Chinese Grand Prix 2012, Shanghai - Race 3/20

Weebull · 10 Apr 2012 at 19:10

I was absolutely convinced this was on last weekend, to the point of trying to hide from the result before I saw it on the iPlayer, and then getting thoroughly confused when trying to find the race on said site.

Kevin Clark said:
Stupendously amazing fact of the GP...... [not really]

All of the last 7 winners of this race are on the grid.

2011 Hamilton McLaren
2010 Button McLaren
2009 Vettel Red Bull
2008 Hamilton McLaren
2007 Raikkonen Ferrari
2006 Schumacher Ferrari
2005 Alonso Renault

I'd wager that's true of almost every GP this season though, what with the whole "last six world champions" thing.

JRS · 10 Apr 2012 at 19:21

Weebull said:
I'd wager that's true of almost every GP this season though, what with the whole "last six world champions" thing.

We-e-ell, there's Malaysia (Giancarlo Fisichella no longer has a race drive). Also Canada (Kubica isn't fit yet), Valencia (no Rubens), Britain (Montoya is NASCAR racin'), Monza (Rubens and Montoya again), and Brazil (Montoya once again). So 6 out of the 20 circuits that F1 is going to this year.

Weebull · 10 Apr 2012 at 19:59

Did you look those up? I was going to, but couldn't be bothered, so opted for "almost" instead.

I suppose it depends on whether you count the five (?) GPs that haven't even made it to 7 years old yet, too. I did see you could go back as far as 2000 for Spain though, such was Schumacher's dominance there.

JRS · 10 Apr 2012 at 20:50

Weebull said:
Did you look those up? I was going to, but couldn't be bothered, so opted for "almost" instead.

I had to check Malaysia

-Ad- · 11 Apr 2012 at 01:18

Duke said:
When you hear the noise and see how late they brake and turn into corners, you will be amazed Let us know how you get on throughout the weekend if possible

I know, I'm all giddy with excitement. Plus there is a large group of us from the gfs work people. I might try and get a silly hat to stand out!

Lots if pics will be incoming

Muffin` said:
mother ****er

I'll keep my eyes peeled for any suspension failures aswell and hopefully the DRS is setup well on the straight this year!

Irish_Tom · 11 Apr 2012 at 08:27

Really looking forward to this one, I've had withdrawal symptoms.

Guerrilla · 11 Apr 2012 at 08:28

-Ad- said:
I know, I'm all giddy with excitement. Plus there is a large group of us from the gfs work people. I might try and get a silly hat to stand out!

Lots if pics will be incoming

Awesome... hope you have a great time. Do get a hat and we can keep an eye out for you

JeditOjanen · 11 Apr 2012 at 13:01

Kevin Clark said:
Stupendously amazing fact of the GP...... [not really]

All of the last 7 winners of this race are on the grid.

2011 Hamilton McLaren
2010 Button McLaren
2009 Vettel Red Bull
2008 Hamilton McLaren
2007 Raikkonen Ferrari
2006 Schumacher Ferrari
2005 Alonso Renault

That's only six winners (he says pedantically) - Hamilton won it twice. The seventh winner was Barrichello, in the inaugural race in 2004.

A slightly more interesting fact: for the last three years (and five times out of eight overall), the winner of the Chinese GP has failed to win the Drivers Championship.

arknor · 11 Apr 2012 at 15:02

wesley · 11 Apr 2012 at 15:05

whoa didnt realise LH is very short

utajoker · 11 Apr 2012 at 15:15

We're does he get his ties from. They must be super long.

wesley · 11 Apr 2012 at 15:48

by the way, who is he?

GravyMonster · 11 Apr 2012 at 15:54

Hmm. I thought he was the tall guy from Rush Hour 3, but IMDB says I'm wrong.

wesley · 11 Apr 2012 at 16:23

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yao_Ming

arknor · 11 Apr 2012 at 16:33

wesley said:
by the way, who is he?

hes the meme guy

DBT85 · 11 Apr 2012 at 18:41

DRS zone is 152m shorter than last season apparently. It will be 752 metres before Turn 14.

Mr Jack · 11 Apr 2012 at 19:44

I'm backing Hamilton to win this one; the McLaren is clearly the car in for and he's done well in China historically. Button must be favourite to make things a McLaren 1-2. I'm also backing Michael for the final podium slot, I expect the Mercedes to perform well in China.

Also, F1 on BBC! Yay! I can watch it live

Duke · 11 Apr 2012 at 20:43

It should be Mclarens race if dry. Merc should qually both cars in top few as well, with the long straight allowing them to get good speed with the uber DRS.

arknor · 11 Apr 2012 at 20:49

Duke said:
It should me Mclarens race if dry. Merc should qually both cars be in top few as well, with the long straight allowing them to get good speed with the uber DRS.

lotus are aparently going to lodge an official protest or whatever tommorow.

aparently some daimler ag shareholders are questioning why mercedes are in f1 when they are losing ground to bmw, so if bernie is still trying to screw them over with the new concorde agreement it wouldnt suprise me if dieter zetsche just pulls the plug on f1

Skeeter · 11 Apr 2012 at 21:01

Were you not only recently jumping down the throat of anyone who dared suggest Merc would pull the plug if they failed to deliver this year?