****ing hell . I do not have the time to get into some inane argument so I am ending it here. And just as a footnote I find it rather funny that someone who supports a driver who is the cheif at trying to get token fastest laps is going on about Hamilton wanting to be fastests.
This is a discussion Mifune, not an argument. Maybe you should stay off forums if you have an issue with opposite opinions to yours. And here's a footnote for you Mifune, I find it funny that I've gone about almost 3 months saying nothing but genuine positive things about Lewis and you never really comment. The second a tad of criticism on Lewis comes up you're the first in line to start chucking crap at me hoping it will stick. But if you insist on ending this "argument" be my guest, it still doesn't mean I won't be able to discuss it with other people.
Exactly Lewis' job is to set the fastest time, it would be a bit silly to punish an athlete for doing better than others. If he was to bet on himself to get pole and the win what is actually doing wrong? Nothing in my opinion as the name of the game is to be faster than everybody else in this sport. If he was betting on himself to DNF first then I would have an issue as he has no intent on doing his best but just for monetary gains.
How is everyone finding the live streams? I use coolsports and sportlemon and I couldn't find practice, but I've just noticed another 3 in the origonal comment. Have they worked for everyone else? I can't wait for qually.
The phrase practice makes perfect has a lot of truth in it. So why not push to the max in practice. It could just be a confidence thing, practicing for the weekend. See a fastest time, go and practice at beating it. The more miles under your belt the better.
Button has been dog slow in FP1 & 2, going on previous form this must mean he has a good chance of winning. Senna/Vettel incident: He must've felt he was racing uncle Ayrton again. was Senna on a fast lap or about to start one? if so then a word in Vettels shell-like is in order, if not, then a word in Senna's about keeping out of the way Hmmm, no one has voted for either of the last 2 winners, and can I change my choice to KK the Japanese zero dive bomber (apparently they had them), I know it's a little late but FP3 hasn't started.
Alonso says on twitter that it's warmer today so that should help Lotus. Permane says their FP2 position was not representative of their true pace:
Lotus still look slow. In FP3 we usually see cars setup ready for quali, so either they are very confident or have fallen behind like in 2011. I see an Alonso pole.
If Nico is smiling after not getting a single lap in FP3 I would be looking at him or Schumacher to get pole, that's the kind of face Seb had when he binned it in Turkey and he still did it. Mercedes are still far too quiet in practice...
[table="width: 400"] [tr] [td]Driver[/td] [td]Actual Time[/td] [td]Best Sectors Combined[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Vettel[/td] [td]1:14.442[/td] [td]1:14.278[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Alonso[/td] [td]1:14.448[/td] [td]1:14.448[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Hamilton[/td] [td]1:14.712[/td] [td]1:14.712[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Webber[/td] [td]1:14.724[/td] [td]1:14.688[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Maldonado[/td] [td]1:14.755[/td] [td]1:14.664[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Massa[/td] [td]1:14.767[/td] [td]1:14.643[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Schumacher[/td] [td]1:14.796[/td] [td]1:14.757[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Grosjean[/td] [td]1:14.873[/td] [td]1:14.873[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Raikkonen[/td] [td]1:14.977[/td] [td]1:14.826[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Hulkenburg[/td] [td]1:14.992[/td] [td]1:14.851[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Di Resta[/td] [td]1:15.067[/td] [td]1:15.038[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Perez[/td] [td]1:15.112[/td] [td]1:15.029[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Kobayashi[/td] [td]1:15.126[/td] [td]1:14.885[/td] [/tr] [/table] Speed Trap 3. Perez - 323.9 4. Kobayashi - 323.6 9. Raikkonen - 321.9 10. Button - 321.8 12. Grosjean - 321.3 14. Hamilton - 319.6 16. Massa - 318.3 19. Alonso - 318.1 20. Schumacher - 316.9 21. Webber - 316.0 22. Vettel - 315.9 Only Vergne (307.2) was slower than Vettel.
Any qualifying predictions? I'll say Rosberg on pole, Vettel 2nd, Alonso 3rd, Hamilton 4th, Button out in Q2
I can't believe that the Mercs can pull this out of the bag, after sandbagging three sessions. 4/5th for me. Otherwise I will eat my own nob. DO NOT HOLD ME TO THAT NOW
