The Official 2015 Malaysian Grand Prix Thread ***Spoilers**

[ajprice]

Morning folks. Last minute predictions: Now that Manor are running, McLaren shouldn't be on the back row, but Alonso at least will be a few places further forward, mixing it with FI and Sauber. Vettel to sneak in on the front row. Hamilton pole.

[anonymous-user]

Alonso has a shot at getting out of Q1 i think, if the rain doesnt come.

[ajprice]

What's the split now for how many cars out in q1 and q2? Lost track of the numbers.

[Teppic]

20 cars, so 5 out in Q1 and 5 out in Q2.

[andyps]

tux said:

Alonso has a shot at getting out of Q1 i think, if the rain doesnt come.

I would think that McLaren have more chance if it does rain, especially Jenson.

[anonymous-user]

Toro Rosso look good. Both cars just behind Ricciardo in FP3, with the same engine. So what do Newey and Horner have to say about that in regards to their attack on Renault?

[g3org3y]

WTF is Lewis' gold chain about!?

[RichB]

g3org3y said:

WTF is Lewis' gold chain about!?

Have you never seen a youngster wearing a gold chain before! You need to get out more

[Matt_N]

Nice positive interview with JB on the beeb.

[ajprice]

Matt_N said:

Nice positive interview with JB on the beeb.

Yeah, not sure about the moustache and the haircut though

[g3org3y]

RichB said:

g3org3y said:

WTF is Lewis' gold chain about!?

Have you never seen a youngster wearing a gold chain before! You need to get out more

I have. In retrospect I should have posted about it on the 'council thread'.

Looks st.

[VolvoT5]

leglessAlex said:

I would also love Kimi to do well, I think that he would come out on top versus Seb but I have no evidence to back that up, it's just a feeling/hope.

Well fingers crossed for QF today then. Kimi doesn't seem strong at coming from behind in races lately so he could do with carrying over his free practice pace and qualifying ahead of his team mate and Williams.

Certainly Seb isn't going to blow him away though, they seem quite evenly matched.

[Matt_N]

ajprice said:

Yeah, not sure about the moustache and the haircut though

It's a very strange choice that's for sure!

[anonymous-user]

Yeah it does look a bit silly, but who cares? I'd rather he wore a massive gold chain than be a dull "for sure" driver like some of the others.

[anonymous-user]

I wonder how much the Mercedes are sand bagging in the race? Last season they took it easy for the first few races.

There's even more pressure not to show their hand too early this season with everyone calling for them to be slowed down.

[anonymous-user]

Wasn't Rosberg 30 seconds ahead of Vettel in Australia? They might have been holding back in practice this weekend though.

[Derek Smith]

Matt_N said:

Nice positive interview with JB on the beeb.

How times have changed. It was pleasant to listen to a driver with a duff car not throwing a fit.

[RichB]

Glad to see the F1 Thread is up to it's usual standards, concentrating on the important issues of fashion; gold chains, moustaches, haircuts etc.

[Park'O]

I think if it rains on race day, Ferrari could be in the mix with the Mercs, well Nico anyway.

[Derek Smith]

el stovey said:

I wonder how much the Mercedes are sand bagging in the race? Last season they took it easy for the first few races.

There's even more pressure not to show their hand too early this season with everyone calling for them to be slowed down.

If they can run their engines on lower power then they are so far ahead that they could have their own race, starting two hours before the main feature, the rest of the grid.

Mind you, that's what they did last season I suppose.