- 06 Jul 13, 22:57#365656I don't think Mercedes are title challengers, they might be faster than Redbull for the rest of the season, but it's a big points gap, and well, who else will go faster than Redbull?
I wonder if Lotus can do something here, will be interesting to see how they compare to Ferrari at least, I guess those guys are racing each other, just behind Mercedes and Redbull who will be going for the win's as opposed to podiums for the former two teams, or Lotus have some extra relative race pace.
Weird decision by Ferrari I think too, their tyre wear is good, why not just qualify as high as possible? It clearly shows they aren't going for the win, I mean, they'll be too far back being held up at the start.
Hamilton has a good chance of winning, the race leader still has a clear advantage, and he starts well, Vettel isn't too good at winning from second, usually, but the Redbull might have extra pace, but they never set the car up so it can overtake, I guess the aim will be pit-stop strategy.
At least it isn't Vettel starting from pole, at least we'll see two cars in shot now, hopefully.
Real mess up by Mercedes with Rosberg, not going to help for the constructors at all.
Bianchi, Hulkenberg and Button all qualified well, I think showing ability for each of those drivers
Battle for Force India and McLaren looks interesting, surely McLaren won't go the whole season without a clearly faster car than Force India?
Main battle in championship terms I guess, is 2nd place in constructors, and the leading positions behind Vettel. Obviously Rosberg could get hurt a lot here, I disagree it's like Hamilton's tyre problem, since in that race there were a few safety cars and similar problems for other drivers ahead of Hamilton, in this case, the driver was let down by their team.
Wonder how far Webber will fall back, and how many places Massa will gain; I'm guessing Grosjean will be given clear instructions not to go anywhere near Kimi at the start.
