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Is it just me or has 10 forgotten to have an ad break for a long time..?

I was going to make a comment about that. It must be a new record for them haha.

Bottas and Alonso are showing some serious pace. Hopefully Nands gets a podium.

Hmm, other than the McLarens it appears those who rode their luck in quali didnt have good races. Britney & Tool had poor results whereas their team mates who both screwed up got results. So did Bottas - excellent drive, no mistakes and little risk to P2. Shame the car is still so far off the pace of the Benzes.

Also Lotus have signed with Mercedes for next year. What now for Red Bull?

So I tried buying into the whole Susie Wollf "yay we've got a genuine female chick-type woman driving in F1 now!" thing and looked up her racing career to try and convince myself it has absolutely nothing to do with Toto's position.

- 3 years in Formula Renault: 48 races, 0 wins, 0 poles, 0 fastest laps, 4 podiums, best season finish 5th
- A short stiint in British F3: 2 races, 0 wins, 0 poles, 0 fastest laps, 0 podiums
- 7 years in DTM (2006 to 2012, Toto headed Mercedes' DTM campaign from 2006): 72 races, 0 wins, 0 poles, 0 fastest laps, 0 podiums, best race finish 7th, best season finish 13th

2012: Williams F1 test driver (and Toto is...).

Sigh.

I hear Renault are happy as frees up reaources to concentrate on RBR

Hmm, maybe it frees up resources but it also means they miss out on income from selling engines. Which they appear to need, badly.

In other news Maldanados crash wasnt his fault. Cant say that very often.

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