China: pre-qualifying 2017
There has been less
running at this stage than perhaps for any race weekend I’ve seen.
Smog, or fog, meant that the medical helicopter was unable to safely
take off from the circuit and land at the hospital, which meant that
running almost didn’t happen at all. In three hours of time set
aside for practice, there were a pair of five minute windows during
which we didn’t learn much at all.
McLaren did top the
time sheet in second practice, though, so if you backed that, good
for you.
So. Not much to base
this article on and a real chance that qualifying and perhaps the
race might simply be cancelled.
On Twitter, Hamilton
suggested running three practice sessions tomorrow, with qualifying
Sunday morning and the race Sunday afternoon. Interesting idea,
although qualifying would then be at a horrendous time in the UK.
If the race does go
ahead, there is a chance of rain, and that also applies to qualifying
(if held on Sunday, Saturday should be overcast but dry).
There’s also a rumour
both might be held on Saturday (qualifying earlier than usual to fit
both in).
I did, on PB, suggest
backing Wehrlein not to be classified at 2.75 (after learning
Giovinazzi will take his place again), but that’s 99% likely to be
made void even if the race goes ahead.
The massive level of
uncertainty means I can’t offer a tip. To paraphrase Donald
Rumsfeld, there are simply too many unknown unknowns.
The pre-race article
will probably be up tomorrow, but it’s possible the race will have
started before I’m even out of bed, so we’ll see. I would
advocate checking to see if there’s any news on a change to the
schedule.
Morris Dancer
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