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[dank]

Just wondering what you lot think are the chances are of Red Bull finishing above Williams at the end of the season are on Sunday? Williams are currently four points ahead of RBR: Williams on 28 and RBR on 24.

No doubt about it, RBR have made some improvements towards the end of this season and they're still continuing to develop the RB3 this late in the day. But do they have enough in them to finish in above Williams? Will the fact Wurz has been replaced by Nakajima perhaps help improve RBR’s chances?

[Irv the Swerve]

Will the fact Wurz has been replaced by Nakajima perhaps help improve RBR’s chances?

No it would actually improve the chances of Williams and the track is simular than that at Spa which Rosberg finished 6th so RBR would find it tough to get those 4 points off Williams.

[dank]

Wurz probably wouldn't make it past Q3, but he had the experience which I don't think Nakajima will have. Although saying that, he'll probably go a drive a blinder!

[7UpJordan]

I think Nakajima will do well, he was named Rookie of the year in GP2 and finished a creditable 5th in the Championship. Wurz is a good driver but just didn't seem to have that racing edge he used to. Nakajima whilst being a rookie might just be able to do enough to get his car into the PP shootout.

If anything the last 2 rounds in Japan and China cost the team valuable points thanks to Nico's engine change in Fuji and the hard tyres being no good in China, but were lucky at the same time for Vettel's moment of inexperience. The Williams car also seems to quite like the twisty bumpy tracks and has speeded up considerably on the quick ones too. It's going to be close, but 4 points could be too much if McLaren, Ferrari and BMW lock out the top 6 although Nico has a great habit of getting ahead or splitting the BMW's as of late.

One thing's sure though, Williams will finish ahead of Toyota's works team, how embarrasing must it be for them?

[cap-dude]

No way, its Nico for christs sake. He'll pull of a great quali and finish in the points.
But in terms of Naka, i think he will be more of match for Rosberg, but not enough.
So williams to diffinetly gain some points and finish on front of Red Bull

RBR seem to thrive on the harder compound, and williams on the softer
and it seems Bridgestone are bringing the softer, so i say it will be Nico for a stellar performance and finish a good year.
Nico has deffinetly improved more and more this year when you compare the last few races with his first