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I hope Gosjean will be slower than Kimi. It doesn't look good now.

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Well honestly i have had hard time being too bothered with Kimi. Always want the best result, but for me he has already delivered and is quite nicely sitting at 3rd WDC spot.
More concentrated on the Alonso, Vettel fight.

From what SKY F1 said Kimi and Button were dropping Grosjean during their battle already so I cant see Grosjean catching Kimi now

no, Kimi went wide and lost traction as a result

another slow lap..disappointing race

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One of thiese races... I recon there are some issues with tyres.

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Minds are like parachutes, they work best when they are open

he's still fluctuating immensely. wtf?

If Hamilton wins this, Kimi will only be about 10 points ahead of him in Brazil...3rd in WDC will go down to the line it seems

why is he losing so much of time in the middle sector? Setup?

he's done 1:41.60, then 1:41.95, then 1:41.65. Weird

I'm secretly hoping for a safety car here....Anybody else?

I think it's over.

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now 1:43.752. What is he doing?

I got a say i was truly surprised by Ferrari's today. Was not expecting anything like this from them.

now a personal best of 1:40.826. Don't get it

He is struggling with tires.

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Now a 1 min 39.8 where has found this pace from

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Genuinely disappointing to watch Kimi and lotus get passed so easily in the last 20 laps.

Thanks, I am ok with the position. There was no luck and Lotus slotted to the position they deserved.

What I enjoyed was "schooling a brat" by Hamilton and Massa this weekend.

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He has now just done the 3rd fastest lap of the race only 0.1 sec slower than vettel on the last lap

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I think this race just highlights the skill Kimi had in Abudhabi, The lotus is clearly slower than the red bulls, mclarens and Ferrari's. Being ahead of everybody except Alonso and Vettel in the standings is a testament to how he has outperformed the car. (With a touch of luck too)
Have to try and find a silver lining after a race like this.

last lap was proper fast....den wats that he was struggling with??.... eager to hear his post race comments

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must have been struggling with the tyres. Ironic that at the end he was comfortably faster than Button and probably had the speed not to lose that place. Bummer

He must have got the tyres in the operating window because the last lap was really quick

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I hope he will do better in Brazil.

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well he has to hold off hamilton for that 3rd place...hamilton is only 16 points behind him now

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Shame. Combination of bad pit stop and some tyre issues(?) lost him a podium today. If they had got him out ahead of Alonso I think he would have made it (assuming of course he didn't still have problems with the tyres). The car is clearly fast and Kimi had an excellent run before his stop.

weak race from Kimster, for some reasons.Hope for better next time. It's ups and downs- life.

the start killed Kimi... he was 7th in no time... I think he did well to fight back. Too bad that slight error during his pit or he would have gotten out ahead of Alonso

Will be looking forward to Mika Salo's and Heikki Kulta's views on the race

The difference in post race demeanor between Lewis and Kimi is really something

Don't think it would have made any difference to the result. No way he could have stayed ahead on cold tires.

Dont cry boys and girls. Lewis Haimlton wins in a hat of confederates. Texas will love it )))))))))

Kimi drove well today the cars that passed him at the end both fellipe and button were clearly faster

hammi had one chance against vettel in a similarly paced car and he took it....impressive
didnt get flustered by vettels shimmi into the braking zone ...like kimi at bahrain.
got to say vettel clearly has a lot of bxxx to do that and risk it all...surely alonso would not have done that.

really hope vettel makes it three ...hes had to fight his team mate fair and square like all the others
alonso has had every ounce of team effort his way all year.

they were only faster because Kimi was having problems of some kind. The last few laps showed that Kimi had the speed to match them. He did an excellent first stint, especially considering his poor start on the dirty side, and he put himself in a podium position before the stop. A real missed opportunity, unfortunately

ah well. Good race all in all and I'm happy to see the championship delayed till Brasil. That's going to be entertaining


I can't believe we're 7 days away from the season finale!! The season is over already!

It was a good race by Kimi, it just didn't work out for him today. Starting from the dirty side of the track seemed like only the beginning of his problems. Then there was the incredibly slow pit stop which cost him a place/s and then tires that just didn't look they wanted to work for him, despite getting some good times.

Hopefully Brazil will be a much better weekend, even if there is meant to be rain!

not a bad race overall even if I'm slightly disappointed with P6. The start and that long pit stop made things difficult. His overtakings were great Would love to see Kimi finish 3rd in the WDC standings. Hamilton is just 16pts behind I still can't believe that Kimi's back in F1 let alone that he's P3 in the WDC Kimi's comeback was superb
Just one week to go and the F1 season will be over already

Thank you Lotus for bringing back Kimi for us. This year is a warm up, please surprise us next year with a better car.

Hope he manages to hold on to third in WDC.