Chinese Grand Prix 2012, Shanghai - Race 3/20

[Duke]

Have we heard anything about how Vettel has taken his lowly qualifying position?
Has he called anybody any names? Have any toys been thrown about?
No doubt he will be sulking and wishing that he had used the same chassis version which Webber used.

One good point about his qualifying position is that we shall get to see just how good he is at overtaking.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/98809

 

[Duke]

Thought the HRT front wing looked familiar, so just put the two side by side.

 

[Duke]

Morning

 

[Duke]

What a great race throughout

 

[Duke]

The spirit of Trulli train lives on...

 

[Duke]

Is that right, red bull leading constructors?

Mclaren were ahead of them last race and pulled further ahead today.

[b]Pos	Constructor		Points[/b]
1	McLaren/Mercedes	88
2	Red Bull/Renault	64
3	Ferrari			37
4	Sauber/Ferrari		31
5	Mercedes		26
6	Lotus/Renault		24
7	Williams/Renault	18
8	Force India/Mercedes	9

 

[Duke]

Much closer racing this season without the blown diffusers.

 

[Duke]

Nobert is so funny, I'll never forget his face when hooning around Race of Champions in some old Merc SL.

 

[Duke]

Great analysis on Sky atm.

 

[Duke]

Jean Todt ambled into the Mercedes garage to say well done. He's always looked like a hobbit/hobgoblin to me.

He's turning into the next Bernie

 

[Duke]

So happy for Rosberg, good lord did you see his tyres when he pulled in? lol!

Yep and they would have been far worse if JB had been catching him!

 

[Duke]

someone with eagle eyes spotted only one merc had the front duct on

Thats only for cooling isn't it? As the intake for the DDRS is within the rear wing side?

 

[Duke]

We'll only know if Merc have actually sorted their tyre wear issues next weekend. I have the feeling they haven't going by what Rosberg said (i.e. the weather being kind to them).

 

[Duke]

i dont think it will be as bad as people expect

aus = to hard on the tyres
mal = not hard enough of the tyres
china = about right

i guess it depends on how stable the weather is over the race weekend to how well they can dial in the settings but i dont see them beeing as fast as mclaren in race trim very often

Neither of those were hot races though, when all three could have been. We'll see

 

[Duke]

lolMarussia

Charles Pic – The team took the canny decision to call Pic to drive through the pits on lap 48 without stopping, allowing the leaders to pass without costing him too much time. Until that point he had been around ten seconds behind Glock – he crossed the line less than half a second behind his team mate.

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/04/16/vote-chinese-grand-prix-driver-weekend/

 

[Duke]

Wasnt the double diffuser already on a few cars

Yep Williams and Toyota had the same system, although I don't know if anyone knew whether it was as good or not or if the Brawn car was very good in other areas as well.