Sebastian Vettel on pole

[epifanatic]

Should be a good one with both Ferrari's nipping at his heels. Will it be a dry one? Malaysia is a fun track to watch also...........man I love F1.:thmbsp:

 

[kneeOhFight]

Vettel is an artist behind the wheel. He's well on his way to all time great status. He, Kimi Raikkonen, Fernando Alonso, Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton make five World Champions on the grid, making it an all time great field. This should be an incredible season in F1.

 

[bogle111]

I like F1, but any bets Vettel doen't finish first? Very early in the season to call a winner on this one.

 

[epifanatic]

As much as I hate to say it, Ferrari is looking very good this year after the disaster that was last season. I personally will be pulling for Lewis Hamilton.

 

[bogle111]

As much as I hate to say it, Ferrari is looking very good this year after the disaster that was last season. I personally will be pulling for Lewis Hamilton.

Me too, he is becoming an accomplished and wise competitor. Massa has got something to prove, tough I think he is good, it is his temperament and all out "pedal to the metal" that is against him. Alonso needs it too badly.

 

[kneeOhFight]

I like F1, but any bets Vettel doen't finish first? Very early in the season to call a winner on this one.

As you say, way too early to call, but, if Lotus can keep a competitively updated car under Kimi Raikkonen, I think he, Alonso, and Vettel will be nip and tuck as the season wears on.

 

[bogle111]

I think it will be the top 5 as we see them, with Button, Webber, Grosjean and Maldonado making an appearance here and there. Must get some shuteye so I can watch it.

 

[kneeOhFight]

I think it will be the top 5 as we see them, with Button, Webber, Grosjean and Maldonado making an appearance here and there. Must get some shuteye so I can watch it.

Sadly, Williams appears to be lost in the woods so far this season. I'd love to see how it performs in a wet race in the hands of young Valtteri Bottas. He's supposed to be a very special young driver. Maldonado has flashes of brilliance, but they are few and far between.

 

[epifanatic]

Valtteri Bottas, another flying Fin, that kid has tons of potential.

 

[Jeffery]

Man, that race was a clusterfdisk. All that was missing was for some team mates to actually take each other out of the race to be totally whack.

 

[skippy_ps]

Yes, a messy race. I did get a good chuckle out of Hamilton stopping by the McLaren pit to say hello. :thmbsp:

 

[kneeOhFight]

The marginal, almost nonexistent tire durability makes it lunacy for teammates to race each other. What Vettel did was high treason. He'll get a hall pass for this one, but, there is no future for anyone at Red Bull that pisses of Adrian Newey and Chris Horner. Vettel needs them, not the other way around.

 

[skippy_ps]

The marginal, almost nonexistent tire durability makes it lunacy for teammates to race each other. What Vettel did was high treason. He'll get a hall pass for this one, but, there is no future for anyone at Red Bull that pisses of Adrian Newey and Chris Horner. Vettel needs them, not the other way around.

Indeed. Webber was in the lead, the laps are winding down and he's not exactly holding up Vettel. He was told to hold station and didn't.

Essentially, he stole the win from Webber and I'm sure Webber isn't going to forget it anytime soon. Payback is going to be a bitch.

Murray

 

[kneeOhFight]

Indeed. Webber was in the lead, the laps are winding down and he's not exactly holding up Vettel. He was told to hold station and didn't.

Essentially, he stole the win from Webber and I'm sure Webber isn't going to forget it anytime soon. Payback is going to be a bitch.

Murray

Webber was, (and probably remains) livid about the deal, but, unlike young Vettel, is too professional to make a disaster of things. He knows where his bread is buttered, and who does it. He had the option of racing Vettel much harder than he did, and elected not to. He deserves high praise for that. Vettel was on better tires, and was the faster of the two, but, rightly or wrongly, he had his marching orders. The temptation to nerf Vettel off must have been overwhelming. Red Bull has been collecting north of $90 million USD annually from the point fund in recent years. Nobody is bigger than that fact, and Vettel elected to make his personal agenda more important in that race. I doubt he needs to do it too many more times to get fired.

 

[skippy_ps]

Yeah, it reminds me of when Vettel blasted up beside Webber, locked the tires up and crashed into Webber at the Turkish grand prix. Pitiful.

 

[tensleep]

Getting ready to chase watch this race! This should be fun.

 

[bogle111]

The marginal, almost nonexistent tire durability makes it lunacy for teammates to race each other. What Vettel did was high treason. He'll get a hall pass for this one, but, there is no future for anyone at Red Bull that pisses of Adrian Newey and Chris Horner. Vettel needs them, not the other way around.

I am just waiting to see how many races the little pr**k (I was going to say team player) will have to give up to Webber. But hell, he is Golden Boy - "Boy" being the operative word.

 

[epifanatic]

WTF was Alonzo thinking? I was flabbergasted when he drove past pit-in.

 

[kneeOhFight]

Yeah, it reminds me of when Vettel blasted up beside Webber, locked the tires up and crashed into Webber at the Turkish grand prix. Pitiful.

No doubt, Webber remembers that, too. More importantly, so will Horner, Newey, and Dietrich Mateschitz. Even with the point fund money for winning the Constructors Championship and outside sponsors, Mateschitz has to lay out around a quarter billion dollars a season to keep Red Bull on money par with the likes of Ferrari and Mercedes. Think he appreciates Vettel putting what money he does have coming in from the outside in jeopardy? Vettel is ****ing up big time testing him and his brain trust. He will lose.

 

[epifanatic]

"They are race drivers and they will push to the limit. That is part of what their DNA is"~ Christian Horner