Chinese GP 2012 - Shanghai

[WhiteBlue]

Massa goes P1 with yellow tyres

[zgred]

[WhiteBlue]

Grosjean goes P1, kimi saves one yellow set
Alonso also pulls yellow

[WhiteBlue]

Vetel cuts it mightily close but saves a a set of yellow tyres

[myurr]

Vetel cuts it mightily close but saves a a set of yellow tyres

Looking slower than Webber as well...

I've only just woken up so missed the final free practice. Is Vettel running the a or b spec exhaust?

[NathanOlder]

Hamilton Button Webber Schumacher Rosberg all save a set of the soft tyres WITHOUT cutting it close like Seb (button did 1 lap on a set)

[NathanOlder]

Vetel cuts it mightily close but saves a a set of yellow tyres

Looking slower than Webber as well...

I've only just woken up so missed the final free practice. Is Vettel running the a or b spec exhaust?

A=Spec i believe, B-Spec is faster, but Vettel cant drive it lol

[WhiteBlue]

Vettel was last on the narrow exhaust

[Ferraripilot]

Merc seem to have dialed back a bit of performance since yesterday which Schu yielded a 1:35.9 in FP2. Wonder if they made a decision regarding tires and a compromised qualy setup.....

[myurr]

Thanks. Looking at the replay on Sky it looks like Vettel is suffering with an unstable rear end of the car at low speed, so he wasn't able to turn in to the corners. Perhaps the a spec exhaust is weaker overall, but must give him a better feeling elsewhere (e.g. high speed corners) for him to still prefer it.

[WhiteBlue]

I will go out and say that Ferrari will not get into Q3

[myurr]

Think you may be right.

[myurr]

Poor lap from Webber...
Button, Vettel and Webber will all run again.
Mercedes and Hamilton should be okay.

[NathanOlder]

Didnt expect Merc to look this fast, maybe Mclaren have more for Q3 ?

[myurr]

Strong lap from Kobayashi!