2015 Malaysian Grand Prix - Sepang

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Chene_Mostert
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Mercedes forgot to un-sandbag.
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Amazing lap from Vettel. So close to getting another run as the session ended. Could have taken pole if properly planned.

Great work from Ferrari. Sorry for Kimi but hope he can put the pace of the car to use to get into decent spot.

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Great session for Vettel, weird not to see everybody improving in the end, i thought he made his lap too soon.
Williams still suck in the rain.
Good job Ericsson.

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Jonnycraig wrote:
SectorOne wrote:Rosberg tried to be smart and back off to watch Hamilton in the wet.
Looked more like he was going to try and squeeze two fliers out as the track dried, but the tyres would've lost too much heat by then.

James Allison says Ferrari can't race Merc in dry conditions.
The questions is, if he abandoned the lap, what was he doing in the racing line, while there are cars doing quali laps?

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Also good to see the myth of the Merc super chassis blown apart in only the second race.

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Oh that didn't work did it Rosberg.
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SectorOne wrote:Rosberg tried to be smart and back off to watch Hamilton in the wet.
I think he tried to be the last one to do a lap for once, he lost on track position a number of times last year, still didn't help much.

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Jonnycraig wrote:Also good to see the myth of the Merc super chassis blown apart in only the second race.
The race is tomorrow. If you could remember, it was a similar quali result last year too in the wet.

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Glad I stayed up for this. Looks like a fantastic race tomorrow. One can only hope for some more rain :)

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Looking at the grid and given the Ferrari pace and Kimi's pace, i still have hope for him to fight for the podium. If he stays out of trouble, he should gain some places at the start. My crystal ball says - P6 after the first lap, then fighting his way through the race to P3 :)

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Sevach wrote:
SectorOne wrote:Rosberg tried to be smart and back off to watch Hamilton in the wet.
I think he tried to be the last one to do a lap for once, he lost on track position a number of times last year, still didn't help much.
I think I agree with SectorOne, remember he asked on the radio whether Hamilton was using dry lines or not.

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Rosberg slowing down on the racing line was a smart move as well, particularly when his teammate was purple in the first sector.
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SectorOne wrote:Rosberg slowing down on the racing line was a smart move as well, particularly when his teammate was purple in the first sector.
He wasn't on the racing line.

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Jonnycraig wrote:Also good to see the myth of the Merc super chassis blown apart in only the second race.
Except the fact that Hamilton's pole time came at a time when conditions were much worse, I think Rosberg had a scruffy one. Mercedes has the best chassis.
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From what i could see Rosberg clearly impeeded Hamilton (he was on it, with a best in S1) on his lap, to the point he broke it off as well. Looked very weird anyway.
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