The final test session of the 2011 pre-season continues this morning in Barcelona. The test lasts five days, of which the teams are allowed to do four days running with a single car.
It’s a crucial test for both Mercedes and McLaren, who would normally expect to be competing against Red Bull and Ferrari, but who appear to be behind after the tests so far. With extensive updates to their cars, this has to be the week when they close the gap to the pace setters.
McLaren was on track yesterday and will have a break tomorrow, while Mercedes hit the track today for four days of running.
Predict the fastest lap time by a McLaren or Mercedes car this week and win a signed copy of the JA on F1 2010 yearbook. We only have a few copies left, so if you didn’t get one yet, now’s your chance. The first person to accurately predict the fastest time by a McLaren driver and the first person to guess the fastest Mercedes time of the week, both will get a signed copy.
Put your guesses down in the comments sections below. Will they be going for a lap time on new tyres and low fuel, or will they lay their cards close to their chests?
For reference, McLaren did a 1m 22.910s lap yesterday, while Mercedes’ fastest from the last Barcelona test was 1m 23.168. Meanwhile Red Bull has set the fastest time of the test so far with 1m 22.544s.
Entries close at 8am UK time on Saturday 12th March 2011, when the final day’s testing begins.
To see the new Mercedes exhausts and lots of other up to the minute stuff check this out – storifyaabarcelonaatesting
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1. Posted By: Galapago555
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 11:54 am
McLaren – 1m 21.560
Mercedes- 1m 21.951
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Chris Reply:
March 9th, 2011 at 1:37 pm
Mercedes: 1 day 17 hours 1 minute 22.842s
McLaren: 1 minute 22.542
Where’s my book?
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JJ MUPPET Reply:
March 9th, 2011 at 1:49 pm
Mclaren – 1m 22.490
Mercedes – 1m 22.660
Great Idea This :<)
If I win I am getting Mark to also sign mine, I can not wait for the Brit GP & Monaco, I can not get to the far away races though :<( too expensive.
Now let us all pray Mclaren are sandbagging???
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James Allen Reply:
March 9th, 2011 at 1:51 pm
Check this out for VERY latest from testing, including pics of Mercedes new exhausts http://storify.com/jaf1tweets/storifyaabarcelonaatesting
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Rich C Reply:
March 9th, 2011 at 5:32 pm
That is just a bizarre-looking contraption!
And I note with amusement that while it has all the proper logos on it, the one you really see is *Merc!
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JJ MUPPET Reply:
March 9th, 2011 at 3:47 pm
Lost my times James?
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David Reply:
March 11th, 2011 at 5:37 pm
Mclearen: 1min 26.2sec
Mercedes: 1min 25.8sec
if it rains
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2. Posted By: adrian calmis
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 11:57 am
McLaren – 1m 22.300, Mercedes GP – 1m 22.500
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3. Posted By: John Nicholas
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 11:58 am
McLaren: 1:22:303
Mercedes: 1:22:480
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4. Posted By: Ben N
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 12:02 pm
Hi James,
I’ll be brief but thanks for another competition!
McLaren – 1m 22.301
Mercedes – 1m 22.452
Random figures to round off the times – but who knows!
Cheers!
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5. Posted By: Luke Harrison
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 12:02 pm
Mclaren 1m 22.387
Mercades 1m 22.832
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6. Posted By: David Kent
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 12:03 pm
I predict that McLaren will end up with a fastest lap of 1m 22.693
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David Kent Reply:
March 9th, 2011 at 2:51 pm
and Mercedes in 1m 22.896
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7. Posted By: Mee
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 12:06 pm
Mercedes: 1:22,672
McLaren: 1:22,354
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8. Posted By: Doug
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 12:08 pm
McLaren 1.22.136
Mercedes 1.22.418
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9. Posted By: type056
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 12:10 pm
Mclaren: 1m.22.363s
Mercedes: 1m.22.638s
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10. Posted By: W. B. Churchill
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 12:11 pm
McLaren:122.897
Mercedes:123.007
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11. Posted By: AlexD
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 12:12 pm
McLaren 1.22.345
Mercedes 1.22.650
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12. Posted By: callum Ryan
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 12:14 pm
Mercedes 1m 23.120s
Hope I win!
