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FORMULA 1 2018 HEINEKEN CHINESE GRAND PRIX: QUALIFYING *** SPOILERS ***

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  1. tifoso2728

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    Where did Force India come from?

    Renault team looking good as well.

    This weekend McLaren has the goods over TR Honda.

    As the world turns . . . .
     
  2. Bas

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    Forza Ferrari!!!!
     
  4. vinuneuro

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    Wow Ferrari is crushing it. Bahrain was hot and high-stress on the rear, China is cold and high-stress on the front. Fast everywhere in any condition.
     
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  8. jgonzalesm6

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    Here we go....already....blaming the team.:rolleyes:

    Hamilton calls Ferrari's consistently strong F1 form "very strange" and admits he was "shocked" by how his Mercedes handled on ChineseG qualifying day per Autosport.
     
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  9. Bas

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    What a surprise....not. He's an ungrateful turd. No different from his very early (pre-F1) days when he blamed everyone, no different 20 years later.
     
  10. stavura

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    What a tool.
     
  11. ingegnere

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    Where have all the "Lewis is GOAT" posters gone?

    And what happened to McLaren and Alonso?

    McLaren, the motorcar manufacturer that can't build its own engine and criticizes the real manufacturer engine suppliers, after all that incessant hype over the winter and having liberated themselves from the Honda anchor (according to them) were supposed to be fighting it out amongst the big boys. They've just exposed themselves as mid-field runners and the "highly regarded" Alonso is just barely outrunning his much less experienced teammate.
     
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  12. jgonzalesm6

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    2017 vs 2018

    Qualifying - Development of Max. speeds over the year:
    - McLaren makes biggest step on speed trap (+9.7kph) after switch to Renault power, followed by Ferrari (+5.8kph)
    - Williams 6.3kph slower than last year

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    2017 vs 2018

    - HAAS gained 1.527s, Mclaren1.268s (1.15s in S3 with longest straight)
    - Mercedes only 1 tenth faster
    - Toro Rosso slightly slower with Honda engine, Williams over 0.5s

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  13. Simon^2

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  14. DF1

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    Interesting qualy. Good for the red team. Glad to see Ricci made it out of the garage to be part of it.

    The so called- season of LH- is not going well! Bottas is more than able to keep pace lately and in general does better when the car enters Diva mode.

    Another tough pole lost for Kimi. I think Ferrari are going to do quite well! Can Bottas keep LH back over the course of the race? Will LH be pressured by others as well.
     
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  15. tifoso2728

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    So Verstapen will be on Hamiltion's shoulder, on the clean line, with an axe to grind after last week's contretemps in Bahrain. Should be a fun first corner . . .

    I hope Kimi can get a better start than Bottas. I'm not holding my breath regarding that. Kimi seems to let down a bit on race day. Am I wrong about that??
     
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    I don't mind Max playing a bit of bowling, as long as he doesn't hit the reds!

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  17. P.Singhof

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    At least it is again an Austrian ;)
     
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    There are six cars running Renault power units...two running Honda PUs. Half of the Hondas did not finish the first race...the other one crossed the line dead last. Race two: with a fresh engine, Gasley impressed...his teammate, dead last. China qualifying: ALL Renault powered cars outperformed the Honda cars.

    McLaren might not be performing as well as they’d like to, but I can hardly see how they made a poor choice ditching Honda. Gasley’s fourth place has clouded a lot of judgement. Remember, Stroll stood on the podium last year. Strange things happen in individual races...not so much for entire seasons.

    Which will happen first: Honda power unit penalties? ...or a functional OTT video stream from Liberty? Fifty/fifty.
     
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    This is priceless: McLaren wondering if they weren't ambitious enough with their car https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/mclaren-set-bar-too-low-with-2018-car-boullier-1026189/

    But I just love this quote from Eric Boullier: the car's great but "...We just need to make the car faster around the corners and in a straight line...". With insight like that it is astonishing that they aren't three seconds a lap quicker than everyone else.

    Jonathan
     
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  22. Kiwi Nick

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    The sector and speed trap data might indicate that Kimi has a bit more front wing downforce. That could be useful in the race.
     
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    :)
     

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