As Q1 reached its half way point it was staggering to see the two Mercedes cars sitting at well over a second faster than everyone. Us F1 fans are a fickle bunch and we will get very bored very quickly, if the same team continues to outclass everyone else. Fortunately, many of the cars put in faster times than Hamilton and Rosberg just before the end of Q1, however it quickly became apparent that the only reason for this was that they had put on the more favourable Hard tyre. There was a ludicrous incident in the closing laps of the first session, when an over zealous Adrian Sutil decided to force Romain Grosjean off the circuit and, essentially, in to the desert. The move was a tad aggressive for a qualifying session and Sutil's excuse and justification was utterly pathetic. He'd better not use the same justification when appealing to the race stewards, or he might as well pack his bags and fly home now.
It appears as though Vettel and Ricciardo are actually alternating there luck from race to race, despite the fact I was only joking in a previous post. Sebastian Vettel tumbled out in Q2, putting himself in eleventh place for the race. Surprisingly, and refreshingly, Sebastian was extremely graceful in his post qualifying interview. That familiar grin was playing across his face as he diplomatically stated that he "just wasn't quick enough". In contrast, Ricciardo managed to bang in a third place qualifying lap, but he has a frustrating ten place grid penalty, which will hinder him massively again
. However, nobody was able to challenge the Mercedes cars, with both Lewis and Nico qualifying almost a second ahead of everybody else, and they are looking more and more dominant as the season gets underway.
Its nice to know that we can all watch Formula One free of guilt, as these hybrid, environmentally friendly racing cars hurtle round a circuit lit by thousands of energy guzzling light bulbs. It's fantastically contradictory and makes a complete farce of the whole eco-friendly F1 generation, but at least the sport can pretend its doing its bit.The Grid:
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