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Kimi Raikkonen has converted a brilliantly working 2-stop strategy to a race wing for Lotus, immediately confirming the long run pace of the E21. Fernando Alonso finished in second place, 10 seconds behind while Sebastian Vettel completes the podium in third.
My thoughts exactly. The radio transmissions to Hamilton were that he was right on target pace wise. It fell apart for them once they had to make the final stop.raymondu999 wrote:I have to disagree with this. They thought they had better degradation than others and tried a 2stop. It turns out they had equal degradation and had to do 3. Under shooting above average expectations is better than under shooting average expectations.ziggy wrote:Nico said in an interview they were surprised by tyre degradation. Initialy they wanted to do 2 stops, but they couldn't because of the tyres. Seems merc's tyre problems are far from over. Nico's face after his race said it all.
I must say I'm pleasantly surprised. They really made the super softs work for them in a way the others couldn't. Had they gone 3stop from the start IMO they would've been in the podium hunt. Late strategy changes are always bad.
Mind you their raw pace in the opening laps wasn't too hot.
"Complimenti..." It will be soon taken down, I'm afraid.stefan_ wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CH6YS6AszxU
Hamilton during his second stint had to brake really hard to defend against Alonso, locking up the wheel and flatspotting the tyre. Before this happened the team urged Hamilton to stay a few more laps out. Afterwards in the same lap he made his second pitstop. Perhaps without that he could have stayed on target and made the 2 stop strategy work?dren wrote:My thoughts exactly. The radio transmissions to Hamilton were that he was right on target pace wise. It fell apart for them once they had to make the final stop.raymondu999 wrote:I have to disagree with this. They thought they had better degradation than others and tried a 2stop. It turns out they had equal degradation and had to do 3. Under shooting above average expectations is better than under shooting average expectations.ziggy wrote:Nico said in an interview they were surprised by tyre degradation. Initialy they wanted to do 2 stops, but they couldn't because of the tyres. Seems merc's tyre problems are far from over. Nico's face after his race said it all.
I must say I'm pleasantly surprised. They really made the super softs work for them in a way the others couldn't. Had they gone 3stop from the start IMO they would've been in the podium hunt. Late strategy changes are always bad.
Mind you their raw pace in the opening laps wasn't too hot.
I think they were just playing to a different race pace to try and preserve the tyres. Pretty sure they could have gone quicker if they weren't trying to keep everything in good shape.Joie de vivre wrote:I rewatched the race again. It's just unbeleivable how Mercedes dropped behind Vet, Mas, Alo and Rai after just few laps. Are they running with much more fuel than others? With empty fueltank they seem to be quite quick.
or not... according to MESlebesset wrote:http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2013/03/18/w ... laren-ecu/
so who provides the data systems in the garage
mark got screwed whoever it is !
They were probably trying to get to 22-23 laps on the mediums, and then 24-25 on the final set once the track had rubbered in and the fuel burned off. Lewis locking up defending against Alonso probably scrubbed those 2 laps off the tyres and made it impossible.Unc1e_M0nty wrote:Lewis did 13 laps (plus 2 or 3 Qually laps) on Super Softs then only 20 laps on his 2nd set of Med with much less fuel on board - wft ? I just don't get this - after the first stint I thought they'd make a two stop work no problem.
I think it's brilliant. I'd even through away of all the other compounds and just use the SS and Mediums for the rest of the race too!raymondu999 wrote:I agree. I don't see the point in having a qualifying tyre for the race. The supersofts to me definitely smacked of a qualifier. It's fine having qualifiers for qualifying, but not for the race.
Yes, but they have to improve race pace.godlameroso wrote:I don't know, the mercs are super fast over a single lap.
I'm not sure they were so far off as they seemed – remember, they were trying for a 2 stop at aus, and conserving tyres.Mika1 wrote:Yes, but they have to improve race pace.godlameroso wrote:I don't know, the mercs are super fast over a single lap.