The Official Not606 Petronas Malaysian GP Chat & Predictions

Ladies and gentleman, a person who doesn't like to lose.

Hence the shorter post of defiance and the refusal to let a thing like this drop.


To the nearest mod, shut this baby down.

 

There is no winner or loser. There are two differing opinions. That's it.

 

Steve in Bath?

 

boom!

 

Well done.

 

Interesting factoid from Gary Anderson's review on the BBC Sport website: Malaysia saw an HRT qualify within 107% of pole position time (not just the fastest time Q1) for the first time.

 

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<tr class="tableizer-firstrow"><th> Cla </th><th> Nº </th><th> Driver </th><th> Car / Engine </th><th> Time </th><th> Delay </th><th> Lap </th><th> km/h </th></tr> <tr><td>1 </td><td>9 </td><td>Kimi Räikkönen</td><td>Lotus/Renault</td><td>1'40.722</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>53</td><td>198.117</td></tr> <tr><td>2 </td><td>2 </td><td>Mark Webber</td><td>Red Bull/Renault</td><td>1'41.017</td><td>0.295</td><td>52</td><td>197.539</td></tr> <tr><td>3 </td><td>15 </td><td>Sergio Pérez</td><td>Sauber/Ferrari</td><td>1'41.021</td><td>0.299</td><td>54</td><td>197.531</td></tr> <tr><td>4 </td><td>1 </td><td>Sebastian Vettel</td><td>Red Bull/Renault</td><td>1'41.342</td><td>0.620</td><td>50</td><td>196.905</td></tr> <tr><td>5 </td><td>19 </td><td>Bruno Senna</td><td>Williams/Renault</td><td>1'41.404</td><td>0.682</td><td>55</td><td>196.785</td></tr> <tr><td>6 </td><td>4 </td><td>Lewis Hamilton</td><td>McLaren/Mercedes</td><td>1'41.539</td><td>0.817</td><td>50</td><td>196.523</td></tr> <tr><td>7 </td><td>5 </td><td>Fernando Alonso</td><td>Ferrari</td><td>1'41.680</td><td>0.958</td><td>53</td><td>196.250</td></tr> <tr><td>8 </td><td>16 </td><td>Daniel Ricciardo</td><td>Toro Rosso/Ferrari</td><td>1'41.756</td><td>1.034</td><td>54</td><td>196.104</td></tr> <tr><td>9 </td><td>7 </td><td>M.Schumacher</td><td>Mercedes</td><td>1'41.760</td><td>1.038</td><td>53</td><td>196.096</td></tr> <tr><td>10 </td><td>11 </td><td>Paul Di Resta</td><td>Force India/Mercedes</td><td>1'41.819</td><td>1.097</td><td>55</td><td>195.983</td></tr> <tr><td>11 </td><td>8 </td><td>Nico Rosberg</td><td>Mercedes</td><td>1'41.863</td><td>1.141</td><td>51</td><td>195.898</td></tr> <tr><td>12 </td><td>17 </td><td>Jean-Eric Vergne</td><td>Toro Rosso/Ferrari</td><td>1'41.922</td><td>1.200</td><td>55</td><td>195.785</td></tr> <tr><td>13 </td><td>6 </td><td>Felipe Massa</td><td>Ferrari</td><td>1'42.051</td><td>1.329</td><td>56</td><td>195.537</td></tr> <tr><td>14 </td><td>3 </td><td>Jenson Button</td><td>McLaren/Mercedes</td><td>1'42.100</td><td>1.378</td><td>50</td><td>195.443</td></tr> <tr><td>15 </td><td>12 </td><td>Nico Hülkenberg</td><td>Force India/Mercedes</td><td>1'42.173</td><td>1.451</td><td>51</td><td>195.304</td></tr> <tr><td>16 </td><td>18 </td><td>Pastor Maldonado</td><td>Williams/Renault</td><td>1'42.237</td><td>1.515</td><td>51</td><td>195.181</td></tr> <tr><td>17 </td><td>21 </td><td>Vitaly Petrov</td><td>Caterham/Renault</td><td>1'43.513</td><td>2.791</td><td>52</td><td>192.775</td></tr> <tr><td>18 </td><td>20 </td><td>H.Kovalainen</td><td>Caterham/Renault</td><td>1'43.803</td><td>3.081</td><td>54</td><td>192.237</td></tr> <tr><td>19 </td><td>14 </td><td>Kamui Kobayashi</td><td>Sauber/Ferrari</td><td>1'44.202</td><td>3.480</td><td>44</td><td>191.501</td></tr> <tr><td>20 </td><td>24 </td><td>Timo Glock</td><td>Marussia/Cosworth</td><td>1'44.757</td><td>4.035</td><td>50</td><td>190.486</td></tr> <tr><td>21 </td><td>25 </td><td>Charles Pic</td><td>Marussia/Cosworth</td><td>1'44.813</td><td>4.091</td><td>50</td><td>190.384</td></tr> <tr><td>22 </td><td>23 </td><td>N.Karthikeyan</td><td>HRT/Cosworth</td><td>1'45.909</td><td>5.187</td><td>52</td><td>188.414</td></tr> <tr><td>23 </td><td>22 </td><td>Pedro de la Rosa</td><td>HRT/Cosworth</td><td>1'46.244</td><td>5.522</td><td>54</td><td>187.820</td></tr> <tr><td>24 </td><td>10 </td><td>Romain Grosjean</td><td>Lotus/Renault</td><td>2'08.464</td><td>27.742</td><td>2</td><td>155.333</td></tr></table>

 

Massa was faster than Button? Wow.. just wow, he [Butface] mustve had a shocker

 

Schumi's quali lap: http://www.formula1.com/video/?uid=2012032502O

 

Massa had 5 laps' worth less of fuel on board, guessing Button at that point was past caring.

 

Really; I think this says more about car performance and Massa's relative inconsistency than Button's poor (by his standards) weekend.

 

Link: http://www.formula1.com/video/?uid=2012032502R

 

Thanks, Silver.