Official Not606 Brazilian GP Chat and Predictions

The type of person who would ask for extra homework at school.

 

Rosbergs tyres were beyond ruined after 10 laps!

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Seems like the bodywork is free of heat damage, probably gotten away with any other issues

 

Nico Rosberg so informative.

 

[TABLE="class: active-results"]
[TR]
[TH]Pos[/TH]
[TH]Driver[/TH]
[TH]Car[/TH]
[TH]Time[/TH]
[TH]Gap[/TH]
[TH]Laps[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]Nico Rosberg[/TD]
[TD]Mercedes[/TD]
[TD]1m12.123s[/TD]
[TD]-[/TD]
[TD]36[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]Lewis Hamilton[/TD]
[TD]Mercedes[/TD]
[TD]1m12.336s[/TD]
[TD]0.213s[/TD]
[TD]36[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]Kimi Raikkonen[/TD]
[TD]Ferrari[/TD]
[TD]1m12.696s[/TD]
[TD]0.573s[/TD]
[TD]32[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]Daniel Ricciardo[/TD]
[TD]Red Bull/Renault[/TD]
[TD]1m12.956s[/TD]
[TD]0.833s[/TD]
[TD]24[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]5[/TD]
[TD]Valtteri Bottas[/TD]
[TD]Williams/Mercedes[/TD]
[TD]1m13.035s[/TD]
[TD]0.912s[/TD]
[TD]31[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6[/TD]
[TD]Felipe Massa[/TD]
[TD]Williams/Mercedes[/TD]
[TD]1m13.099s[/TD]
[TD]0.976s[/TD]
[TD]27[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]7[/TD]
[TD]Fernando Alonso[/TD]
[TD]Ferrari[/TD]
[TD]1m13.122s[/TD]
[TD]0.999s[/TD]
[TD]20[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]8[/TD]
[TD]Daniil Kvyat[/TD]
[TD]Toro Rosso/Renault[/TD]
[TD]1m13.254s[/TD]
[TD]1.131s[/TD]
[TD]35[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]9[/TD]
[TD]Sebastian Vettel[/TD]
[TD]Red Bull/Renault[/TD]
[TD]1m13.333s[/TD]
[TD]1.210s[/TD]
[TD]28[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]10[/TD]
[TD]Kevin Magnussen[/TD]
[TD]McLaren/Mercedes[/TD]
[TD]1m13.479s[/TD]
[TD]1.356s[/TD]
[TD]33[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]11[/TD]
[TD]Pastor Maldonado[/TD]
[TD]Lotus/Renault[/TD]
[TD]1m13.497s[/TD]
[TD]1.374s[/TD]
[TD]33[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]12[/TD]
[TD]Romain Grosjean[/TD]
[TD]Lotus/Renault[/TD]
[TD]1m13.714s[/TD]
[TD]1.591s[/TD]
[TD]37[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]13[/TD]
[TD]Nico Hulkenberg[/TD]
[TD]Force India/Mercedes[/TD]
[TD]1m13.882s[/TD]
[TD]1.759s[/TD]
[TD]32[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]14[/TD]
[TD]Esteban Gutierrez[/TD]
[TD]Sauber/Ferrari[/TD]
[TD]1m13.902s[/TD]
[TD]1.779s[/TD]
[TD]25[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]15[/TD]
[TD]Adrian Sutil[/TD]
[TD]Sauber/Ferrari[/TD]
[TD]1m14.204s[/TD]
[TD]2.081s[/TD]
[TD]36[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]16[/TD]
[TD]Jenson Button[/TD]
[TD]McLaren/Mercedes[/TD]
[TD]1m14.209s[/TD]
[TD]2.086s[/TD]
[TD]31[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]17[/TD]
[TD]Jean-Eric Vergne[/TD]
[TD]Toro Rosso/Renault[/TD]
[TD]1m17.171s[/TD]
[TD]5.048s[/TD]
[TD]5[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

Massa and Hamilton were the only ones to go faster on their second lap. If its dry then quali will be a one shot run.

Looking at Buttons times I have a sneaky suspicion he may be bailing on quali on concentrating purely on race pace.

 

I think they're missing a trick here. Like 'freedom fries', they need rebranding as Budget Caps.

And they should give one to Horner as a free gift.