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13. Posted By: Pierre
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 12:15 pm
McLaren: 1m 22.247s
Mercedes: 1m 22.612s
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14. Posted By: Michael T
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 12:17 pm
OK, I’ll get the ball rolling with a
1m 22.879s
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James Allen Reply:
March 9th, 2011 at 12:21 pm
Which team?
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Michael T Reply:
March 9th, 2011 at 1:15 pm
Ooops!! Merc!
McL – 1m 22.409s
Cheers James!
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15. Posted By: Rich Green
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 12:21 pm
McLaren 1m 22.355s
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16. Posted By: Iberian M.P.H.
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 12:26 pm
1m 21.666s for McLaren & 1m 22.666s for Mercedes (GP that is) – quite simple but I’ll get it wrong anyway.
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17. Posted By: Silverstone79
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 12:26 pm
Mclaren 1.22.657
Mercedes 1.22.765
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18. Posted By: Henry
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 12:30 pm
Mclaren: 1.22.388
Mercedes: 1.22.867
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19. Posted By: martin_tf
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 12:33 pm
McLaren 1m 22.400
Mercedes 1m 22.600
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20. Posted By: Jaco Pretorius
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 12:34 pm
Mclaren: 1m.22.564s
Mercedes: 1m.21.952s
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21. Posted By: **Paul**
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 12:34 pm
McLaren: 1:21.901
Mercedes: 1:22.242
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**Paul** Reply:
March 9th, 2011 at 12:38 pm
OOps misread the question, in which case my answer is McLaren with the above time.
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22. Posted By: Novikov Konstantin
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 12:35 pm
McLaren:1.21.800
Mercedes:1.22.900
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23. Posted By: Paul
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 12:35 pm
McLaren 1:21.993
Mercedes 1:22.320
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24. Posted By: CARLOS L S
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 12:36 pm
McLaren: 1m 22.347s
Mercedes: 1m 22.112s
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25. Posted By: Scott
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 12:36 pm
McLaren: 1m 22.077s
Mercedes: 1m 22.237s
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26. Posted By: Dave
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 12:36 pm
Mclaren: 1:22.435
Mercedes: 1:22.613
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27. Posted By: Ben Manojlovic
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 12:36 pm
Mclaren 1m 22.525s
Mercedes 1m 22.345s
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28. Posted By: Andrew Dobb
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 12:36 pm
McLaren 1.23.545
Mercedes 1.23.623
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29. Posted By: Dave
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 12:36 pm
Ok worth a shot:
McLaren: 122.351
Mercedes: 122.646
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30. Posted By: Danny
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 12:36 pm
Mercedes – 1m 22.563
McLaren – 1m 22.749
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31. Posted By: Nathan Norman
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 12:37 pm
The Mclaren lap time: 1m23.124
The Mercedes lap time: 1m23.586
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32. Posted By: Latsi
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 12:37 pm
McLaren: 1m 22.037s
Mercedes: 1m 21.965s
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33. Posted By: efBir
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 12:37 pm
McLaren: 1:22.088
Mercedes: 1:21.956
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34. Posted By: Leon
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 12:37 pm
Mclaren: 1m22.714
Mercedes: 1m22.823
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35. Posted By: Mark Batchelder
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 12:37 pm
McLaren: 1m 22.731
Mercedes: 1m 22.967
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36. Posted By: Kenny Carwash
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 12:38 pm
McLaren: 1m22.263
Mercedes: 1m22.614
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37. Posted By: Mark Slavin
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 12:38 pm
McLaren – 1m 22.560
Mercedes- 1m 22.651
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38. Posted By: pluisje
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 12:39 pm
McLaren: 1m 22.380
Mercedes: 1m 22.860
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39. Posted By: David Brown
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 12:39 pm
McClaren 1m 22.421
Mercedes 1m 22.721
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40. Posted By: John tsoutis
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 12:40 pm
McLaren 1:22.733
Mercedes 1:22.956
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41. Posted By: Adam Taylor
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 12:41 pm
McLaren: 1m 22.019
Mercedes: 1m 22.446
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42. Posted By: Joakim H
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 12:41 pm
Mercedes 1m20.995
Mclaren 1m20.870
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43. Posted By: snafuracer
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 12:41 pm
Mclaren – 1m 22.540
Mercedes – 1m 22.890
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44. Posted By: Vittorio 84
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 12:43 pm
McLaren: 1:22.502
Mercedes: 1:22.650
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45. Posted By: Luke A
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 12:43 pm
McLaren: 1m 22.437
Mercedes: 1m 22.237
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46. Posted By: Socratis
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 12:44 pm
Here’s my guess
McLaren: 1m 22.510s
Mercedes: 1m 22.100s
Thanks James, keep up the good work.
