View Poll Results: Who will win?
Felipe Massa
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Nico Rosberg
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Romain Grosjean
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Paul di Resta
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Kamui Kobayashi
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Sergio Perez
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Daniel Ricciardo
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Jean-Eric Vergne
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Pastor Maldonado
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Bruno Senna
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Vitali Petrov
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2012 Chinese Grand Prix
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BTW, Narain Karthikayan is an embarassment on track.
There has to be another driver worthy of an F1 ride who is faster.
I would imagine his grid spot is tied to the Indian GP?
There has to be another driver worthy of an F1 ride who is faster.
I would imagine his grid spot is tied to the Indian GP?
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How about them marbles!! Amazing amount off-line this time.
It was a great race. Kimi must have suffered the worst with tire pick up after getting off-line that one time, then sliding on to the back of the pack. WOW!
It was a great race. Kimi must have suffered the worst with tire pick up after getting off-line that one time, then sliding on to the back of the pack. WOW!
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It was great! 3 different drivers and Marques winning the first 3 races. The Shanghai Circuit was great with lots of dicing and some real racing.
I am sorry that Schumi's pit stop went to Hell as it would have been interesting to see how Nico would have done if he was pushed.
Nico's win was great and shows he has talent and Mercedes will be a force.
Kimi's performance was disappointing.
Alonso's performance makes Malaysia look like a fluke.
I am sorry that Schumi's pit stop went to Hell as it would have been interesting to see how Nico would have done if he was pushed.
Nico's win was great and shows he has talent and Mercedes will be a force.
Kimi's performance was disappointing.
Alonso's performance makes Malaysia look like a fluke.
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Yes, Alonso would be the best driver on the grid with a car that was 10 sec off pole or 10 seconds on pole.
Too bad the FIA doesn't award a trophy for being the best driver.
He was a total non factor in the race. IIRC, Vettel started behind Alonso and finished in front of him. But you're right, Alonso is the best.
Too bad the FIA doesn't award a trophy for being the best driver.
He was a total non factor in the race. IIRC, Vettel started behind Alonso and finished in front of him. But you're right, Alonso is the best.
Also, funny you should mention Vettel because Mark Webber beat him to the line today and that's 3 times MW has out qualified Vettel and 2 out of 3 times finished in front of him thusfar this year.
Does anyone believe that any other driver on the grid could get more out of that dog they call a Ferrari? Donkey Cart is too nice a term for this thing.
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saw kimi drop 12 spots in final 10 laps . why did they switch from soft to hards in the first 7 laps... then back to softs for the last 30 laps... he lost 8 spots in a matter of 1 lap... dissapointing..
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Since Massa is the only one we can truly compare Alonso to right now, it's hard to say what others could do with the Italian made Donkey Cart. But there are plenty of talented drivers out there, some of whom actually drove many seasons in F1 on mid to bottom tier teams (ie: Button and Webber come to mind). Are you sure you are prepared to take the stance that Button and Webber would do an inferior job in the Italian Donkey Cart? I know I'm not. Button and Webber continue to impress me week after week with their race craft. Alonso is a quality race car driver, but he is not the only game in town.
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Great to see the top 5 places only separated by 17 pts so far. Now everyone will have to scramble to catch up to MB's new version of the F duct. The RBs were run over down the straights. They both did very well to finish where they did.
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Very enjoyable race! Some seriously poor tire strategies by the mid-field teams (Sauber and Lotus especially).
3 GPs, 3 different winners (teams and drivers) - this season is shaping up to be a really fun one! I was getting seriously bored with the same 5 people on the podium for the last 3 years.
Congrats to Nico, well done and well deserved!
3 GPs, 3 different winners (teams and drivers) - this season is shaping up to be a really fun one! I was getting seriously bored with the same 5 people on the podium for the last 3 years.
Congrats to Nico, well done and well deserved!
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Congrats to Nico Rosberg for his first career win and congrats to Mercedes for their first win since the 1950s. We will never know if Button could have caught Nico in the closing laps had Jenson not had his bad pit stop. But I would like to think the racing Gods were shining down on Nico regardless. Vettel got caught out there at the end of the race with bad tires, but I think two stopping was his only hope due to his less than ideal starting grid position and bad start. But wow did Raikkonen ever fall off the cliff. Too bad, as the Iceman was running well for a while. Finally, there was some gutsy racing from most of the field with some good passes and good defending and hats off to everyone for not doing anything really stupid.
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Very happy to see Nico win, good for him. Long time coming. He finally has the car to prove what he is worth. Feel bad for Michael though.
It looks like most of the advantage is in qualifying. In race trim, the cars are much closer matched, which makes it fun for us. This is one unpredictable season. It would be foolish to assume the obvious. The real season begins in europe.
It looks like most of the advantage is in qualifying. In race trim, the cars are much closer matched, which makes it fun for us. This is one unpredictable season. It would be foolish to assume the obvious. The real season begins in europe.
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That was a great and very weird race. I'm amazed there was no contact given all the passing and trains. Looks like Hamilton is a fixture on the third step this year. lol Webber made his typical slow start but I'm glad to see he's not being destroyed by his teammate........so far. It's also nice to see he didn't take flight when his nose popped up. Boy, that car hit the ground hard. Watching Kimi fall back so many spots was painful! It's nice to see MB found the right setup for the tires. I don't see McLaren allowing them such an easy race next week. What a wonderful start to the season!
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