Chinese Grand Prix 2012, Shanghai - Race 3/20
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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?
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Is the hole in the nose tip not for cooling tho? Or is the nose being used for wing stalling and bigger intake for cooling?
I think it's far too early to be almost certain, a lot can change and there's still 85% of the season still to run!
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Good win by Nico, well deserved but shame for MS once again but he was never going to challenge for the win, was there anything said about the number of moves Lewis made on the straight? I thought it was 1 move only and you were then not allowed to move back to the racing line for this year? Brundle touched on it on Sky and thought it was maybe ok.
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That has to hurt!
not as much as his last attempt using a lotus
better choice of ramp this time.
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That has to hurt!
Indeed. After the race he said he felt it in his shoulders. Bet he'll be sore tomorrow once the adrenaline wears off.
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Nothing more was said about it as far as I am aware. I thought it was slightly borderline, but I guess it was deemed ok. Haven't seen a replay though, and with so much going on I didn't get much time to think about it!
yea msc was never going to challenege for the win , his pitstop would probbaly have been another 3+ seconds longer to get the wheel properly fitted and he just lost to much time to everyone behind him who stopped earlier.
if he would have stayed out like rosberg he probably would have been in 2nd at the end though.
i dont think any of the teams really understands the tyre wear fully yet or atleast they didnt before today
most insightful post mansei
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Whether they are in multiple race winning form or not, they have certainly moved forward since last year.
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
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We are going to some hot races soon though right? Wouldn't expect that to help their tyre wear. The fact is not even Mercedes know what is going on or what to expect though, so I guess we will just have to wait and see.
The last 15-20 laps of that race were great, even if it was a bit manufactured by crappy tyres (Raikkonen's cliff antics were shocking 
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Great race by Rosberg, not what I think anyone expected but whether conditions or just improvements they didn't munch the tyres, shame Schumi had the problem as who knows how that would've unfolded, he may not have had the pace of Rosberg but he was up there with the McLarens...
Hamilton is a bit odd this year, on the one hand he's had pretty uneventful races, some nice overtakes but also some failures to get passed when the team does another boneheaded decision, but ultimately 3rd for 3 races in a row, and now leading the championship, certainly a distinct improvement over the middle to end of last year
)Great race by Rosberg, not what I think anyone expected but whether conditions or just improvements they didn't munch the tyres, shame Schumi had the problem as who knows how that would've unfolded, he may not have had the pace of Rosberg but he was up there with the McLarens...
Hamilton is a bit odd this year, on the one hand he's had pretty uneventful races, some nice overtakes but also some failures to get passed when the team does another boneheaded decision, but ultimately 3rd for 3 races in a row, and now leading the championship, certainly a distinct improvement over the middle to end of last year