FIA Formula One Championship 2013

**CVT** · April 16th, 2013 12:16 PM

Originally Posted by borehole

Button pitted a couple of laps earlier than vettel. He did 1:40.3 on lap52. He was doing 1:40.7 the rest of the way. I think the soft tyres can do 6 laps, with vettel going almost 3secs quicker than hamilton. A couple of laps around the track would have brought a better chance for a very aggressive vettel to overtake hamilton.

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Bro.,- agree with your numbers,- but that's on the McLaren car....

The Red Bull car is not the same as the McLaren car.... So, again, we are not certain.

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**CVT** · April 16th, 2013 12:18 PM

Originally Posted by borehole

And yeah, alonso is freakin quick.

Bros, CVT and Clanker - who will you pick for the Bahrain gp?

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Bro.,- coming from an outsider....

My heart is with KR,- but my money is with FA....

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**ClaNker** · April 16th, 2013 12:45 PM

^ My money is with FA as well, but rooting for Vettel.

**niky** · April 16th, 2013 03:26 PM

At the end of the race, tire wear is not as big an issue, since the track is as fully rubbered-in as it's ever going to get. You can seriously take a gamble on running the soft tires longer... but it will definitely depend on the car. Button is good at keeping the tires in shape (as long as he's happy with the car), but for a driver like Vettel who's on full attack mode, we can't be sure if the results would be the same. As it was, Vettel almost had Hamilton, but he went just a tiny bit too wide when the opportunity presented itself.

Too bad.

Too bad for Vettel. Suck it up, losers, this year belongs to Alonso! :hysterical: Won't even need a Piquet to win this one...

**Ry_Tower** · April 16th, 2013 04:37 PM

Originally Posted by CVT

Bro.,- coming from an outsider....

My heart is with KR,- but my money is with FA....

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Same here, same here. Not rooting for SV now, tama na muna 3-peat.

**Monseratto** · April 16th, 2013 04:50 PM

**Monseratto** · April 16th, 2013 04:54 PM

**Monseratto** · April 16th, 2013 05:06 PM

Lotus plays down Raikkonen exit rumours | News | Motorsport.com

Lotus plays down Raikkonen exit rumours
Gerard Lopez: I think he also appreciates the team.

Apr.16 (GMM) Lotus has played down reports Kimi Raikkonen could be set to jump ship to Red Bull for 2014.

Team owner Gerard Lopez told France's RMC Sport that he thinks the rumours connecting the reigning world champions with the Finn are a diversionary ploy by Red Bull.

He said Lotus would like to keep the 2007 world champion, who is currently just three points behind Sebastian Vettel for the drivers' title lead.

"Kimi is a driver we appreciate greatly," said Lopez. "I think he also appreciates the team.

"We would like him to stay," he admitted. "For now, I think he cannot see himself somewhere else either."

Lopez said he thinks Red Bull triggered the rumours about Raikkonen as some sort of diversionary tactic amid the 'Multi-21' team orders affair.

"After the third race, to be saying things like that ... I think those who have said it are maybe having other problems.

"But that's not the case with us, it's going very well just as we are," said Lopez.