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4. I’d rather have a processional race where the drivers are pushing, than a processional race where the drivers aren’t pushing, and the only people who are working on the limit are the pitcrew!

Just a question: why is Hamilton given #10 when he finished ahead of rosberg this year? Is it a tradition to assign the higher number to a new driver in a team? (unless he’s WDC)

I don’t think Hamilton was 1.1 slower. Remember he went out on Q3 with used softs, and with his fastest sector times he 0.674 slower than Button. If he had put his fresh tyre lap in, could be less than that. And […]

Hamilton was in traffic in Q2, and in Q3 he would have improved on his last run if someone was challenging him for pole.

Ooh i predicted Hamilton pole on 1:24.000, just 0.010 away! :)

Gutted for the Sauber drivers. and yes, Alonso and Hamilton crashing out through the fault of jokers named Maldonado (jumped the start) and Grosjean

But he did qualify above the other 16 drivers, so he’s quicker than them over 1 lap, so why would he lose out in the race?

On F1.com’s live timing, the top 6 cars’ speed at the Intermediate 1 are:
Kob 330 Per 326 Sen 326 Mal 325 Ver 325 Msc 324

Yes, but I was thinking that high rev limit cars will not reach their rev limit in the race, while low rev limit, high downforce cars like Saubers and Hamilton will. The rev limit has an effect of ‘pulling’ the […]

I think Hamilton’s higher downforce rear wing will help him in the race, particularly with tyre deg and off the line. Also, with a low 7th gear rev limiter, he has it set up for the race with much lower top speeds […]

Should Hamilton change his wing and start from the pits? Given a 0.8s benefit, higher straight line speed, ease of overtaking and free tyre choice it might work out for him in the race.

Yes but Hamilton had no ulterior motive as he was 2nd, while Alonso clearly did. As Gary Anderson said on BBC, the session should have gone on, drivers/teams can choose if they want to brave out the conditions and […]

Did you read the first part of the sentence which qualifies what you quoted above. After all, the qualifying report is titled ‘Alonso rides his luck’ so it would be blind to say that Alonso got there by pure […]

Apart from the spectacular catch from the Q2 spin and the amazing Q3 lap, Alonso’s pole was down to luck and he doesnt deserve it.
Firstly, Ferrari made the wrong tyre choice in Q2 and he was 15s slower in the […]

But wasn’t Hamilton’s penalty announced on Friday of China? Maybe it’s because gearboxes must be used for 5 consecutive events, and since this is the 7th, Button could have replaced this faulty gearbox with one […]

Just asking, when was the last time Hamilton failed to get through into Q3? His Q3 streak must have been extremely long, long enough for the record books I reckon! Last time I remember was Malaysia 2010.

First six rows contain one world champion each.

Brilliant! For the whole race 2nd to 15th was so close together as if it were a safety car restart.

Kobayashi?!

Well, I personally think that Ferrari talks big much more than McLaren.