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#111925
I expect Truili is light, Glock a lap heavier. Vettel close, and both Brawns will go to around lap 18 or 19 as usual. Lewis will be light as well, lighter than the front few even.

But I don't expect any real surprises. Everyone will be looking at a 2 stopper.

Anyways, Toyota on top form this weekend. What a crazy year. It seems the performance varies wildly from track to track. It looked as though Brawn would dominate, but if they don't win this weekend, then it's all open. Any of 6 drivers for Toyota, Brawn and Red Bull could win right now.

Personally I can't wait for the race. I do love Vettel, but I'd love to see a win for Toyota, but it depends this weekend. Toyota need to make a good start and stay there, but who will take the win. We know Truili is blindly quick in quali, but Glock has the advantage in the race. It'll be close. Vettel as well is right up there, he'll be lurking right behind them. Brawn aren't in a good position. Lewis will rocket of the start tomorrow, which is quite scary for the others, he could easily be alongside Vettel into turn 1, or even the Toyota's. As will Alonso and Massa. The Brawn are dodgy of the line, so once those KERS are in front, Brawn will have a compromised race. But their pace in the race is still the best out there, so the question is what can they do.

Toyota are actually in a great position. They just need to stay ahead of the KERS cars and hope everyone else is compromised by those cars so they can streak ahead. So for that reason, I'm predicting a Toyota 1-2.
#111927
Hamilton and the MP4-24 are doing much better. With a little luck, Lewis as good chance to win tomorrow. You can do it kid!

I think a win would be extremely hard to get with a bit of luck he may get a podium if his fuel load was ok.
#111928
Hamilton and the MP4-24 are doing much better. With a little luck, Lewis as good chance to win tomorrow. You can do it kid!

I think a win would be extremely hard to get with a bit of luck he may get a podium if his fuel load was ok.

:yes:
#111934
I don't see Hamilton winning, borrowing special circumstances, but there's always a chance of a podium. McLaren are starting to make some headway, so it will be interesting to see how things play out. (Surprisingly) Brawn seem to have lost their performance advantage, so perhaps a couple of the other teams (Red Bull and Toyota, for example) could start taking some points of them. It looks like we've now got a championship on our hands anyway.
#111958
It's very very nice to see Hamilton in top 5. Hopefully a podium tomorrow!

Holy s*** McLaren is coming! What's the best thing, McLaren are still improving and making adjustments. I predict top 3 for Hamilton in Spain.
#111968
I don't see Hamilton winning, borrowing special circumstances, but there's always a chance of a podium. McLaren are starting to make some headway, so it will be interesting to see how things play out. (Surprisingly) Brawn seem to have lost their performance advantage, so perhaps a couple of the other teams (Red Bull and Toyota, for example) could start taking some points of them. It looks like we've now got a championship on our hands anyway.


Yeh if Mclaren can turn it around while those 3 fight it out we might have a shot at constutors and drivers (baring no penalties)
#111970
Excellent for Toyota, can Trulli keep it up during the race? Questionable. I predict carnage at the first corner with the new front wings. You also have 4 kers cars towards the back of the top ten. WIll be interesting to see how good a start they get and I also suspect that Buttons side of the grid to be quite dirty and dusty.

I to suspect the Toyotas are a touch lighter but looking at Buttons body language after qualifying he is not as happy as he has been. Barrachello was also running without his read trye spinners for most of the weekend, didnt see if they were on for quali. The heat i feel is going to cause some grief come the end of the race and the Brawn cars dont appear to like it hot.

Good for Mclaren and Lewis and good to see ferrari in top ten but reckon they are trying to put a shine on things whilst monti is there.

Going to be a good race i think.
#111971
GO VETTEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :yes::yes::yes:


:thumbup: lol, totally agree.

Well done to the Toyota's - if Vettel can't be on pole, it's nice to see yet another different team up there :) What happened to the Brawns? It's not like they were slow or anything, but they seemed to have lost their earlier pace. Well, at least it all makes for interesting qualifying! Poor Webber, though - he was pissed, wasn't he? But I guess at least Sutil went to apologise, and made no excuses or anything.

I wonder if we'll have any 'Trulli trains' tomorrow? XDDD
#111972
GO VETTEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :yes::yes::yes:


:thumbup: lol, totally agree.

Well done to the Toyota's - if Vettel can't be on pole, it's nice to see yet another different team up there :) What happened to the Brawns? It's not like they were slow or anything, but they seemed to have lost their earlier pace. Well, at least it all makes for interesting qualifying! Poor Webber, though - he was pissed, wasn't he? But I guess at least Sutil went to apologise, and made no excuses or anything.

I wonder if we'll have any 'Trulli trains' tomorrow? XDDD


Well, I know one man who wouldn't be held up by such a thing. Glock would probably not have much trouble getting past. Having said that, when Trulli is on form, he's very quick and he probably will be tomorrow. It would not surprise me if the top three in qualifying are the top three in the race, though not necessarily in that order.
#111982
Pos Driver Team Weight (kg)
1. Trulli Toyota 648.5
2. Glock Toyota 643.0
3. Vettel Red Bull-Renault 659.0
4. Button Brawn-Mercedes 652.5
5. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 652.5
6. Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes 649.0
7. Alonso Renault 650.5
8. Massa Ferrari 664.5
9. Rosberg Williams-Toyota 670.5
10. Raikkonen Ferrari 671.5
11. Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 678.5
12. Nakajima Williams-Toyota 680.9
13. Kubica BMW-Sauber 698.6
14. Heidfeld BMW-Sauber 696.3
15. Piquet Renault 677.6
16. Sutil Force India-Mercedes 679.0
17. Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 678.5
18. Fisichella Force India-Mercedes 652.0
19. Webber Red Bull-Renault 656.0
20. Bourdais Toro Rosso-Ferrari 667.5


Lewis Out did the brawns!!!

He's definitly on good course of a podium now
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#111988
We'll need to see how tomorrow's race goes for the team.
Having just read most of the press releases, each team expect conditions to be very difficult tomorrow, so we'll need to see how it goes.
Very impressive by Hamilton though, but I think Brawn have far better long run pace.
#111989
Forget Lewis matching the Brawns, Renault fuel corrected matched the Brawns :eek:
Whilst Vettel, with a very heavy fuel load got 3rd place. This year is just, crazy.

My guess, 1 lap of fuel = 2.75kg.

So Truili would be two laps heavier than Glock. Woah, Truili is on good form. Both Toyota's going light and aggressive.

I think the only thats clear, is that Brawn have lost performance somewhere especially over the single lap. But is their race pace intact, we'll just have to wait and see.
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