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Sebastian Vettel secured another top spot on the podium today at the Malaysian GP at Sepang. Just like in Australia he had a great start and pushed to the end to keep rivals at distance. Jenson Button drove consistently to second while Nick Heidfeld secured a second podium for Lotus Renault.
) was MUCH better than McL in Q, but in the race the advantage was not so obvious. Maybe Horner wanted it the other way round this time? :pHe also said he expected the Red Bulls to be 0.5 seconds quicker in quali... There's a certain swagger about the McLaren drivers and team at the moment so I wouldn't count them out just yet.ell66 wrote:aparenly the redbulls are making te tires last longer so says hamilton.
I think that in Australia with Vettel's car Red Bull just hit the perfect storm of car, tyre, driver and circuit coming together in an unbeatable combination. In Malaysia we're seeing more typical pace from the Red Bull, plus McLaren have improved their setup and brought some small improvements. So maybe McLaren have gained 0.4s and Red Bull have lost 0.3s. Not from KERS or anything they've done, just because they over-performed in Australia.Florio wrote:Was thinking about this in the morning, may seem obvious to others but has confused me. How have the McLaren's brought almost a second qualifying deficit to just above a tenth? Wouldn't a track like this favour a RB, especially as they now have their KERS? I know better understanding of set up etc has a considerable effect, but surely as both rejected the new diffuser, how could they reduce it to that little?
Interesting statement from Hamilton there.I wonder whats his explanation to why RB isnt that strong here.Formula1 wrote: Q: How close are you in reality to the Red Bulls? Were you surprised today with your pace - and their pace?
LH: We’ve come here with an upgrade package that didn’t quite deliver what we had hoped, so we took it off as we thought that it would take us one step backwards. We realised that the Australian package worked just as well. I don’t know why they are slow here. I have some idea but I will not say anything.
Shumacher is torro rosso food.andrew wrote:None whatsoever. Vettel will likely show everyone a clean pair of heels, much like what happened in Australia. Now a smash between Hamilton and Webber. Now that is a real possibility.
I am more concerned with the proximity of the Torro Rosso's to Schumacher!
Wonder if the FIA have had a quiet word with them about their car and they've been forced to change something...?Poleman wrote:Interesting statement from Hamilton there.I wonder whats his explanation to why RB isnt that strong here.Formula1 wrote: Q: How close are you in reality to the Red Bulls? Were you surprised today with your pace - and their pace?
LH: We’ve come here with an upgrade package that didn’t quite deliver what we had hoped, so we took it off as we thought that it would take us one step backwards. We realised that the Australian package worked just as well. I don’t know why they are slow here. I have some idea but I will not say anything.
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