You heard it here first, Lewis "did" a bone in his foot and they pulled out because he was injured to a degree and not because of the car being unable to carry on. For me that was a moderate hit (head on) considering how fast he was going so anything could of happened to Lewis' body afterwards. If Lewis doesn't drive on Friday I expect I'm correct, though I hope not!
Just downright dangerous, same as Schumacher 1999, Mercedes need to get their act together, I think both fans will agree on that.
Actually a bit worried for Marussia, irrespective of tyres, having a fastest lap over 2.2s slower than even Caterham is not promising.
[TABLE="width: 50%, align: center"] [TR] [TD]P[/TD] [TD]Driver[/TD] [TD]Team[/TD] [TD]Time[/TD] [TD]Laps[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]1[/TD] [TD] Grosjean[/TD] [TD]Lotus[/TD] [TD] 1m18.218s[/TD] [TD]95[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]2[/TD] [TD] di Resta[/TD] [TD]Force India[/TD] [TD] 1m19.003s +0.785[/TD] [TD]95[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]3[/TD] [TD] Ricciardo[/TD] [TD]Toro Rosso[/TD] [TD] 1m19.134s +0.916[/TD] [TD]83[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]4[/TD] [TD] Webber[/TD] [TD]Red Bull[/TD] [TD] 1m19.338s +1.120[/TD] [TD]101[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]5[/TD] [TD] Hulkenberg[/TD] [TD]Sauber[/TD] [TD] 1m19.502s +1.284[/TD] [TD]99[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]6[/TD] [TD] Hamilton[/TD] [TD]Mercedes[/TD] [TD] 1m19.519s +1.301[/TD] [TD]15[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]7[/TD] [TD] Perez[/TD] [TD]McLaren[/TD] [TD] 1m19.572s +1.354[/TD] [TD]81[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]8[/TD] [TD] Massa[/TD] [TD]Ferrari[/TD] [TD] 1m19.914s +1.696[/TD] [TD]78[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]9[/TD] [TD] Maldonado[/TD] [TD]Williams[/TD] [TD] 1m20.693s +2.475[/TD] [TD]71[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]10[/TD] [TD] Rossiter[/TD] [TD]Force India[/TD] [TD] 1m21.273s +3.055[/TD] [TD]19[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]11[/TD] [TD] vd Garde[/TD] [TD]Caterham[/TD] [TD] 1m21.311s +3.093[/TD] [TD]88[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]12[/TD] [TD] Razia[/TD] [TD]Marussia[/TD] [TD] 1m23.537s +5.319[/TD] [TD]31[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]
1. Romain Grosjean, 1.18.218, 88 laps; 2. Paul di Resta 1:19.003, 95 laps; 3. Daniel Ricciardo, 1:19.134, 83 laps; 4. Mark Webber 1:19.338, 96 laps; 5. Nico Hulkenberg, 1:19.502, 93 laps; 6. Lewis Hamilton, 1:19.519, 15 laps; 7. Sergio Perez, 1:19.572, 81 laps; 8. Felipe Massa, 1:19.914, 70 laps; 9. Pastor Maldonado, 1:20.693, 64 laps; 10. James Rossiter, 1:21.273, 18 laps; 11. Giedo van der Garde, 1:21.311, 88 laps; 12 Luiz Razia, 1:23.537, 31 laps.
Bloody good job, it wasnt a concrete wall, it was a huge impact, I really don't understand how Mercedes can put an F1 car onto a track with no rear brakes, FFS.
Gary Anderson: "I've been out on the track watching the cars and the Lotus continues to look very impressive. The front end is always there, the traction is good and Romain Grosjean is able to be committed on the throttle. Sergio Perez was on a long run in the McLaren and he was very consistent. It also looks pretty good. The Toro Rosso has lost its edge from yesterday - now the rear is moving too much, which was always their problem last year. Red Bull I believe are concentrating on reliability before some upgrades but at the moment it looks like a one-line car - if the driver misses the turn-in, it's hard to get the nose back on line. The Ferrari looks OK, but its tyres are going off more quickly than some others - and it's not always riding the bumps as well as the best."
THE KING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *kneels before the mighty Seb*
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