Chinese GP 2011 - Shanghai

[WhiteBlue]

The betting money is to more than 50% on Seb Vettel again to take pole.

[CyleB]

i can see why 2 races 2 poles 2 wins... the sure money would be on him... except nothing is sure in F1

[volarchico]

So my DRS prediction came true! Not the pit straight, but 902 m before turn 14.

You predicted it would be 902 m before turn 14??

Yep!

When I said:

Isn't it more likely for DRS to be between 13 and 14? Long straight, followed by a slow corner...

it really meant:

Isn't it more likely for DRS to be 902 m before T14? Long straight, followed by a slow corner...

[Donuts]

Well, just looking at the circuit layout(not many Red Bull curves), I think(as somebody else wrote earlier) that Renault should be strong and outqualify Ferrari. Will McLaren outqualify Red Bull? I don't really know the characteristics of their car yet, only thing I remember(Malaysia) is that Hamilton was very close to Heidfeld entering the curve before the main straight, but when exiting nor KERS nor DRS helped him to overtake. It will also be interesting to see how the lower temperature will affect their performance, I really hope that Red Bull won't be as dominant as in Australia. Predicting qualifying order Hamilton - Vettel - Button - Heidfeld - Webber - Alonso - Petrov - Masa - Kobayashi - Rosberg

[CyleB]

idk those are pretty bold predictions im guessing Heidfelt doesnt out qualify Webber

[Fil]

Is there a worldwide shortage of gold/yellow paint that we don't know about??


From Virgin Racing's Twitter feed..

Apparently there's a shortage of gold bands so look out for silver on the options this weekend

[CyleB]

i might have this wrong but dont the options always have a silver band or do i have that confused with the prime which is which please explain

[Fil]

Wow. There you go! Options to have a silver band this weekend!

[mx_tifoso]

What if the supplier is from Japan and their inventory has run out? I head gold paint pens are in high demand nowadays and with the factory under repair it's not looking good for F1.

[chepoi]

DRS zone for Shanghai GP 2011:

[volarchico]

Yep, posted a few pages back already...

[forty-two]

Does anyone know the schedule for when the practice sessions, quali and the race will be shown (BST... in the UK)? BBC sport website has still not posted the F1 Calendar for download, presumably because not all races are yet confirmed.

Cheers in advance!

[Gerhard Berger]

i think it's on the BBC f1 page, near the bottom

[Just_a_fan]

If you go to formula1.com you can click on "show times in my location" (or whatever it says) on the right hand side below the race countdown and it gives you the relevant local time.

[beelsebob]

Practice 1 – Friday 15 Apr 0300 BST
Practice 2 - Friday 15 Apr 0700 BST
Practice 3 - Saturday 16 Apr 0400 BST
Qualifying – Saturday 16 Apr 0700 BST
Race – Sunday 17 Apr 0800 BST