Team: Pat Fry (TD), Nikolas Tombazis (CD), Stefano Domenicali (MD)
Drivers: Fernando Alonso (5), Felipe Massa (6)
I DON'T KNOW! I never said it will help,just that it will happen!superdread wrote:Then, please, elaborate on how a tilted engine would bring any performance gain.alogoc wrote:Ferrari thinks it will bring Massa to victories!also part of next big upgrade is the DRS!Teechnical wrote:Unless it brings the car 0.2-0.3 seconds, it's not very important.
If I understand right, they used tires used in Q2 for Q3 also? If yes, then I have a question... (It might sound naive)kebab wrote:Ferraris was on used tires which went thru Q2 then the times weren't bad actually.
Maybe their reasoning is that, as tire wear is especially high this weekend, the lap time drop over a stint is higher so, starting on fresh tires they can have enough advantage at the end of the first stint to pit themselves to P1 (staying out a bit longer, posting fast times, hoping to be fast enough to still be P1 after pitting).Jackuar wrote:If I understand right, they used tires used in Q2 for Q3 also? If yes, then I have a question... (It might sound naive)
Why not use a fresh set of Q3 and post a better time in Q3 and a start better position? I understand that they'll have to use the same tires to start tomorrow but isn't using 4-lap-used tires and starting P2/3 better than starting P6 with fresh tires? Especially in a circuit where qualifying position matters more where overtaking is not easy?
Goran2812 wrote:hm, but as I understand rain is 100% certain tomorrow... if they get a wet start, and no chance to use the dry tires, than everything goes to h*ll...
Why's that?Goran2812 wrote:hm, but as I understand rain is 100% certain tomorrow... if they get a wet start, and no chance to use the dry tires, than everything goes to h*ll...
+1. By the way, I was wondering like crazy why both our cars were 3 tenths off of their Q2 times, it's only here in the forum that I discovered that the runs were on used rubber. Great strategy for tomorrow, rain or no rain, we should be good. Love Fernando's modesty during the interviews today.bhallg2k wrote:Why's that?Goran2812 wrote:hm, but as I understand rain is 100% certain tomorrow... if they get a wet start, and no chance to use the dry tires, than everything goes to h*ll...
Due to the low-speed traction demands of the Hungaroring, this was never going to be a flattering race for the F2012. Given that and the weather forecast for tomorrow, I feel pretty comfortable with the assumption that the cars are set up with at least a bias toward wet weather. If it rains, we know the Ferrari will shine.
However, if it doesn't rain, the team will have more fresh tires to perhaps mitigate the effects of a compromised setup. That's great strategy if you ask me.
This is the type of gamble a team can make when there's zero possibility of leaving the race anywhere other than 1st in the drivers' standings.
There are separate threads for people that aren't posting in English.alogoc wrote:Goran2812 wrote:hm, but as I understand rain is 100% certain tomorrow... if they get a wet start, and no chance to use the dry tires, than everything goes to h*ll...
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How can you test a change "supposedly" designed to help low fuel balance in a sraight line aero test?alogoc wrote:it will happen very soon!superdread wrote:So that certain people will stop talking about it.Joie de vivre wrote:and why is that?
it was tested in Idiada by Gene!
Sounds like something Mercedes would do.Pierce89 wrote:How can you test a change "supposedly" designed to help low fuel balance in a sraight line aero test?alogoc wrote:it will happen very soon!
it was tested in Idiada by Gene!
bhallg2k wrote:Sounds like something Mercedes would do.Pierce89 wrote:How can you test a change "supposedly" designed to help low fuel balance in a sraight line aero test?alogoc wrote:it will happen very soon!
it was tested in Idiada by Gene!
