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[Nin-Chin]

Sadly becuase of that Rosberg is out,0.5 covered the top 11 and that was the difference

[Coronis]

Sucks to be Rosberg..

[Hammer278]

HAMILTON THE BEAST!!! TAKE THAT VETTEL!!!!

[Nin-Chin]

YES LEWIS,Vettel looked untouchable in P3,but Lewis is on pole for tomorrow

[Ferrari man 009]

Great lap from Lewis - Webber blew it in the final sector somewhere, lost at least 0.2 to Vettel.

Ferrari might be worth watching tomorrow, although in my opinion doing that 2nd lap was a bit silly - they wouldve still been 7th and 8th if they had done another slow lap and pitted. Still their strategy is interesting and should give them track position especially if they can stretch their stints into a 2 stop rather than a 3, which is what I expect most teams will do.

[racechick]

YEEEESSSSS!!! Great lap!!
sorry for Nico.
Webber caught a ferrari on the harder tyres, thats what compromisd him, he may have pipped vettel otherwise.
Button did a good lap to get in Q3. if he'd tried a lap in Q3 he may have been ahead of the ferraris.

[spankyham]

I'm really surprised by Ferrari's strategy. Both cars were as competitive as they've been in Q2 for a long time. Seeing them go out on the prime tire (mediums) was a shock. I can only guess that they believe it will be even warmer tomorrow and are expecting very high deg on the softs under heavy load. Be interesting to see what lap the lead cars start pitting on.

Very good lap from Lewis.

Big mistake by Mercedes.

Webber caught the Ferrari too fast and paid the price - sitting in the turbulent air cost him dearly in the final sector of his hot lap.

[Hammer278]

I'm really surprised by Ferrari's strategy. Both cars were as competitive as they've been in Q2 for a long time. Seeing them go out on the prime tire (mediums) was a shock. I can only guess that they believe it will be even warmer tomorrow and are expecting very high deg on the softs under heavy load. Be interesting to see what lap the lead cars start pitting on.

Very good lap from Lewis.

Big mistake by Mercedes.

Webber caught the Ferrari too fast and paid the price - sitting in the turbulent air cost him dearly in the final sector of his hot lap.

I wasn't surprised. They were about half a second slower than Redbull and Mercedes throughout qualifying....their laps at the end of Q2 were simply because of track evolution. No way they would've competed for the front grid today, and taking into consideration Redbull's long running pace I think the logical thing to do is try something different. Lewis has his work cut out for him to keep the Redbulls behind after the first pitstop.

[CookinFlat6]

Lewis uses the free practice sessions to find his best setup, then does his absolute best come Q3. A pattern that indicates he is still settling in. I suspect his race pace tomorrow will be a surprise to the Red Bulls

Nico was unfortunate, however thats better than a puncture that drops him to the back during the race, so he has a great chance to show how his race craft compares to Lewis'

The Red Bulls are definetely now faster than Merc in quali again, should be a good race

McLaren again showing their car is just not as bad as it has been made to look so far, shame about Perez, I wonder if he has the same upgrades on his car though

Lotus may be the wild cards tomorrow

[geetface9]

I'm way bummed to see nico knocked out in Q2. I survived webber getting knocked out of Q1 in china two years ago so I guess I'll manage

I'm going to be torn with my pool picks. I don't think vettel will win just because it's his home gp and it seems several drivers on the grid currently have a problem with the home gp. Webber might win it but I have a feeling that alonso will be quite near the front...he and webber seem to end up battling for position quite a lot. The only doubt I have about hamilton is the car. Webber, hamilton, and alonso all have a very real chance to win this race. Vettel does too, but I just don't see it because it's the home gp as I mentioned earlier.

Perhaps a podium spot for lotus or a surprise podium for massa or ricciardo, dare I say?

Oh, and does anybody know if MOA made a pool for this gp?

[Hammer278]

I'm thinking the same geetface. The top 3 are going to be very tough to predict. Vettel never goes well here, who can forget his ridiculous race in 2011 while Alonso, Hamilton and Webber were dicing it out at the front?

And Mercedes...hot conditions, new tyres, new setup for Hamilton, another big question mark. Webber has a chance to win, but the first corner here isn't friendly and we know Webber isn't a champion at starts and working his way through tight first corners.

Very tough. Though If we go for a few gambles though, we could work our way up the pool very quickly indeed. *ponderponder*....

[Hammer278]

Someone from Mercedes should've walked over and kicked his ar$e into the cockpit to teach Prying Eyes a nice lesson.

[CookinFlat6]

Thats pretty rich coming from Vettel

'Lewis' Merc whipped me in quali, lets try spot the handle for adjusting the ride height' or maybe he was looking for the button for the off throttle blowing map

[geetface9]

I'm thinking the same geetface. The top 3 are going to be very tough to predict. Vettel never goes well here, who can forget his ridiculous race in 2011 while Alonso, Hamilton and Webber were dicing it out at the front?

And Mercedes...hot conditions, new tyres, new setup for Hamilton, another big question mark. Webber has a chance to win, but the first corner here isn't friendly and we know Webber isn't a champion at starts and working his way through tight first corners.

Very tough. Though If we go for a few gambles though, we could work our way up the pool very quickly indeed. *ponderponder*....

Just went for it!! Picked webber, alonso, raikkonen for the podium! ALL IN!!

[What's Burning?]

Hilarious pic. Vettel, the consummate sore winner and sore loser... he just can't help himself can he. Well, at leas he's got a chance to make up for it in tomorrow's race where it counts.