Mercedes AMG F1 Team 2012

[atanatizante]

Why Michael in the last couple of races didn`t start so well?
Some suggests that he doesn`t use KERS at all at the start in order to take full advantage of it later in the (first) lap where nobody think it would be possible to pass. That was the case last year when he was the best overtaking driver ...

[vikram_d]

MSC eliminated in Q1. What the hell is the team doing?

[skgoa]

Not managing to fix a broken DRS fast enough.

[vikram_d]

Not managing to fix a broken DRS fast enough.

Unbelievable. He could have qualified without DRS. I'm sure the car can do at least that much. Well I guess there is no point talking about it until we have more details.

[ArchAngel]

Starting that far back in the grid greatly increases his chances of getting involved in argy-bargies with other cars around him as he tries to move up, further adding to his season of miseries with no end in sight.

It's getting easier to see towards which side of the fence he'll likely gravitate towards regarding retirement/contract extension at the end of the year.

[Maelstrom]

I can't believe how unlucky MSC is this year. Four out of four races. What does the man have to do?

If things keep going like this he definately will retire at the end of the year.

[raymondu999]

I can't believe how unlucky MSC is this year. Four out of four races. What does the man have to do?

A flower bath! (Local belief here says that the divine energy of the flowers can sap the bad luck.

[Maelstrom]

I can't believe how unlucky MSC is this year. Four out of four races. What does the man have to do?

A flower bath! (Local belief here says that the divine energy of the flowers can sap the bad luck.

I bet he'll try anything at this point. But seriously I have a feeling he'll finish in the points tomorrow. Maybe not in the top six but ninth or tenth is possible.

[raymondu999]

Oh he will. He's got a car that's probably tied for the title of "quickest car"

[chillah]

Epic bad luck for Schumi. I guess his lap would have been faster than Nicos. His first sector time(29.430) of his interrupted fp2 lap is still faster than all of Nicos. First sector has a lot of slow corners, this was normally the home of Nico. Its a shame...

[spadeflush]

He does have a lot of fresh tyres available right? lets hope he has an incident free race (apparently thats too big a demand). If he does, he ll finish in points. Spa 2011, or better 1995?

[Maelstrom]

I dunno how much overtaking will be possible on this track. Some certainly... but he'll have to pass Massa, Raikkonen and maybe Alonso to get in the points.

[marcush.]

as I understand ,Mercedes have opted to sacrifice ultimate laptime on low fuel load for race pace and Michael has his pits stacked with new tyre sets,he may even opt to start on prime tyre .
Looking back to last year Webber ended his race on the podium and i see no reason why Michael should not be able to pull something special.

[Maelstrom]

Let's hope you're right, marcrush. We are due for something special from MSC.

[raymondu999]

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