Haha yeah that wuld ssuck, in fact we'd have to wait for them to unlap twice. I don't really buy the two lap gap either but I think Mercedes have a big advantage right now.

So there's a chance Mercedes will be the new Red Bull and Hamilton the new Vettel...mess, I always like when there's close competition, not when one team and 1 or 2 drivers are dominating the rest.

Yeah I agree and as much as I am a Hamilton fan I really don't want this to happen. I would rather Hamilton win after having fought hard for it, that'd be much more exciting.

^^^ I don't think so, since regulations merely say backmarkers should unlap themselves only not to be ahead of the race leader behind the SC itself.

 Also, OT, Roberto Dalla, CEO of Magneti Marelli of F1's electronic components, speculated no car might finish the race. Just imagine the insanity of that for a second: DNF - everyone.

I would 'lol' for sure.

 so we have the mecs walking it and/or no one finishing that would be funny everyone dnf the Caterhams & Marussias might take the race for chugging round

better get both mercs in my gridbids pick if they are so much better thaan everyone else,another link incase anyone wants to join us 4 on gridbids,i will only give one more reminder on thursday as you have to predict by first practice on gridbids  http://gridbids.com/index.php  ,it is good not to miss a race on gridbids so join now if you fancy it,let us know in here and we can get wick to put you in the vgc group

as to our game if you are new and want to play just put your picks down like the others have

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you have up until the race starts usually so plenty of time and if you miss the first few races you can still join as there are plenty of points to play for

They decided to just keep double points for the last race then i read,bernie wanted to for the last 3 races which seems kind of strange,don't really understand the point of  the double points system myself seems stupid to me

with red bull and vettel winning the last 4 or whatever they have all this chaos isn't so bad though i guess

I was about to say the exact same thing.

Anyway, Vettel dominance seems to have ended, fun times ahead.

http://www.f1manager.info/

Interesting browser manager game, take a look. Starts on Saturday, so don't hesitate.

here we go then,1st chance to get a look at these new cars

Good debut for Kvyat, decent time, decent mileage, decent race pace, decent car, if it's stays that way, who knows, maybe even podium is possible, since fail rate is sky high and TR is quite stable.

Marussia is one of the best looking car in the peloton.

So, what I got from today's FP sessions:

• Better reliability for most than expected
• Mercs are fast
• Red Bull definitely improved since Jerez and Bahrain in pace and reliability
• Some of the fronts/noses look bloody horrendous
• Engine noise doesn't fit well with the cars, it's just plain weird
• Lotus/Grosjean are going to have an uphill battle, wonder if Romain can keep his cool