F1 World Championship 2013 Thread

[MightyJordan]

Right, I'm following him now after seeing this...

 

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:laugh:

[MightyJordan]

...and another gaffe from the Singapore press conferences!

 

 

OK, not so much a gaffe this time, more premature.

[Chasethebase Reporter]

Timing for P1

 

[simonlang]

Looks like redbull vs. Mercedes again

[Noir Angel]

Now we're back to high DF again it looks as if Ferrari are going to struggle. Not looking good for Alonso's already struggling title challenge. The interesting question now will be will Mercedes take 2nd place from Ferrari. I am in the Yes camp.

[Chasethebase Reporter]

Well, looks like Vettel has 2013 in the bag. The Ferrari was looking like a real handful today, and the only real competitor now is Lewis. Somehow I can't see that he'll be able to make up the pace unless he snags pole, which I highly doubt.

[+Frank B. Subscriber²]

It's too early to hand the title to Vettel yet. Remember the gear box worries of Monza? If I'm not entirely mistaken the same gear box is used for the Singapore GP.

Also I can imagine both Mercedes on the front row come qualifying.

[LeGourmand]

I'm pretty sure Vettel was on a old gearbox, Webber's on the other hand was new.

Anyways it's not in the bag yet, but i don't see him losing. 

[MightyJordan]

Now we're back to high DF again it looks as if Ferrari are going to struggle. Not looking good for Alonso's already struggling title challenge. The interesting question now will be will Mercedes take 2nd place from Ferrari. I am in the Yes camp.

 

I'm sort of in the middle here; I reckon Alonso will finish 2nd in the drivers title, but Mercedes will overtake Ferrari in the constructors title.

[simonlang]

I'm sort of in the middle here; I reckon Alonso will finish 2nd in the drivers title, but Mercedes will overtake Ferrari in the constructors title.

 

i think the same. alonso is too far ahead and massa is forbidden to finish in front of him, even if he qualifies better. and while hamilton has a bit of an edge over rosberg, there could be races where rosberg is faster, taking points away from hamilton.

 

besides that p1 in wcc and wdc is pretty much done i say. :)

[Noir Angel]

I'm sort of in the middle here; I reckon Alonso will finish 2nd in the drivers title, but Mercedes will overtake Ferrari in the constructors title.

 

It will probably end up depending on whether Rosberg comes back and starts taking points off Lewis again.

[+Frank B. Subscriber²]

FP3 result:

 

[simonlang]

hmmm.... massa beats alonso and vettel does his usual stuff. :D

[MightyJordan]

Guess Meph is away today. :p

 

[+Frank B. Subscriber²]

I do have a life away from the computer sometimes, yes.

 

Barring technical issues the race is Vettel's to lose. Although - who knows what happens with Grosjean right behind him?

[MightyJordan]

Barring technical issues the race is Vettel's to lose. Although - who knows what happens with Grosjean right behind him?

Here's a guess...

 

[MightyJordan]

Spotted during FP3...

 

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[simonlang]

webber driving for alonso again....

[simonlang]

reject of the race - like always: mark webber. not even his own car likes him :rofl:

[123456789A]

webber driving for alonso again....

 

Alonso was driving Webber after the race.

[+Frank B. Subscriber²]

Man of the race: Kimi R?ikk?nen

Reject of the race: Daniel Ricciardo

[theyarecomingforyou]

 

Man of the race: Kimi R?ikk?nen

Reject of the race: Daniel Ricciardo

Definitely. Raikkonen did exceptionally well given his qualifying position and back injury.

[Noir Angel]

reject of the race - like always: mark webber. not even his own car likes him :rofl:

 

How the hell was it his fault that his car had a Mechanical failure?

 

Anyhow, I think Mercedes will be scratching their heads, finishing nearly a minute off with a safety car intervention. They seem to have lost a lot of ground since the summer break, both in quali and on long runs.

[simonlang]

How the hell was it his fault that his car had a Mechanical failure?

 

Anyhow, I think Mercedes will be scratching their heads, finishing nearly a minute off with a safety car intervention. They seem to have lost a lot of ground since the summer break, both in quali and on long runs.

you should grow a little sense of humor.

[Eddo89]

Is official, Di Resta is evokes the same hate from me as Hamilton did early in his career. Except that Hamilton is a top 4 driver on the grid back then. Muttered "shame" soon as I saw him go off, and I don't think he said anything "ballsy" or "gutsy" all weekend. 

 

Mercedes knows exactly what went wrong to be honest. Vettel was ridiculously fast, Webber even though he generally had a good race he was nowhere as fast Vettel in any clean air, Red Bull is a rocket on wheels. They also couldn't or didn't risk the going as long as Alonso or Kimi. I think when everything is added together, Kimi was the man of the race.