Rosberg comfortably quickest in final practice

24 comments on “Rosberg comfortably quickest in final practice”

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   hzh (@hzh00)
   15th March 2014, 4:13

   Too bad I had my alarm set but I had a deep sleep and I missed the session.
2. 

   Sankalp Sharma (@sankalp88)
   15th March 2014, 4:14

   It’s tight between Rosberg and Hamilton. I’m going to go with Hamilton for pole and win.
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   iAltair (@)
   15th March 2014, 4:20

   Definitely going to be Rosberg on pole.

   As for the win, I don’t really know. Mercedes having tyres problem.
   1. 

      Clarky
      15th March 2014, 4:34

      Why definitely?
   2. 

      pxcmerc (@)
      15th March 2014, 4:40

      actually its more likely to be Lewis, cause hes only 1.6 seconds behind Nico on the slower tires that are supposed to be worth at least 2 seconds. Anything can happen, and I believe Lewis made some suspension changes before he went out on his softs.
      1. 

         Sankalp Sharma (@sankalp88)
         15th March 2014, 4:45

         Hamilton was on softs as well, according to the live timing app.
         1. 

            kris
            15th March 2014, 4:59

            Hamilton soft tyre run was slower as he had slid on the turn (probably T11) and lost about 5 secs in the 2nd sector compared to rosbrerg (he was ahead of rosberg till that point)..
         2. 

            Tom (@newdecade)
            15th March 2014, 5:00

            He was a tenth or so up on Nico in the first sector, before going off and aborting.
         3. 

            pxcmerc (@)
            15th March 2014, 5:34

            he was 6/10s faster on the same tires (medium) he never set a good time on the softs, probably because of the suspension changes, at least thats what I believe I heard (torsion bars) while he was in the pits before coming out on softs.
      2. 

         Chris (@tophercheese21)
         15th March 2014, 5:38

         Yep, I’ve got hamilton for pole!
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   Mashiat (@)
   15th March 2014, 4:22

   Is it just me or don’t Red Bull have the mandatory cameras on the side of the car. I was going through friday’s pics and I couldn’t see them. Anybody else notice it?
   1. 

      Kingshark (@kingshark)
      15th March 2014, 4:23

      @mashiat
      They placed the camera on the nose, apparently.
   2. 

      Xusen (@xusen)
      15th March 2014, 4:24

      They integrated the camera’s into the nose…look closely for the small opening on the nose cone.
   3. 

      Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
      15th March 2014, 4:37

      @mashiat See here
      1. 

         Mashiat (@)
         15th March 2014, 7:33

         @keithcollantine, Is that even legal? I thought that the cameras were mandatory to be on the position similar to other cars? I am probably wrong but I just want to know what makes it legal.
5. 

   Mashiat (@)
   15th March 2014, 4:24

   I think that Alonso is gonna leave Ferrari at the end of the season seeing as they probably won’t win the championship this year. But at least in the current point in time he is much quicker (we’re talking a few tenths here) than Kimi.
   1. 

      Diego (@ironcito)
      15th March 2014, 5:14

      And go where? No way he could go to Red Bull, and I doubt there will be an opening next year at Mercedes. Maybe McLaren if Button decides to retire or if Magnussen disappoints, or Williams if it becomes very competitive. But my money is on him staying at Ferrari.
6. 

   Chris (@tophercheese21)
   15th March 2014, 4:32

   The more I see these new cars, the more I love them!
   They showed almost a full onboard lap with Massa, and it was absolutely brilliant!
7. 

   SeaHorse (@seahorse)
   15th March 2014, 4:34

   So Mercedes are comfortably quicker than others on quali run and as competitive as others on race runs? Hang on. Didn’t Rsoberg complain ‘tyres are finished’? Another tyre eating monster on the block or it is down to setup? Looking forward to the qualifying and hope both Ferraris are at/near the top and Marussia beat Caterham :)
8. 

   esi (@esi14)
   15th March 2014, 4:37

   Both Ferrari were a second slower than their time yesterday.any idea?
   Is Ferrari on race setup?
9. 

   Damon
   15th March 2014, 5:49

   I’m no engineer so don’t fully understand, but why would Hamilton change the torsion bars so late in FP3?

   He was comfortably fastest up until that point so surely it should be a case of “if it’s not broke don’t fix it”?
   1. 

      Palle (@palle)
      15th March 2014, 5:59

      To stay in front in F1 You have to keep pushing the whole envelope and do it before the competition catches up. If You sit and wait and “react” to the others development steps, then You are sure to loose.
      1. 

         Damon
         15th March 2014, 6:15

         Yes but why do it so late in the session where you don’t have time to see if the change works for the long runs??
10. 

    Demon Hill
    15th March 2014, 10:20

    It would be really useful if the FP and qualifying time sheets included which tyre compound the driver was using to set their best session time.

    As an example, in FP2 Button was 0.9 secs off fastest lap and was using the medium compound tyres, whereas everyone else set their quickest laps on the soft compound.

    Is there anywhere on the web that includes this info?

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