Anderson was spot on saying during Jerez test it looks like 10% over the rest. It's driving like on rails, only reliability or accident can take away titles from them. I have no hope, they never ever slowed down in comparison to other teams during a season, always staying on the same level or gaining pace, so why would it happen now?

Roll on 2014

 

[Berto]

So Mclaren lost 3 seconds during the winter.... ok. Seriously, just bring the 27 back which will manage to fight for points, forget this season and focus on 2014 with the new regulations.

 

[Nicktendo86]

And if they are so reliant on him, don't let him fuck off to a competitor.

Especially to a rival who makes engines the season before major engine reg changes. Fucking idiots.

 

[Omiee]

I know you genuinely mean it, but it looks like a one team race, with a three team race for second.

I think its way to early to say things like that. The conditions have been changing all weekend. Mercedes has shown some good pace and so has ferrari. If mclaren improve their car with upgrades in the upcoming races i can see it being a 5 team race.

As of now it looks like a battle between rbr, ferrari, mercedes and lotus for wins and podiums.

could be an exciting season.

Just look at last year. Mclaren were fast as fuck in the first few races, but we had 7 different winners.

 

[Wes]

McLaren are so farcical.