The only time Speed aired all three practice shessions was at the US GP in Austin. Speed aired FP2 and quali only for as long as I've been watching.




Can't make any predictions for this race as we have absolutely no idea of the pecking order yet. Can't wait though.

 

I guess that shows how often I watched practice.

Low risk prediction: Vettel / RBR for the race/constructor wins for Austrailia.

 

4d:10hr:10m:35s..... And counting

 

P1 starts in 20 minutes. who's staying up to watch

 

I actually took Friday off to stay up and watch it.

 

^ Thats dedication right there!




FP2 Times

1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 1:25.908 33 laps
2 Mark Webber Red Bull 1:26.172 0.264 31 laps
3 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:26.322 0.414 26 laps
4 Kimi Raikkonen Lotus 1:26.361 0.453 38 laps
5 Romain Grosjean Lotus 1:26.680 0.772 32 laps
6 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:26.748 0.840 35 laps
7 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:26.772 0.864 28 laps
8 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:26.855 0.947 32 laps
9 Adrian Sutil Force India 1:27.43 1.527 35 laps
10 Nico Hulkenberg Sauber 1:28.187 2.279 34 laps
11 Jenson Button McLaren 1:28.294 2.386 30 laps
12 Paul di Resta Force India 1:28.311 2.403 37 laps
13 Sergio Perez McLaren 1:28.566 2.658 33 laps
14 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso 1:28.627 2.719 31 laps
15 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber 1:28.772 2.864 33 laps
16 Pastor Maldonado Williams 1:28.852 2.944 36 laps
17 Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso 1:28.968 3.060 36 laps
18 Valtteri Bottas Williams 1:29.386 3.478 39 laps
19 Jules Bianchi Marussia 1:29.696 3.788 32 laps
20 Charles Pic Caterham 1:30.165 4.257 37 laps
21 Max Chilton Marussia 1:30.600 4.692 36 laps
22 Giedo van der Garde Caterham 1:32.450 6.542 11 laps


Seb looking quick as always, Lotus and Merc looking good, McLaren way off the pace.

Can't wait to get done work today so I can watch the last few minutes of FP1 and all of FP2.

 

Crazy thing is, RBR are the slowest down the straights, yet quickest through all 3 sectors!

Should be a really good race. should c ferrari, lotus with possibly the merc's battling with vettel & his sister webber.

mcclaren a bit off pace?!?!?! Sutil!! def quicker than PDR.

 

SOP if you look at the last couple of seasons. RB always slow as ish down the straights, yet have the fastest car.

 

Maybe Hamilton knew something we didn't.

 

Hami's move is starting to look not so bad. And McLaren definitely seems to be on the back foot, they probably should have continued the evolution of last year's car instead of doing the 2 car/ 2 team philosophy.

http://planetf1.com/driver/18227/856...usly-not-quick

Is it weird that when you mentioned PDR, I first thought of Pedro Dela Rosa ... and then Paul DiResta.

But that has always been the RedBull thing, their average speed is always higher than the competition in the corners although they are slow on the straights. So If a team can pass them early in the race they could potentially hold them back through the entire race.

 

grillpt & Daworst, I know that RBR have been historically on the slower side, just trying to point out that they were the slowest.

 

^Its all good, brotha!


The real test for Merc will come in the race. Need to see if they've corrected the issue of over heating the rears thats plagued them the last few years.

 

Aby: I know that you know that I know that you know what we are talking about ... we're just stating the obvious.

Ok, so it seems Red Bull still has the pace (#1) and probably isn't pushing it at 10/10ths just yet, anyone want to venture a guess which may be the 2nd fastest constructor in the grid?

 

Hey, with a car like Hungry Heidi, how can Seb lose?

Looks like a three way battle for second behind RBR - Merc, Lotus, Ferrari.

Hamilton's move to Merc is looking downright prophetic.

l8r)

 

Can merc pull this off? IMO, their race strategies & tire management hasnt been the greatest.....

Hopefully hami brought some insight...

i know ross brawn was the mastermind behind old schumi's championships & brawn-merc season.....but they have boned it a bunch in the past few seasons...

looking to see sutil do well