UBS Chinese Grand Prix

Who will win the Chinese Grand Prix?

Fernando Alonso
1
3%
Lewis Hamilton
11
28%
Jenson Button
5
13%
Mark Webber
2
5%
Sergio Perez
1
3%
Sebastian Vettel
3
8%
Kimi Raikkonen
9
23%
Bruno Senna
0
No votes
Kamui Kobayashi
1
3%
Paul di Resta
0
No votes
Michael Schumacher
2
5%
Nico Rosberg
4
10%
Other
0
No votes
 
Total votes: 39

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Re: UBS Chinese Grand Prix

Post by sleenster » 15 Apr 2012, 08:56

Championship standings

1 Lewis Hamilton 45
2 Jenson Button 43
3 Fernando Alonso 37
4 Mark Webber 36
5 Sebastian Vettel 28
6 Nico Rosberg 25
7 Sergio Perez 22
8 Kimi Räikkönen 16
9 Bruno Senna 14
10 Kamui Kobayashi 9
11 Romain Grosjean 8
12 Paul di Resta 7
13 Jean-Eric Vergne 4
14 Pastor Maldonado 4
15 Daniel Ricciardo 2
16 Nico Hulkenberg 2
17 Michael Schumacher 1
18 Felipe Massa 0
19 Timo Glock 0
20 Charles Pic 0
21 Vitaly Petrov 0
22 Heikki Kovalainen 0
23 Pedro de la Rosa 0
24 Narain Karthikeyan 0

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Post by iceman1 » 15 Apr 2012, 08:56

Rosberg "Unbelievable feeling, very cool. Very happy, excited. It's been a long time coming for me and the team. It's just really nice to see how quickly we are now progressing. Didn't expect to be that fast today, I expected to be in front but very happy with the pace I was able to go in the race."

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Post by Ferrariman60 » 15 Apr 2012, 09:04

Nico Rosberg and Mercedes AMG are grand prix winners.
Great achievement, but I know it WOULD have been a 1-2 had it not been for Schumacher's problem.
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Re: UBS Chinese Grand Prix

Post by iceman1 » 15 Apr 2012, 09:22

Raikkonen "we ran out of tyres"

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Post by phil1993 » 15 Apr 2012, 09:26

3 races, 3 different winners for 3 different teams. Nothing for Red Bull; only one podium finish.

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Post by donald29 » 15 Apr 2012, 09:33

Havn't felt that disappointed after a Grand Prix since Brazil 2008. Looking at how the race panned out 2nd was there for Schumacher. Eurgh, such awful luck this season.

Good drive by Nico though. McLaren really lost the race this weekend with Hamilton's gearbox and Button's pitstop.

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Post by donald29 » 15 Apr 2012, 09:38

Vettel's post race team radio... 'we had no straight line speed. People were just driving past. Ridiculous.' Really downbeat.

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Post by Mitsuro Sano » 15 Apr 2012, 09:54

phil1993 wrote:3 races, 3 different winners for 3 different teams. Nothing for Red Bull; only one podium finish.
This season start so beautifuly like in 2003. I think we are about to watch one of the best season on F1 ever, at least of the last 10 seasons! With McLaren in good shape, Mercedes now having a car capable to win, RedBull not as dominant as last year, Renault in good shape and even Ferrari with Alonso, and the midfield so much closer to the front, we may have a lot of different winners in this championship!

So happy that Rosberg wins, such a good talent with 0 win was weird to see! But shame that Mercedes' mistake in the pit cost Schumacher a good place finish!

Grosjean, for the first two race, was the luckiest spectator as he was allowed to take start of a GP. Now he is a real F1 driver, managing to last at least the first 10 laps and even finish the race :lol: . His strategy worked better than Raikkonen's one, that's why he was in front, but he made a very good race.

The McLarens were there but stuck behind Massa and Raikkonen, probably cost Button the win with also the problem in the pit. And nice fight between the two specs RedBulls!

Something interesting to note ( as I'm a French guy :zz: ), Charles Pic made a good performance, I believe he was something about less than 10 seconds behind Glock at the end of the race, race by race he is progressing. And Vergne finished ahead of Ricciardo but apparently it's down to Vergne's car as his package was faster than Ricciardo's one.

Hope the next race will not be Barhain because that race will be a borefest!

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Post by phil1993 » 15 Apr 2012, 09:59

Bahrain won't be boring. It's a good circuit and with these tyres we should have a fantastic battle. Only 2010 was dire in Bahrain and that was on the long circuit.

Felipe Massa still pointless.

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Post by donald29 » 15 Apr 2012, 10:04

Was really disappointed with Massa at the end. Expected him to charge to a point or two in the final stint but his pace on the soft tyre was very meh, the opposite to what we saw last season.

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Post by phil1993 » 15 Apr 2012, 10:08

It's going to be a very close season. Second to sixteenth in this race was separated by thirty seconds. That is close.

Bahrain is the unknown now, and it should be an exciting race; let's just hope it's safe.

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Post by donald29 » 15 Apr 2012, 10:10

And with no safety car. I can't remember when that has happened before. Is that unprecedented?

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Post by sportingcp » 15 Apr 2012, 10:21

Amazing race, this is one of the most exciting F1 seasons ever. What a drive from Rosberg, like I thought it was a question of time for him to win a race he is good and did and excelent job today. But i´m really sad to what happened to Kimi (P2 to P14 what a shame) the strategy from the team was totally wrong! It was something between the 2nd stops and 3rd stops they should had stopped later, and also the time he lost behind massa didn´t help.

A shame really and I´m even more sad with happened with Schumi, SO unlucky can´t believe that mistake in the pit, also it most be hard right now to that guy who made the mistake it could have been a 1-2 to Mercedes. Really unlucky. But we saw that Mercedes have the pace to win races! Hamilton with another 3rd place he has been really consistent this season i´m surprised. I´m a little surprised with Williams result and a bit disappointed with Sauber perfomance. But everyone was really close. Great, great race, so many fights, exciting, hope Michael and Kimi get better luck next time.

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Post by Zack » 15 Apr 2012, 10:22

donald29 wrote:Havn't felt that disappointed after a Grand Prix since Brazil 2008. Looking at how the race panned out 2nd was there for Schumacher. Eurgh, such awful luck this season.
same feeling here ....and its not sinking!!! :confused:

Congrats to Rosberg and Merc

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Re: UBS Chinese Grand Prix

Post by phil1993 » 15 Apr 2012, 10:25

Here's a useless fact: China 2011 and 2012 both featured 23 finishers, with the only retirement being caused by a wheel that wasn't attached properly at the driver's first stop. (2011: Alguersuari, 2012: Schumacher).

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