F1 Sepang Quali (not spoiled)

[yellowperil]

Lots of excitement, good cast of characters upfront, a newbie in 6th on race grid.

Should be a good race, maybe mixed weather. Bring it on.

[URY914]

Finally the front row will look different.

[Noah930]

Wow, this is a fantastic race!

[Noah930]

Racing at the front. Strategy battles with the tires. Even if Mercedes wins, you can hear the stress in their radio voices.

Phenomenal drive by Kimi.

Good mid-pack racing.

Only disappointment is McLaren-Honda. Why did Alonso DNF? Otherwise low attrition.

[Noah930]

As a fan of the race-winner, I'm glad I stayed up for this race!

[Neilk]

I think Bernie told a certain team to turn it down, for the tv ratings...

[widgeon13]

Will it be rebroadcast at a more civil time? Thanks

[legion]

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Mercedes blew it with their early tire change. At the time, I thought to myself: "Wow, Mercedes is so dominant they know that they can throw away a set of tires and still win."

[WPOZZZ]

Originally Posted by widgeon13

Will it be rebroadcast at a more civil time? Thanks

9pm was quite civil for me!

[URY914]

Some guys change teams for the better, some don't....

[kang]

Originally Posted by legion

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Mercedes blew it with their early tire change. At the time, I thought to myself: "Wow, Mercedes is so dominant they know that they can throw away a set of tires and still win."

They blew it before that! They blew it when they used the options in Q1. I questioned that move at the time, but I guess they were thinking the rain is coming, and they needed a banker ASAP, like the first lap out, and didn't want to risk that.

[techweenie]

I'm glad (despite being a Hamilton fan) to see another marque win, but it was by a margin of less than 1/2 the time lost in the 3rd pit stop. Someone likely got taken to the woodshed for that decision.

It was interesting toward the end how Vettel and Hamilton were trading fastest laps back and forth. I'm hoping for a bit more team competition this year.

[Deschodt]

I'm not a fan of Vettel (don't hate him either, he's funny), nor of Ferrari particularly, but I found myself rooting for both. Anything to upset the Mercedes applecart, if only for a race !

There's a picture of Alonso walking by the Ferrari pit that is hysterical (the mechanics seem to smile, he clearly isn't). Some drivers have a talent for changing teams at the wrong time !

Now I'm pretty sure we'll resume normal domination service in China...

[imcarthur]

A good race. I now hope for anybody other than the dominant racer. One team's domination is very bad for the sport. And speaking of bad for the sport, there is Bernie . . .

"The last time Germany disappeared from the calendar was in 1955. The race's history stretches back to 1926. Only Belgium and Italy have held races for longer.
Oh, and France, but it lost its race seven years ago and has next to no hope of a return.

France is where motor racing started. It held the first grand prix in 1906. And yet when the country could not come up with a financial deal to sate the ever-increasing demands of Bernie Ecclestone,

F1's tsar had no compunction about cutting it free. So much for the value of heritage and history.

Ecclestone has also said he will not renew Italy's deal when it expires next year, claiming it was been "disastrous" from a "commercial point of view".
To many, an F1 calendar without Monza is unthinkable. But then that's what people thought about Germany, too.

Many within F1 believe Ecclestone's priorities are out of whack, that too much focus is given to profit and not enough to what is good for the sport . . . "

Full article: BBC Sport

ian

[Flieger]

Originally Posted by techweenie

I'm glad (despite being a Hamilton fan) to see another marque win, but it was by a margin of less than 1/2 the time lost in the 3rd pit stop. Someone likely got taken to the woodshed for that decision.

It was interesting toward the end how Vettel and Hamilton were trading fastest laps back and forth. I'm hoping for a bit more team competition this year.

The Mercs couldn't make the tires last so they needed 3 stops. The Ferrari could go just as fast but for longer, and that is what won them the race.