Australian GP 2012 - Albert Park

[she_spools_180]

Webber mentioned "I had no kers" or it could have been "We"

[NathanOlder]

Didnt KIMI run on Soft tyres when he screwed his lap up ?

[Pierce89]

My oh my... Now that very much begs the question, "was it Red Bull's special overrun settings for the quali, or Vettel doing the job ?". Gotta hand it to Ringo. He's been proven right so far. And to n smikle too, he pretty much nailed what Grosjean was capable of. Someone was asking whether Grosjean was going to look stoned and ever smiling in all his interviews or not. I think the guy has just proven why.

For the record: I've also been tipping Grosjean as a darkhorse

[stefan_]

Nice run from Grosjean, it will be interesting to see how he does at the start. I might have been wrong about him, maybe he is prepared to race in F1 now.

[Princey]

Bye bye car advantages.. Hello driver talents! Now we will see if Vettel can actually race.

[Steven]

Two interesting things to note.

1. My tip for Grosjean is turning out to be reality
2. Massa's performance is likely to set the benchmark for the rest of the season. If there is no real technical reason, then he'll be trailing Alonso again for all 20 races this year. Being unable to outqualify your teammate who is in the gravel is, well, not great.

Apart from that, this was an exhilarating qualifying session!

[Steven]

Didnt KIMI run on Soft tyres when he screwed his lap up ?

No he went off on mediums. I found it strange as well.

[univex]

Webber, "No KERS." However still could not have challenged for pole. No KERS throughout which meant he had to use a second set of softs in Q2, hence single run in Q3.

[Fredy4]

Bye bye car advantages.. Hello driver talents! Now we will see if Vettel can actually race.

I'm guessing no. He's a midfield driver who just happened to be in a spectacular car.

The Damon Hill example a few posts ago is spot on with regards to Vettel!!!

[NathanOlder]

And how many mistakes did we see from Mclaren this weekend ? I can only think of Lewis running wide at turn 1 in Q1 or Q2.

To me that says the Mclaren is VERY fast, and easy to drive. The Mercedes looks VERY fast but a little harder to drive.

[Giblet]

I am not discounting Kimi after this one quali. In fact I am not discounting him for a podium in this race.

That Renault (cough) Lotus is a darn good car.

[Blackout]

+1
Great Grosjean but take a look at Maldonado's great first sector time; he's 3 tenth faster than Grsojean, in his Williams. I think Grosjean could be as fast as Button with a good S1.

[clipsy1H]

damn can't belive how close Michael was ffs ..... omg im so mad.... GJ Romain

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[FrukostScones]

Didnt KIMI run on Soft tyres when he screwed his lap up ?

No he went off on mediums. I found it strange as well.

he had a big moment and lost a lot of time there, they did want to waste a soft set

[RobertPthe3rd]

This is a one off race but i think the Merc will shine at the faster circuits especially in qualifying, when there Drs add on should boost top speed. I hope if the title is between Merc and Mclaren that MSC is the winner, if Ros has the upper hand it will make the man look alittle bad. Gi MSC 2012 wdc