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Kimi was nowhere in qualifying and practise and out of the hat he almost pulls a pole position. But McLaren can play the game as well. Massa must be fairly normal but Kimi is probably light as is Hamilton, unless he drove a truely amazing lap.
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Without a doubt that this discussion could take place within the dedicated thread for the Japanese GP. Now we have two threads discussing the same event, something that is really unecessary.
I doubt it. I can think of no reason you'd sandbag. You want the best end result in the race. Not going to sandbag there obviously. It helps a lot being at the front of the field rather than the back, so you'd surely go for the absolute best qualifying time you can. You're going to squeeze as much "go" out of the car as possible regardless of what anyone else is doing.
And to be able to do that, you had better be making the most of your practice time.
Sandbagging is wasting time and throwing away points.
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What you actually saw was evidence of differing setups between the 2 Ferrari's. Massa's is a flyer when running on fumes, Kimi's comes alive relative to the opposition with fuel on board.
