The Official Not606 Spanish GP Chat and Predictions!!!

Tyre goes boom boom.

 

It seems the tyres just become more tender and melt away.

Pirelli covering up their masterpiece of F1 tyres.

 

Ferrari seem to have good race pace but Alonso's tyres just went so quickly at the end, teams may get caught out big time if they stay out just one lap to long.

 

Looks like we could be in for a good Ferrari, Red Bull, Lotus battle on Sunday

I have a feeling Mercedes will be in no-mans land behind the front 3 but in front of the rest. FI should pick up the lower points with McLaren lucky to get anything.

 

Mercedes must be running full tanks. Their tyre deg was pretty good and I doubt they are 3 seconds off the pace to Red Bull, Lotus and Ferrari. I think Ferrari are the team to beat though. Alonso looking very good thus far.

 

This.

 

I think mercedes will be better off not going for pole. just look at the las 2 races

 

But of course it will be debris, cutting the tyre in such a way that it perfectly scrapes the rubber tread from the belt without damaging the sidewall at all.

They need to stop burying their heads in the sand and sort this out. If a tyre goes in the tunnel next race someone's gonna have a bad time.

Looks set for a good race. Ideal grid would be Hamilton, Vettel, Alonso, Raikkonen, but I'm not sure Mercedes have the pace and Webber will be in there somewhere. I can see Raikkonen having a mare in quali and having to two stop to get on the podium as usual.

 

Hamiltons dog is now a main sport headline on the BBC front page

 

You will see it on Sky news in a minute for the wrong reasons.

 

torro rosso doing really well this season so far. definitely the best of the middle behind FI. williams and sauber well behind.

can see alonso vs vettel for this race. will all depend on how well they manage the tyres and when they choose to pit.

 

[TABLE="width: 515"]
[TR]
[TH="class: raceResults, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Pos[/TH]
[TH="class: raceResults, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]No[/TH]
[TH="class: raceResults, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Driver[/TH]
[TH="class: raceResults, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Time of Day[/TH]
[TH="class: raceResults, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Speed[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]1[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]3[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Fernando Alonso[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]14:05:43[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]318.8[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]2[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]15[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Adrian Sutil[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]14:07:19[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]315.2[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]3[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]14[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Paul di Resta[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]15:08:31[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]315.0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]4[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]20[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Charles Pic[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]14:03:53[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]314.2[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]5[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]4[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Felipe Massa[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]14:06:58[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]314.1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]6[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]7[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Kimi Räikkönen[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]15:25:43[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]313.7[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]7[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]6[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Sergio Perez[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]14:05:39[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]313.1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]8[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]23[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Max Chilton[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]15:09:35[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]312.9[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]9[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]5[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Jenson Button[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]14:26:21[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]312.8[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]10[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]10[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Lewis Hamilton[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]14:26:52[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]312.6[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]11[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]16[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Pastor Maldonado[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]14:05:18[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]312.5[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]12[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]21[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Giedo van der Garde[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]14:09:03[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]312.0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]13[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]11[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Nico Hulkenberg[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]15:20:27[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]311.6[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]14[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]9[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Nico Rosberg[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]15:28:46[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]311.6[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]15[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]17[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Valtteri Bottas[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]14:04:52[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]311.5[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]16[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]8[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Romain Grosjean[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]14:07:10[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]310.9[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]17[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]18[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Jean-Eric Vergne[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]14:21:42[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]310.3[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]18[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]1[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Sebastian Vettel[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]15:24:49[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]310.2[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]19[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]19[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Daniel Ricciardo[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]14:04:43[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]310.0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]20[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]2[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Mark Webber[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]14:05:16[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]309.5[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]21[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]12[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Esteban Gutierrez[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]14:26:53[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]308.5[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]22[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]22[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Jules Bianchi[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]14:35:44[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]306.9[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

 

Best sector times

[TABLE="width: 515"]
[TR]
[TH="class: Sectors raceResults, bgcolor: #FFFFFF, colspan: 4"]Sector #1[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH="class: raceResults, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Pos[/TH]
[TH="class: raceResults, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]No[/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"]3[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Fernando Alonso[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]22.884[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]2[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]8[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Romain Grosjean[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]22.982[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]3[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]4[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Felipe Massa[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]23.002[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]4[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]1[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Sebastian Vettel[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]23.021[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]5[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]10[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Lewis Hamilton[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]23.072[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]6[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]7[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Kimi Räikkönen[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]23.102[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]7[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]5[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Jenson Button[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]23.149[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]8[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]9[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Nico Rosberg[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]23.193[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]9[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]15[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Adrian Sutil[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]23.217[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]10[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]2[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Mark Webber[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]23.239[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"][/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"][/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"][/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"][/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
[TABLE="width: 515"]
[TR]
[TH="class: Sectors raceResults, bgcolor: #FFFFFF, colspan: 4"]Sector #2[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH="class: raceResults, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Pos[/TH]
[TH="class: raceResults, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]No[/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"]1[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Sebastian Vettel[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]30.914[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]2[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]2[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Mark Webber[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]31.050[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]3[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]10[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Lewis Hamilton[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]31.109[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]4[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]7[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Kimi Räikkönen[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]31.141[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]5[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]4[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Felipe Massa[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]31.161[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]6[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]3[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Fernando Alonso[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]31.262[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]7[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]8[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Romain Grosjean[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]31.291[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]8[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]15[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Adrian Sutil[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]31.299[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]9[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]9[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Nico Rosberg[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]31.378[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]10[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]14[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Paul di Resta[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]31.469[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"][/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"][/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"][/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"][/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
[TABLE="width: 515"]
[TR]
[TH="class: Sectors raceResults, bgcolor: #FFFFFF, colspan: 4"]Sector #3[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH="class: raceResults, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Pos[/TH]
[TH="class: raceResults, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]No[/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"]2[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Mark Webber[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]28.542[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]2[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]3[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Fernando Alonso[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]28.679[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]3[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]10[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Lewis Hamilton[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]28.724[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]4[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]1[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Sebastian Vettel[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]28.769[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]5[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]7[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Kimi Räikkönen[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]28.787[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]6[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]9[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Nico Rosberg[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]28.799[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]7[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]18[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Jean-Eric Vergne[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]28.909[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]8[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]4[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Felipe Massa[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]28.947[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]9[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]19[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Daniel Ricciardo[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]29.239[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]10[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]11[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Nico Hulkenberg[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]29.253[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

So theoretical best laps:

Vettel 1.22.704
Alonso 1.22.824
Webber 1.22.831
Hamilton 1.22.905
Raikkonen: 1.23.030
Massa 1.23.110
Rosberg: 1.23.370

 

Brundle always said Webber had some weird way of driving that last sector.

 

They say sector 3 here is a good sign of who will go well in Monaco

 

That...actually makes a lot of sense, and I hadn't realised before

 

So for future reference, is this how you refer to more than one apex? Apexes is wrong?

 

McLaren have taken a giant leap sideways it seems.

 

Thats what the FIA says

So its probs wrong

 

Thats what the FIA says

So its probs wrong