Thoughts on the Race - What will happen!?

by Adam Milleneuve on Jul 23rd, 2011

After a brilliant, proper battle for Pole Position, Mark Webber came out on top, ahead of a rejuvenated Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel, who starts a race for the first time this year, not on the front row.

Below is the grid in full, Liuzzi starts 24th despite beating rookie Ricciardo, due to a gearbox change.  So what thoughts to we have, looking ahead to the race on Sunday - here's some via F1 fans on Twitter (our comments are the bits in non-bold!)

@RachelClarkeF1 - my prediction? I'm going to get hyperthermia - clearly, actually in Germany!

@JoeMaule - Lights go out, they all race off and a German crosses the line first! - comfy on that fence there?!

@Anonymou53 - Wouldn't be surprised to see a red flag during the race tomorrow - As we all know, F1 doesn't do rain racing in 2011 - rain will definitely spice things up!

Laura Wooton (via FB) - Adrian Sutil on the podium You never know, anything can happen - indeed, Murray used to say that F1 is 'if' backwards!

Robert Webb (via FB) - British piloted silver arrow pursued hotly by a German wing brigade with a Spanish prancing horse gunning up the rear! - great use of words there Robert!

@Olly31770 - Expecting (and hoping for) a great drive from Kobayashi as he's in my fantasy team. I expect to get 18 points from him tomorrow. - Best of luck, you won't be alone with that thought!

Nick Bean (via FB) - Vettel to storm into the back of Webber in a fit of rage - unlikely, but would be entertaining...!

If you have a thought on the events and how they will unfold on Sunday, post them in the comments below, in the meantime here's a few more from the Sett:

• Chandhok will finish the grand prix - he needs to and there's a whole load of people who would love to see him do well with his first race back as a driver in over a year.
• Rosberg will threaten the leaders early on, but will fall back as the race unfolds.
• Lewis Hamilton will finish, possibly on the podium
• Mark Webber won't win - a sad thought, but victories just don't seem his thing this year
• Alonso will have a flying start and take both Red Bulls and have a battle with Lewis.
• Di Resta will have a great race - he deserves to
• Petrov will surprise people, get some points and beat Heidfeld.
• Toro Rosso will finish higher than they started (it's what they do)
• Kamui will bring home points for Sauber

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And here's the grid for the race - but what order will it finish?!?

		Mark Webber
Row 1		Red Bull		Lewis Hamilton
		1'30.079		McLaren
				1'30.134
		Sebastian Vettel
Row 2		Red Bull		Fernando Alonso
		1'30.216		Ferrari
				1'30.442
		Felipe Massa
Row 3		Ferrari		Nico Rosberg
		1'30.910		Mercedes
				1'31.263
		Jenson Button
Row 4		McLaren		Adrian Sutil
		1'31.288		Force India
				1'32.010
		Vitaly Petrov
Row 5		Renault		M.Schumacher
		1'32.187		Mercedes
				1'32.482
		Nick Heidfeld
Row 6		Renault		Paul Di Resta
		1'32.215		Force India
				1'32.560
		Pastor Maldonado
Row 7		Williams		R.Barrichello
		1'32.635		Williams
				1'33.043
		Sergio Perez
Row 8		Sauber		Sebastien Buemi
		1'33.176		Toro Rosso
				1'33.546
		J.Alguersuari
Row 9		Toro Rosso		Kamui Kobayashi
		1'33.698		Sauber
				1'33.786
		H.Kovalainen
Row 10		Lotus		Timo Glock
		1'35.599		Virgin
				1'36.400
	[no image]	Karun Chandhok
Row 11		Lotus		J.D'Ambrosio
		1'36.422		Virgin
				1'36.641
	[no image]	Daniel Ricciardo
Row 12		HRT		Vitantonio Liuzzi
		1'37.036		HRT
				1'37.011