Renault R30

[raymondu999]

Yes that's true. Look at Petrov v Hamilton in Malaysia. He could keep up. I wonder how much of that was from the tow though...

[ringo]

Petrov could not keep up under normal circumstances. Don't forget they both came out of the corner side by side, after Hamilton passed him. Normally one car would be exiting that turn as another one is just entering, leaving a gap. There was no gap with Petrov and Lewis, giving us the impression the Renault had the speed to stick on to the mclaren.

[madly]

From GP Update Live chat:
15:03:21 ...the tray which holds the ice by the brakes wasn't fitted properly, so ice was shot up into the air
15:03:05 With the dry ice, Petrov turned the wheel as the team went to push the car into the garage...
15:02:24 Replays show Vitaly Petrov's dry ice going all over the floor in the pit lane



Kubica looks very fast in Monaco. In P2 he had absolutely best time on the harder tyres. On super softs he started fast laps when track temperature decreased almost 10 degrees (lack of Sun) and he couldn't improved much his time. Still his bests times on S1 and S2 are from harder compound, and gap to Alonso is 0.288 s. Really impressive.

[zgred]

From GP Update Live chat:
15:03:21 ...the tray which holds the ice by the brakes wasn't fitted properly, so ice was shot up into the air
15:03:05 With the dry ice, Petrov turned the wheel as the team went to push the car into the garage...
15:02:24 Replays show Vitaly Petrov's dry ice going all over the floor in the pit lane

[madly]

Thanks Zgred, as always good TV shoot

Speed trap at P2: 1. Kubica 286 km/h, 2. Petrov 285 km/h, 3. Hamilton 284 km/h
Low DF in R30 or McL F-duct is not effective at this track?

[madly]

From RF1 Paddock Pass:
"China spec front wing being used today. The newer version will be on the car on Saturday."

[Blackout]

From RF1 Paddock Pass:
"China spec front wing being used today."

Exactly...

Top speed

FP1

FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX DE MONACO 2010
Pos No Driver Time of Day Speed
1 11 Robert Kubica 11:29:22 284.5
2 2 Lewis Hamilton 10:38:01 283.5
3 14 Adrian Sutil 11:29:19 283.3
4 12 Vitaly Petrov 11:21:32 282.9
5 15 Vitantonio Liuzzi 11:28:54 282.5
6 1 Jenson Button 10:58:41 282.2
7 20 Karun Chandhok 10:51:08 281.3
8 7 Felipe Massa 10:36:27 280.9
9 6 Mark Webber 11:30:29 280.0
10 5 Sebastian Vettel 11:30:35 279.8
11 8 Fernando Alonso 10:31:47 279.6
12 3 Michael Schumacher 10:34:07 279.5
13 22 Pedro de la Rosa 11:29:11 279.3
14 10 Nico Hulkenberg 10:56:12 279.2
15 4 Nico Rosberg 10:37:58 278.9

FP2

FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX DE MONACO 2010
Pos No Driver Time of Day Speed
1 11 Robert Kubica 14:09:39 286.7
2 12 Vitaly Petrov 14:11:51 285.2
3 2 Lewis Hamilton 14:09:46 284.6
4 15 Vitantonio Liuzzi 14:11:39 284.2
5 14 Adrian Sutil 14:12:35 283.8
6 10 Nico Hulkenberg 14:11:20 283.3
7 1 Jenson Button 14:46:37 283.1
8 7 Felipe Massa 14:33:05 282.6
9 9 Rubens Barrichello 14:44:32 282.1
10 20 Karun Chandhok 14:10:01 281.4
11 4 Nico Rosberg 14:44:45 280.5
12 8 Fernando Alonso 14:37:12 280.4
13 21 Bruno Senna 14:26:24 280.2
14 6 Mark Webber 14:10:56 280.1
15 25 Lucas di Grassi 15:06:40 279.7
16 5 Sebastian Vettel 14:28:34 279.6
17 3 Michael Schumacher 14:41:48 279.6
18 17 Jaime Alguersuari 14:11:30 279.5
19 16 Sebastien Buemi 14:14:04 279.2
20 23 Kamui Kobayashi 14:29:01 277.7

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Kubica looks very fast in Monaco. In P2 he had absolutely best time on the harder tyres. On super softs he started fast laps when track temperature decreased almost 10 degrees (lack of Sun) and he couldn't improved much his time. Still his bests times on S1 and S2 are from harder compound, and gap to Alonso is 0.288 s. Really impressive.

Exactly. He was loosing time in the 3rd sector and he had a bit too much over-steer...
The track temperature that decreased 'suddenly' didn't help him to improve his excellent pace when he switched to the softer compound...
I hope Sunday and Saturday will be sunny and hot

[madly]

http://f1.gpupdate.net/en/formula-1-new ... areholder/
New shareholder for RF1. Lopez contacts start to be productive. Renault F1 groves and strengths during this season a lot.

[korzeniow]

From RF1 Paddock Pass:
"China spec front wing being used today. The newer version will be on the car on Saturday."

Where did he said that?

[Blackout]

In my.renaultf1.com I think

and we can see that wing in the photos...

Kubica did his best time driving used tires...

Today, I had to abort the first run on a soft set, then I went on used tires, and drove a few laps. I wasn't looking for good lap times, it was rather to check the balance and do a comparison of the two compounds. I must admit that a hard tire performs well and it looks very promising".

http://f1.pl/Artykul.82+M523f19f4014.0.html

[madly]

From RF1 Paddock Pass:
"China spec front wing being used today. The newer version will be on the car on Saturday."

Where did he said that?

Here: http://my.renaultf1.com/profiles/blogs/ ... cal-monaco but... due to technical problems all comments were lost.

They said the reason was both new front wings were damaged in Barcelona and they are repaired but I don't buy it, do they had only one new front wing per car?

[madly]

[..]
Kubica did his best time driving used tires...

Today, I had to abort the first run on a soft set, then I went on used tires, and drove a few laps. I wasn't looking for good lap times, it was rather to check the balance and do a comparison of the two compounds. I must admit that a hard tire performs well and it looks very promising".

Did he talk about FP1, FP2 or both?

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From RF1 Paddock Pass:
"China spec front wing being used today. The newer version will be on the car on Saturday."

Where did he said that?

Here: http://my.renaultf1.com/profiles/blogs/ ... cal-monaco but... due to technical problems all comments were lost.

They said the reason was both new front wings were damaged in Barcelona and they are repaired but I don't buy it, do they had only one new front wing per car?

It's very possible. Petrov destroyed his new wing in Barcelona and raced the China spec. The same thing happened to him in Shanghai; he raced the previous spec...
So Renault uses the new wings as soon as they leave the factory.

[Blackout]

[..]
Kubica did his best time driving used tires...

Today, I had to abort the first run on a soft set, then I went on used tires, and drove a few laps. I wasn't looking for good lap times, it was rather to check the balance and do a comparison of the two compounds. I must admit that a hard tire performs well and it looks very promising".

Did he talk about FP1 or FP2?

I don't know. I haven't a good translation...