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LOL, part hunch and part wishful thinking...both RBRs to be in the top 4. I am betting that they have speed to burn and have been running heavy all weekend so as not to show their pace. I suspect they dont want the likes of Ferrari, Brawn etc thinking that RBR have a speed advantage and throwing low fuel in the car to mess with the RBR race strategy.

So when they sprin up in Q2 and Q3 the other teams have less time to do anything about ther pace regarding fuel loads.

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certainly brawn have been foxing. if you read the driver quotes from practice 1 & 2 you'd think they were struggling.

big fuel loads and race setup (which is what RBR seemed to be doing) should see them in good stead.

i think Ferrari are a genuine chance of a podium this weekend.

The softer compound tyres are going to be tricky to manage. The performance dropped off on the end of the 2nd sector and into the 3rd sector.

If the Brawns are easy on the tyres as we have seen previously they are a good chance during that phase. Vettel seemed to be quite hard on the tyres last race so he will have his work cut out but he is very very quick.

Top job by Vettel with Button, Barrichello, Webber and Trulli in the first 5 places.

Well as a Webber fan i am again lamenting Webber getting done in quali and left hoping he has more fuel. I was watching on live timing and couldnt tell if Vettel was on softs and what tyres the others are on?

With Trulle and the Fezz behind him Webber better make a cracker of a start, he on the dirty side so will have to watch for Trulli otherise a podium shot could be gone by turn 1.

...and lol Hamo out qualified by Heiki again :)

Pretty sure everyone except Barrichello on softs.

Webber's 2nd sector was pretty slow so i am guessing he understeered somewhere here, maybe he was carrying a higher fuel load than Vettel but Webber was the shizzle in sector 1 so it's more likely that a small mistake cost him 2 tenths.

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Webber heavier then thoe ahead of him, if only a tad in front of Button. I hope he an jump at least one of the Brawns! May have to cancel my dinner with local crumpet so i can sink beers watching the race :)

lol !

:D

1. Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull, 649.5

2. Jenson Button, Brawn GP, 655.5

3. Rubens Barrichello, Brawn GP, 652.5

4. Mark Webber, Red Bull, 656

5. Jarno Trulli, Toyota, 652

6. Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, 658

7. Felipe Massa, Ferrari, 654

8. Fernando Alonso, Renault, 644.5

9. Nico Rosberg, Williams, 660

10. Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber, 664

11. Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber, 681.5

12. Kazuki Nakajima, Williams, 680.4

13. Timo Glock, Toyota, 689

14. Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren, 665

15. Adrian Sutil, Force India, 668.5

16. Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, 696.5

17. Nelson Piquet, Renault, 689.6

18. Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso, 686.5

19. Giancarlo Fisichella, Force India, 688.5

20. Sebastien Bourdais, Toro Rosso, 701

Does anyone know if these weights include the drivers? Because Webber always seems to be that 6-7kgs heavier than Vettel but rarely does he run all that much longer in the 1st stint so I'm curious if the weight difference we always see is to do with Mark himself rather than just the fuel difference?

Good work Mark with another P2....

Not much else for me to say about the race unfortunately (for me being Ferrari..)

Also great to see there's still plenty of coverage of not only Hamilton lapping with the back markers, but also of his dad fondling himself in the garage...I'd be lost without such coverage.

the sphincter of the universe was one of the more interesting races ive seen for a while, Its kinda sad to say, but it was good watching some of the bigger teams struggle with setup.

Interesting?

It was possibly the most boring GP i've ever watched! :thumbsup:

Yeah well that was a pretty boring race really..... Would have been MUCH more interesting if Button had of spun around into a wall or something lol.

Good result for Webber, and that's 5 out of 7 races he has beaten Vettel now :)

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