2012 German GP - Hockenheim

[beelsebob]

Edit:
Raikkonen just one of the 3 to break sub 1.16... Will be interesting too see how he pans up tomorrow if the weather turns out to be dry...

Well, bear in mind Raikkonen was on softs there, I'd say the McLaren's dry pace is probably faster than the Lotus'

Huge differences, Lotus 5 seconds from pole in the rain, setup too low fo rain?

Almost certainly set up too twitchy for the rain, yes. If it's dry, Alonso'll cake walk it. If it's wet, I can still see Button and Hamilton on the podium.

[myurr]

I don't think Vettel, Webber or Schumi pit either for new tires but i might be wrong...

Well, looks like Button on new tires had the edge on hamilton...

And that was on the first flying lap. Had they pitted Button one lap earlier and Hamilton at the same time they would have had two flying laps to really get the heat into the tyres. For whatever reason it seems like the McLaren's struggle to get heat into those full wets and then retain that heat.

[QLDriver]

Well, bear in mind Raikkonen was on softs there, I'd say the McLaren's dry pace is probably faster than the Lotus'

I don't think he was? Certainly looked like white markings!

[nacho]

Well, bear in mind Raikkonen was on softs there, I'd say the McLaren's dry pace is probably faster than the Lotus'

No it was mediums, maybe a new set but definitely the harder compound.

[beelsebob]

Well, bear in mind Raikkonen was on softs there, I'd say the McLaren's dry pace is probably faster than the Lotus'

I don't think he was? Certainly looked like white markings!

Yep, certain, he did a 1:16.987 on the harder tyres, and then a 1:15.693 on the softs.

[Guisson]

Vettel looking angry ?
What for ? could he snatch the pole if he had not been behind Webber ?
Because by looking at the sectors he set ( 1 &2 ) he was capable of going faster than Fernando : o
Race predictions:
ALO
MSC
VET
I expect Lotus ( Especially Kimi to be a Threat tomorrow ! ( if hot conditions ) )

[rssh]

Grosjean will be 20th and Rosberg 22nd.

??? Don't say you're serious....

15+5=20
17+5=22
I m serious

[SpliT]

15+5=20
17+5=22
I m serious

Qual results:
14. Mas
15. Gro
16. Sen
17. Ros
18. Ver
19. Kov
20. Pet
21. Pic
22. Glo
23. DlR

Then is a penalty for Grosjean.

14. Mas
15. Sen
16. Ros
17. Ver
18. Kov
19. Pet
20. Gro
21. Pic
22. Glo
23. DlR

Then is a penalty for Rosberg.

14. Mas
15. Sen
16. Ver
17. Kov
18. Pet
19. Gro
20. Pic
21. Ros
22. Glo
23. DlR

[QLDriver]

Yep, certain, he did a 1:16.987 on the harder tyres, and then a 1:15.693 on the softs.

Autosport said:
"14 min: Raikkonen tops the first sector on medium compound rubber, jumping all the way to the top of the times in 1m15.693s."

Watching TV, I saw white markings, and the commentators initially thought he was on softs but then changed their minds to mediums.

I'm not trying to be argumentative, because I agree it was an amazing leap in pace. That is why I made sure to look at the tyre sidewall markings - and apparently if I made a mistake so did several others.

[zyphro]

Vettel looking angry ?
What for ? could he snatch the pole if he had not been behind Webber ?
Because by looking at the sectors he set ( 1 &2 ) he was capable of going faster than Fernando : o
Race predictions:
ALO
MSC
VET
I expect Lotus ( Especially Kimi to be a Threat tomorrow ! ( if hot conditions ) )

MSC P2? I wish. Their pace looked bad earlier on on the longer runs?

[clipsy1H]

1. Alonso
                    2. Vettel
3. Schumacher
                    4. Hulkenberg
5. Maldonado
                    6. Button
7. Hamilton
                    8. Webber
9. Di Resta
                    10. Raikkonen
11. Ricciardo
                    12. Perez
13. Kobayashi
                    14. Massa
15. Senna
                    16. Vergne
17. Kovalainen
                    18. Petrov
19. Grosjean
                    20. Pic
21. Rosberg
                    22. Glock
23. De la Rosa
                    24. Karthikeyan

last race when Schumacher was in front he have a fail start.... mb tomorrow he will do better.

[zyphro]

ALO
VET
WEB
MSC

Two wet qualifying and we have the same top four......just shows you who has the raw talent!

=D>

I'd love to see what MSC could do in a Red Bull or Ferrari though. I'm convinced he is still one of the best out there and hasn't lost as much speed as some people think (he's been re-gaining that speed since he came back in 2010).

[Guisson]

dunno whether it was done by launch control or not but It will be fantastic if Shcumacher could do this again tomorrow <3
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTJfTwnLOSQ[/youtube]

[Shrieker]

Lewis was worried about their pace on full wets and sadly he was right. Macca's pace looked very reasonable in the dry, and on inters Lewis was fastest comfortably. It's bizzare really that they can't make the full wets work.

[QLDriver]

Well, oddly enough, wasn't it the other way around at Silverstone - they were fine on the full wets (HAM was fastest), but when they were on inters they struggled?