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Old 18 Mar 2013, 10:53 (Ref:3220455)   #202
formerf1champ
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formerf1champ should be qualifying in the top 10 on the grid
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Originally Posted by JamesH View Post
All stuff that can be tuned to an optimum of course, and that depends on the car design and the tyres. Which is why the first race is not a good predictor of how the rest of the season will go.
Since I've been following F1 fully (1990). In 17 of the 23 complete seasons since have seen the world champ win the first race of the year. Of the other 6, Irvine (99) and Alonso (10) have a massive claim to be moral champs.
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