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Nate looks nice with that bearded look in the video I saw in your website with an anchor....

by rockedin123 4/11/2015 4:39:43 AM
@rockedin123: Haha, thanks very much.

by Nate Saunders 4/11/2015 4:39:49 AM
Clearly I inspired Alonso's current look.

by Nate Saunders 4/11/2015 4:39:58 AM
Did they take the gravel out of the pit entrance corner right after Hamilton beached it and lost the championship?

by mfbull 4/11/2015 4:40:09 AM
@mfbull: Nope, it was actually there last year. You may remember Maldonado beaching himself there during free practice, so maybe that was what did it....

by Nate Saunders 4/11/2015 4:40:30 AM
oh my, silly season already?

by RCC 4/11/2015 4:40:34 AM
The current gaps: Hamilton 1:39.776, Rosberg 0.289, Vettel 0.3999, Raikkonen 0.650, Bottas 0.943, Massa 0.992, Kvyat 1.063, Ericsson 1.271, Ricciardo 1.343, Sainz 1.450

by Nate Saunders 4/11/2015 4:41:21 AM
Massa returns to the track and reports there's no longer smoke coming from his cockpit.

by Nate Saunders 4/11/2015 4:41:33 AM
We have the yellow-striped soft tyre on Kvyat's Red Bull, which means we're ready for the first qualifying simulations of the day.

by Nate Saunders 4/11/2015 4:41:56 AM
Some frantic work going on in Alonso's garage as McLaren works to get him out before the end of the session.

by Nate Saunders 4/11/2015 4:42:08 AM
Fair enough. Back to the earlier question: do teams not get to choose their pit box locations, choosing in order of how they finished the prior year?

by ALDG 4/11/2015 4:42:19 AM
@ALDG: As far as I know, it's just assigned in order of championship.

by Nate Saunders 4/11/2015 4:42:29 AM
Nate, let us start talking about sandbagging....

by rockedin123 4/11/2015 4:42:32 AM
Doesn't a beard itch under a helmet, cant see how thats comfortable

by AdiosAyrton 4/11/2015 4:42:34 AM
Would an engine change affect Alonso's allotted engine allowance in FP3?

by James Zara 4/11/2015 4:42:43 AM
@JamesZara: Absolutely. Luckily there are no beard-related penalties this year otherwise he'd be in real trouble.

by Nate Saunders 4/11/2015 4:43:09 AM
Ahh that's good because its so expensive to get the smoke on the inside :)

by valvestech 4/11/2015 4:43:18 AM
Brief lull in the action as Verstappen spins between Turns 11 and 12, but we're soon back under greens #ChineseGP http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CCSOyahUMAAAXag.jpg

by Formula 1 via twitter 4/11/2015 4:43:39 AM
Kvyat leaps into P1 on the soft tyre, lowering the benchmark to a 1:39.106.

by Nate Saunders 4/11/2015 4:43:54 AM
In many sports they are known as "playoff beards". :-)

by Flying Finn 4/11/2015 4:44:35 AM
Rosberg crosses and reclaims top top by 1.2s on the soft tyres.

by Nate Saunders 4/11/2015 4:44:53 AM
I loved Button's tache.

by ALDG edited by Nate Saunders 4/11/2015 4:45:00 AM
JB fires up. He's away again on the Prime tyre. #ChineseGP http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CCSPmuNWEAAGVOc.jpg

by McLaren via twitter 4/11/2015 4:45:28 AM
among all McLaren remains just a Showpiece... feel bad for Alonso

by HS 4/11/2015 4:45:34 AM
Wow rosbergs just picked up nearly 2 seconds on the softs

by valvestech 4/11/2015 4:45:57 AM
Button should definitely stick with the 'stache and shave the rest...

by mfbull 4/11/2015 4:45:59 AM
what happened to force india??

by sandeep 4/11/2015 4:46:00 AM
@sandeep: The team is still playing catch-up after a slow start to the year. It's also waiting for the arrival of its upgraded "B-Spec car".

by Nate Saunders 4/11/2015 4:46:19 AM
Waiting for B-spec Force India 'frustrating' - Sergio Perez
ESPN UKSergio Perez admits it is frustrating waiting for Force India's B-spec car while the current car is struggling to challenge for the points.

by Nate Saunders 4/11/2015 4:46:32 AM
Maybe Alonso had to leave for the new leaf to turn at the scuderia...

by Keith Beeber 4/11/2015 4:46:38 AM
@KeithBeeber: That's a good observation and one I personally agree with. I think part of the whole sea-change at Ferrari had to include the old guard (Domenicali, LDM and Alonso) leaving the team for fresh blood and ideas.

by Nate Saunders 4/11/2015 4:47:24 AM
That's great by Rosberg, still more to come, hopefully.

by Andreas 4/11/2015 4:47:48 AM
Hamilton starts his first flying lap on the soft tyres. He's had the edge on Rosberg so far this weekend.

by Nate Saunders 4/11/2015 4:47:49 AM
how are lap times compared to last year??

by abhi 4/11/2015 4:48:13 AM
@abhi: Last year's FP3 times aren't good by way of comparison as it was affected by rain.

by Nate Saunders 4/11/2015 4:48:34 AM
@natesaunders when can we expect the B-spec force india?

by sandeep 4/11/2015 4:48:44 AM
@sandeep: As that story says, Force India is hoping to introduce it for the Austrian Grand Prix.

by Nate Saunders 4/11/2015 4:49:03 AM
Hamilton reclaims top spot by nearly two tenths.

by Nate Saunders 4/11/2015 4:49:16 AM
I can't help but think that the McLaren will be a competitive car once they crack the teething issues...

by Keith Beeber 4/11/2015 4:49:27 AM
@KeithBeeber: The car itself is a real doozy. Got to stand trackside in Barcelona and clearly it's a decent car to drive, but we haven't seen the engine anywhere close to its full potential. I think its telling McLaren seems so quietly confident about the baby steps its making.

by Nate Saunders 4/11/2015 4:50:14 AM
Hamilton's new benchmark, for those of you asking, is 1:37.615.

by Nate Saunders 4/11/2015 4:50:23 AM
Hello now. Massa's first lap on the softs slots him into fifth - behind the two Red Bulls by two tenths.

by Nate Saunders 4/11/2015 4:50:52 AM
isn't ferrari win being blown out of proportion.. I am sure if the safety car had not come out Hamilton would have won the race...

by Sandeep Kumar M G 4/11/2015 4:50:58 AM
@SandeepKumarMG: Potentially. But it gives us journalists something different to talk about!

by Nate Saunders 4/11/2015 4:51:10 AM
Why hasn't Alonso set a timed lap ?

by Arun Kumar 4/11/2015 4:51:13 AM

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