Yea some corners here you can take a wider arch around the corner, keeping higher apex speed and less speed to catch up until the next braking zone.
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Lewis Hamilton has won his first Grand Prix of the season thanks to a solid three stop strategy. Kimi Raikkonen fended off a hard challenge from Vettel to finish third while Vettel does another great job for the championship.
Yet Lewis still managed to outperform Nico by over 3 tenths of a second? Is Nico really that bad? Or are you just in denial about Lewis's talent?Juzh wrote: Except if you look at lewis' pole lap you can see he missed nearly all the apexes and still got pole. Just shows how merc is still fastest over 1 lap by quite some margin.
I'm not necessarily disagreeing with you, but Lewis himself said he didn't think the lap was that great, which is why he was surprised he got pole.beelsebob wrote: Sorry, but wut... He misses exactly 3 apexes – turns 5, 11 and 14. Around turn 5 and 14 it's the normal line not to hit the apex as it gets you better traction. Around 11 he missed it by about 3 inches. It was actually seriously close to a perfect lap.
Not sure if you and I watched the same interview – in the press conference he said he didn't think the car was performing that well, not that he didn't think he nailed the lap.f1316 wrote:I'm not necessarily disagreeing with you, but Lewis himself said he didn't think the lap was that great, which is why he was surprised he got pole.beelsebob wrote: Sorry, but wut... He misses exactly 3 apexes – turns 5, 11 and 14. Around turn 5 and 14 it's the normal line not to hit the apex as it gets you better traction. Around 11 he missed it by about 3 inches. It was actually seriously close to a perfect lap.
That is the jist I got.beelsebob wrote: Not sure if you and I watched the same interview – in the press conference he said he didn't think the car was performing that well, not that he didn't think he nailed the lap.
He did say he didn't think it was a good lap in the conference. Which proves a good lap is only relative to what other people are doing lol.beelsebob wrote:Not sure if you and I watched the same interview – in the press conference he said he didn't think the car was performing that well, not that he didn't think he nailed the lap.f1316 wrote:I'm not necessarily disagreeing with you, but Lewis himself said he didn't think the lap was that great, which is why he was surprised he got pole.beelsebob wrote: Sorry, but wut... He misses exactly 3 apexes – turns 5, 11 and 14. Around turn 5 and 14 it's the normal line not to hit the apex as it gets you better traction. Around 11 he missed it by about 3 inches. It was actually seriously close to a perfect lap.
Well, f**k.ESPN F1 @ESPNF1
'Car number 08 did not comply with [the regulations] as the front floor deflected more than 5mm vertically when the load was applied'
Who is number 8? Grosjean?stefan_ wrote:Well, f**k.ESPN F1 @ESPNF1
'Car number 08 did not comply with [the regulations] as the front floor deflected more than 5mm vertically when the load was applied'
yesJimClarkFan wrote:Who is number 8? Grosjean?stefan_ wrote:Well, f**k.ESPN F1 @ESPNF1
'Car number 08 did not comply with [the regulations] as the front floor deflected more than 5mm vertically when the load was applied'
Nico said in an interview after the qualifying that he experienced issues with his braking balance and was actually a bit frustrated about it.sennafan24 wrote:Yet Lewis still managed to outperform Nico by over 3 tenths of a second? Is Nico really that bad? Or are you just in denial about Lewis's talent?Juzh wrote: Except if you look at lewis' pole lap you can see he missed nearly all the apexes and still got pole. Just shows how merc is still fastest over 1 lap by quite some margin.
You have to be balanced to a extent if you want people to take your opinion seriously
The talk of the dirty side is rather OTT if the support races are anything to go by.Darknight wrote:Rosberg gets to move to the clean side. Alonso to the dirty side. That is if grosjean is penalized.
I actually think Nico is one of the fastest drivers on the grid, hence why I am so impressed by Lewis's form against him as of late.tim|away wrote: Nico said in an interview after the qualifying that he experienced issues with his braking balance and was actually a bit frustrated about it.