The Offical F1 Thread #2

[Kardan]

Vettel's a *****, end of. Hamilton seemed unaware of the situation until after the race, and rightfully said Nico should have took 3rd. He said in the press conference that hopefully in the future he can repay the favour Vettel however, I wasn't much of a fan of him, but now, urgh, it's just bad sportsmanship. Would have preferred Webber to have won it today, great shame.

[Zak]

Vettel's a *****, end of. Hamilton seemed unaware of the situation until after the race, and rightfully said Nico should have took 3rd. He said in the press conference that hopefully in the future he can repay the favour Vettel however, I wasn't much of a fan of him, but now, urgh, it's just bad sportsmanship. Would have preferred Webber to have won it today, great shame.

Totally agree. To be honest I'm sure Seb will still win the title this year as his car is clearly the best, all he had to do was give this one race to his team mate but he couldn't even do that. Proud of Nico for holding back but I still think he should have been let through because he was quicker than Lewis. Too much politics in racing now.... it's like they're being told not to race one another

[j0rd]

Bahrain qualifying



Surprising to see Rosberg on pole. Not seen the coverage yet, i'll watch it later.

[Deak]

2 Mercedes Pole positions in a row!

I reckon Vettel or Alonso will win in the end.

On the Mercedes front ... It looks like Lewis made a good choice leaving the McLaren

[Zak]

Good luck to Lewis and Nico tomorrow. I like them both so I'm glad of the qualifying result

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[Kardan]

2 Mercedes Pole positions in a row!

I reckon Vettel or Alonso will win in the end.

On the Mercedes front ... It looks like Lewis made a good choice leaving the McLaren

3 poles for Mercedes in a row Lewis in China, Nico in Bahrain and Spain Mercedes have more poles than Red Bull this season

Shame about their race pace and tyre degredation, both Mercedes reckon it'll be hard to even get onto the podium today, ah well I expect if Lewis and Nico are relatively close by the end, with Lewis in front, and in around 4th/5th, Lewis will let Nico through for Malaysia.

[Deak]

Seems that the Mercs are great over one lap but havent got the tyre deg sorted put!

Hopefully they & the mclarens will get upgrades and bcome stronger due to the end of the year

[xxMATTGxx]

Seems people are complaining about the tyres more and more (fans) but are forgetting that the FIA told them to make it like this. What do people think about the tyres? I know they are looking to do changes to them for Silverstone.

[Kardan]

Seems people are complaining about the tyres more and more (fans) but are forgetting that the FIA told them to make it like this. What do people think about the tyres? I know they are looking to do changes to them for Silverstone.

I think 2011 and 2012 pirellis were fine, but this year it seems they've gone too far. Races should be 2/3 pitstops, not 4/5.

[Kardan]

Well, a bit of a procession at the moment. Red Flagged because of the two Marussias and Maldonado. That's about the only time where I've shouted 'Red Flag' and the FIA actually Red Flagged it.
When the SC was deployed, I swore, because I knew Hamilton would be caught out, but then Vettel/Webber ended up being behind the SC, so it was fine. And then somehow it went back to the original situation. So sucks for Hammy, hopefully Rosberg can defend Vettel and Webber, who now won't have tyre issues (Much like Monaco 2011).

And Perez, I didn't like the fact of him coming to McLaren at the start of the year, but wow, he's got some balls. He should be ahead of Alonso here.

And wow, looking at the replay, what the hell did Chilton do there? I suppose that's what you get for a pay driver. Maldonado in the right for once.