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47. Posted By: Michal
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 12:45 pm
McLaren – 1m 22.010s
Mercedes – 1m 21.968s
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48. Posted By: Snowy
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 12:46 pm
McLaren 1:22.141
Mercedes 1:22.843
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49. Posted By: Brian F
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 12:48 pm
McLaren: 1m 22.732s
Mercedes: 1m 23.232s
Thanks
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50. Posted By: Abdoul
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 12:49 pm
McLaren: 1:22:296
Mercedes: 1:22:327
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51. Posted By: Richard hawley
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 12:51 pm
Mclaren 1m 22.635
mercedes 1m 22.857
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52. Posted By: Clay
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 12:52 pm
1:21.796 Mac
1:22.203 Merc
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53. Posted By: Stephen
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 12:53 pm
Ill go against the trend and say
Mercedes 1:21.80
McClaren 1:22.30
I’ll predict a late 1:20.80 from Redbull as I still think they can go a lot faster before the end of the final test.
James, have you a prediction on Redbull’s fastest time this week?
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James Allen Reply:
March 9th, 2011 at 1:29 pm
High 1m 21s, is my guess.
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Chris Hobbs Reply:
March 9th, 2011 at 2:08 pm
James – Seb’s already put in 1:21.865 by lunchtime today. Could we see mid-1:21′s…
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54. Posted By: Ben
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 12:56 pm
McLaren 1:21.654
Mercedes 1:21.987
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55. Posted By: john g
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 12:56 pm
mclaren: 1m 22.647
mercedes: 1m 22.286
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56. Posted By: Ash
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 12:57 pm
Mclaren 1.22.135
Mercedes 1.22.883
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57. Posted By: bobby2timer
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 12:57 pm
Mclaren 1m 22.495
Mercedes 1m 22. 501
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58. Posted By: Geckzr
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 12:58 pm
McLaren : 1m22.030
Mercede : 1m22.651
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59. Posted By: Nandan V
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 12:58 pm
McLaren 1.21.770
Mercedes 1:22:100
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60. Posted By: El Pilluli
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 12:59 pm
McLaren – 1m 21.801
Mercedes – 1m 21.950
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61. Posted By: Hutch
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 12:59 pm
McLaren: 1m 22.239
Mercedes: 1m 22.565
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62. Posted By: Chris
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 1:00 pm
Mclaren – 1m 22.178
Mercedes 1m 22.267
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63. Posted By: C Man
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 1:01 pm
Mclaren 1m 22.247
Mercades 1m 22.642
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64. Posted By: fROSTY
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 1:02 pm
McLaren Fastest Time will be 1m 22.321 secs.
Mercedes will not beat this.
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65. Posted By: Lilla My
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 1:02 pm
McLaren: 1m 22.236
Mercedes: 1m 22.562
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66. Posted By: Richard
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 1:04 pm
McLaren 1:22.051
Mercedes 1:22.391
How much precision is going to be required to be deemed “correct”, James? Nearest hundredth?
It seems to me that any finer than that and the best strategy would just be to wait until the end of today, enter the actual times, and hope that the rain in Spain falls mainly on the Circuit de Catalunya.
