October 11, 2014
F1 Quals: Russia 2014
SO close... so close indeed. Here's the provisional grid for the 2014 Grand Prix of All The Russias:
Yesterday, I said that "I fully expect that Mercedes will be the class of the field (as usual), but it'll be whichever one of them that's running last that'll get the pole." That's exactly what happened, but I didn't say "whoever is on track last will have a shot." Because that, too, is exactly what happened as Valtteri Bottas went purple (aka "fastest of the session") in the first two sectors. Only a lockup going into Turn 17 and a fuzzy exit from the last turn cost him pole.
His teammate, Felipe Massa, had a fuel feed problem and couldn't make it out of Q1. Expect to see quite the melee going into the first real turn as it's quite possible that Bottas, who has started very well this year, could insert himself into the argument for the lead.
Race in the morning... might be boring, might not! We'll find out together!
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Yesterday, I said that "I fully expect that Mercedes will be the class of the field (as usual), but it'll be whichever one of them that's running last that'll get the pole." That's exactly what happened, but I didn't say "whoever is on track last will have a shot." Because that, too, is exactly what happened as Valtteri Bottas went purple (aka "fastest of the session") in the first two sectors. Only a lockup going into Turn 17 and a fuzzy exit from the last turn cost him pole.
His teammate, Felipe Massa, had a fuel feed problem and couldn't make it out of Q1. Expect to see quite the melee going into the first real turn as it's quite possible that Bottas, who has started very well this year, could insert himself into the argument for the lead.
Race in the morning... might be boring, might not! We'll find out together!
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What's up with Kvyat's 5th? Beaten two Ferraris in a Toro Rosso with a Renault engine. FIA would not allow any kind of home-field advantage from the stewards, I would think. Besides Marussia is the last.
Posted by: Pete Zaitcev at October 11, 2014 08:21 PM (RqRa5)
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There has been some thought that they snuck Putin into the car for Quals.
Posted by: Wonderduck at October 11, 2014 09:38 PM (BCjxQ)
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