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I hope Vettel's success doesn't turn into another Michael Schumacher era for F1. After Schumacher left Ferrari, F1 started to get interesting and unpredictable, but now it seems like Vettel will win the lead the majority of races and make me fall asleep again on a sunday afternoon like Schumacher did :p

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I hope Vettel's success doesn't turn into another Michael Schumacher era for F1. After Schumacher left Ferrari, F1 started to get interesting and unpredictable, but now it seems like Vettel will win the lead the majority of races and make me fall asleep again on a sunday afternoon like Schumacher did :p

Why is Webber so poor relatively, is it him or the car?

Remember last season he complained of Vettel getting preference

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Smiffy, I think its Red Bull who are to blame. Red Bull's future is Vettel and Webber is the passenger, most likely because he's too expensive to get rid off. I think Webber signed a new contract last year, so Red Bull would need to pay Webber a huge compensation sum. Webber was to blame for today because he was too cocky, thinking the slower, harder tyres would get him round in Q1. But generally Red Bull can't wait for Webber to go!

I dont think its down to the car. Last season Vettel broke down a number of times throughout the season and so did Webber, but they still won the title.

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Yeah, great by Hamilton & Webber. Pirelli going a great job so far.

PROVISIONAL RACE RESULTS

The Chinese Grand Prix

Shanghai International Circuit, China;

56 laps; 305.066km;

Weather: Sunny.

Classified:

Pos Driver Team Time

1. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1h36:58.226

2. Vettel Red Bull-Renault + 5.198

3. Webber Red Bull-Renault + 7.555

4. Button McLaren-Mercedes + 10.000

5. Rosberg Mercedes + 13.448

6. Massa Ferrari + 15.840

7. Alonso Ferrari + 30.622

8. Schumacher Mercedes + 31.206

9. Petrov Renault + 57.404

10. Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari + 1:03.273

11. Di Resta Force India-Mercedes + 1:08.757

12. Heidfeld Renault + 1:12.739

13. Barrichello Williams-Cosworth + 1:30.189

14. Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari + 1:30.671

15. Sutil Force India-Mercedes + 1 lap

16. Kovalainen Lotus-Renault + 1 lap

17. Perez Sauber-Ferrari + 1 lap

18. Maldonado Williams-Cosworth + 1 lap

19. Trulli Lotus-Renault + 1 lap

20. D'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth + 2 laps

21. Glock Virgin-Cosworth + 2 laps

22. Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth + 2 laps

23. Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth + 2 laps

Fastest lap: Webber, 1:38.993

Not classified/retirements:

Driver Team On lap

Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 12

World Championship standings, round 3:

Drivers: Constructors:

1. Vettel 68 1. Red Bull-Renault 105

2. Hamilton 47 2. McLaren-Mercedes 85

3. Button 38 3. Ferrari 50

4. Webber 37 4. Renault 32

5. Alonso 26 5. Mercedes 16

6. Massa 24 6. Sauber-Ferrari 7

7. Petrov 17 7. Toro Rosso-Ferrari 4

8. Heidfeld 15 8. Force India-Mercedes 4

9. Rosberg 10

10. Kobayashi 7

11. Schumacher 6

12. Buemi 4

13. Di Resta 2

14. Sutil 2

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Well, another poor race for Fernando. Much time to improve and focus on the mistakes, but this beginning of season isn't being as I expected. Congratulations to all Lewis and McLaren's fans; he has done a good work and got Vettel not to continue his reign. But Sebastian seems to be impossible this year, let's see what happens in the next races.

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Yet another pole for Vettel, Webber 2nd. Hamilton 4th

Pos Driver Team Time Gap

1. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m25.049s

2. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m25.454s + 0.405

3. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m25.574s + 0.525

4. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m25.595s + 0.546

5. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m25.851s + 0.802

6. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m25.982s + 0.933

7. Vitaly Petrov Renault 1m26.296s + 1.247

8. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1m26.646s + 1.597

9. Nick Heidfeld Renault 1m26.659s + 1.610

10. Felipe Massa Ferrari No time

Q3 cut-off time: 1m26.740s Gap **

11. Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1m26.764s + 1.154

12. Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1m27.027s + 1.417

13. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m27.145s + 1.535

14. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth 1m27.236s + 1.626

15. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1m27.244s + 1.634

16. Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m27.255s + 1.645

17. Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m27.572s + 1.962

Q3 cut-off time: 1m28.321s Gap *

18. Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault 1m28.780s + 1.767

19. Jarno Trulli Lotus-Renault 1m31.119s + 4.106

20. Jerome D'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth 1m30.445s + 3.432

21. Tonio Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth 1m30.692s + 3.679

22. Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1m30.813s + 3.800

23. Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 1m31.564s + 4.551

24. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari No time

107% time: 1m33.103s

* Gap to quickest in Q1

** Gap to quickest in Q2

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I take it Red Bull-Renault have the fastest/better car this year?

Generally speaking yes, but they're having issues with their KERS system, which is essentially a power-boost.

It's a heavy thing and if it isn't working it costs you dearly, as Webber's found out this season.

Reliability could well be their downfall.

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Vettel wins, Webber 2nd, Alonso 3rd.

Pos Driver Team Time

1. Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1h30:17.558

2. Webber Red Bull-Renault + 8.807

3. Alonso Ferrari + 10.075

4. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes + 40.232

5. Rosberg Mercedes + 47.539

6. Button McLaren-Mercedes + 59.431

7. Heidfeld Renault + 1:00.857

8. Petrov Renault + 1:08.168

9. Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari + 1:09.300

10. Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari + 1:18.000

11. Massa Ferrari + 1:19.800

12. Schumacher Mercedes + 1:25.400

13. Sutil Force India-Mercedes + 1 lap

14. Perez Sauber-Ferrari + 1 lap

15. Barrichello Williams-Cosworth + 1 lap

16. Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari + 1 lap

17. Maldonado Williams-Cosworth + 1 lap

18. Trulli Lotus-Renault + 1 lap

19. Kovalainen Lotus-Renault + 2 laps

20. D'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth + 2 laps

21. Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth + 3 laps

22. Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth + 5 laps

Fastest lap: Webber, 1:29.703

Not classified/retirements:

Driver Team On lap

Di Resta Force India-Mercedes 45

Glock Virgin-Cosworth DNS

World Championship standings, round 4:

Drivers: Constructors:

1. Vettel 93 1. Red Bull-Renault 148

2. Hamilton 59 2. McLaren-Mercedes 105

3. Webber 55 3. Ferrari 65

4. Button 46 4. Renault 42

5. Alonso 41 5. Mercedes 26

6. Massa 24 6. Sauber-Ferrari 8

7. Petrov 21 7. Toro Rosso-Ferrari 6

8. Heidfeld 21 8. Force India-Mercedes 4

9. Rosberg 20

10. Kobayashi 8

11. Buemi 6

12. Schumacher 6

13. Sutil 2

14. Di Resta 2

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