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67. Posted By: David McVey
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 1:04 pm
Mclaren 1.21.9
Mercedes 1.22.0
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68. Posted By: kenny5
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 1:06 pm
1:21.743
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James Allen Reply:
March 9th, 2011 at 1:28 pm
Which team is this
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69. Posted By: fROSTY
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 1:07 pm
Sorry , forgot to add Mercedes time of
1m22.543 secs.
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70. Posted By: Chris W
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 1:08 pm
I think McLaren 1m 22.500s
Mercedes GP 1min 22.900
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71. Posted By: Jason Ting
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 1:11 pm
McLaren: 1m 21.845s
Mercedes: 1m 22.017s
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72. Posted By: jeff
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 1:12 pm
mclaren 1.21.326
mercedes 122.563
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73. Posted By: Chi Lieng
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 1:13 pm
Mclaren: 1m 21.968s
Mercedes: 1m 22.116s
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74. Posted By: Rob croydon
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 1:13 pm
McLaren 1.21.5
Merceds 1.21.7
They will both go for low fuel super soft runs I think
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75. Posted By: Axel
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 1:15 pm
McLaren:1m 22.304
Mercedes: 1m 22.217
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76. Posted By: Pawel
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 1:16 pm
McLaren: 1m 22.120s
Mercedes: 1m 22.440s
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77. Posted By: Mike
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 1:19 pm
McLaren: 1m 22.237s
Mercedes: 1m 22.621s
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78. Posted By: Don M.
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 1:20 pm
McLaren 1m 21.911
Mercedes 1m 22.366
Does this close today? It will get easier each day. Can we enter more than once?
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James Allen Reply:
March 9th, 2011 at 1:27 pm
No, only one entry.
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79. Posted By: Jamie M
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 1:25 pm
McLaren: 1m 22.507s
Mercedes: 1m 22.823s
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80. Posted By: iceman
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 1:25 pm
McLaren: 1:21.404
Mercedes: 1:21.959
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81. Posted By: DB
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 1:28 pm
McLaren 1m 22.467
Mercedes 1m 22.555
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82. Posted By: sam w
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 1:29 pm
Mclaren – 1:22.400
Mercedes – 1:21.900
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83. Posted By: Fausto Cunha
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 1:29 pm
Mclaren – 1:22.180
Mercedes – 1:22.430
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84. Posted By: Tubbs
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 1:30 pm
Mclaren: 1:22.408
Merc: 1:22.326
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85. Posted By: marco pizzuti
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 1:33 pm
Mclaren 1.21.106
Mercedes1.22.085
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marco pizzuti Reply:
March 9th, 2011 at 1:34 pm
please disredgard this post
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86. Posted By: David
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 1:33 pm
McLaren: 1.21.908
Mercedes: 1.22.210
Or so I hope!
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87. Posted By: Grzegorz
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 1:34 pm
I predict:
McLaren: 1:22:402
Mercedes: 1:22:613
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88. Posted By: marco pizzuti
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 1:34 pm
sorry i wrote the wrong time
Mclaren 1.22.106
Mercedes 1.22.985
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89. Posted By: Luke A
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 1:36 pm
James, I just thought, there should be a rule to stop people posting a time that McLaren have actually set, after it has been set. As lets say Hamilton sets a 1.21.305 later on today, it would be unfair if someone then posted that exact time as their entry, even though they might go quicker on Friday or Saturday, it would still possibly be their fastest time and thus would entail an unfair entry in my opinion.
Agreed?
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James Allen Reply:
March 9th, 2011 at 1:50 pm
I understand the point, but the entries close at 8am Saturday before the last day’s testing and you don’t know whether they’ll go faster or not, that’s the guess you have to make. Also the standard of prediction is so high here that there’s a chance that if someone waits until a time has been set to write it down, it could already have been logged by someone else.
