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[Denthúl]

Damn, those Force Indias are looking really, really good here. I would love for the team to have moved up from being the backmarkers finally. They deserve something for all the massive efforts that they've made over the past couple of years.

[EwanM]

Woop Five Live finally answered my Q live on air

[cap-dude]

They did What question was it.
Was it the sneezing one per chance

Anyways, Webber vs Vettel for pole today. Webber looks like he's on top of things this weekend, but then again, we know how quick Vettel can be. Brawn look like they will struggle since the tempertures are freezing today. It may be another poor weekend for Button. Barrichello on the other hand should cope better, but he's been having trouble as well. It really is time for Red Bull to capitalize.

McLaren will go well here, no doubt. I think the top 2 this year are similar to the top 2 last year. Red Bull and McLaren both get good heat into their tyres, whilst Brawn and Ferrari don't. Not to mention the upgrades which seem to be working wonders. Hamiliton will be Q3. Ferrari on the other hand will struggle with getting heat into their tyres, like they did last weekend.

Really, if the mid feild teams are smart, they'll fill the car quite heavy for the race. With the cold tempertures, drivers coming out of the pits on new tyres will be extremely slow for around 3 laps. Massa went from 11th to 4th at Silverstone, simply because whilst other drivers pitted early, Massa stayed out on good tyres and was around 1 second quicker, and thus leap frogged several cars.

[EwanM]

They did What question was it.
Was it the sneezing one per chance

Anyways, Webber vs Vettel for pole today. Webber looks like he's on top of things this weekend, but then again, we know how quick Vettel can be. Brawn look like they will struggle since the tempertures are freezing today. It may be another poor weekend for Button. Barrichello on the other hand should cope better, but he's been having trouble as well. It really is time for Red Bull to capitalize.

McLaren will go well here, no doubt. I think the top 2 this year are similar to the top 2 last year. Red Bull and McLaren both get good heat into their tyres, whilst Brawn and Ferrari don't. Not to mention the upgrades which seem to be working wonders. Hamiliton will be Q3. Ferrari on the other hand will struggle with getting heat into their tyres, like they did last weekend.

Really, if the mid feild teams are smart, they'll fill the car quite heavy for the race. With the cold tempertures, drivers coming out of the pits on new tyres will be extremely slow for around 3 laps. Massa went from 11th to 4th at Silverstone, simply because whilst other drivers pitted early, Massa stayed out on good tyres and was around 1 second quicker, and thus leap frogged several cars.

Do you recall the question about Piquet, where they spoke of Grojean and then the silly season? That was me

Very good observation comparing Ferrari and Mclaren from last year to Brawn and Red Bull from this, very true as well. I think Mclaren will go well this weekend with Hamilton hopefully being able to get into the Top 10 easier than previous attempts.

I'd also agree with you on the fuel situation. The same could be said for tomorrow in the race, the usual master of this is Nick Heidfeld. With it's lack of pace all he can do is fill the BMW up to the brim and (as long as the weather is variable and he makes good tyre calls) keep the thing on the road.

[Hexagram]

Hamilton & Alonso quickest in final practice!?

[scotty]

Hamilton & Alonso quickest in final practice!?

Massa 3rd too. Blast from the past eh?!

[EwanM]

Brilliant Pole Position for Mark Webber

Pos Driver Team Q1 Q2 Q3
1. Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:31.257 1:38.038 1:32.230
2. Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes 1:31.482 1:34.455 1:32.357
3. Button Brawn-Mercedes 1:31.568 1:39.032 1:32.473
4. Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1:31.430 1:39.504 1:32.480
5. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:31.473 1:39.149 1:32.616
6. Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:31.881 1:40.826 1:33.859
7. Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:32.015 1:36.740 1:34.316
8. Massa Ferrari 1:31.600 1:41.708 1:34.574
9. Raikkonen Ferrari 1:31.869 1:41.730 1:34.710
10. Piquet Renault 1:32.128 1:35.737 1:34.803
11. Heidfeld BMW-Sauber 1:31.771 1:42.310
12. Alonso Renault 1:31.302 1:42.318
13. Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:31.884 1:42.500
14. Trulli Toyota 1:31.760 1:42.771
15. Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:31.598 1:42.859
16. Kubica BMW-Sauber 1:32.190
17. Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:32.251
18. Fisichella Force India-Mercedes 1:32.402
19. Glock Toyota 1:32.423
20. Bourdais Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:33.559

All Timing Unofficial

[Hexagram]

Hamilton & Alonso quickest in final practice!?

Massa 3rd too. Blast from the past eh?!

Didn't last long though.

Delighted for Webber.

[liquidmetal]

Brilliant Pole Position for Mark Webber

Pos Driver Team Q1 Q2 Q3
1. Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:31.257 1:38.038 1:32.230
2. Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes 1:31.482 1:34.455 1:32.357
3. Button Brawn-Mercedes 1:31.568 1:39.032 1:32.473
4. Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1:31.430 1:39.504 1:32.480
5. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:31.473 1:39.149 1:32.616
6. Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:31.881 1:40.826 1:33.859
7. Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:32.015 1:36.740 1:34.316
8. Massa Ferrari 1:31.600 1:41.708 1:34.574
9. Raikkonen Ferrari 1:31.869 1:41.730 1:34.710
10. Piquet Renault 1:32.128 1:35.737 1:34.803
11. Heidfeld BMW-Sauber 1:31.771 1:42.310
12. Alonso Renault 1:31.302 1:42.318
13. Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:31.884 1:42.500
14. Trulli Toyota 1:31.760 1:42.771
15. Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:31.598 1:42.859
16. Kubica BMW-Sauber 1:32.190
17. Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:32.251
18. Fisichella Force India-Mercedes 1:32.402
19. Glock Toyota 1:32.423
20. Bourdais Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:33.559

All Timing Unofficial

Sutil in P7 .....

but yes, the gap between button and vettel was 0.007 seconds ... phewwwww

[yamashek]

Nooooooooooo Seb....

TWO KERS cars behind him too

[The Oz]

woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Webber!!!!! Pole!!!!! Go Webber!!!!!!!

[Rivelution]

woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Webber!!!!! Pole!!!!! Go Webber!!!!!!!

Thats what I'm talkin about!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WEBBER FTW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[EwanM]

That last post but for Sutil too.

[Rivelution]

[Stealthgate007]

That was the most exiting quali this season. I love when rain is thrown into the mix. Remember Winkledudemiesterguy in 2007 for Spyker. Nurburgring.. Southside!!!!