Italian GP 2010 - Monza

[mx_tifoso]

Worried that the Red Bull race could end like this

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_o8vQwPkCM[/youtube]

According to the commentators Alonso had a fresh engine, but then again that's when they were doing 20,000rpm. Of course an engine failure is not impossible now, but they're so much more rare nowadays. We'll see if the engine maps for the EBD bring about any problems during this race where 70% of the lap is at full throttle.

[tadzio89]

What kind of a commentators?

[mx_tifoso]

I'm referring to the last post in the previous page, which I will add to my post above so it doesn't look like I'm talking to myself.

[Gaara]

Why the 2004 years have all the fastest laps? the 2004 cars were fast ?

[747heavy]

Why the 2004 years have all the fastest laps? the 2004 cars were fast ?

peak of the engine war, with some of the most powerful engines.

[Scotracer]

Why the 2004 years have all the fastest laps? the 2004 cars were fast ?

>900BHP, the most downforce and the best tyres in the grooved tyre era.

[Morteza]

Barrichello was doing 360+ Kph in qualifying in 2004 Monza

[andrew]

Barrichello was doing 360+ Kph in qualifying in 2004 Monza

Or 223.7 mph in real money!

[raymondu999]

I thought the one who broke the record was Hakkinen? He did something 370-380km/h, no?

[Morteza]

All I found is that in 1999 Coulthard did 361.8 km/h in Monza.

[ESPImperium]

Its looking increasingly likley that this will be a cuircit that the F-Duct may be one where it just isnt enough of an advantage to run. McLaren and Sauber arnt running it, i sence many other teams wont run it as well.

I will say this, i expect to see many of the new teams be closer to the front at Monza as they inherently run less downforce anyways. Id expect to see Virgin and HRT to run really close to the midfeild, but it depends on their relyability.

Im expecting a shock here, but setup time will be just on the Saturday morning, as theres showers expected for the Friday: http://uk.weather.com/weather/10day-Monza-ITXX0049

[tomazy]

In the Italian Grand Prix 2004, Antônio Pizzonia of BMW WilliamsF1 team recorded a top speed of 369.9 kilometers per hour (229.8 mph).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formula_One_car

[thestig84]

McLaren and Sauber arnt running it, i sence many other teams wont run it as well.

Mclaren have now said they may run it. Expect back to back tests to decide what configuration to run. I've heard the non f duct is no shark fin, might look quite nice!

[Donuts]

The f-duct is of little or no gain on Monza. That's if you don't have a special low downforce package that fits it. Ferrari seem to have the time and money to develop such a package for only this race(which is ofcourse very special). McLaren are hesitating and Renault(according to Eric Bouiller) definetly wont use the f-duct. On Cirque Jaque Villenuve, Renault had the highest top speed, so they might still do very well on Monza, considering the downforce level is even less here. McLaren is ofcourse favourite and Ferrari is a question mark, but it's their home turf so anything might happen. As usuall I'm hoping that "Bobby K" will seal the deal, but most likely Hamilton will.

[raymondu999]

Actually, a lot of McLaren's advantage this year has been derived from having an f-duct, either to maximise top speed, or to add more wing without sacrificing top speed. Given that most teams won't run the duct in Monza... I wonder if that will affect the balance of things...