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[Hammer278]

He's seeing a doctor tonight and Mercedes said he'll be testing Friday. But allergies can make you feel crap.

Potential cause of allergy...

Stupid news about 2 DRS zones and worrying news about Lewis

Why did i check these forums this morning

We still got the defending champion of Shanghai to rely on.

[racechick]

AHHHHH! That dog!!! I so want him!
No, it's not Roscoe. It's more likely the pollution in China, it's really bad at the moment

[Denthúl]

AHHHHH! That dog!!! I so want him!
No, it's not Roscoe. It's more likely the pollution in China, it's really bad at the moment

s/at the moment//

[SingaporeSling]

The Mercedes looks good to start with. It's only 1st practice, but I'm not ruling Mercedes 1-2 out. Earlier it would have given 1/50, probably going down now.
Lotus looks quite bad, they hope lies with the tires.

FIA Formula One Chinese Grand Prix 2013 - Free Practice 1 Times
1 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:36.717
2 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:37.171
3 Mark Webber Red Bull Racing 1:37.658
4 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing 1:37.942
5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:37.965
6 Jenson Button McLaren 1:38.069
7 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:38.095
8 Adrian Sutil Force India 1:38.125
9 Romain Grosjean Lotus 1:38.398
10 Paul di Resta Force India 1:38.561
11 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus 1:38.790
12 Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso 1:39.057
13 Pastor Maldonado Williams 1:39.158
14 Nico Hülkenberg Sauber 1:39.180
15 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso 1:39.336
16 Sergio Pérez McLaren 1:39.360
17 Valtteri Bottas Williams 1:39.392
18 Esteban Gutiérrez Sauber 1:40.032
19 Jules Bianchi Marussia 1:41.966
20 Max Chilton Marussia 1:42.056
21 Giedo van der Garde Caterham 1:42.083
22 Qing Hua Ma Caterham 1:43.545

[al4x]

Fp2.that's more like it lotus

[SingaporeSling]

2nd Practice top looks a bit different, fastest lap below and long stints statistics look promising for Ferrari's and Kimi and Nico.

1 F. MASSA BRA Scuderia Ferrari 1:35.340
2 K. RAIKKONEN FIN Lotus F1 Team 1:35.492
3 F. ALONSO ESP Scuderia Ferrari 1:35.755
4 N. ROSBERG GER Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team 1:35.819
5 M. WEBBER AUS Infiniti Red Bull Racing 1:36.092
6 J. BUTTON GBR Vodafone McLaren Mercedes 1:36.432
7 L. HAMILTON GBR Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team 1:36.496
8 A. SUTIL GER Sahara Force India F1 Team 1:36.514
9 P. DI RESTA GBR Sahara Force India F1 Team 1:36.595
10 S. VETTEL GER Infiniti Red Bull Racing 1:36.791
11 S. PEREZ MEX Vodafone McLaren Mercedes 1:36.940
12 R. GROSJEAN FRA Lotus F1 Team 1:36.963

[Hammer278]

Looks like another awesome GP coming up. Hope it stays bone dry though, I want to see the real speed of these teams for once.

[SingaporeSling]

From the 2nd Practice some statistics from longer stints, which can give better indication of the race pace compared to just qualifying.
Best Average times of 4 consecutive laps from the longer stints:
Alonso 01:42.8 (only out for 4 laps in a row)
Massa 01:43.0 (only out for 5 laps)
Webber 01:43.0
Kimi 01:43.1
Nico 01:43.1
Lewis 01:43.3
Romain 01:43.6

Vettel didn't stay out more than 3 laps without pitstop so his time is 3 lap average 01:42.7 but doesn't qualify for real comparison, but shows that he's there too

[LewEngBridewell]

Jenson Button has seemed the more comfortable of the McLaren drivers with the car so far this season.

[1Lemon]

Jenson Button has seemed the more comfortable of the McLaren drivers with the car so far this season.

Can't tell if sarcasm or sincere...

[LewEngBridewell]

Jenson Button has seemed the more comfortable of the McLaren drivers with the car so far this season.

Can't tell if sarcasm or sincere...

Just looking at the times, and what could've been in Sepang...

[CookinFlat6]

Sergio is still ahead of him in the table tho. Come the end of the season it wont be who was more comfortable, likely to be who had the fewer pitstop issues and other team induced mishaps

[LewEngBridewell]

McLaren for WCC woooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

The dream lives on

[andrew]

If Button wins another championship he'll probably be knighted.

[Hammer278]

McLaren for WCC woooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

The dream lives on

Yes, I await with bated breath when McLaren will be able to win their first WCC in this millennium/century/era.