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

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Who will win the European Grand Prix?

Poll closed Jun 21, 2012.
  1. Lewis Hamilton

    25.7%
  2. Fernando Alonso

    17.1%
  3. Sebastian Vettel

    34.3%
  4. Mark Webber

    2.9%
  5. Nico Rosberg

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  6. Kimi Raikkonen

    2.9%
  7. Romain Grosjean

    2.9%
  8. Jenson Button

    2.9%
  9. Sergio Perez

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  10. Pastor Maldonado

    2.9%
  11. Kamui Kobayashi

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  12. Paul di Resta

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  13. Bruno Senna

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  14. Michael Schumacher

    8.6%
  15. Other (Please state)

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
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  1. EternalMSC

    EternalMSC Well-Known Member

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    Force India could have been better, Mercedes and Ferrari did not live up to their names, Sauber didn't surprise, but they and Lotus could have a belter of a race tomorrow, still a lot to give I reckon, so Vettel cannot get too comfortable.
    Advice to Vettel...
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  2. Smithers

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    I hope your right, nothing against Seb but it will be sh111te if he just runs off into the distance!
     
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  3. Julius Caesar

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    Very underwhelming result to come home to. Better than recently at least. Maybe some points at last.

    Few suprise positions may just help keep me awake in the race.
     
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  4. RoadRunner

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    How can Red Bull have one car get pole position by three tenths in one lap but not 5 feet away in the adjacent garage one car with a multitude of problems and for three hours just have the mechanics doing what appeared to a very half-assed job to fix them?
    It is just outrightly blatant that whenever Vettel has problems they'll work sleepless nights and ages and take any data Webber has collected to fix them but whenever problems hit Webber they do nothing whatsoever.
     
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  5. Delete Me

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    That's interesting, both Lotus' are near the bottom of the speed traps...


    1 17 J. VERGNE 321.4
    2 8 N. ROSBERG 320.4
    3 16 D. RICCIARDO 320.0
    4 7 M. SCHUMACHER 319.4
    5 14 K. KOBAYASHI 318.1
    6 4 L. HAMILTON 318.0
    7 15 S. PEREZ 317.9
    8 11 P. DI RESTA 317.9
    9 3 J. BUTTON 317.9
    10 12 N. HULKENBERG 317.8
    11 6 F. MASSA 316.0
    12 19 B. SENNA 314.6
    13 18 P. MALDONADO 314.4
    14 23 N. KARTHIKEYAN 313.5
    15 22 P. DE LA ROSA 313.1
    16 5 F. ALONSO 312.6
    17 1 S. VETTEL 312.2
    18 20 H. KOVALAINEN 312.0
    19 21 V. PETROV 311.4
    20 2 M. WEBBER 311.3
    21 9 K. RAIKKONEN 310.2
    22 10 R. GROSJEAN 310.2
    23 25 C. PIC 307.6

    If it comes to it, Vettel, Pastor and Lewis might be impossible to overtake on race day for those 2...
     
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  6. BrightLampShade

    BrightLampShade Well-Known Member
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    How long before this is a meme?

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  7. Big Ern

    Big Ern Lord, Master, Guru & Emperor

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    maybe after working with him for a few years they, like me, think he's an arsehole, maybe if he didn't whinge, whine and blame them constantly for 2 years because he isn't as good as Seb they might pull their finger out.
     
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  8. TomTom94

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    My audacious punt on Maldonado could still come off, but Vettel looks ominously dominant once more.
     
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  9. Eat Sleep Watch F1 Repeat

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    Hamilton under investigation for impeding Rosberg on his out lap.
     
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  10. BrightLampShade

    BrightLampShade Well-Known Member
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    Oh god <doh>

    wasn't that in q2 so didn't really matter in the end... may just may get away with it. If its the one I'm thinking of anyway.
     
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  11. Delete Me

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    Oh FFS really?????

    Don't be suprised if Sutil is the "unbiased" witness lol!
     
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  12. BrightLampShade

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    Isn't Hulk under investigation also? or did someone impede him
     
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  13. Eat Sleep Watch F1 Repeat

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    The lap was in Q3. Hamilton was released just before Rosberg so Rosberg had plenty of time to back off and give himself space.
     
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  14. BrightLampShade

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    oh so he didn't impede his lap, its because those last few corners are blind? I guess it depends how much he slowed down. Sounds more like a slap on the wrists job.
     
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  15. Delete Me

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    Well I was the first to know (15 minutes ahead of others) that Lewis would go back of the grid thanks to twitter so I'll keep you all up to date on what my twitter "friends" find out etc...
     
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  16. RoadRunner

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    Pretty sure Mika Salo is the driver steward this weekend.
     
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  17. Eat Sleep Watch F1 Repeat

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    He was in front of Rosberg for all of the outlap so Nico had plenty of time to back off.
     
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  18. Delete Me

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    Yeah but it happend in Q3 and on the pole shootout, I think it will be a reprimand but............dont be suprised if it isn't a 5 place penalty.
     
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  19. BrightLampShade

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    So its to do with this then, point 10:

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    How slow is unnecessarily slow lol
     
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  20. Delete Me

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    Was about to link that but with regard to the stewards making a choice on this........BINGO!
     
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