 

FP2

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[TR]
[TH="class: Sectors raceResults, bgcolor: #FFFFFF, colspan: 3"]Sector #1[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH="class: raceResults, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Pos[/TH]
[TH="class: raceResults, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Driver[/TH]
[TH="class: raceResults, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Time[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]1[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Nico Rosberg[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]18.258[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]2[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Lewis Hamilton[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]18.273[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]3[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Felipe Massa[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]18.313[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]4[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Daniil Kvyat[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]18.388[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]5[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Kimi Räikkönen[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]18.398[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]6[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Daniel Ricciardo[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]18.469[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]



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[TR]
[TH="class: Sectors raceResults, bgcolor: #FFFFFF, colspan: 3"]Sector #2[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH="class: raceResults, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Pos[/TH]
[TH="class: raceResults, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Driver[/TH]
[TH="class: raceResults, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Time[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]1[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Lewis Hamilton[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]37.135[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]2[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Nico Rosberg[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]37.225[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]3[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Kimi Räikkönen[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]37.480[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]4[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Daniel Ricciardo[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]37.491[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]5[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Valtteri Bottas[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]37.620[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]6[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Kevin Magnussen[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]37.652[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]



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[TR]
[TH="class: Sectors raceResults, bgcolor: #FFFFFF, colspan: 3"]Sector #3[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH="class: raceResults, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Pos[/TH]
[TH="class: raceResults, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Driver[/TH]
[TH="class: raceResults, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Time[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]1[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Nico Rosberg[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]16.640[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]2[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Felipe Massa[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]16.706[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]3[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Lewis Hamilton[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]16.739[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]4[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Kimi Räikkönen[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]16.813[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]5[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Fernando Alonso[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]16.814[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]6[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Valtteri Bottas[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]16.815[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]





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[TR]
[TH="class: raceResults, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Pos[/TH]
[TH="class: raceResults, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Driver[/TH]
[TH="class: raceResults, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Speed[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]1[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Daniil Kvyat[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]334.3[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]2[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Lewis Hamilton[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]333.1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]3[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Valtteri Bottas[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]331.2[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]4[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Nico Rosberg[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]331.1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]5[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Felipe Massa[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]330.4[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]6[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Sebastian Vettel[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]327.8[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]7[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Kevin Magnussen[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]326.6[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]8[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Romain Grosjean[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]326.3[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]9[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Daniel Ricciardo[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]325.9[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]10[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Adrian Sutil[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]325.4[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]11[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Fernando Alonso[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]324.5[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]12[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Jenson Button[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]324.4[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]13[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Esteban Gutierrez[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]319.8[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]14[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Pastor Maldonado[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]318.8[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]15[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Kimi Räikkönen[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]316.8[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]16[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Nico Hulkenberg[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]315.9[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]17[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Jean-Eric Vergne[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]314.8[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

 

Blending best sector times together give:

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Kimi did pretty well considering his top speed.

 

Agreed. Shocking that it's allowed to catch fire like that.

On a more serious note, the quality of the marshals seems a bit low this weekend. They were really struggling to recover Juncadella's Force India. Something like that should be trivial.

 

Great quote from Button re lack of top speed. 'We would have to take the wings off [to get that speed]' Looks like he has decided that his future is not at McL no matter if Ron offers him a contract for 2015 or not.

 

Geared for a wet setup probably

 

Knowing that the title race will go Abu Dhabi, it almost seems pointless watching this race.

 

Lol. That's like saying there's no point watching any race but one that could be a title decider. Go stand in the corner ASC!

 

Too late to vote

 

Just knowing that the WDC won't be sorted tomorrow regardless of the result, just makes the race less appealing to watch, knowing that in the next race it will be decided.

I probably will end up watching it, but the urge to make sure I am free at that time of day to watch it just isn't there.

 

I know what you mean. Tommorow will have less relevence than any other race this season

 

Rosberg has just gone faster than the qualifying lap record, which has stood for 10 years. Might well see that record go later this afternoon.

 

Do we reckon Hamilton cares that Rosberg has been fastest in all 3 sessions?

2 second places and the title is his. Will his new mature side allow him to cruise around behind Rosberg for the title?

 

It's a difficult one. Why take risks trying to win races when you don't need to?

But we have seen what can happen (or very nearly happen) when a driver, including Hamilton once, races to get a particular result and it nearly bites him on the bum.