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The Official Not606 Chinese GP Chat & Predictions

Discussion in 'Formula 1' started by El_Bando, Apr 2, 2013.

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With Friends like these?

Poll closed Apr 11, 2013.
  1. Vettel

    16.2%
  2. Raikkonen

    2.7%
  3. Webber

    2.7%
  4. Hamilton

    40.5%
  5. Massa

    2.7%
  6. Alonso

    16.2%
  7. Rosberg

    5.4%
  8. Grosjean

    5.4%
  9. Button

    8.1%
  10. Perez

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  11. Other

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
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  1. Max Whiplash

    Max Whiplash Well-Known Member

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    Yes, thank you. There should be no place for his kind of mindless disruption.
     
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  2. El_Bando

    El_Bando Can't remember, where was I? Forum Moderator

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    it was BLS <ok>
     
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  3. Max Whiplash

    Max Whiplash Well-Known Member

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    Thanks, BLS.
     
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  4. JonnyBaws

    JonnyBaws Well-Known Member

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    The guy gives turd burglars a bad name!

    Nice one BLS <ok>
     
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  5. JonnyBaws

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    Confirmed, Soft binned for Bahrain, Option to be Mediums and Prime to be Hards.
    Will some now try to make it a one stop? I doubt it, most I think will do a two stopper.
    Med, Med, Hard or Med, Hard (for a long middle stint), Med for short final stint, hopefully going against runners on the slower hard compound may allow some to make up a few places?
     
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  6. BrightLampShade

    BrightLampShade Well-Known Member Forum Moderator

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    I accept cheque or Woolworth vouchers as payment.
     
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  7. BrightLampShade

    BrightLampShade Well-Known Member Forum Moderator

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    Hamilton reckons his Chinese GP race performance had been compromised by balance issues caused by rubber debris getting caught in his front wing, although he does not believe the team had the speed to beat Alonso even without the problems.

    "I don't feel we were harder on the tyres, we just generally didn't have the same pure pace," he said.

    "In terms of looking after the tyres, we had a couple of problems with the front wing.

    "We were losing downforce, so the balance was shifting quite a lot from understeer to balanced, and then balanced to understeer. So we need to fix that."

    Hamilton said that the amount of progress that Mercedes has made since last year was ultimately proved by there being a feeling of slight disappointment at 'only' finishing third.

    "Maybe if we did not have some of the issues with the front wing then I might have been able to overtake the Lotus [of Kimi Raikkonen], maybe, but they were still very quick even though he had problems with his front wing.

    "We just need to improve. As Ross [Brawn] said on the radio, we are not quite there yet but we are not that far away."


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    Getting rubber in his front wing is becoming a habit for Hamilton <laugh>
    Or maybe it happens a lot and we rarely hear of it.
     
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  8. Max Whiplash

    Max Whiplash Well-Known Member

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    DC was pulling rubber out of someone's front wing on his grid walk, as was the driver although I've completely forgotten who it was <doh>

    Edit: It was Ricciardo.
     
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  9. BrightLampShade

    BrightLampShade Well-Known Member Forum Moderator

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    To iPlayer!!!!
     
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  10. El_Bando

    El_Bando Can't remember, where was I? Forum Moderator

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    It was Ricciardos car
     
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  11. BrightLampShade

    BrightLampShade Well-Known Member Forum Moderator

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    Apparently he changed his nose in the race, didn't notice that lol

    .....DC sabotage?
     
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  12. Max Whiplash

    Max Whiplash Well-Known Member

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    DC even helpfully explained how the rubber affects the efficiency of the airflow. Those damned tyres again!
     
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  13. BrightLampShade

    BrightLampShade Well-Known Member Forum Moderator

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    I woke up 5mins before the race so Im watching the grid walk now :)
     
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  14. El_Bando

    El_Bando Can't remember, where was I? Forum Moderator

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    Watch out Brundle butts in the BBC grid walk. I didnt see what he said on sky
     
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  15. BrightLampShade

    BrightLampShade Well-Known Member Forum Moderator

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    I watched the BBC forum and they waved at Ted but he ignored them lol. I just watched his notebook thing and saw if from his side and he really was in a world of his own.
     
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  16. JonnyBaws

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    I like Ted, he's acts the way I think most of us would if we were doing that job, giddy with a (fair)/bit of knowledge!
     
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  17. BrightLampShade

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    Yeah I agree, that how I imagine I would be in a job like that. Always sidetracked by something interesting happen on the paddock.
     
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  18. EternalMSC

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    Overexcited but content person.
     
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  19. El_Bando

    El_Bando Can't remember, where was I? Forum Moderator

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    I would probably be boob browsing with Eddie and DC. When somebody asks me a question I would quickly make something contraversial up to throw off the scent....
     
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