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Pumped, come on RBR, hopefully Brawn have dropped the ball a little with latest aero and the top 6 is the 2 x RBRs, the two Toyotas and Rosberg and Alonso. :)

Be awesome if Webebr can get to within striking distance of Rubens.... should i be hoping for rain on race day? :P ... because P3 is wet :D

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Hamilton out in Q1. Ego has to be bruised.

Once again pat on the back for Nakajima, assuming his racing concentration improves he looks like the fastest Japanese driver in F1 for a while (or ever??).

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Session ended and Vettel pips Webber ... again :(

But Webber just did the one early run and looked supreme on the hard tyres. Its going to be interesting Q3! :) RBR look to have the sort of advantage Brawn had in Australia, assuming the soft tyres are worth a few tenths ists going to be a two car race :) Awesome ! :)

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Webber is going to need a very good start to give himself a chance of winning the race. Vettel looks on track for another race win with his fuel load and options this opens up.

1. Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull, 666.5 kg

2. Rubens Barrichello, Brawn GP, 657.5

3. Mark Webber, Red Bull, 659.5

4. Jarno Trulli, Toyota, 658

5. Kazuki Nakajima, Williams, 652.5

6. Jenson Button, Brawn GP, 657.5

7. Nico Rosberg, Williams, 661.5

8. Timo Glock, Toyota, 660

9. Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, 654

10. Fernando Alonso, Renault, 654

11. Felipe Massa, Ferrari, 675

12. Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber, 689.5

13. Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren, 695.5

14. Nelson Piquet, Renault, 682.5

15. Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber, 665.5

16. Giancarlo Fisichella, Force India, 668

17. Sebastien Bourdais, Toro Rosso, 687.5

18. Adrian Sutil, Force India, 692

19. Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, 666

20. Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso, 672.5

TALBO Grand Master

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I applaud you guys being patriotic and all but lets get realistic here, Mark was already slower than Vettel in the first sector before he came across Kimi on that lap. Excuses excuses.... Karma's a bitch innit!

Great lap from Vettel considering he's is going to go for the longest in the first stint tonight, and it looks as though RBR haven't compromised his strategy for this GP either.

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look,im almost as biger MW fan as Roy, but what you are saying is correct, SV is generally quicker in qualifying, He just has to be more consistent during the race. Thats where MW is still a more superior drver. put it down to experience or what ever but MW is driving better so far this season. SV is still young and has a massive career infront of him.

I applaud you guys being patriotic and all but lets get realistic here, Mark was already slower than Vettel in the first sector before he came across Kimi on that lap. Excuses excuses.... Karma's a bitch innit!

Great lap from Vettel considering he's is going to go for the longest in the first stint tonight, and it looks as though RBR haven't compromised his strategy for this GP either.

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look,im almost as biger MW fan as Roy, but what you are saying is correct, SV is generally quicker in qualifying, He just has to be more consistent during the race. Thats where MW is still a more superior drver. put it down to experience or what ever but MW is driving better so far this season. SV is still young and has a massive career infront of him.

Sorry I can't agree. I think the difference is that RBR have compromised Vettel with the race strategies they've adopted. IMHO (not trying to start a flame war) Vettel is a far superior driver than Mark

Roy Grand Master

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Mark would have easily potted the front row if not for Kimi. Would it have been first or second? He was slower then Vettel in sector 1, but with his lighter fuel load he could have used that weight advantage to pull back the 0.013 or whatever it was. But point is he would have had a shot at the lead from the front row, he is now 3rd back and lighter with fuel then those ahead of him.

Only hope is the first lap has a few dramas and Webber can slip ahead for a few laps to see if he can do a dash. I dare think that even if Webber can get to teh front. lol remember what he did with his P2 last year at Slverstone :P he wont be able to do a dash and be ahead after the first round of stops. :P

Anyway, at least he is up there, and really looks like he is racing for that 3rd step at the moment :)

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