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Originally Posted by strider
I think both Vettel and Hamilton know that for the next few years they are going to be the guys at the top of the tree. They have a title apiece, but Vettel has advantages of being younger, the better car for the moment at least and a psychological edge, none of which can go down very well with Hamilton, who has his hands full dealing with a team-mate who, it seems, is better able to deal with the present tyre situation. That may change and won't apply to the same extent at all the races, but it ust be bothering him
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Using the tyres starts from the beginning of Q1. If it had rained during qualifying or if he had been more careful with his tyres, Hamilton wouldn't have been having the problems that he had in the race. You have six sets of tyres to use from the start of qually. If you stop four times during the race, you use all but one of them (the ones that he flat spotted, in Hamilton's case).
I think that the conditions should be more in favour of Hamilton in China, since the temperatures should be more like Melbourne's were and the forecast is for rain on friday and saturday. But then they move on to places like Turkey and Spain.