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1. Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, 658.5kg

2. Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull, 663

3. Mark Webber, Red Bull, 660

4. Rubens Barrichello, Brawn GP, 655

5. Jenson Button, Brawn GP, 657

6. Jarno Trulli, Toyota, 661

7. Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber, 654.5

8. Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber, 664

9. Nico Rosberg, Williams, 665

10. Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso, 661.5

11. Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, 692

12. Kamui Kobayashi, Toyota, 694.3

13. Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren, 697

14. Kazuki Nakajima, Williams, 704

15. Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso, 696.5

16. Fernando Alonso, Renault, 708.3

17. Vitantonio Liuzzi, Force India, 695

18. Adrian Sutil, Force India, 696

19. Romain Grosjean, Renault, 710.8

20. Giancarlo Fisichella, Ferrari, 692.5

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Everyone from 11th down looks able to go super long to the first stop. Lewis should have blinding pace with that fuel load, but will need to build a decent gap to come out ahead after the first complete round of stops. I really hope they fuel him to the end on the harder tires after he pits.

When Hamilton presses the KERS button in the middle sector it is all over red rover.

The car is nicely balanced though the rest of the circuit but there is a huge speed difference he is able to generate here. Even with some single stop traffic he will have plenty of pace up his sleeve if he gets caught on on the pit stop strategy.

or since your in south africa, you could just steal another one

Negative mate.....

Shonky bootlegged Satellite System from South Africa working here in Afghanistan....

Other wise I would've been all over a new system, like a tramp on a chip!

Here's an interesting (but highly unlikely) scenario- If Vettel holds station and finishes 2nd and Rubens somehow manages to win, they'd be tied on championship points for 2nd place AND both have 3 wins apiece.

What would happen then? count 2nd place finishes?

And Trulli needs to just shut the hell up about the Interlagos incident with Sutil; it was 99% your fault mate. Dude smokes entirely too much pole

well at least now you won't have to wonder if the FIA really do favour ferarri.... lol looks like it really is L'Ferrari International Assistance.... d'oh!

Because they've done Ferrari so many favours in the past....!! WTF

Looking at qualifying last night the track and facility looks superb, must have cost them a pretty packet to get that patch of desert transformed into a race circuit.

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