Ferrari’s Friday performance in Shanghai raised hopes Mercedes might have some competition in this weekend’s Chinese Grand Prix.
And with Lewis Hamilton set to take a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change his chances of taking pole position are virtually nil.
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Ashwin (@redbullf1)
15th April 2016, 16:19
Took the data over to Excel and had a quick calculation :D
51 percent expect Rosberg to win, 39 % on Hamilton, 6 percent on Vettel and 2 percent on Kimi !
OnTheOtherHand (@robcacox)
15th April 2016, 20:13
Keith.
Does the pole sitter selection need to be the actual best pole time or the adjusted grid pole sitter.
glynh (@glynh)
15th April 2016, 21:05
He said before that pole position is who sits there on the starting grid.
Alonso (@alonshow)
16th April 2016, 0:32
In any case I don’t understand the “his chances of taking pole position are virtually nil”. If Hamilton takes a 5 positions penalty, his chances of starting from the front are zero. “Virtually” doesn’t seem to make sense here.
JohnNik (@johnnik)
16th April 2016, 6:44
Everybody other on the grid can still get a penalty for technical or driving infringement.
If all drivers end up with 5 place grid penalties then the grid order wouldn’t change.
A possible, albeit highly unlikely scenario.
JohnNik (@johnnik)
16th April 2016, 6:45
sorry, first line should be “every other driver on the grid”.
Alonso (@alonshow)
16th April 2016, 13:42
Fair enough. Extremely long shot for sure, but still possible in theory.
Alonso (@alonshow)
16th April 2016, 13:43
Ooops, this was meant to be a reply to @johnnik.