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90. Posted By: Sath
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 1:36 pm
Mercedes faster than McLaren
Mercedes : 1’22″315
McLaren : 1’22″420
Cu
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91. Posted By: Chris Hobbs
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 1:41 pm
McLaren 1m 21.903
Mercedes 1m 22.276
Go Jens & Nico…
Chris
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92. Posted By: Qiang
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 1:43 pm
MacLaren 1:22:499
Mercedes: 1:22:501
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93. Posted By: Alex
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 1:44 pm
I predict:
Mclaren: 1:21.986
Mercedes: 1:21.793
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94. Posted By: Radi Baldzhiyski
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 1:50 pm
McLaren 1:21.780
Mercedes 1:21.511
Thanks
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95. Posted By: Chau
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 1:55 pm
McLaren 1m 22.408
Mercedes 1m 22.168
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96. Posted By: Rossco
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 1:56 pm
Hi James
McLaren 1m 22.2
Merc 1m 22.3
What are your predictions???
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97. Posted By: Matt M
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 1:57 pm
McLaren – 1m 21.545
Mercedes- 1m 21.606
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98. Posted By: Niall Quinn
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 2:02 pm
McLaren : 1m 22.823s
Merc : 1m 23.441s
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99. Posted By: Niall Quinn
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 2:03 pm
McLaren : 1m 22.823s
Merc : 1m 23.441s
I’m adding this extra dummy text because the error message suggested my comment might be too short.
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100. Posted By: niall quinn
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 2:05 pm
McLaren : 1m 21.782s
Merc : 1m 22.112s
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101. Posted By: Wayne S
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 2:09 pm
McLaren: 1:21:803
Mercedes: 1:22:264
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102. Posted By: Rodrigo Lamas
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 2:13 pm
Mclaren – 1:21.888
Mercedes – 1:22.111
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103. Posted By: tom
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 2:13 pm
I predict
McLaren 1.22.173
Mercedes 1.22.731
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104. Posted By: Lan Pham
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 2:16 pm
McLaren 1:22.946
Mercedes 1:22.784
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105. Posted By: Manor
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 2:21 pm
I’ll go with
Mclaren: 1’21.761
Mercedes: 1’21.865
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106. Posted By: Simon
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 2:22 pm
Mclaren 1.22.711
Mercedes 1.22.911
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107. Posted By: Phil
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 2:23 pm
I predict that McLaren will end up with a fastest lap of 1m 22.684
Mercedes will get a fastest lap of 1m 24.453
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108. Posted By: Oliver Langford
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 2:25 pm
Mercedes 1.22.158
McLaren 1.22.301
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109. Posted By: jamie fox
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 2:34 pm
I predict the following
Maclaren 1:22.84
Mercedes 1:22.950
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110. Posted By: nacho f1
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 2:38 pm
Mclaren 1:22:180
Mercedes 1:22:511
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111. Posted By: maximo Perez
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 2:40 pm
Mclaren 1:22.450
Mercedes 1:22.855
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112. Posted By: Grant
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 2:47 pm
Excellent bit of fun for all of us, James.
What a nightmare to manage. Good luck to the person managing all these posts and numbers.
I choose to wait untill McLaren have completed their Thursday work before predicting.
The book is as good as mine.
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James Allen Reply:
March 9th, 2011 at 3:15 pm
Good strategy – Failing that you could always buy one of the last remaining copies.
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113. Posted By: Tom
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 3:09 pm
macca: 1:21.982
merc: 1:22.223
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114. Posted By: unoc vII
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 3:14 pm
McLaren 1:21.403
Mercedes 1:22.112
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115. Posted By: Colin
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 3:16 pm
McLaren 1.21.009
Mercedes 1.21.889
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116. Posted By: Aliaksey
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 3:19 pm
1:21:800 both teams
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117. Posted By: brendan
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 3:26 pm
Mercedes. Glory run.1:20.90
McLaren. 1:21.45
Meaningless I know, but possible, I think.
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118. Posted By: jef
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 3:52 pm
Mclaren 1.21.945
Mercedes 1.22.809
wish me Good luck.
