Ferrari will come stronger in the race but I genuinely feel alonso is cracking somewhat. Hopefully Hamilton won't be to compromised tomorrow and we can get some sort of race for third (or second once Webber retires).
What are the chances that Webber will have a "problem" at the start, allowing Hans the Robot to get past?
Oh dear.... Andrew Benson ‏@andrewbensonf1 22m Raikkonen excluded from qualifying, allowed to start from the back of the grid
Oh dear.... Andrew Benson ‏@andrewbensonf1 22m Raikkonen excluded from qualifying, allowed to start from the back of the grid
Alonso, Kimi and Lewis all seem to be cracking this weekend; they were all out of sorts last weekend too: are they feeling that they haven't just lost the championship but also the hope of future titles?
Hamilton with a broken car, Kimi excluded and alonso going for a Sunday drive on a Saturday. I suppose Vettels had a bad Saturday to, he's only second
A shame they couldn't put Vettel to the back again, for no other reason than it would make for an interesting race. FIA need to put in a regulation for that.
I don't think Hamilton has cracked at all this weekend. Not yet anyway. He was certainly off form last weekend but you can hardly put a mechanical failiure down to him cracking mentally can you? From the times it looked like he was going to outqualify Vettel.
I find it quite amusin g that someone who supports a driver with the most meaningless stat in modern F1 printed in big numbers on his helmet would have the temerity to call out another driver about his loving of 'stats'
So Kimi dsq for flexi floor. If lotus have it then no doubt others do too. Also anybody notice the red bulls plank is at an angle to the left? Is that normal and allowed? You can see it when they come out the pit before they go under the tunnel. Anyway not expecting much of a thriller as usual tomorrow.
Just now getting around to watching qualifying... busy weekend. Q2 just finished. Shocked at Alonso not making Q3. He just hasn't been on it this year. Just a blip or are we coming to the end?
Just now getting around to watching qualifying... busy weekend. Q2 just finished. Shocked at Alonso not making Q3. He just hasn't been on it this year. Just a blip or are we coming to the end?
Alonso is saying he would "give his right arm" for another title; Lewis is saying "I have confidence we'll be competitive next year but you never know. Maybe circumstances mean that I never win the world championship again"; and Kimi's frustrations are coming out in the wages issue. I'm sure they'll bounce back but it must be a bit demoralising now, at the end of the 4th season in a row.
You can always tell when one driver in Ferrari is being favoured because their form skyrockets and their team mates plummets. Irvines form skyrocketed when Schumacher broke his leg, Kimi's form shot up at the end of 2007, Felipes form skyrocketed in 08 while Kimi's dropped with suspension changes to hinder Kimi, when Massa got his head injury Kimi's form improved back to 2007 levels. Alonso's form vastly increased after Germany 2010 while Massa went downhill from there for years and most noticeably the 2012 season....... Until! recently with Alonso's comments about Ferrari and also insulting the brand, and surprise surprise Massa's form skyrockets and Alonso's gets worse over these recent grand prix's and it doesn't seem to be improving but in fact getting worse! Looks like the Ferrari/Alonso fans aren't being told the whole story with that relationship because the last time this happened a certain WDC got replaced by another driver... Alonso to take a sabbatical for 2014 season to join McLaren in 2015, you heard it here first! That or McLaren trade Jenson for Alonso so he can join from the start. A very good reason why RBR engineers are leaving for McLaren with a calibre driver like Alonso onboard leading the team.
