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[al4x]

ive got the tyres just need them fitted, fwi toyo t1r's, i only wish i could have got PS2s.. bet then id have a better car lol

[Jensonb]

Yes Hamilton. I was getting ready for school so I missed alot of info and commentary.

He was on the softs correct?

Lewis. It was hards I remember.

Doesn't really make much sense. It's hard to imagine Lewis wreaking a set of hard tyres within 4 laps. Not after all the testing they done at a circuit notorious for being tough on tyres.

Perhaps he locked his rears or went of track, or something like that.

Yah 4 laps that is rather odd.

What'll be fascinating to see (IMO) is which teams go with the harder compound in quali, which go with the softer and which one works out at the end of the race.

Just imagine if the hards are only good for 4 hot laps the softs may be only good for a 1/2 lap .

It's doubly weird cos JB did his long run on Options.

[Jensonb]

So after looking over some of the analysis, it seems the popular understanding of the JB/LH situation is playing out exactly as expected. Lewis is faster generally, particularly over one lap, but Jenson's multi-lap runs are more consistently quick (Lewis's would fluctuate more significantly from lap to lap). Jenson also set more laps towards to the sharp end of the time sheet in Practice 2 - though he did do 6 more laps than Lewis. Since they were mostly on the same programme, I'd imagine the other 6 laps are those Lewis lost when his rears went off prematurely during his run on the Prime rubber.

[Frosty]

I think the medium tyres go off quicker than the Super soft tyres.

[Jensonb]

I think the medium tyres go off quicker than the Super soft tyres.

Then they're next to useless.

[f1ea]

I think the medium tyres go off quicker than the Super soft tyres.

Then they're next to useless.

Lewis' tires on that run were already used. Who knows how worn they were though.......
If Lewis is unable to manage his tires, he'll be in real trouble. Jenson is good, he's confident and has the experience to work around a little bit of extra wear (driving that Honda for so long, he probably can drive without a rear wing hehe).

What's up with Nico again being Free practice champion

Oh boy... who will be able to get a good night sleep ?? Tomorrow's Q will be super

[cap-dude]

I think the medium tyres go off quicker than the Super soft tyres.

Wait... what!

Think about it, that doesn't make sense. The tyre thats designed to last longer, in fact doesn't. Where did you get this from.

It's always a case of either, the harder compoud is too slow and difficult to heat up, or the softer compound is too fragile. E.g. Last year at Bahrain the super softs where the best tyre, because the mediums where too hard and slow. Thats partly why Toyota lost the race last year. They did a long middle stint on the medium tyres, which lost them loads of time.

[Jensonb]

I think the medium tyres go off quicker than the Super soft tyres.

Then they're next to useless.

Lewis' tires on that run were already used. Who knows how worn they were though.......
If Lewis is unable to manage his tires, he'll be in real trouble. Jenson is good, he's confident and has the experience to work around a little bit of extra wear (driving that Honda for so long, he probably can drive without a rear wing hehe).

What's up with Nico again being Free practice champion

It's all he's good at.

[Frosty]

I think the medium tyres go off quicker than the Super soft tyres.

Wait... what!

Think about it, that doesn't make sense. The tyre thats designed to last longer, in fact doesn't. Where did you get this from.

It's always a case of either, the harder compoud is too slow and difficult to heat up, or the softer compound is too fragile. E.g. Last year at Bahrain the super softs where the best tyre, because the mediums where too hard and slow. Thats partly why Toyota lost the race last year. They did a long middle stint on the medium tyres, which lost them loads of time.

I thought when watching practise that Lewis said that the hards were worst than the softs i probably heard wrong because Button definitely found the softs degraded more than the hards.

[Amanda]

Poor Chandhok, it doesn't look like he'll be involved in this racing weekend at all. Hispania are having a problem getting his car into 1st gear.

Virgin lost a nut and consequently a wheel.

It's not going too well for the new teams.

[Hanwombat]

It really isn't going well for the new teams is it?

Poor glock

Maybe Hispania might make a time!

Good luck Chandhok making qualifying, I'm going farm now.

Problem with Lewis's car

[cap-dude]

Virgin having more issues. A wheel coming off during practice, and Di Grassi gets neutral everytime he tries to select 7th.

Virgin seem to have more pace than Lotus, but it doesn't seem that Virgin will even finish the race. Lotus much more impressive considering their reliability with a car only built a few months ago.

[ivey]

Wow Ferrari and Mercedes look real quick. McLaren having some problems, I have to manage my expectations because otherwise I'll go crazy if McLaren don't finish in top 5

EDIT: And by the way, the new track sucks imo. So many bumps that even Jenson with his silky smooth driving style can't get through those corners without jumping

[racechick]

Last practice
Rosberg faster than Schumi
Webber faster than Vettel
Alonso faster than Massa (but massa was faster most of the session and had a bad run on low fuel-so all is no lost)
Lewis' car broken
McLaren not looking so good on low fuel

Jeez what's going to happen in quali. Im so excited!!

[The Oz]

****!!!!! Chandhok is 13seconds off the pace after a hot lap. His first lap in an f1 car was in quali too