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119. Posted By: Kurtis
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 3:58 pm
Mclaren: 1:22:408
Merc: 1:22:634
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120. Posted By: josias
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 4:02 pm
McLaren – 1m 21.880
Mercedes- 1m 21.641
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121. Posted By: Jeremy J
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 4:02 pm
McLaren: 1.22.701
Merc: 1.22.924
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122. Posted By: Nick
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 4:09 pm
mclaren – 1.22.983
mercedes – 1.23.034
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123. Posted By: Kenny
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 4:26 pm
McLaren: 1’21″748 Mercedes: 1’21″444
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124. Posted By: equeny
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 4:27 pm
Mclaren – 1:22.123
Mercedes – 1:22.5
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125. Posted By: downforce
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 4:57 pm
McLaren: 1:22.123
Mercedes: 1:22.423
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126. Posted By: James Clayton
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 5:01 pm
McLaren 1:21.555
Mercedes 1:22.987
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James Clayton Reply:
March 9th, 2011 at 5:02 pm
please ignore, see other post. thanks
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127. Posted By: James Clayton
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 5:01 pm
McLaren 1:21.555
Mercedes 1:22.187
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128. Posted By: B Martin
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 5:12 pm
Mclaren: 1.21.5
Mercedes: 1.21.5
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129. Posted By: sean cleary
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 5:16 pm
Maclaren: 1 min 22.00 sec
Mercedes: 1 min 22.105 sec
Cant wait for the book!
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130. Posted By: Marc
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 5:16 pm
McLaren 1m 22.314
Mercedes1m 22.117
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131. Posted By: Rich C
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 5:17 pm
Coming outa nowhere in the last moments of the day McL will blow the doors off with a 1:22 flat.
Merc will limp in at 1:22.5
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132. Posted By: Stênio Campos
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 5:24 pm
McLaren = 1:21.948s
Mercedes = 1:22.354s
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133. Posted By: Richard D
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 5:25 pm
Mclaren: 1:22.081
Mercedes: 1:22.472
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134. Posted By: Born 1950
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 5:35 pm
I’ll wait until the end of Friday testing before submitting my predictions.
I’m assuming everyone can only have one guess, James? If so you lot wouldn’t make very good strategists; generally it’s wise to leave decisions as late as possible in order to maximise data-gathering.
BTW thanks for the link to the pics of the Mclaren front-wing active test rig, James. IMHO there’s a lot going on under that cist on the nose! It won’t surprise me at all if they don’t come out top in this testing, but then suddenly improve by half a second on their predicted times in Australia.
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Born 1950 Reply:
March 9th, 2011 at 5:41 pm
Oh and BTW! Is there any on-board footage available of the Maclaren running with its FW test rig? A long shot I know, but I’d love to see what they’re doing. Clearly the front and rear stays on each wing-end enable them to twist it to change the angle of attack. Fascinating stuff!
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James Allen Reply:
March 9th, 2011 at 6:05 pm
Ah but the winner is the one who gets there first..
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Born 1950 Reply:
March 10th, 2011 at 10:17 am
Agreed – but if we’re going down to thousandths (as it seems many have) there’ll need to be a lot of entries before we run out of unique times. I suppose if I decide to be really anal, I could produce a list of all the predicted times and then put my prediction bang in the middle of the biggest gap in the most likely area. However, maybe this is not sporting, and it does require a bit of work on my part, so I probably won’t.
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135. Posted By: Jiten Mistry
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 5:38 pm
McLaren – 1:22.765
Mercedes – 1:22.489
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136. Posted By: Baghetti
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 5:40 pm
McLaren: 1:22.119
Mercedes: 1:22.629
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137. Posted By: Seán Craddock
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 5:42 pm
Vodafone McLaren-Mercedes 1:22:632
Mercedes Petronas GP 1:22:947
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138. Posted By: Gav
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 5:52 pm
McLaren – 1m 21.480
Mercedes- 1m 21.652
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139. Posted By: Roni
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 5:52 pm
Mac: 1:21.584
Merc: 1:22:011
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140. Posted By: Richard
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 5:53 pm
Mclaren 1:22:888
Mercedes 1:22:001
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141. Posted By: zizou
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 6:03 pm
mclaren 1 22 180
mercedes 1 22 220
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142. Posted By: nick
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 6:04 pm
mclaren…1:21.435
mercedes…1:20.795
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143. Posted By: Nebulus von Hoxenberg
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 6:34 pm
I predict: Mercedes 1.22.405
McLaren 1.22.642
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144. Posted By: Biggles209
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 6:36 pm
McLaren 1m 22.407s
Mercedes 1m 22.508s
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145. Posted By: Double
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 6:37 pm
Mclaren 1m 22.268
Mercedes 1m 22.683
You all, stop guessing !
