Malaysia Grand Prix 2012, Kuala Lumpur - Race 2/20

Reaper 392 · 21 Mar 2012 at 13:10

i think people are saying 2010 was a walkover because it really should have been, with the red bulls unbelievable pace. i remember at some tracks it was over a second quicker than the rest of the grid. however, for reasons i honestly cant remember, they didnt take advantage of that phenomenal pace and barely won the championship

Skeeter · 21 Mar 2012 at 13:13

Reliability issues and driving into each other, from what I remember.

englishpremier · 21 Mar 2012 at 13:20

mainly reliability - Vettel had a number of failures that were not his fault.

Mr Men · 21 Mar 2012 at 13:29

He had a few brain fade moments as well, hitting Jenson at Spa, Webber at Turkey, the penalty at Hungary.

englishpremier · 21 Mar 2012 at 13:43

In qualifying the DRS is worth over a second per lap at Sepang.

JA

Wow, that is massive. Mercedes are known to have one of if not the most efficient DRS, add to that their stalling system, and they are looking good for qualifying.

Redbull should do well on the high speed corners, but KERS might let them down.

Irish_Tom · 21 Mar 2012 at 13:52

englishpremier said:
JA

Wow, that is massive. Mercedes are known to have one of if not the most efficient DRS, add to that their stalling system, and they are looking good for qualifying.

Redbull should do well on the high speed corners, but KERS might let them down.

RBR won't do quite so well on the straights though, not that it seemed to hamper them too much last year.

MooMoo444 · 21 Mar 2012 at 14:13

Hope Merc do well. An MSC pole would be lovely.

Skeeter · 21 Mar 2012 at 14:38

If the DRS F Duct stuff works how we think it does, there is massive potential for a 'Mercedes train'. Massively quick in Quali to get up the front, but then behind Red Bull and McLaren and possibly others on race pace when DRS is not enabled everywhere.

Would make for good TV though

Irish_Tom · 21 Mar 2012 at 15:04

Hehe yeah — I expect McLaren and RBR wouldn't get stuck behind them for too long if their race pace in Aus is anything to go by.

englishpremier · 21 Mar 2012 at 15:11

Panzerbjorn said:
RBR won't do quite so well on the straights though, not that it seemed to hamper them too much last year.

The Renualt engine isn't as down on power if at all anymore. The Renualt team ( I mean Lotus) never seemed to have a problem with straightline speed. It must just be all the drag on the car

manoz · 21 Mar 2012 at 15:44

Skillmister said:
Schumi for podium please

Yes, was well gutted when he went out in the race and for Grojean

Skeeter · 21 Mar 2012 at 15:46

A podium without an RBR on it would be nice. I wonder when the last one of those was?

Mr Men · 21 Mar 2012 at 15:52

Abu Dhabi last season, so 3 race ago

Duke · 21 Mar 2012 at 15:56

One DRS zone this weekend - detection on back straight with activation on main straight.

Skeeter · 21 Mar 2012 at 16:15

Mr Men said:
Abu Dhabi last season, so 3 race ago

Well that statistic didn't turn out like I had hoped

LizardKing · 21 Mar 2012 at 16:23

Might be worth a few £ each way on Alonso and Shumi with odds at 20/1.
Or even each way on Kimi at 25/1.

Tempting

schumi84 · 21 Mar 2012 at 16:23

MooMoo444 said:
Hope Merc do well. An MSC pole would be lovely.

The look on his face would certainly be a picture

, he generally seems very happy this year as well, when looking at the video that was posted in the Aus thread after he had crashed out he was still smiling and waving to the crowd.

GravyMonster · 21 Mar 2012 at 16:23

Will HRT qualify this time?

I'm going to say no.

Skeeter · 21 Mar 2012 at 16:26

Spunkey said:
I'm going to say no.

zootfloot · 21 Mar 2012 at 16:31

Spunkey said:
I'm going to say no.