Although you won't know for sure because they might be conserving fuel.
Formula 1 - 2014 Season
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Although you won't know for sure because they might be conserving fuel.
My bet is that the new complaint will be "doesn't have enough grip" due to them overcompensating for this seasons unreliability.
I am not so sure about that - softer tyres = more grip. For sure the tyres were engineered to have more wear in their construction but the upshot was that grip improved if I remember correctly.
afaik we never had tires like this before, they practical self-destructed. How they can consider it advertising is beyond me.
Why not simply mandate 2-4 stops pr race. And drop the tire play completely.
Then you'll have someone sprinting to the last lap, having made a 30 second gap and then pitting to get the mandatory pit stop out of the way.
Yep, but rather have fast cars on fast tires and artificial pit stops than artificial tires on slow cars that are built around keeping the tires alive long enough to last until a pit stop.
At least we'll get some cars running at the same time on the same piece of track.
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Nico's comment about double points
Regarding the speed of he cars: todays testing pace at Bahrain has eclipsed the fastest race lap from last year.
A trend seems to have emerged:
1. Nico Hulkenberg (Force India) 1:36.8 - Mercedes
2. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) 1:37.9 - Mercedes
3. Kevin Magnussen (McLaren) 1:38.2 - Mercedes
4. Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) 1:39.6 - Ferrari
5. Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) 1:40.2 - Renault
6. Adrian Sutil (Sauber) 1:40.4 - Ferrari
7. Robin Frijns (Caterham) 1:42.9 - Renault
8. Daniel Kvyat (Toro Rosso) 1:44.3 - Renault
9. Romain Grosjean (Lotus) 1:44.8 - Renault
Not forgetting Red Bull have stopped on track again.
1. Nico Hulkenberg (Force India) 1:36.8 - Mercedes
2. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) 1:37.9 - Mercedes
3. Kevin Magnussen (McLaren) 1:38.2 - Mercedes
4. Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) 1:39.6 - Ferrari
5. Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) 1:40.2 - Renault
6. Adrian Sutil (Sauber) 1:40.4 - Ferrari
7. Robin Frijns (Caterham) 1:42.9 - Renault
8. Daniel Kvyat (Toro Rosso) 1:44.3 - Renault
9. Romain Grosjean (Lotus) 1:44.8 - Renault
Not forgetting Red Bull have stopped on track again.
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Here is the final time sheet:
Pos - Driver - Team - Time - Gap - Laps
1. - Nico Hulkenberg - Force India-Mercedes - 1m36.880s - 78
2. - Fernando Alonso - Ferrari - 1m37.879s +0.999s - 64
3. - Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes - 1m37.908s +1.028s - 74
4. - Kevin Magnussen - McLaren-Mercedes - 1m38.295s +1.415s - 81
5. - Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull-Renault - 1m40.224s +3.344s - 14
6. - Adrian Sutil - Sauber-Ferrari - 1m40.443s +3.563s - 82
7. - Robin Frijns - Caterham-Renault - 1m42.534s +5.654s - 68
8. - Daniil Kvyat - Toro Rosso-Renault - 1m44.346s +7.466s - 5
9. - Romain Grosjean - Lotus-Renault - 1m44.832s +7.952s - 8
10. - Felipe Massa - Williams-Mercedes - no time - 5
11. - Jules Bianchi - Marussia-Ferrari - no time - 3
Ugh, this auto editing is annoying.
Pos - Driver - Team - Time - Gap - Laps
1. - Nico Hulkenberg - Force India-Mercedes - 1m36.880s - 78
2. - Fernando Alonso - Ferrari - 1m37.879s +0.999s - 64
3. - Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes - 1m37.908s +1.028s - 74
4. - Kevin Magnussen - McLaren-Mercedes - 1m38.295s +1.415s - 81
5. - Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull-Renault - 1m40.224s +3.344s - 14
6. - Adrian Sutil - Sauber-Ferrari - 1m40.443s +3.563s - 82
7. - Robin Frijns - Caterham-Renault - 1m42.534s +5.654s - 68
8. - Daniil Kvyat - Toro Rosso-Renault - 1m44.346s +7.466s - 5
9. - Romain Grosjean - Lotus-Renault - 1m44.832s +7.952s - 8
10. - Felipe Massa - Williams-Mercedes - no time - 5
11. - Jules Bianchi - Marussia-Ferrari - no time - 3
Ugh, this auto editing is annoying.
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