Where will the young German finish the race after falling out of a very tight Q2. He says he feels happy with the rear and has options to spare for race day, Webber had a worse off situation last year from 18th but made it to 3rd. But where do you think Seb will finish from starting 11th? DNF? Out of points? Points? Podium? Win?
If it's dry I'll go for points. Can't see him beating the McLaren's and Webber at the moment, and that doesn't even take into account all the others he has to get past. I also think he may get mugged on the straight on the first few laps as his straightline speed is not very good. If it's wet, then podium possible as I'd assumed he is running more downforce which will help him get an advantage over the others. Big gamble for Red Bull if they have done that. Would it show they are concerned about their general pace if they are making such a gamble so early in the season?
I've just checked he weather forecast, it looks like it will be a dry race. Red Bull should be worried now.
We haven't had an F1 punch up for a while. Hamilton-Massa was the closest we've been to one since Belgium 1998.
"Points" is not very specific. 4th and 10th are very different results. But that what i voted. I reckon he'll end up around 5-7th.
I think he's too far back to challenge for the win or podium, so I vote points - around 4th or 5th. He needs to be wary of Grosjean and Massa in the opening laps, if he can stay out of trouble then he's virtually guaranteed points in my view. I expect Alonso and Vettel to move forward in the race together, with both finishing reasonably close to each other but Vettel ahead. The problem is that Hamilton and Webber will likely be much faster than him and some others might be too far ahead.
