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Lewis Hamilton
53.70%
Nico Rosberg
11.11%
Daniel Ricciardo
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Daniil Kvyat
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0%
Felipe Massa
1.85%
Valtteri Bottas
1.85%
Sebastan Vettel
14.81%
Kimi Raikkonen
12.96%
Fernando Alonso
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Jenson Button
1.85%
Sergio Perez
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0%
Nico Hulkenberg
0
0%
Max Verstappen
0
0%
Carlos Sainz Jr
0
0%
Romain Grosjean
0
0%
Pastor Maldonado
0
0%
Marcus Ericsson
0
0%
Felipe Nasr
0
0%
Will Stevens
0
0%
Takuma "Shanghai" Sato
1.85%
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2015 Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix

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Old 04-02-2015, 11:14 AM
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1. Sebastian
2. Kimi
3. Nico
4. Valtteri
5. Felipe
6. Daniel
Gangsta will crash and Princess Alonso hit his race engineer, manager and personal trainer after the qualification...
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I've got Kimi this time. If not for the win, then at least for some memorable radio traffic.
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I think Kimi will be third.
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Vettel has a good shot at this one too, but I think that Sato, I mean Hamilton will get back on his game and prove the he is still the one to beat.
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Mercedes will reveal the true potential of their car this weekend.
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I see Sato, who is not even in the race, has more votes than Alonso, who is- that tells you all you need to know about McLaren's chances this year.

I'll go with Raikkonen.
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This is looking to become a terrible year for McLaren ,,,I would be very surprised if they make any progress at all ,,,,,Not looking good
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Mercedes was rocked by the last race. No longer can they cruise to a 1-2 finish. Look for them to step it up. But maybe they will choke under the pressure!

I would love to see Vettel take another one. Kimi has such bad luck. I don't know how he can break the curse.

Perhaps Bottas' back will be healed and he can return to the podium.

Can't wait!
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I know Mercedes turn their engines down on performance once they clearly have the lead, but I would be shocked if the team is not giving everything they got at every race. This is F1, it's not house league soccer... I don't think we will see anything new or different from Mercedes. They always fight, and they will continue to fight.

"Good job winning another race Lewis, but what matters is how you raced today. Do you think Nico is happy today? What about everybody else that didn't even finish on the same lap? How do you think they feel? Maybe next time you can slow down a bit and let somebody else lead a lap."
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Originally Posted by PPo
I know Mercedes turn their engines down on performance once they clearly have the lead, but I would be shocked if the team is not giving everything they got at every race. This is F1, it's not house league soccer... I don't think we will see anything new or different from Mercedes. They always fight, and they will continue to fight.
The difference in the last race is that they didn't have the luxury to turn down their engines and they still couldn't catch up to Ferrari. Circumstances being what they are, I'm sure Mercedes being the good little German company have gone through their procedures 3 and 4 times and are ready to clear the entire field by 30-40 seconds again.

IF Ferrari isn't adrift by that margin, then we have a season on our hands.
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I voted for Kimi (whats new )..........he truly raced well last time out.

If Ferrari do as well and Williams advance we may well have a great season.....I hope so.
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Originally Posted by Pete
IF Ferrari isn't adrift by that margin, then we have a season on our hands.
Let's hope!!!

If I understand the Ferrari advantage correctly, it's tracks where tire degradation is the limiting factor in optimizing total track time where they have a solid chance. But Ferrari requires track position to take advantage of the performance advantage.
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Originally Posted by PPo
Let's hope!!!

If I understand the Ferrari advantage correctly, it's tracks where tire degradation is the limiting factor in optimizing total track time where they have a solid chance. But Ferrari requires track position to take advantage of the performance advantage.
One less pit stop gets a whole lot of track position.


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