I just won !
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146. Posted By: George Shamtani
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 6:37 pm
McLaren 1:22:050 (7 fastest by team)
Mercedes 1:21:850 (5 fastest by team)
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147. Posted By: Michael Prestia
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 6:42 pm
Mclaren – 1:21.940
Merc – 1:22.345
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148. Posted By: herald
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 6:47 pm
mercedes 1.21.211
mclaren dnf
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149. Posted By: Yang Tang
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 6:55 pm
McLaren 1m 22.510
Mercedes 1m 22.823
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150. Posted By: Amit Sangwan
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 7:34 pm
Mclaren 1m 21.6307
Mercedes 1m 21.734
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151. Posted By: Jimmy Le
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 8:11 pm
Mclaren 1m 22.354
Mercedes 1m 22.890
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152. Posted By: TeeJay
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 8:13 pm
McLaren: 1m 22.333
Mercedes: 1m 22.489
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153. Posted By: Vinoo
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 8:18 pm
Mclaren – 1:22.350
Merc – 1:21.950
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154. Posted By: RG
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 8:28 pm
Mercedes – 1:22:36
McLaren – 1:22:24
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155. Posted By: DPM
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 8:38 pm
McLaren 1m 21.75
Mercedes 1m 22.15
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156. Posted By: benny boy
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 8:46 pm
1:21.996 Mac
1:22.403 Merc
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157. Posted By: Alex Attard
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 9:12 pm
McLaren 1m 21.678
Mercedes 1m 22.023
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158. Posted By: Denis
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 9:41 pm
McLaren: 1m 21.987
Mercedes: 1m 22.614
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159. Posted By: Steve Carney
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 9:54 pm
McLaren 1m 22.310
Mercedes 1m 22.696
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160. Posted By: AndrewB94
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 10:22 pm
McLaren – 1.22.222
Mercedes – 1.22.075
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161. Posted By: Mike
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 11:09 pm
Mclaren: 1m 21.500
Mercedes: 1m 21.800
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162. Posted By: Toby Bushby
Date: March 9th, 2011 @ 11:56 pm
McLaren: 1:22:435
Mercedes: 1:22:267
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163. Posted By: JJ MUPPET
Date: March 10th, 2011 @ 12:27 am
I will say again.
If I win I will add Webbers signature to the book.
Bring on the Brit GP & Monaco.
Mclaren 1m 22.490
Mercedes 1m 22.610
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164. Posted By: AdamKlukF1
Date: March 10th, 2011 @ 2:23 am
McLaren: 1:21:962
Mercedes: 1:22:326
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165. Posted By: Steve
Date: March 10th, 2011 @ 2:34 am
McLaren: 1:22.528
Mercedes: 1:22.369
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166. Posted By: Ron
Date: March 10th, 2011 @ 4:44 am
Mclaren: 1:22:634
Mercedes: 1:22:212
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167. Posted By: Darshan Bhatia
Date: March 10th, 2011 @ 5:55 am
Merc: 1:21:928
McLaren: 1:22:024
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168. Posted By: J. Singh
Date: March 10th, 2011 @ 9:34 am
McLaren – 1m 22.400s
Mercedes – 1m 22.700s
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169. Posted By: Jonathan Kelk
Date: March 10th, 2011 @ 10:32 am
McLaren: 1:21.551
Mercedes: 1:21.423
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170. Posted By: Daniel Hoyes
Date: March 10th, 2011 @ 2:16 pm
I hear it might rain…
McLaren: 1.24.634
Mercedes: 1.25.379
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171. Posted By: Pujan
Date: March 10th, 2011 @ 5:48 pm
McLaren: 1:22.217
Mercedes: 1:21.987
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Pujan Reply:
March 10th, 2011 at 5:52 pm
Sorry, editing my guesswork..
