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P1 is on.
Any odds on 8 for 8? While very unlikely - who knows - and if not, who's going to post the first second win of the season?

If it gets hot, Renault might be able to put together a qual lap then they are surely in with a shout! MS could also do a Monaco and put it on pole, and cruise to victory.

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Nope changed my mind, Webber is looking immense, and Maldonado is back on it!

Only P1 I know, but Red Bull traditionally are mid pack at this stage unless they have an edge, and they usually hold it all weekend.

P1 is still too early to tell. It's all speculation at this point. But if I had to venture a wild guess, I'd say:

1) Schumi
2) Vettel
3) Alonso

(I'll probably be waaaaaay off hehe)

After P2, top 15 all within a second, with Vettel in the lead.

P3 on.

Problem with Webbers car, no running in P3 then....

Qualifyinjg should be interesting, as it's supposed to be a circuit that's hard to overtake on - but then, there are still drivers making a hash of braking and running wide, so hopefully that happens a bit during the race...

Webbers car wasn't fixed I'm guessing, no DRS was available. Vergne still didn't make it to Q2 lol, nice job Kovi.

Lotus seems to have found some new "one lap speed" to back their good race performance, so I'd say there's fairly good chances for 8 for 8 from Kimi, or even Crashjean if he doesn't crash http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...es/tongue1.gif

Great job by Kovalainen, Q2!

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Good work by Lotus, Crashjean fastest, Kimi saved fresh tyres for last qualifying.

Heikki managed to squeeze one more grid position, 16th!

Only a .27 of second between Rosberg and MS, but that margin meant 11 places http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...lies/ohmy1.gif

Kaotika, it's hot, that's Renaults hitting zone as I said in my first post, they haven't "found" anything. Grosjean for pole?

Hot is great for Lotus/Renault, but they got IIRC some new parts too which the team believed to help their qualifying performance specificly?

Kimi gets to do another flying with fresh tyres when the track should be at it's best, gotta hope for no traffic. Grosjean looking strong atm, beating Rosbergs time at least in 1st sector

edit: woot, Maldonado http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ies/wacko1.gif

wtf have they done to Vettels car http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ies/blink1.gif

I stood to win $300 if Grosjean or Maldonado got pole (bet I laid on Thursday), you can imagine my excitement http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...s/excited1.gif Then Vettel did a lap http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ilies/cry1.gif

lol.

That was one heck of a lap from Vettel! Going to have a few people shaking their heads, that one!

Looking like a good race tomorrow, especially if it's hot and the tyres suffer!

Everyone sure Vettel didn't cut a corner? lol, that engine must have been turned up to 11! How he found half a second from Q2 is either genius, or he was sandbagging, which would be really odd considering how tight it was.

Webber looked really gutted after Q3, I'm sure he isn't any happier now. Hopefully they get his brakes, hydraulics, gearbox and DRS working properly next race, this one is done for him unless a safety car comes out just at the right time.

You can see why Hamilton is doing well this year. Sure, he does not always get pole, but he is consitently in the higher scoring points.

Now you've done it, he will tangle with someone and get a DNF now http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...es/tongue1.gif

I'm putting money on him trying to make impossible pass in the first "real corner" from Vettel, they crash and Crashjean and Maldonado hit right to their mangled mess of 2 cars, Kimi manages to avoid the crash and gets easy victory http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...es/tongue1.gif

But Kimi get's DQ after the race for not having enough fuel for a fuel sample, and your favourite driver (MS) get's the win http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ies/laugh1.gif

Kimi gets vertigo and his tyres fall off the cliff when he gets too high in the race. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...es/tongue1.gif

Then retires the car because he needs an ice cream. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...es/tongue1.gif