This is my first post so be gentle
Quite dissapointed with Kimi's qualifying, should have went out for a second run but hindsight is a brilliant thing. Lotus seem to be doing no favours for Kimi. Every decision they have in terms of stragety, or going out for a second run in qualifying has cost him badly. The positive thing is that they cannot ruin Kimi's race more than they have in China.
The stragety will have to be tyre wear. Who can manage the tyres through qualifying and on race day, who can get the maxinium performance from the tyres and who can keep the tyres in good condition without them degrading.
I think Hamilton to win today, while Vettel did a great lap to get pole, I feel that the Mclarens have the additional speed, plus they have the car set up for race day. Judging from what Red Bulls have shown so far this season, they'll have decent speed but I think the Mclarens will just have a little more. Plus I don't want to see that Vettel's f***ing finger again
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Will be intresting to see Michael Schumacher starting from the back today and seeing how big of an advantage that the DRS system will give him. I can see him finishing 7th-8th, even with the extra 5 place grid drop. Tyre degradation will be quite interesting to watch because I fully expected tyre wear to give the Mercedes big problems in China, I was wrong. But Bahrain the conditions are much different, it is hot, humid and tyres will be at a lot higher temperate, with dust blowing over causing the tyres to get dirty. But it looks like it might rain today along with cooler temperatures which might be a surprising twist for today.
Anyway, it looks like it might be an exciting race.