McLaren will stick to a 1:22.217, but Mercedes changes to a 1:21:737
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172. Posted By: YL
Date: March 10th, 2011 @ 6:36 pm
McLaren 1.22.6
Mercedes 1.22.7
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173. Posted By: Adeel Rahman
Date: March 10th, 2011 @ 7:01 pm
mclaren 1m 22.447s
mercedes 1m 22.230s
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174. Posted By: Mario
Date: March 10th, 2011 @ 8:56 pm
Mclaren 1.30.000
Merc 1.30.500
Now I’m starting rain dance.
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Mario Reply:
March 13th, 2011 at 11:04 am
Just realized they wanted the fastest times for the week, not for the last day of the week.
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175. Posted By: Double
Date: March 11th, 2011 @ 12:48 am
Mclaren 1m 21.724
Mercedes 1m 21.819
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176. Posted By: Racyboy
Date: March 11th, 2011 @ 6:34 am
Mercedes 1.22.122
McLaren 1.22.221
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177. Posted By: thomas_b
Date: March 11th, 2011 @ 10:24 am
McLaren 1:21.992
Mercedes 1:22.121
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178. Posted By: Claire
Date: March 11th, 2011 @ 11:54 am
Mercedes: 1:20.8
McLaren: 1:21.0
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179. Posted By: Robert N
Date: March 11th, 2011 @ 1:13 pm
Mercedes 1.21.268
McLaren 1.21.581
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180. Posted By: Zhenya
Date: March 11th, 2011 @ 2:10 pm
1m 22.400 for McLaren and 1m 22.650 for Mercedes, I guess.
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181. Posted By: CC
Date: March 11th, 2011 @ 4:39 pm
McLaren 1m22.888s
Mercedes 1:21.249
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182. Posted By: Amit
Date: March 11th, 2011 @ 5:31 pm
Mercedes 1m 20.987
Mclaren 1m 21.435
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183. Posted By: Ibrahim Patel
Date: March 11th, 2011 @ 5:57 pm
mclaren, 1.22.888
mercedes,1.21.268
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184. Posted By: Grant
Date: March 11th, 2011 @ 6:07 pm
McLaren 1.22.131
Mercedes 1.21.268
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B Martin Reply:
March 11th, 2011 at 7:35 pm
James, perhaps since rain was due for Sat, you should have made sure people had to pick the time before it happens. Otherwise the first guy to copy and past Friday’s time wins.
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185. Posted By: Rika Churchill
Date: March 11th, 2011 @ 7:19 pm
Mercedes: 1:21.268
McLaren: 122.132
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186. Posted By: Vic
Date: March 11th, 2011 @ 7:43 pm
Mclaren 1.22.458
Mercedes 1.21.213
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187. Posted By: richard palmer
Date: March 11th, 2011 @ 9:30 pm
McLaren 1.42.00
Mecedes !.41.00
Have you the wheater forecast
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188. Posted By: Born 1950
Date: March 11th, 2011 @ 9:51 pm
Well, I reckon ‘CC’ has won it — unless someone predicted those times before he did. However just in case there’s a window of opportunity tomorrow before the rain sets in I’ll go for McLaren 1:22.793.
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189. Posted By: Mark Hillyard
Date: March 11th, 2011 @ 10:17 pm
Hoping for a dry final day so i’ll go for:
McLaren: 1:22.672
Mercedes: 1:21.053
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190. Posted By: Robert Gunning
Date: March 12th, 2011 @ 4:04 am
Fastest Mercedes time: 1:21.249
Fastest McLaren time: 1m22.888
No records will be broken on the final day, as heavy rain is forecast.
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Richard Reply:
March 12th, 2011 at 8:51 pm
Sorry, I had already predicted the McLaren time after the Wednesday session. With them already planning not to run on Thursday and the forecast already suggesting it was going to be wet from Friday lunchtime it seemed like a safe bet.
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