United States Grand Prix 2012, Austin - Race 19/20

RSR · 17 Nov 2012 at 19:15

TaKeN said:
Hamilton would make vettel look like webber in that Red Bull.

+1

el_dazza · 17 Nov 2012 at 19:16

deuse said:
The drivers have been saying the 2nd is a better place to start.

Sky said otherwise? Loving the jealousy as ever

Skeeter · 17 Nov 2012 at 19:16

Shame XIX couldn't get him in it. Hardly Vettels fault though is it?

mranderson · 17 Nov 2012 at 19:17

Let's see race pace. A bit of rain would make it even more interesting.

deuse · 17 Nov 2012 at 19:18

el_dazza said:
Sky said otherwise? Loving the jealousy as ever

So you belive what the sun news paper says

el_dazza · 17 Nov 2012 at 19:20

deuse said:
So you belive what the sun news paper says

We don't have the Sun in our household, mostly Liverpool fans

Merlin5 · 17 Nov 2012 at 19:20

Flibster said:
Alonso needs to score 16 more points over Vettel.

I worked out that for alonso to win the WDC, he would either need to win both GP's, or, vettel could win one GP but would need to DNF the other GP, while alonso would still need to come 2nd in both GPs. So basically, no chance for alonso.

Flibster · 17 Nov 2012 at 19:22

el_dazza said:
We don't have the Sun in our household, mostly Liverpool fans

Too advanced for them?

I don't know of any picturebook based news services...

mranderson · 17 Nov 2012 at 19:24

Hamilton will decide who is going to be the next champion.

el_dazza · 17 Nov 2012 at 19:24

Flibster said:
Too advanced for them?

I don't know of any picturebook based news services...

Not quite the reason but meh

Duke · 17 Nov 2012 at 19:24

What a lap from Hamilton!

Qually times

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[b]Pos  Driver                Team                 Time          Gap   [/b]
 1.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault     1m35.657s
 2.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes     1m35.766s  + 0.109
 3.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault     1m36.174s  + 0.517
 4.  Romain Grosjean       Lotus-Renault        1m36.587s  + 1.051
 5.  Kimi Raikkonen        Lotus-Renault        1m36.708s  + 1.137
 6.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes             1m36.794s  + 1.280
 7.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari              1m36.937s  + 1.484
 8.  Nico Hulkenberg       Force India-Mercedes 1m37.141s  + 1.643
 9.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari              1m37.300s  + 0.930
10.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Renault     1m37.842s  + 2.185
Q2 cut-off time: 1m37.404s                                   Gap **
11.  Bruno Senna           Williams-Renault     1m37.604s   + 1.808
12.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes     1m37.616s   + 1.820
13.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes 1m37.665s   + 1.869
14.  Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Ferrari   1m37.879s   + 2.083
15.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari       1m38.206s   + 2.410
16.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari       1m38.437s   + 2.641
17.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes             1m38.501s   + 2.705
Q1 cut-off time: 1m38.862s                                  Gap *
18.  Daniel Ricciardo      Toro Rosso-Ferrari   1m39.114s   + 2.556
19.  Timo Glock            Marussia-Cosworth    1m40.056s   + 3.498
20.  Charles Pic           Marussia-Cosworth    1m40.664s   + 4.106
21.  Vitaly Petrov         Caterham-Renault     1m40.809s   + 4.251
22.  Heikki Kovalainen     Caterham-Renault     1m41.166s   + 4.608
23.  Pedro de la Rosa      HRT-Cosworth         1m42.011s   + 5.453
24.  Narain Karthikeyan    HRT-Cosworth         1m42.740s   + 6.182

Skeeter · 17 Nov 2012 at 19:26

mranderson said:
Hamilton will decide who is going to be the next champion.

Will he be driving all the cars from 2nd to 7th then?

Skeeter · 17 Nov 2012 at 19:26

Massa just confirmed that starting on the left (dirty side) of the grid had less grip than starting in the wet.

Cavallino · 17 Nov 2012 at 19:27

mranderson said:
Let's see race pace. A bit of rain would make it even more interesting.

Save that for next weekend.

Brazil + Rain = Epic race.

Flibster · 17 Nov 2012 at 19:27

Did Massa just annouce that he was "a turd in Q2"? :eek:

I thought he'd been that for quite some time.

el_dazza · 17 Nov 2012 at 19:29

Skeeter said:
Will he be driving all the cars from 2nd to 7th then?

Let them cling onto whatever glimmer of hope they have, he'll be involved in nothing next year :cool:

Flibster · 17 Nov 2012 at 19:31

Webber under investigation for failing to stop for a weight check.

Skeeter · 17 Nov 2012 at 19:34

Flibster said:
Webber under investigation for failing to stop for a weight check.

What's the penalty, exclusion or a penalty? If he gets 5 places he would be next to Alonso

englishpremier · 17 Nov 2012 at 19:35

Merlin5 said:
I worked out that for alonso to win the WDC, he would either need to win both GP's, or, vettel could win one GP but would need to DNF the other GP, while alonso would still need to come 2nd in both GPs. So basically, no chance for alonso.

You maths isn't the best then.

Vettel is 10 points ahead of Alonso. So Alonso only needs to score more than 10 points more than Vettel to win the WDC.

Nobody needs to win.

Flibster · 17 Nov 2012 at 19:36

Skeeter said:
What's the penalty, exclusion or a penalty? If he gets 5 places he would be next to Alonso

Could be pretty much anything.