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[Psychotext]

Raining for quali? Might as well not bother trying to guess the pole time. =/

 

[theignoramus]

I'm not sure why people using Senna and Prost for Hamilton and Rosberg.

Rosberg was slower in all three weekends. There is nothing "smart" or stunning in any way if you only lead the WDC because of a DNF of your team mate.

I feel like Sunday will give us a good guess as to whether or not Rosberg can actually take the WDC fight to Hamilton through the whole season, or if he can only rely on Lewis screwing up or having a mechanical failure.

 

[RoKKeR]

Bummer about the wet track, but it should make things more interesting. Williams will struggle, which is a real bummer. It feels like they've still really yet to break through and show their true pace. They almost had it last week until the saftey car came out.

 

[Mobius 1]

Still laughing at the Maldonado crash.

 

[Dead Man]

Looks like local TV has qualy delayed by an hour :/ Wankers.

Edit: Or, F1 website fucked up the time conversion, it's showing as the same time as the broadcast here now. Weird.

 

[Sajuuk]

Still laughing at the Maldonado crash.

http://zippy.gfycat.com/UncommonDangerousAfricangoldencat.webm
"Not again"

 

[DrM]

Not much running in FP3 due to damp track

Teams are expecting dry session as it seems.

Off to work :\

 

[marvelharvey]

First time I've seen that Microsoft "The power of the cloud makes the difference at Lotus" advert. I bet MS regret that commissioning that campaign now.

 

[Black_Stride]

http://zippy.gfycat.com/UncommonDangerousAfricangoldencat.webm
"Not again"

Shame.

 

[massivekettle]

Not much running in FP3 due to damp track

Teams are expecting dry session as it seems.

Off to work :\

Actually, more rain is expected. Front runners bar RBR decided not to run in order to keep more fresh rubber for qualifying.

 

[Mastah]

Prupose out of qualifying:

 

[Hackbert]

rain on saturday seems to be the new 2014 standard

 

[Draconian]

Maldonado had an engine failure in FP3? He's having an awful weekend.

 

[jey_16]

Alonso's GF :O

 

[Yagami_Sama]

It seems that McLaren will have the same performance they had last race.

 

[Dilly]

Ugh, another wet qualifying that levels RB's power problems.

 

[Zeknurn]

Vettel on pole would be nice and fresh to see.

 

[Yagami_Sama]

Vettel no. Ricciardo instead, and he got disqualified right after. XD

 

[Hackbert]

Vettel on pole would be nice and fresh to see.

fresh? i like Vettel, but fresh would be seeing Ricciardo, Bottas or Hulkenberg. Williams seems to be the thrd power today

 

[Draconian]

Ugh, another wet qualifying that levels RB's power problems.

Yeah, Red Bull have been extremely fortunate with the wet qualifying and the safety car at Bahrain. It's getting quite annoying.

 

[Dead Man]

Going back to the active suspension debate from earlier, I think it's a case of technology being expensive to develop at one time, but now it is less expensive than chasing the mechanical systems. If you can use a cheaper electronic system that gets you to within shouting distance of the most expensive solution, that seems better than forcing teams to spend a lot of money chasing very complicated mechanical systems for which there is a massive difference in performance gained.

Teams will always spend the money they have, the only way to reduce costs without a cap is to structure the rules so that there is as little benefit as possible to just spending more money.

 

[RoKKeR]

Yeah, Red Bull have been extremely fortunate with the wet qualifying and the safety car at Bahrain. It's getting quite annoying.

It is.

It looks like Williams has maybe made some improvements on their downforce in the wet as opposed to the Melbourne and Malaysian qualifying.

 

[Animal]

I'm glad the Maldozor isn't around.

I want Hulkenberg pole!

 

[duckroll]

F1 is much more enjoyable to watch without Crashanado involved.

 

[Animal]

Apparently MSNBC commentator said that given Maldozor's 5 grid spot penalty, he expects him to start the race from Beijing haha.

 

[Psychotext]

Go on there Grosjean. Good on you.

 

[Draconian]

Looking forward to seeing those improvements from McLaren this weekend.

 

[Dilly]

Kimi keeps struggling with that Ferrari.

 

[Hackbert]

MClaren both out ouch. And Kimi also. But nice laps by Grosjean, Bottas and Hulkenberg

 

[RoKKeR]

Kimi missing out. Massa cutting it close, but good on Williams for getting through to Q3 even in the wet.

And hey look at Grojean! Good for you Lotus.

Damn at McLaren being out.

 

[Yagami_Sama]

Both Maclaren are out of top 10. This is so lame.
After see that poor performance, I am expecting a 5th spot for Button a "win".
Poor Magnussen.

 

[Foshy]

Kimi should've retired instead of going back to Ferrari.

 

[Pimpwerx]

Looking forward to seeing those improvements from McLaren this weekend.

Someone needs to make a chalkboard for McLaren like gaming does for WiiU and xbone. What's going bto save Macca next? PEACE.

 

[Dead Man]

Looking forward to seeing those improvements from McLaren this weekend.

Ouch.

 

[Pimpwerx]

Oh yeah. No Perez fans today? That guy is back to being not very good again. Hulk smashed. PEACE.

 

[Leunam]

May end up outperforming both Mclarens tomorrow. Really embarrassing by them.

 

[Yagami_Sama]

More rain.

 

[RoKKeR]

WOW Lewis, insane!

 

[Yagami_Sama]

It is done.
I think that no one will beat Hamilton today.

 

[bbyybb]

Yeah Redbull possibly can't compete in the third sector because of the speed deficiencies between them and the Mercedes.

Pretty much as expected so far. Rosberg as well just can't compete in the wet against his teammate.

 

[Psychotext]

Looks like they've got a handle on the TV audio, cars actually sound pretty good.

 

[Yagami_Sama]

Rosberg should be extremely happy in see that Hamilton is one second faster than him.

 

[olore]

Looks like they've got a handle on the TV audio, cars actually sound pretty good.

Yeah, a dirty, multi-textured sound

 

[hamchan]

Ricciardo out qualifying Vettel again.

 

[bbyybb]

Yeah Ricardo was quicker than Hamilton until that last sector, where he seems to lose 7 tenths.

Rosberg did not have a good qualifying session.

Good to see Ricardo ahead of Vettel though.

 

[Salamndar]

Dear God....Hamilton is just fast!

 

[Psychotext]

Rosberg desperate, great lap by Riccardo in the end.

 

[Dilly]

Yes, Disco Danny and Hamilton!

 

[Draconian]

Meh. Pretty boring. Only thing of note really is Rosberg's back in 4th, but there's no way he's not passing both Red Bulls in dry conditions.

 

[Gareth Bale]

Hamilton is so good in these conditions

:lol at Vettel, half a second slower than his teammate.