ell66 wrote:Hobbs04 wrote:At least tomorrow vettel won't own this race from first corner. If vettel wants to be one of the greats he needs to show us tomorrow.
he wouldn't of been doing that regardless of the penalty.
with the strategy he's either got to go very long on his first stint or very short, depends how the tires perform in race trim.
Hes starting from the pit-lane so i expect his gear ratio's and maybe even wing level to change.
Can he start on a different set of tires as well? Get himself on the long stint right off the bat, and the hammer it home with the option? It may give him an edge, as everyone will start on high fuel loads so he'll:
1. Use the Red Bull performance to get past backmarkers and midfield whether they're using hard tires or soft.
2. The front runners will eat up their softs with the high fuel load and then, when Mclaren jumps to their ideal hard tires, Vettel can pounce on the softs and try to scythe his way to win - or at least past Alonso?
I mean, if he's starting from the pit lane, might as well if there's any advantage to it. Why not just add new front wings/diffuser/engine/gearbox/rearwing/passive DRS
?