2013 UBS Chinese Grand Prix

[dsgerbc]

Jeez, it's gonna be one qualifying lap per session, lol.

 

[IforceV8]

I would run Q3 on the prime tires and save the option set for the last 10 laps of the race.

 

[Terronium-12]

Kimi destroyed Sutil's advancing-into-Q2 time.

Wut. I get that he's implying he would have been faster, but still...

 

[dhandeh]

Fancy that, Webber has run out of fuel. Conspiracy theories at the ready.

 

[That90sGuy]

Webber stopped on track run out of fuel. Either that's a cunning strategy plan or a dumb mistake on the team's part

 

[Jiggins]

Fancy that, Webber has run out of fuel. Conspiracy theories at the ready.

It's hard to believe how they could get the fuelling for only one lap so wrong.

 

[Panoz]

The Red Bull gremlins have not let go of Webber still.

 

[dhandeh]

It's hard to believe how they could get the fuelling for only one lap so wrong.

Or not hard to believe.

 

[05XR8]

If you look closely, you can see a short plastic hose in Vettel's back pocket...

ONYA DANIEL! "Ricciardo? WoW."

 

[Jiggins]

Or not hard to believe.

True

 

[Terronium-12]

Just adding fuel to the fire now.

Pun not intended.

 

[That90sGuy]

Anyone know about the message about quarantining the fuel bowsers means?

 

[Tzun]

"Ricciardo, wow"

-Button

 

[dhandeh]

Anyone know about the message about quarantining the fuel bowsers means?

So they can dust them down for fingerprints.

 

[Terronium-12]

Anyone know about the message about quarantining the fuel bowsers means?

It's so the FIA can take a fuel sample.

 

[That90sGuy]

Ahh, I see. Thought it might have meant something different

 

[Jiggins]

One Aussie in Q3, but it's not Webber!

 

[05XR8]

Vettel does not want to be behind Webber after the first pitstop. mediums it is then...

 

[SagarisGTB]

Massa choked a bit in that last sector.

Raikkonen in good shape for the race.

 

[Samus]

So once again the tyres make for a dull qualifying.

 

[aarror]

So once again the tyres make for a dull qualifying.

Indeed, you know it's bad when 3 cars don't even set a time. Nice to see the Hulk up there in the top 10.

 

[mattythedog]

That was such a dull session. I sort of wish I'd stayed in bed. Still, alternate strategies should make for a good race.

 

[Seismica]

Qualifying went well, but unfortunately the mediums were 30 seconds slower than the softs

Excellent

 

[Wardez]

Danny boy in front of VETTEL?! AHAHAHAHA

WOO! What a Saturday!

Webber out of fuel, Vettel cocks up, tension indeed.

My boy Hamilton's on pole though, hell-yeah.

Can't wait for tomorrow, super proud of Lotus as well for their last-second charge!

 

[Samus]

What are you laughing at? He purposely didn't set a time.

 

[Wardez]

He was looking to set a time until he aborted due to locking up the tires on his attempt. He did go out on Mediums, but he was planning on setting a quick lap to jump a couple spots, but went wide on his run and took it into parc ferme.

Button and Hulk purposefully didn't set times to conserve their tires/start on primes, just going around on constant speed.

 

[Samus]

No he didn't, he was already cruising when he locked up.

 

[dice1998]

They need to do something about the tires, this is a joke...

It's the tires that the FIA wanted..

 

[Seismica]

Danny boy in front of VETTEL?! AHAHAHAHA

WOO! What a Saturday!

Webber out of fuel, Vettel cocks up, tension indeed.

My boy Hamilton's on pole though, hell-yeah.

Can't wait for tomorrow, super proud of Lotus as well for their last-second charge!

What are you laughing at? He purposely didn't set a time.

Ontop of that, if you notice when Vettel went wide at the hairpin, Ricciardo was right behind him. Vettel gave him a toe and went wide to get out of his way. Vettel wants to start on the mediums, and knew that the best he could get on those tyres was p8 or p9 anyway.

 

[Wardez]

No he didn't, he was already cruising when he locked up.

I didn't watch it live on video, just listened and read the live commentary report afterward, so you definitely would know better than me. I'm just going by what I got from the sources I had, which really made it sound like what I said was the case. I'll check out a replay and see later myself, interested in seeing how that went down exactly.