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[Ev0d3vil]

The race here!

 

And pole lap by Lew Lew

 

 

Commentary in German.

 

A Merc whitewash tomorrow? Any chance of a Ferrari win again? We shall see soon.

Edited by Ev0d3vil, 11 April 2015 - 13:27.

[Seanspeed]

Good luck to KimKim and SebSeb.

Hopefully NicNic doesn't let LewLew get everything his way so the FerFer boys can get involved.

[kimster89]

Is there still a big chance for rain or did i get that wrong?

[ConsiderAndGo]

I predict a dominant Merc 1-2 finish (Hamilton utterly dominating Rosberg) with Vettel 3rd and Kimi (If he has a perfect race) coming 4th. Williams and RBR fighting thereafter.

[scheivlak]

Is there still a big chance for rain or did i get that wrong?

Certainly not a big chance http://www.bbc.com/weather/1796236

[V666]

I predict a Mercedes win and a Ferrari second and fourth place...

[Jon83]

Lew Lew?

[Sanzx81]

I predict this is gonna be a long and boring race, Ham to win by 25secs++, no Safety car.

Nico doesn't have the pace to match and the Williams may get a good start and hold back the Ferraris.

[Nonesuch]

While Ferrari didn't look too bad on Friday, I think a straight up fight for the win might be a little overly optimistic.

 

I don't expect Rosberg to provide a real challenge to Hamilton, so I'm hoping for a good battle between the Ferrari and Williams teams.

Edited by Nonesuch, 11 April 2015 - 15:44.

[superdelphinus]

I've put £25 on a Ferrari win at 6-1

[RubalSher]

Lewis

[Claudiu]

I think compared to Mercedes we have the more options available to us.

Depending on our first stint on options we can stay flexible. 

If we have good degradation and good performance we can try doing two stints on options.

Mercedes for sure can't go O-O-P or O-P-O so they don't have this option available.

What's the better strategy I don't know but I think if we wanna win we should take some risk so that would mean O-O-P or O-P-O becoz I don't think we can beat Mercedes if we mirror their strategy.

 

Another possibility would be to mirror Mercedes's O-P-P and hope that on the prime tire towards the end of the stint we can attack.

Edited by Claudiu, 11 April 2015 - 16:01.

[Atreiu]

The race here!

 

And pole lap by Lew Lew

 

 

Commentary in German.

 

A Merc whitewash tomorrow? Any chance of a Ferrari win again? We shall see soon.

 

 

Not a spectacular lap but good for pole, obviously. But it's better than seing the perfectly planted cars with weakish engines.

[TomNokoe]

Anyone know the temps from practice?

19/20°C air temp tomorrow

[superdelphinus]

was 16 at one point in fp2, which is the only one I watched

[Mart280]

I predict first turn carnage for Hamilton, Rosberg and Vettel and an emotional win for Felipe baby ;)

[jonpollak]

It's LuLu not LewLew
Just so ya know.
Jp

[TheRacingElf]

It's LuLu not LewLew
Just so ya know.
Jp

Thought it was Loisl...

[Sanzx81]

It's 3:18am here now, I had no sleep, insomnia again. Bad enough any night but tonight just sucks as I'll now miss the race live so will have to watch the sky rerun in the afternoon. (Too old to stay up all night, mind is willing but the body is weak, lol)

Very angry, hate missing races. Enjoy it dudes, hope it's a thriller like the last and not a boring one.

[Ev0d3vil]

Track temp was 46 yesterday. Hot enough to mess up the Mercs? I'm a Merc fan but I want to see fights on track.

[jonpollak]

Damn... They moved our showtime ahead so I miss the start.

Bastads.
Jp

[Ev0d3vil]

Race start in an hour, you guys awake yet? Those in Europe!

[Xeriks]

Race start in an hour, you guys awake yet? Those in Europe!

Yup, just catching up on the latest Game of Thrones episodes while I wait for the race to start.

[Afterburner]

1 AM here on the East Coast. Have got a bad cold, can't sleep, and haven't stayed up to watch an overnight race live since Korea in 2010. Ferrari won that one. Let's see if that happens again.

[MortenF1]

Mercedes for sure can't go O-O-P or O-P-O so they don't have this option available.

What makes you believe that? They can go for both those options.

[Adelaide]

Nice late afternoon start for those of us here in Australia. Will be interesting to see if the warm, sunny conditions can help Ferrari.

[Kelateboy]

Track temperature should be above 40C to make this an interesting race, and hopefully a tyre limited one.

 

Otherwise, Lewis is going to race into the sunset with nobody challenging him, not even his teammate Nico.

[RubalSher]

Any sign or prediction of rain yet?

[STRFerrari4Ever]

Weather looks stable, lots of sunshine at the moment from what is being shown on TV. Hoping the Mercs don't just run and hide and that Vettel can keep them on their toes.

[Requin]

Toronto, Ontario checking in here.

 

It's 1:21 am. I just came back from a wedding and ducked out early to catch the race!

[Exb]

I'm watching the pre-race stuff but will be heading to Silverstone before the start so will have to make do with radio.

[STRFerrari4Ever]

Track temps 46 degrees

[Ev0d3vil]

46 degrees track temp! What?

[STRFerrari4Ever]

I don't want to jinx anything but earlier during my dream, the Mercs took each other out and I woke up immediately after it

[Ferrari2183]

Johannesburg checking in. Hopefully Vettel and Rosberg give us an interesting race at the front.

Hamilton will be like Khulubuse Zuma in a sweet shop. Unstoppable...

[Ikebana]

I don't want to jinx anything but earlier during my dream, the Mercs took each other out and I woke up immediately after it

 

For that first Nico needs to be close enough. Not gonna happen by the second turn.

[RubalSher]

Crofty speculating that the undercut will be in play today and that Ferrari may need to cover Williams who might try n undercut them

[Ev0d3vil]

Crofty speculating that the undercut will be in play today and that Ferrari may need to cover Williams who might try n undercut them

Lewis and Vettel racing out of the pits.

I rather trust MB on strategy though haha

Edited by Ev0d3vil, 12 April 2015 - 05:37.

[TomNokoe]

Crofty speculating that the undercut will be in play today and that Ferrari may need to cover Williams who might try n undercut them

When is Crofty ever right? He's also been trotting out 'Ferrari should one stop!!' all damn weekend

[swerved]

Good graphic showing relative positions near the end of the straight, Ferrari right on Merc's bumper.

 

Lewis whinging about Seb pulling out of the pits 

[STRFerrari4Ever]

Mind games already? Hmm

[RubalSher]

What was Vettel doing there?

[Lotus53B]

46 degrees track temp! What?

Malaysia was 60+

[muramasa]

haha Lewis and Seb skirmish at pit exit already

[STRFerrari4Ever]

Forza Seb flags in China, I love it

[RubalSher]

When is Crofty ever right? He's also been trotting out 'Ferrari should one stop!!' all damn weekend

 

Massa has had electric starts in recent times and he could pick off a place or two at the start.

[thegamer23]

'morning lads!
Hoping for an exciting race!

[STRFerrari4Ever]

Horner's such a cheeky bugger

 

Sly dig at Toto Wolff, saying Toto is the name of a toilet in China.

[swerved]

Lol @ Brundle, to Horner "bernie's been in with Toto for hours" Horner, "Toto is the name of the toilets here" 

[Lotus53B]

Maybe we should learn from the Romans and see how Christian gets on with lions