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Originally Posted by JeremySmith
Nice intro BR thank you ...
I enjoy watching the cars under the lights ...
What I like most about this race is the sheer amount of concentration that is required to get around this circuit without putting the car into the wall is really amazing ..
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Yes, the concentration levels required must be immense and that it is such a long race can make it the Grand Prix feel quite epic. It hasn't always thrown up thrilling battles but rather close tense ones and sometimes there is nothing wrong with that.
Some of the corners are quite quick and watching the drivers swing the car through some of the 90 degree turns and manage any oversteer is quite enjoyable. At least it's not too slow for a street circuit and has a mix of corners. It's also good to see a circuit which has given us a completely different form book.
Despite all the talk of close times, we saw nothing of the sort today. Driver interviews were very telling. Kvyat was extremely disappointed to get his best qualifying position ever, Hamilton at least claimed to have enjoyed the process of the session despite not stringing it together or having a chance of pole and Rosberg was not at all pleased to be way down there.
Rossi was a long way off Stevens in the end, which may seem surprising but it's difficult to jump into a new team without that much preparation.
Does anyone else think it's a pity to see the "Singapore Sling" double chicane taken out? It was a bit of a crash-bang-wallop over the kerbs thing, but it added something different and a risk-reward point on the lap.