"Cato Batista" 07/07/2012 22:09:45 ID #220

Ladies and Gentlemen,

We were treated to typical
British weather and despite the difficult conditions and the guessing game
between the 2 types of rain tyres in the end qualifying was decided by drivers’
skill. It looks like the race tomorrow will be more of the same.

The correct code ALO-WEB-SCH
was as elusive as always.  Five members
scored single points (notably Manbos and Ricky for picking Alonso in first), the
other 3 coming from Schumacher’s third place (Ian, Joe & Rocco).

The weather will take
the leading role tomorrow. The forecast is for rain throughout the day although
not as intense as today. From the top 10 in Q3 only Grosjean sat out the session to
save sets of both intermediates and full wets, and advantage that could prove
crucial especially compared to Ferrari, Red Bull and Hamilton that have no new
rubber left for tomorrow. And those new tyres could come into play for
wet-weather expert Button (starting 18^th) and both Sauber cars; the Swiss
team did another of their notorious strategy mistakes leaving Kobayashi and Perez (12^th
& 17^th) out in Q2 with perhaps the best chassis suited for this
track and in this conditions.

The top 10 for
tomorrow:  ALO  WEB 
SCH  VET  MAS 
RAI  MAL  HAM  HUL  GRO

As we have seen this
season the starting grid has lost its ultimate relevance, as Alonso said after
grabbing the pole  ”this is the least
important qualifying session of the year” . Rain, ‘The great equalizer’
promises to grant us an exciting race tomorrow. There are not bad wet weather
drivers in F1 but there certainly are some well known ‘rain-masters’. The
surprise was to find Webber in second when he is known to dislike the rain, but it
was clear to see that his RB8 was the best dialed-in to the conditions.

Expect the strategy
for tomorrow’s 52 lap-race to be wildly diverse; it will depend mostly in the
amount of precipitation and to decide which of the 2 wet compounds would be the
adequate at any given stage, or most intriguing yet, if the dry line appears in
sections of the track and the most daring drivers gamble on the slick tyres. We
may see many pit stops (watch for the Safety Car) but the right calls most likely
will win this race. In other words, this is the perfect recipe for a complete
lottery!  ‘Might the luckiest member wins’

Cato – ALO VET HAM BUT
WEB PER

Enjoy!

By the way, Nigel
Mansell is the drivers' Stewart for this race.