Quote: Appletree wrote in post #46Interesting point about Toni Vilander is, he speaks fluent Italian. So if we hear Alonso talking to his race engineer, Toni knows what they say.
I hope it is too early in the weekend to worry.. But I am quite concerned by that gap between Gro and Raikkonen.
Gro set his fastest lap on around lap #17-18 of his medium tyres used during FP1. This tells me that we will be seeing some LONG stints on the medium tyres during the race. I predict a 2-stopper at most, and maybe a 1-stopper.
My hopes are that Kimi has a lot of setup adjustments to make because he reverted back to the Short Wheel Base Car.
romain's fastest lap was very interesting. He was not very quick in his first 'stint' in FP1 (first 10 laps in the beginning of the session). He then lowered his time to about 0.1sec quicker than Kimi about 15 laps into his medium tyres (later in the session) and finally set that blistering lap which was about 0.6sec/lap quicker than any he had set.
Contrast this to Hamilton and Vettel who were very consistent with their quick times. I'm not sure what this means yet. And we will get a much clearer indication of how quick each team is during FP2 with the proper long runs
Quote: Appletree wrote in post #46Interesting point about Toni Vilander is, he speaks fluent Italian. So if we hear Alonso talking to his race engineer, Toni knows what they say.
Quote: Boudica wrote in post #58Kimi is certianly looking much more competitive with the SWB then with the LWB.
yes, looking good. is that confirmed now that he is racing the SWB?
quoteTed Kravitz @tedkravitz An explosive Kimi Raikkonen interview coming up in The F1 Show. Had to b persuaded to race this w/e, hasn't been paid all season 5pm #skyf1
quoteJennie Gow @JennieGow Raikkonen not paid a single € this season by Lotus but he's come to race anyway because they now have an understanding. Listen @bbc5live #F1
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! He loves this track! 
