Sebastian Vettel has won the Japanese GP after leading it from start to finish. With the DNF of Fernando Alonso, this also means that he was able to close the gap to Alonso to a mere 4 points in the championship standings. The remaining Ferrari of Felipe Massa finished in second place while home here Kamui Kobayashi joined the podium in third place.
Wait for the race.... Oh.. did anybody mention that Mclaren are sanbagging?banibhusan wrote:Surprisingly many had predicted that RBR would struggle on this track. But they very well seem to be on par with McLaren.
That is a good summary of the general mechanism. It complements nicely the source that Ciro contributed. I would assume that racing tracks get much less wear than busy public roads or highways and their wear should generally occur over longer periods of time. I was reporting on the tyre grip issues because it was mentioned by former F1 driver Marc Surer who talks to the drivers quite a lot and has very good technical understanding. I was a bit shocked to be honest that some make it a personal issue to prove Surer wrong. It is not such an important issue that we bicker over it. So I will not continue the discussion.richard_leeds wrote:As for asphalt, when it is first laid it has a smooth surface formed by the rollers. As the traffic runs over the new surface it wears away the soft binder (bitumen) and filler (fine aggregates). The result is that the hard coarse aggregate (ie stones) are left standing proud. That's the optimum texture for tyre friction.
Then as further traffic passes over the surface it wears down the aggregate, and the sharp arises (corners) of the aggregate are worn to rounded edges. Hence the overall "friction" goes down.
Depending on traffic and climatic conditions, the optimum roughness is roughly 1 year, then the roughness trails off over 10- 20 years.
unfortunately , with a 5 place grid penalty , it looks as though he will have to set the car up for top speed rather than optimum lap time , if he can't overtake he will have no chance of a decent finishn smikle wrote:Button is a Suzuka Specialist. He is mega through the S's.aero expert 807 wrote:P1 results in and Mclaren are dominating [so far].I expect Hamilton or Button to get the win with Vettel on the podium.
EDIT: Interesting to see Hamilton Faster than Button in sectors 2 and 3 but slower in sector 1.Could it be different setups again?
Yeah, I was one of thembanibhusan wrote:Surprisingly many had predicted that RBR would struggle on this track. But they very well seem to be on par with McLaren.
With hardly many races left no point sandbagging they need to get out their and get on with it now.Nando wrote:I think Mclaren are sand bagging to be honest.
ferrari looks twitchy.
In Q and race, not FP.adam2003 wrote:With hardly many races left no point sandbagging they need to get out their and get on with it now.Nando wrote:I think Mclaren are sand bagging to be honest.
ferrari looks twitchy.
It´s only Practice. Why risk binning the car like Schumacher and Di Resta when you can work on your race setup and general balance of the car?adam2003 wrote:With hardly many races left no point sandbagging they need to get out their and get on with it now.Nando wrote:I think Mclaren are sand bagging to be honest.
ferrari looks twitchy.
That is a sensible proposal. As we have seen in 2010 much can happen in six races. I hope Hamilton and Vettel will catch up and give us a three way battle to the wire.banibhusan wrote:Let's just focus on this race. It's still too soon to conclude who'll win the championship. All 3 of them still have a chance to win.
I didn't know gambling odds were allowed on here?WhiteBlue wrote: Latest odds on pole:
Lewis Hamilton 2.25
Sebastian Vettel 3.75
Fernando Alonso 15
