Mark Webber has run his race just like he did in qualifying yesterday by consistently being the fastest. He led from start to finish and didn't worry about the guys behind him. Lewis Hamilton went of in the last lap, allowing Alonso to be second and Vettel, despite late car worries third.
hehe, never count an Aussie out!mr moda wrote:From the Malaysian thread:
I guess that Vettel has stamped his authority over Webber and that Webber will loose the psychological battle for the championship sometime in the next three or four races
Ahem.
I thought that was just leaves...jon-mullen wrote:Did anyone else notice the sparkly stuff that was flying through the air at one point?
I have to say that I under estimated Webber. He is obviously a robust character. Webber must have done thousands of laps in Barcelona and that may have helped him this weekend. I still think that over all Vettel is the stronger driver. So I look forward to the WDC fight.djos wrote:hehe, never count an Aussie out!mr moda wrote:From the Malaysian thread:
I guess that Vettel has stamped his authority over Webber and that Webber will loose the psychological battle for the championship sometime in the next three or four races
Ahem.
I wish there had been objective posts like this instead of uninformed & unsubstantiated posts about tyre problems caused by poor driving style. This used to be a site where things were discussed based on engineering theory & evidence. Now we have many ill informed newcomers who are degrading the site. There needs to be some moderator intervention if this site is to be restored to its former glory.Poleman wrote:There is nothing to do with LH driving or Bridgestone.After watching the replay countless times trying to capture the moment,it seems that is a rim failure (i guess might be something else)...Looks like the inside ring of the rim fell off as you can see in the screenshot and the moment it flies away it slashes the inside wall of the tire causing the puncture.Your thoughts?...
I've got a bit of a theory on this. I think the Red Bull is the faster car but has a smaller operating window, with the McLaren being a bit slower but over a much wider range of conditions. Hence when they get it all set up for qualifying (and dial it in further between runs) they're by far the quickest and especially so in Q3 where they seem to take another step forward over their Q2 pace. But then in the race when the conditions have changed a bit the McLaren is still there on pace whereas the Red Bull has slipped back a bit.segedunum wrote:The fastest lap means very little in all honesty when it is set on low fuel when you have no hope of victory and are fifteen seconds back down the road. When it all counted Mark Webber still pulled out six or seven tenths on any given lap whenever he needed it.ringo wrote:Fastest lap of the race. Almost if Redbull is geared to be fast specially for qualifying. In the race the Mclaren is the quickest once again. Or maybe it's the driver.
The simple arithmetic is that McLaren have to find between half a second and a second in downforce to be able to compete for victories and certainly to get track position in qualifying.
Having said all that though, half a second should be enough because I'm certain McLaren with their tyre modelling systems are getting more out of the tyres during the race and are further ahead in knowing when to conserve them. Red Bull look too uncertain in that department, so that's a definite plus for McLaren.
