Don't know if you saw this in the Friday press conference, Dave.
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/83403
Formula 1 - 2010 Season
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Don't know if you saw this in the Friday press conference, Dave.
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/83403
The Red Bull is a ridiculously fast car. Webber is on pole, only man in the 1.19s. Vettel is right behind with Hamilton and Alonso on P3 and P4 respectively. Button, Schumi, Kubica, Rosberg, Massa and Kobayashi.
So, Schumi finally out-qualified Rosberg. I think Schumi is on the way back now.
I am very happy for Webber, but he has to be wary tomorrow. He cannot afford to let Vettel catch him and he has to race away. If Red Bull are unbeatable, I want Webber to win.
Anyway, here's hoping for a good race tomorrow though I think I am being overly optimistic. I hope Alonso can at least get on the podium.
So, Schumi finally out-qualified Rosberg. I think Schumi is on the way back now.
I am very happy for Webber, but he has to be wary tomorrow. He cannot afford to let Vettel catch him and he has to race away. If Red Bull are unbeatable, I want Webber to win.
Anyway, here's hoping for a good race tomorrow though I think I am being overly optimistic. I hope Alonso can at least get on the podium.
Webber did it, Seb was hampered by brake problems again and Lewis Hamilton was out on the 64th lap with a tyre blow out of some sort. Possible debris on the rim as explained by Martin Whitmarsh. Alonso had an excellent drive and stayed out of trouble, finishing 2nd in the end.
Button frustrated by Schumacher for about 40 laps through the race but he did have technical issues with the car which hapemered his performance. It seems Mercedes may have sacrificed Rosberg for a car that suits Schumacher better. Will have to see how that plays out.
If Lewis Hamilton had finished 2nd he would be 2nd in the championship but as it stands he is 6th now. He seemed fairly diplomatic about the incident.
Even for a straight race it was a fairly exciting to watch about from Webber who wanted a boring race from his end and fortunately for him everything went his way and he cruised to an impressive victory. Even then the massive performance advantage in qualifying is not translating into utter dominance in the races for Red Bull, both Alonso and Hamilton seemed to keep up with Red Bull's pace and at the end of the race Hamilton managed to pull off the fastest lap just before retiring.
Button frustrated by Schumacher for about 40 laps through the race but he did have technical issues with the car which hapemered his performance. It seems Mercedes may have sacrificed Rosberg for a car that suits Schumacher better. Will have to see how that plays out.
If Lewis Hamilton had finished 2nd he would be 2nd in the championship but as it stands he is 6th now. He seemed fairly diplomatic about the incident.
Even for a straight race it was a fairly exciting to watch about from Webber who wanted a boring race from his end and fortunately for him everything went his way and he cruised to an impressive victory. Even then the massive performance advantage in qualifying is not translating into utter dominance in the races for Red Bull, both Alonso and Hamilton seemed to keep up with Red Bull's pace and at the end of the race Hamilton managed to pull off the fastest lap just before retiring.
tongue_of_colicab
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Well they managed to keep up, somewhat. But against 2 100% working RBR's and no mistakes by the team the Mclarens and Ferrari's don't stand a chance.
I don't think that is really true. Both agreed that the updates that were done were needed as they both have a fairly similair driving style. Now ofcourse it could be that now the cars suits Schumacher much more he is capable of getting a lot more out of it but I don't think the team is building the car around Schumi on purpose. But ofcourse with the way Schumacher explains how he wants the car it's understandable if the cars goes more towards what he wants. Afterall designers have to work with the feedback drivers give and if somebody does a better job at that than the other the designers can hardly choose to ''gamble'' what the other might driver want when the other tells them exactly what he wants.
I don't think that is really true. Both agreed that the updates that were done were needed as they both have a fairly similair driving style. Now ofcourse it could be that now the cars suits Schumacher much more he is capable of getting a lot more out of it but I don't think the team is building the car around Schumi on purpose. But ofcourse with the way Schumacher explains how he wants the car it's understandable if the cars goes more towards what he wants. Afterall designers have to work with the feedback drivers give and if somebody does a better job at that than the other the designers can hardly choose to ''gamble'' what the other might driver want when the other tells them exactly what he wants.
Vettel must be real hard on a car, like Kimi in the past, to have the issues he does more often than not. Great drive by Micheal to hold off Button for as long as he did. However, the Mercedes car needs a lot of help. I expect them to shift focus on next years car before the other front runners. They're too far behind to become competitive anytime soon.
itsmydamnation
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i watched the live timings while watching the race. hammo wasn't that close to webber, when webber decided he needed to he would pull 0.5-0.8 secs a lap then he would slow down again. guess taking it easy because he could.
Really happy to see Webber get a hat trick: pole, fastest lap and win.
I am happy for Alonso, well deserved good luck from the mistakes and bad luck of the past races.
It was a very tense race, not a classic, but Button fighting with Schumi was great and Alguersuari overtaking was also nice. Big congratulations for getting a point. Barrichello getting through from the back was also good. Kobayashi also showed some of that spirit from last year.
Did you see how the Sauber F-duct is activated? It is much lower than the Ferrari solution but it is not enough forward so they can't cover it with their legs. The Ferrari system is kinda weird, covering the hole with left hand, adjusting brake bias with right hand and steering with force of will.
Bring on Monaco!
I am happy for Alonso, well deserved good luck from the mistakes and bad luck of the past races.
It was a very tense race, not a classic, but Button fighting with Schumi was great and Alguersuari overtaking was also nice. Big congratulations for getting a point. Barrichello getting through from the back was also good. Kobayashi also showed some of that spirit from last year.
Did you see how the Sauber F-duct is activated? It is much lower than the Ferrari solution but it is not enough forward so they can't cover it with their legs. The Ferrari system is kinda weird, covering the hole with left hand, adjusting brake bias with right hand and steering with force of will.
Bring on Monaco!
Looking back ar the original test images you see that the "roll blade" was always there, they just built the airbox inlet around it without it being structural, as opposed to other teams that create the rollhoop as part of the intake.
I was in the US over the weekend and forced into watching the Speed coverage, however in this case they did notice something interesting in regards to Vettel's issues. Part of his speed loss relative to Webber was actually because his moveable front wing was broken early on. Speed spotted that it had stopped, and stayed, in the highest position it could, partially blocking the front brake duct. It seems that the brake issues may have bee due to insufficient cooling from the front wing issues.
Hamilton actually scored the fastest lap in the end.
chavvdarrr
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Which was not very smart - damaging his tyres/rims for what? No bonus points for fastest lap in F1.
The BBC also noted the front-flap was stuck.
Hamilton went for glory, then and it all went to poop.
Still, Webbo did a superb job. I have to say I like him more than Vettel.
It was a few laps before the problem and the tyre didn't look too bad, need to see what Bridgestone say I guess.
Initial comments from McLaren are that they think the failure was from debris on the track, not from "overdriving" the tyres.
No, it just means he was texting on his blackberry when the accident occurred.
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