drb5

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Some driving!

1 second ahead of Vettel in second!!!!

Clarebabes

He did well didn't he? Though I must be getting old cos he looks about 13

Petem95

That was unexpected to say the least! Even his second to last lap would have put him pole - quality bit of driving!

Great to see the Williams team back at the front too. Even if he gets into the first corner first tomorrow I can't see him hanging onto the lead for long tho - but should make for an exciting race!

The Zohan

Lol! +1

f1_fan

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A car with exactly the right set up for the conditions and the tyres and driver with a great feel for the amount of grip = a pole position from nowhere. Great for F1. Patrick Head is till one mif my favourite people in F1. Old skool

drb5

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It really is pretty unbelievable though.

He's done not too bad over the season, but to be so far ahead of the pack is properly amazing. Makes the others look slow almost.

f1_fan

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Not taking anything away from him, but the track was drying rapidly and he managed to go out just ahead of the main coentenders so he crossed the line with 4 seconds to spare and got an 'extra' lap over the others which is why he was so far ahead even if his previous lap was still good enough for pole by .2 secs..

dpb

Germany ?

SRSport

Just part of the skill which should be praised though.
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Alonso 5th

Ant

stayed away from this thread until i seen it, what a drive!!

davyboy

Not the first time the Williams car has gone fast on a green track. It seems to work well in those conditions.

Fair play though, always nice to see a different name at the front of the grid.

scarey

as an old fuddy duddy I'm going for the cynical view......

fuelled to only make 1/2 distance, and give the sponsors some glory time.

will not be unhappy if he wins, however

davyboy

The cars don't quailify on race fuel in the 3rd session this year.

SRSport

I think he meant that they would do it deliberately to maintain the lead and brake away for their moment of glory before suddenly spluttering to a stop.

Petem95

I think his pole was down to a combination of things - perfect timing on track, maybe a setup which just worked out ideal for those conditions (drying track), and thirdly driver ability - he kept it together, no mistakes, and got the result. Hulk hasn't really impressed in F1 up to now, but he was excellent in lower forumule.

Would be surprised if he finished any higher than 5th tomorrow, but still it should be a good race!

f1_fan

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Yeah I was just explaining as to why he seemed so far ahead on the timesheets. The really interesting thing is his previous lap was good enough for pole anyway.

Yeah, shame about Alonso.... shame he wasn't dead last!!!

SRSport

Sshhh dont tell Urban about this thread.

davyboy

I hope the results make it a tight 4 way battle to the last round.

Would make for a great race.

billythekid

Great lap - nothing to lose though - just hang it out and if you fall off who cares. Webber and Vettel etal were trying not to make mistakes and were only driving at 9.10ths. Good result for Alonso given the conditions I reckon.

JDM_Stig

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As mentioned above, not taking anything away from Williams but Id hazard a guess that they have split their setup and have set up Hulks car for a dry race and the others are edging their bets towards a wet race as it has given out rain for the race, so he was on the right tyres and setup at the right time,
If its wet tomorrow they will pass him as his car will be far too hard in the damp.

davyboy

Like I said earlier the car works well in green conditions. Pretty sure he was 2nd or 3rd in a session in China after a downpour.

fast bloke

I think Alonso summed it up - Slicks on a wet track with a dry line. You go 10 cm off the line and you lose a second. The contenders are all sh1tting bricks and can't afford to push the limits. Hulkenberg could afford to chuck in a banzai lap or two - worst case scenario was that he binned it and started in 10th.

Tomorrow will be good. If Hulk gets through the esses first (and Webber doesn't crash into someone in front of him... like he usually does), the RB's will be sitting ducks up the hill in sector 3

Leslie

Well I am prepared to give him and Williams all the credit for doing it. He didn't just do one lap like that too.

I was wondering why he was so hard to pass in the Codemasters F1 2010 game on my PC!

Les

EmzWRX

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Could do with the Red Bulls to pass Hulk, and for him to hold the rest of the field up, got some more mods resting on the result, lol

drb5

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As time goes on, the less i wish Vettel to win, so i'm hoping(if Lewis can't manage it) Webber will do the job and Alonso to be put out in one way or another.

drb5

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Anyone think Legard sounds a bit funny today? Brundle sounds ok, but Legard sounds as though he's on another planet or something.

astraboy

I stopped thinking that a few months ago when I saw him sulking like the whinging german crybaby his is when he has a podium instead of a win.

In fact, vettel is the ONLY driver in the running I don't want to win, but that's only because I have money on alonso to win.

As for Legard, the man is an idiot and needs to stop talking.
astraboy.

drb5

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Mind me asking what you stand to win if Alonso DOES do it? When did you stick the bet on?

astraboy

Put a tenner on at 7-1
Stuck the bet on at the start of the season, I have a man on the inside who successfully predicted the 2009 result during pre season testing. Rather stupidly, I didn't put money on his say so. So I decided to bet on his say so this year.
astraboy.

drb5

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Good one!

Hopefully you lose ten quid then.