Formula 1 2013

[felixR]

This is a very good read of what happened on Sunday between the top 3 podium finishers!

http://willthef1journo.wordpress.com...ling-assassin/

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[plAythiNG]

Good read. Thansk for the share Felix!

[felixR]

It's Chinese Grand Prix time!

Practice One for this weekend’s Chinese round got off to a relatively leisurely start at Shanghai International Circuit on Friday morning, under overcast skies and 32 degrees Celsius ambient temperature.

Nico Rosberg set the fastest time of 1m 36.717s for Mercedes, ahead of team mate Lewis Hamilton. The 2008 world champion was 0.454s back, on 1m 37.171s and headed the warring Red Bull duo of Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel on 1m 37.658s and 1m 37.942s respectively.

Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa kept Ferrari in the hunt with fifth and seventh-fastest times of 1m 37.965s and 1m 38.095s, with McLaren’s Jenson Button sandwiched between them on 1m 38.069s. The silver car has a lot of updates on it this weekend in an attempt to find its sweet spot.

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Felipe Massa emerged fastest from a second practice session at the Shanghai International Circuit on Friday in which lap times were heavily affected by rubber thrown off Pirelli’s soft-compound tyres.

The Brazilian lapped his Ferrari in 1m 35.340s on the soft tyres, but it was his long run pace on the mediums that was really impressive and bodes well for the Scuderia’s race chances.

Kimi Raikkonen got closest to his outright pace with 1m 35.492s for Lotus, and Fernando Alonso took third place for Ferrari with 1m 35.755s. Nico Rosberg, who had set the pace initially, rounded out the top four for Mercedes with 1m 35.819s.

As the session reached the hour mark there was so much rubber off line that going any faster wasn’t possible and teams concentrated on longer runs.

That left Mark Webber fifth for Red Bull on 1m 36.092s, from Jenson Button’s McLaren on 1m 36.432s, the unwell Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes on 1m 36.496s, the Force Indias of Adrian Sutil and Paul di Resta on 1m 36.514s and 1m 36.595s, Sebastian Vettel’s Red Bull on 1m 36.791s, Sergio Perez’s McLaren on 1m 36.940s and Romain Grosjean’s Lotus on 1m 36.963s.

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[amee-reb]

so disappointing for Webber! really wana see him beat Vettle tomorrow!

[felixR]

so disappointing for Webber! really wana see him beat Vettle tomorrow!

Yeah unlucky!

[domsreal]

Very interesting about Webber!!

Riccardo outpacing his team-mate good signs, possible replacement for Webber in the future perhaps?
Will be a good race with top 10 starting on different compounds!!

[amee-reb]

Very interesting about Webber!!

Riccardo outpacing his team-mate good signs, possible replacement for Webber in the future perhaps?
Will be a good race with top 10 starting on different compounds!!

yea lol! did you hear what button said when he found out riccardo qualified?

[felixR]

yea lol! did you hear what button said when he found out riccardo qualified?

What did he say?

[amee-reb]

What did he say?

The top 10 qualifiers were being read out to the drivers on the mclaren team radio. Button went " Riccardo? Wow"

[felixR]

Lol

Oh poor Webber.

[felixR]

Well done Alonso!

1. ALO
2. RAI
3. HAM

[cartoon]

Was a good race!

[felixR]

Solid drive by Ricciardo too!

[KennyBKT]

great race. Quality chase in the end by Vettel on Hamilton too! Another lap or two more and he definately would've passed Hamilton.