Pastor Maldonado has secured the first Venezuelan F1 victory ever and the first Williams win since Juan Pablo Montoya in 2004. Home driver Fernando Alonso finished in second place after a race long battle while Kimi Raikkonen finished a close third.
I hope there is something, but the situation was the same in Bahrain(FP2), comparing to Lotus. MGP(11-12 laps) and Lotus(15-16 laps) did long runs with soft, Vettel use hards.dren wrote:I just looked. That is certainly not the case. Mercedes is only better than HRT with the times posted. I think we'll have to wait and see.
Exactly, I'm not going to jump to conclusions. There's very little to go with that data, there's noway Mercedes is only better than HRT.dren wrote:I just looked. That is certainly not the case. Mercedes is only better than HRT with the times posted. I think we'll have to wait and see.
Not again.Mestrades wrote:The race simulations have been very slow in comparision of the tops teams. I think that Mclaren, Ferrari, RedBull and Lotus Renault are in front of us in terms of race pace. I thought I would see Schumacher on the podium at my home circuit, but this will not happen...
I'm very dissapointed. Ferrari is already above us. Mercedes is light years away in the struggle to develop the car during the championship.
.After checking the stints.. here's what it looks like..zyphro wrote:Exactly, I'm not going to jump to conclusions. There's very little to go with that data, there's noway Mercedes is only better than HRT.dren wrote:I just looked. That is certainly not the case. Mercedes is only better than HRT with the times posted. I think we'll have to wait and see.
Come to think of it, I think he was running softs and Massa hards.JohnsonsEvilTwin wrote: This was Alonso's only long stint in the 2nd session.
Button is a good 0.5 seconds better. The Ferrari matches the macca initially but falls back whereas the McLaren keeps its pace better.
HAM (why ? cauz' it's hamilton Yeah 
) MSC ( althought Button Seemed better ..) VET
Ferraripilot wrote:ANyone notice W03 being lighter on its tires than anyone else? Definitely no the quickest, but Michael's first lap time of an 18 lap stint on SOFT tires was 1:31.388, 1:31.069, with the 18th lap being 1:31.109. I haven't seen anyone being that light on the tires. The Merc needs some speed though
You are talking about two stints, not one. He have one 12 lap stint(ending 1:32.7).Ferraripilot wrote:ANyone notice W03 being lighter on its tires than anyone else? Definitely no the quickest, but Michael's first lap time of an 18 lap stint on SOFT tires was 1:31.388, 1:31.069, with the 18th lap being 1:31.109. I haven't seen anyone being that light on the tires. The Merc needs some speed though
Which is why we will see a very tight grouping. Pole position will be even more important now. Webber seems to think a lot of cars will sit out Q3.JohnsonsEvilTwin wrote:Ferraripilot wrote:ANyone notice W03 being lighter on its tires than anyone else? Definitely no the quickest, but Michael's first lap time of an 18 lap stint on SOFT tires was 1:31.388, 1:31.069, with the 18th lap being 1:31.109. I haven't seen anyone being that light on the tires. The Merc needs some speed though
I missed the sessions, but the noises so far as tyre deg go is that the problem is still there.
I think everyone still has this problem, due to the Pirelli tyre. Schumi will have gone easy on those softs, Mercedes arent far off in terms of outright pace, its stringing a load of laps out of the tyre that has hamstrung them to an extent.
18 laps going 80% is faster than 18 laps going 95%, as Merc are finding with this car.
You're right.beelsebob wrote:Understear for McLaren is bad news at Barcelona – the front left is really where the tyre wear hits here.
