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Sebastian Vettel has secured the win of the European GP at Valencia. It had been a while, but the German ran a great race, leading from start to finish. McLaren drivers Hamilton and Button join him on the podium, while teammate Webber crashed out of the race.
Same with RB...Havent seen anything major from their side, apart from bits and bites here and there and also their F-Duct so far, at the same moment that everyone's updating.They have rested upon having the best car but if u have almost 1 second difference than the others at season start,u try to keep it and not wait others to close it first and then start updating...segedunum wrote: All in all, I've seen nothing to suggest that my prediction, and that of Gary Anderson, that many teams' focus on the F-duct wasn't bringing anything tangible when there are obviously far more other fruitful areas of development.
Don't think you have much to worry about on the straight - there's only a 1m/s speed difference at the top end between Hamilton and the Red Bulls. Hamilton's best chance will be both early and late on the prime tyres - the McLaren warms them after 1 lap instead of the two that Red Bull need, and historically has looked after the tyres a fraction better so may be able to push them again at the end of the stint.WhiteBlue wrote:I hope that Vettel can hold the top position through the race. The RB6 is the fastest car around the circuit but it is dreadfully slow in the speed trap and in sector II with the long straight. I'm afraid that Hamilton will be able to jump both Red Bulls on the long back straight.
Seb will not be able to save much tyres there. He will need to push for a gap if the start goes right for him. Hopefully Webber can give him a breather while Hamilton deals with him.
when did that happen? i didnt see itWhiteBlue wrote:http://www.fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre/f1 ... ent-27.pdf
Above PDF from the FiA confirms that Webber was fined € 10,000 for an unsafe release during qualifying. I missed that one. Anybody know who was in his path?
Seb will have the pace. I would be more concerned about the bumpy nature of the race track. The durability of the RB6 may be the only issue he faces the whole race (and of course the tyres)WhiteBlue wrote:
I hope that Vettel can hold the top position through the race. The RB6 is the fastest car around the circuit but it is dreadfully slow in the speed trap and in sector II with the long straight. I'm afraid that Hamilton will be able to jump both Red Bulls on the long back straight.
Seb will not be able to save much tyres there. He will need to push for a gap if the start goes right for him. Hopefully Webber can give him a breather while Hamilton deals with him.
If they didn't need to do it they wouldn't have done it.myurr wrote:People really overplay the benefit he had from not making it back to the pits, quoting things like 0.2 seconds advantage by not carrying a laps worth of fuel. This conveniently overlooks that he actually made it most of the way back round that final lap so in fact was just one straight away from the pits.
They did have the pace. The problem was that they completely misunderstood how much the hard tyre would degrade and how much the track would rubber in. It was a race of tyre management that McLaren got right, not because they had any significant pace.Then in the race the Red Bulls just did not have the pace.
I already have. I predicted before the season even started that Red Bull would have a significant performance advantage and I was jumped on by die-hard McLaren fans telling me how it was only McLaren that had the innovative aerodynamic ideas (i.e. the F-duct basically).Let's see if I'm any better at predictions than you have been!
