FP1

01 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:34.487 11
02 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:34.564 +0.077 19
03 Nico Rosberg Mercedes AMG 1:34.621 +0.134 22
04 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Renault 1:34.790 +0.303 20
05 Paul di Resta Force India Mercedes 1:34.949 +0.462 17
06 Jenson Button McLaren Mercedes 1:35.069 +0.582 22
07 Mark Webber Red Bull Renault 1:35.101 +0.614 19
08 Adrian Sutil Force India Mercedes 1:35.119 +0.632 19
09 Kimi Raikkonen Lotus Renault 1:35.345 +0.858 17
10 Romain Grosjean Lotus Renault 1:35.611 +1.124 14
11 Sergio Perez McLaren Mercedes 1:35.640 +1.153 23
12 Valtteri Bottas Williams Renault 1:35.783 +1.296 16
13 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes AMG 1:35.792 +1.305 16
14 Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso Ferrari 1:36.014 +1.527 19
15 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso Ferrari 1:36.485 +1.998 20
16 Pastor Maldonado Williams Renault 1:36.498 +2.011 17
17 Nico Hulkenberg Sauber Ferrari 1:36.755 +2.268 20
18 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber Ferrari 1:37.214 +2.727 21
19 Charles Pic Caterham Renault 1:37.850 +3.363 20
20 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham Renault 1:38.401 +3.914 20
21 Max Chilton Marussia Cosworth 1:39.445 +4.958 12
22 Rodolfo Gonzalez Marussia Cosworth 1:40.215 +5.728 7



FP2

01 Kimi Raikkonen Lotus Renault 1:34.154 31
02 Mark Webber Red Bull Renault 1:34.184 +0.030 26
03 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Renault 1:34.282 +0.128 29
04 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:34.310 +0.156 29
05 Paul di Resta Force India Mercedes 1:34.543 +0.389 35
06 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:34.552 +0.398 34
07 Romain Grosjean Lotus Renault 1:34.631 +0.477 33
08 Nico Rosberg Mercedes AMG 1:34.666 +0.512 37
09 Adrian Sutil Force India Mercedes 1:34.932 +0.778 33
10 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes AMG 1:34.976 +0.822 29
11 Jenson Button McLaren Mercedes 1:35.356 +1.202 32
12 Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso Ferrari 1:35.506 +1.352 36
13 Sergio Perez McLaren Mercedes 1:35.589 +1.435 37
14 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso Ferrari 1:35.761 +1.607 33
15 Nico Hulkenberg Sauber Ferrari 1:36.133 +1.979 36
16 Pastor Maldonado Williams Renault 1:36.279 +2.125 33
17 Valtteri Bottas Williams Renault 1:36.579 +2.425 28
18 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber Ferrari 1:36.616 +2.462 34
19 Charles Pic Caterham Renault 1:37.061 +2.907 33
20 Max Chilton Marussia Cosworth 1:37.313 +3.159 33
21 Jules Bianchi Marussia Cosworth 1:37.363 +3.209 29
22 Giedo Van der Garde Caterham Renault 1:37.970 +3.816 34

Driver of the race I'm giving to Perez, don't care if people don't like his moves he made the race interesting, loved the racing for a change nice to see a team let their drivers fight.

Have to say I loved the race! Not sure who I'd put as man of the race... Probably Perez as well.


Alonso did well after DRS ballsing up (though agree with Coulthard Alonso should have used his brain and not reopened DRS again after the first failure! maybe it wasn't explained to him it got stuck open? But still).

I think both McLarens had a good race but Perez was the one that made it all so much more interesting.

Grosjean and di Resta were pretty good too.

I guess I can't be too upset with Jules in 19th even if Pic did beat him.

But man of the race.... I really don't know. Will decide this week sometime .

Q1
Tyres who cares? The racing was good and that all that matters. If Sebastian doesn't think he's giving his all then that is a problem with Vettel not the tyres. Who the hell can say that Perez wasn't giving his all?

Q2
Good to see the battle

Q3
Martin did the right thing, why give team orders? What good will it do? As long as they don't take each other off then alls good.

Q4
The tyre problem was the bad one. Was it Pirelli or debris or what?

DRS is their own stupid faults!

Q5
Hopefully not. A more boring and average driver I have never seen!

Bonus
As long as the cars are on an equal footing then yes why not get rid of it next season see how it plays out? Can't be any worse then it has been.

Q6
It made me smile to see them going backwards. All Mercedes powered cars are struggling. Good stuff

Q7
Disappointing, not done anything really have they?

Q8
Nope. They've probably brought him back because fans moaned and they needed someone with experience to help. They weren't going to find anyone other than Heikki specially after all the fuss of letting him go. You can't really run these teams with two rookies Caterham and Marussia were so good because they had experienced drivers there so Caterham are taking a step in the right direction, Marussia are lucky they have Bianchi.

Q9
No

Q10
Jenson for being able to moan at his team AND defend against Perez AND show him who is boss all without breaking a sweat

Q11
Yeah probably anything by Perez he was a mad man out there

I SOOO agree with this statement! The racing IS fun, I really don't see why people seem to be moaning about it all. "It isn't real racing" well when the tyres "behaved" themselves as they would put it the racing wasn't fun either. I read somewhere that Kimi basically said the same thing that it isn't that different, and at least the over takes are on track instead of in the pits! I don't get what Vettel is on about though, they seem to hate the tyres on principal, they really aren't struggling with them!



Indeed! I guess with hindsight we can say it was a good idea but I guess I'd probably be singing a different tune if Perez had taken Button off (especially as I am a Button fan) but at the same time that is always the case. When it is just a battle, no one gets taken off or have their race ruined in a coming together then we all jump for joy and love it, but the moment team mates touch or take each other off it is the team bosses fault.

I think this will be our question of the week on this thread



That I agree with! What were Ferrari and Alonso (sorry Anna) thinking?!



Because Jenson is just good like that I have voted for Perez

And just before I go to bed I changed the poll to whether or not team managers should let their drivers fight on track. Simple yes or no answer should be an interesting discussion whilst waiting for the next race!