The 2012 Formula 1 Grand Prix of Europe Official Chat & Predictions

Yet you've voted Schumacher as the winner!? This seems a bit odd! Have you changed your mind, EMSC?

 

So Rosberg says the W03 “absolutely the fastest car” at the moment, something which he also stated in the Monaco press conference. He goes on to say "I have the feeling that we could win every race" despite their pace in Canada. Hembery predicted a Mercedes pole and win so there must be something they can see that we can't. Maybe it's a case of having lesser drivers in a top car.

 

Single DRS this year, just after the bridge.

 

Either Rosberg is deluded and thinks having the fastest car is finishing 6th most races or he isn't quick enough to get the best out of it.

 

I expected more people to vote for Lotus.

 

Lesser than whom?

 

Other driver pairings?

 

Give me one driver pairing that has don exceptionally well in 2012 without the need for tean orders....

 

I've went for Schumi to break his 2nd stint duck.

There is no logic behind my guess.

 

He will win this season no doubt about that, we have around 14 races to go, so it's about when the car suits the track really, maybe his 300th GP?

 

Well Mercedes' drivers haven't done exceptionally well in 2012 without the need for team orders, so I don't see what relevance it has to Forza's original comment. Red Bull, McLaren, Lotus, Ferrari (I'd rather run one car with Alonso in it than both Mercedes', unless the car was absolutely dominant) and Force India all have stronger line ups than Mercedes in my opinion.

 

Sauber do too.

 

Mercedes was good enough for 1st and 3rd on the grid in Monaco and was clearly the best car, Rosberg just couldn't overtake the slower Red-Bull.

Valencia is more alike to Monaco than Canada, so I think we should see them back at the front again. And the DDRS should be more useful here than Montreal.

If Schu doesn't suffer more bad luck, he could well win.

 

He should have swung the car in at the hairpin, Rosberg does lack that spark.

 

I am now invoking what I like to call "Roadie's Code". Its effectively the same as "Westy's Law", but with Schumacher replacing Hamilton

 

Your like an FIA steward.

 

Any contact at the hairpin resulted in penalties last year. Probably wanted to avoid that situation

 

Why would you say such a thing?
I'm just going to run off and eat a big bucket of ice-cream now!

 

It is hard to judge the true pace of cars this year because there seems to be a bigger difference between quali and race pace. Teams such as Sauber and Lotus at times have not been that fast in quali but then in the race have been some of the fastest cars. The reverse is also true with at time Mclaren and Mercedes being fast in quali and then during the race have been slower than other cars. No doubt this is due to the manner in which cars get heat into their tyres such as if they can do it over one lap or need multiple laps to get the optimal amount of heat into them. Also how well they can evenly heat both the front and rear tyres.

 

Some overtakes were clean there actually