2012 Formula One Spanish Grand Prix

ufunacaoenn · May 12, 2012

I stopped breathing when Alonso was in P1 and all the other drivers couldn't beat him. I was telling myself "This might be the comeback of Ferrari"

, then I so Maldonado in P1 and I had a heart attack, "Impossable, Williams on pole"

but then Hamilton stole pole with almost 0.6s.

Mike85 · May 12, 2012

Kevin Cordice said:
well we all know that he is a very aggressive attacker and defender

Sunday race shaping up to be a mighty interesting/awesome one

aggresive attacker/defender who?

Kevin Cordice · May 12, 2012

@Hampus Andersson

I think it will be 1.21´s

Good call

, are u a betting man if not

Bruno Sousa Ferreira · May 12, 2012

Amazing by Maldonado, (what did he eat for breakfeast), also Alonso done his usual magic tricks and what happened to the Lotus?
Is it me or did the Mclaren team sounded a bit 'suspicious'

with Lewis car stopping on track?

Hampus Andersson · May 12, 2012

Kevin Cordice said:
@Hampus Andersson

Good call, are u a betting man if not

wohoo

Champagne for everyone!

No i don´t do bets

Kevin Cordice · May 12, 2012

Quarra933 said:
aggresive attacker/defender who?

Mr. Venezuela

Hampus Andersson · May 12, 2012

Interesting to note that Hamilton was quicker this year then last year by 2 tenths.

And that is without OTBD.

1:21.961

1:21.707

Compared to Vettel,

1:21.181

1:22.884

Kevin Cordice · May 12, 2012

Baffling isn't it

cruyff · May 12, 2012

I honestly don't know what is going on this year. In the first 2 races McLaren was fastest, yet Alonso led the championship, then the Mercedes was way faster, and then RBR was faster in Bahrain, and now this...

I just don't know... usually the car that won in Spain was the one that won the constructor's, but now whoever wins is gonna win by a whisker... If I was more aggravated than I am now I'd say that the days when the best won almost always, are gone.

António da Cunha · May 12, 2012

Look at that Williams flying!!!

Go Pastor!

Bjorn de Haas · May 12, 2012

I miss the days that drivers would burn up 10 sets of tires in the qualy without concerning about the race.
Dear Bernie give us back real f1 racing!!!!!!!

Hampus Andersson · May 12, 2012

cruyff said:
I honestly don't know what is going on this year. In the first 2 races McLaren was fastest, yet Alonso led the championship, then the Mercedes was way faster, and then RBR was faster in Bahrain, and now this...

I just don't know... usually the car that won in Spain was the one that won the constructor's, but now whoever wins is gonna win by a whisker... If I was more aggravated than I am now I'd say that the days when the best won almost always, are gone.

There are no BS innovations which naturally will shrink the field, so know it´s the person who gets the most out of the tires that will win.

Hampus Andersson · May 12, 2012

Bjorn de Haas said:
I miss the days that drivers would burn up 10 sets of tires in the qualy without concerning about the race.
Dear Bernie give us back real f1 racing!!!!!!!

How can you possibly complain about this Qualifying?

Everyone from Q1 went out on softs and put in lap after lap after lap. What more could you ask for seriously?

Bjorn de Haas · May 12, 2012

Well they only did 1 lap and to be fair id rather prefer the old qualy system 60 minutes and no worries about tires

Victor Ivanov · May 12, 2012

They were always worried about tyres even in those days!

Paul M Jones · May 12, 2012

I feel Maldonado answered his critics by qualifying 2nd. He's not just a pay driver, he's pretty quick.
If Maldonado wins on Sunday then that would be FWs best birthday present.
C'mon Pastor!

James Maskell · May 12, 2012

And i predict 4th for Webber, or will he spice it up and come 3rd? then come 3rd in the next 2 races? then 2nd in the following two then just win from then on?

Mike85 · May 12, 2012

One thing is sure: this year will be VERY interesting because of the following reasons:

1. we will finally understand what Vettel really can do in a more challenging situation.
2. many cars seem to be almost equal and here's the driver that makes the whole difference.

Hampus Andersson · May 12, 2012

Bjorn de Haas said:
Well they only did 1 lap and to be fair id rather prefer the old qualy system 60 minutes and no worries about tires

Hamilton did 2.
He did 2 in Q1 as well. I´m sure several others did too.

Problem with the 60 minute Qual is that it would be dead for most of the time because you can´t afford to run the engines much because they only have 8 of them for the whole season.

Back when they had new engines for every session it worked but now you have to take care of the car more.