Lotus F1 Team driver Romain Grosjean has been handed a one-race ban following his severe collision at the start of the Belgian GP. The driver has been involved in seven first-lap crashes already this season, surely a metric to have been influential in the decision making of the stewards.
and the Lotus cars.turbof1 wrote:One should not forget they are using the medium and hard tyres. I think a one stopper will be the preferable strategy here.
What I think we'll see is a problem to get enough temperature into the the hard compound, might be in the disadvantage for Button.
Deg isn't quite about how much heat is "kept" in the tyre - it's about a cumulative history of your tyre vs heat - ie every Joule of heat into it will degrade it. Don't forget that long straights can also generate heat in tyres due to the tyre constantly deforming to form the contact patch, and "bouncing back" to its round shape.Gerhard Berger wrote:will the deg be that high? won't the tyres have plenty of time to cool down on the long straights in S1 and S3?raymondu999 wrote:Spa is low wear because of the few traction zones, but high deg, because of the energy in the corners of S2 (and Blanchimont, naturally)
If this were true it suggests he would be fast on brand new tyres and get progressively slower and slower. When he has been off the pace he has been just generally slow consistently I thought.godlameroso wrote: I think it's that his driving style, which relies on a well balanced chassis gets interrupted when the tires don't wear evenly, and the uneven wear changes the balance of the car, which in turn ruins his confidence in the car or his ability to push.
thing is, will they or will they take advantage of the fact they are more durable and do 1 less stop of something.zyphro wrote:http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/102010
"Pirelli says Spa tyre selection should allow drivers to push"
Mind control? I don't think that is banned by the rules yetNathanOlder wrote:I have read that Mclaren will possibly be running a Double-DRS system at Spa like Lotus. The system works differently to Lotus' and Mercedes' systems. According to Sam Michael. We roughly know how Lotus have their system working, and now we know all about the Mercedes system. Anyone want to have a guess how the Mclaren system will work ?
This quote from Pirelli that drivers will be able to push for every lap of the race on the harder tyres also leads you to believe that having to make up time for additional stops might be possible.raymondu999 wrote:I think for a place like Spa, as with Canada, you'll see teams gravitate towards each's own "best race pace scenario" - because traffic isn't as much of a problem, given the ease of overtaking. For some that might be a single stop, for others, that will be a two stop. Track position doesn't help you as much here as it does in some places like Hungary
