2012, so far, has proved not to be as straight forward as the team's would want. Not only have we seen rain disrupt Friday in Australia but we have also seen rain in Malaysia too. It makes predicting a pecking order extremely tricky, but could China be a different story?
All the teams will be hoping for is some dry running in China, maybe even through the whole weekend if they are lucky, so they can see where they stand. It could all change from what we have seen so far as many of the teams will be bringing upgrades. If it is dry then we could well see the establishment of a true order, but if it is not the teams will be pleading for dry running. Currently we are in murky water, trying to predict something that could inevitably all change.
That murky water we are looking through makes it extremely difficult for not only us, predicting and what not, but also the teams. They are desperate to see where they are, who their key contenders are but that just has not happened yet. If it does rain for the Chinese Grand Prix then it will have to wait, patience not being the most likely trait in the Formula 1 world.
China's track itself is a typical Tilke circuit. It has flowing medium speed corners needing high down force, slow hairpins and a long straight which flatters those with strong straight line speed. If there is one track that we need to be dry, to establish a true running order, it is this one.However since China's first Grand Prix in 2004 we have seen frequent wet races, so you can bet rain will always be there somewhere.
From what we can see, Mclaren, Red Bull, Mercedes and Ferrari are all nearer to the top. Williams, Force India, Sauber and Toro Rosso dominate the midfield while Caterham hang on to their rear wings. Marussia and HRT are well off the pace but Marussia are close to Caterham. Whether that will change in China is unclear, but the teams will be hoping for a dry race so they can see where they are compared to the rest.
The only certain thing we can say is that HRT and Marussia are way off the pace. But yet, there is still a big gap between them. Whether the former can pick up their pace and close that gap is not really very likely, nor relevant as we want to see the exciting front and midfield packs take shape. So i could ask you "what are your predictions for China" but to be honest, there is no clear person out front. We have seen strong runs from the likes of Williams, Sauber, Lotus and Mercedes so when we get to China we could well see Red Bull further back, Ferrari too. But that is the thing, I do not know what we will see. All we can do is wait, wait for a 100% dry race.
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All the teams will be hoping for is some dry running in China, maybe even through the whole weekend if they are lucky, so they can see where they stand. It could all change from what we have seen so far as many of the teams will be bringing upgrades. If it is dry then we could well see the establishment of a true order, but if it is not the teams will be pleading for dry running. Currently we are in murky water, trying to predict something that could inevitably all change.
That murky water we are looking through makes it extremely difficult for not only us, predicting and what not, but also the teams. They are desperate to see where they are, who their key contenders are but that just has not happened yet. If it does rain for the Chinese Grand Prix then it will have to wait, patience not being the most likely trait in the Formula 1 world.
China's track itself is a typical Tilke circuit. It has flowing medium speed corners needing high down force, slow hairpins and a long straight which flatters those with strong straight line speed. If there is one track that we need to be dry, to establish a true running order, it is this one.However since China's first Grand Prix in 2004 we have seen frequent wet races, so you can bet rain will always be there somewhere.
From what we can see, Mclaren, Red Bull, Mercedes and Ferrari are all nearer to the top. Williams, Force India, Sauber and Toro Rosso dominate the midfield while Caterham hang on to their rear wings. Marussia and HRT are well off the pace but Marussia are close to Caterham. Whether that will change in China is unclear, but the teams will be hoping for a dry race so they can see where they are compared to the rest.
The only certain thing we can say is that HRT and Marussia are way off the pace. But yet, there is still a big gap between them. Whether the former can pick up their pace and close that gap is not really very likely, nor relevant as we want to see the exciting front and midfield packs take shape. So i could ask you "what are your predictions for China" but to be honest, there is no clear person out front. We have seen strong runs from the likes of Williams, Sauber, Lotus and Mercedes so when we get to China we could well see Red Bull further back, Ferrari too. But that is the thing, I do not know what we will see. All we can do is wait, wait for a 100% dry race.
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