Spanish GP 2013 - Qualifying thread

[FerrariFanBoii]

If we have any mechanical problems tomorrow, like in Bahrain, I'm counting our season over.

[albert]

terrible last sector. How many years has it been since we scored a pole in the dry? pathetic.

[Kristof_F40]

I think this was max in terms of time, Merc way too fast, We knew that RBR was perhaps a little bit faster, but we are only behind one so that's good, than Kimi, yeah, it's close so.. I think it's not too bad, it's just absolutly STUPID that the Mercs are so quick in qualy and they loose in race, it's a joke... Not looking forward to Monaco

[stefa]

Forget the Mercedes. They'll be moving chicanes within five laps as always. We're always quick when it comes to race day and we're in touch.

But i is much easier to start further from the front and not to be so hard on the tires early in the race

[SoumyaBanerjee]

Im not very optimistic about tomorrow either, considering how difficult this circuit is for overtaking....

[stefa]

If we have any mechanical problems tomorrow, like in Bahrain, I'm counting our season over.

God forbid that happen and SV wins again, than I would say that 55 point deficit would be almost impossible to recover

[Mimo966]

Guys don't bother about Mercs, they are quick as hell in qualy but in the race they really struggle a lot. I think we are the fastest in race conditions as i saw at free practices long runs. Anyway i hope good luck for both our pilots and have a good result tomorrow ( i have a feeling that our boys will both get on podium ). Cheers!

[Rob]

Bit of a strange last run. But no points given for today. We have shown how quick we can be off the line. 700 meter run to first corner. Still there for us, look what happened to Nico in Bahrain, he was defending straight away off the line.

Our long runs looked promising yesterday.

[stefa]

Im not very optimistic about tomorrow either, considering how difficult this circuit is for overtaking....

We all remember last year when FA was trying to overtake PM, and he couldn't

[tifosi1993]

Everyone improved on the last run except us

We improved.... only by 0.010 sec (Fernando) and 0.048 sec (Felipe)

[zike]

pathetic

[FerrariF60]

I totally expected us to dip in the 1.20.xxx :( Oh well, we'll take 1st and 2nd tomorrow in this case.

i think you're overly TOO optimistic mate....i too would love a 1-2 for US during the race day...but we have red fools and lotus that I THINK are better then us on long runs as well as preserving the tires better then us..

one thing im NOT concerned is mercedes; they tend to eat their tires the BEST out of all the teams....they ONLY seem good on a ONE timed lap...

[stefa]

Guys don't bother about Mercs, they are quick as hell in qualy but in the race they really struggle a lot. I think we are the fastest in race conditions as i saw at free practices long runs. Anyway i hope good luck for both our pilots and have a good result tomorrow ( i have a feeling that our boys will both get on podium ). Cheers!

Agree with you, but podiums are not enough any more. With SV that much in the lead we need WINS!!!

[Rob]

God forbid that happen and SV wins again, than I would say that 55 point deficit would be almost impossible to recover

Seb recovered 40 odd last year, with less than half season to go, so no this wouldnt be over.

Come on people please dont start saying it over just as we missed pole.

[mark p]

Why does this always happen?!? We"re all like YEAH WE CAN GET POLE! And we just do bad in Q3. It always happens.

Alonso was very vocal about breaking the 16 year run of no win outside the front row which indicated he knew they were not up for pole. i braced myself for a 5-6 as last few qualis ferrari had the rub of the green but have had a few unfortunate races. i would rather finish quali where we are without a bit of luck and have the luck on Sunday.

[Bonjers]

But i is much easier to start further from the front and not to be so hard on the tires early in the race

They've shown in every race this season that regarldess of their position, the kill their tyres. Seb and Kimi are the main threats until Merc sort it out.

[SoumyaBanerjee]

Forget the Mercedes. They'll be moving chicanes within five laps as always. We're always quick when it comes to race day and we're in touch.

Well, FA will have to pass VET and RAI as well, and their race pace is very good too....besides its very difficult to overtake in Catalunya...

[Kristof_F40]

Guys don't bother about Mercs, they are quick as hell in qualy but in the race they really struggle a lot. I think we are the fastest in race conditions as i saw at free practices long runs. Anyway i hope good luck for both our pilots and have a good result tomorrow ( i have a feeling that our boys will both get on podium ). Cheers!

Yeah, but who is between us and the Mercs: VET and RAI, who are our competitors in the championship: VET and RAI, so we need to defeat them in the race, which isn't easy, the Mercs only make this task harder because if VET or RAI get ahead of them and we can't follow immediatly we will lose time, if the Mercs weren't there and we would be p3 and p4 behind Seb and Kimi, we still have work to do, but their is an extra risk less

[Rob]

The head of Merc is here, so dont read much in it.

[OSS EL BOSS]

The Mercedes car has a fantastic traction I expect them to have both cars in the front row again in Monaco

[anuragiyer8989]

Not all is lost. Kimi will be tough to overtake. Is p5 the clean side?

[stefa]

Seb recovered 40 odd last year, with less than half season to go, so no this wouldnt be over.

Come on people please dont start saying it over just as we missed pole.

I know Rob, but God forbid something like that happens. We agree that Ferrari needs to start winning! And judging by how the things are now we cannot count on RB to have much DNF's

[Hornet]

We all remember last year when FA was trying to overtake PM, and he couldn't

The last corner is a high speed aero corner, so it makes it hard for the drivers to stay close through that corner to line up for an overtaking move. Even with DRS, it's not enough to overcome the deficit.

But this year we have another DRS point, so maybe some overtaking can be done there.

[Alonso14]

i think you're overly TOO optimistic mate....i too would love a 1-2 for US during the race day...but we have red fools and lotus that I THINK are better then us on long runs as well as preserving the tires better then us..

one thing im NOT concerned is mercedes; they tend to eat their tires the BEST out of all the teams....they ONLY seem good on a ONE timed lap...

Oh, I know, I'm just trying to keep the atmosphere optimistic here :D I think Alonso has a chance of winning but the way Felipe has been using the tyres so far this season is worrying.

[FerrariF60]

If we have any mechanical problems tomorrow, like in Bahrain, I'm counting our season over.

lets hope this time teh red cows will have mechanical failures.....more importantly vettel's car....hes' due for a DNF

[shamim179]

Good performance from our cars. We have improved. What is not good is the order of the qualifying performance. We are 4th behind merc rb lotus. Lotus are now ahead of us whereas before they were behind. I still think victory will be us or a lotus. We can neutralize lotus with our fast starts.

[theforce]

Just glad to see non-seb on pole

[Rob]

I know Rob, but God forbid something like that happens. We agree that Ferrari needs to start winning! And judging by how the things are now we cannot count on RB to have much DNF's

You never know. Poles are nice, but i have always said i would rather set the car up for race day. 1 lap pace is nice for headlines and such, but if you have no race pace, then no points or wins. This season isnt over, anything and i mean anything can and will happen.

(we will win WDC/WCC this year)

[stefa]

OK. Hope for better tomorrow. See you all!
CIAO!

[stefa]

You never know. Poles are mice, but i have always said i would rather set the car up for race day. 1 lap pace is nice for headlines and such, but if you have no race pace, then no points or wins. This season isnt over, anything and i mean anything can and will happen.

(we will win WDC/WCC this year)

Agree with you on car set up. But now days F1 is so technical and so many teams are very close, so one cannot afford to be way to behind on a starting grid because it is very hard to overtake on some tracks, and you loose too much time.
We'll see tomorrow. As you said points are given on Sunday