Did he make a mistake somewhere? I didnt see qualifying, so i dont know. Only going by what i read on AMuS before qualifying inlight of the expected grid penalty.motobaleno wrote: ↑08 Jul 2017, 19:12he was simply slow.Phil wrote: ↑08 Jul 2017, 15:15Maybe Hamilton is running a different setup, knowing he wont start on pole anyway. AMuS said it was a strategic decision to keep quiet on Hamiltons gearbox change as that gave them the opportunity to prepare during FP1 and 2, while everyone else was focusing on a more default approach to the weekend on Friday.
He turned in early on turn 1, ran over the kerb on the entry that threw him badly on the exit of the left kerb, had a bad moment and as if that was not already bad, he had another moment in the last last sector. So overall, a very crappy lap. He looked like he had everything under control until Q2, but then couldn't manage to keep it all together in Q3.Phil wrote: ↑08 Jul 2017, 20:03Did he make a mistake somewhere? I didnt see qualifying, so i dont know. Only going by what i read on AMuS before qualifying inlight of the expected grid penalty.motobaleno wrote: ↑08 Jul 2017, 19:12he was simply slow.Phil wrote: ↑08 Jul 2017, 15:15Maybe Hamilton is running a different setup, knowing he wont start on pole anyway. AMuS said it was a strategic decision to keep quiet on Hamiltons gearbox change as that gave them the opportunity to prepare during FP1 and 2, while everyone else was focusing on a more default approach to the weekend on Friday.
And possibly even WDC. He's far away from Ferrari standard.f1universe wrote: ↑08 Jul 2017, 17:07He is going to cost Ferrari the WCC or at least a chance to fight for it in the final races.
- Even if differences between tyres are smaller here what's stopping them from running US - SS? All the practice on SS and they won't use them? ~20 + ~50? Whatever, we'll see.matt_b wrote: ↑08 Jul 2017, 20:34http://s1131.photobucket.com/user/timec ... 1.jpg.html
Pirelli say 26 laps on the SS then S until the end is the quickest theoretical strategy, second fastest being 18 on the US then S until the end. Of course the rain throws everything out the window.
Also Lewis' soft set only did 1 installation lap at the start of P3 so they're still fresh for racing.
From my point of view, since 2016 Ferrari has shown better race pace than qualy pace hence to me they ONLY focused on race pace! So everything is coming good in Qualy for them is a bonus. Therefore, except Baku or other races when they hit something wrong, when they are closely matched to Merc in Qualy means they would be faster on Sunday`s race. But I think Merc now follows the same philosophy with a setup more in more towards the race and the proof of that is Ferrari and Red Bull being closer in Qualy, despite their PU lack of upgrade in power output ...PlatinumZealot wrote: ↑03 Jul 2017, 22:53Kimi's car was severely damaged.
I think in race trim they are equal. ...
HAM ran the SS in Q2, so when he pushed hard on US in Q3 the balance of the car changed a lot, it seems like the car balance went towards understeer. He went hard into T1 and it understeered and then was loose on exit. Just didn't have the right balance in Q3. Also BOT was on it in Q3.Phil wrote: ↑08 Jul 2017, 20:03Did he make a mistake somewhere? I didnt see qualifying, so i dont know. Only going by what i read on AMuS before qualifying inlight of the expected grid penalty.motobaleno wrote: ↑08 Jul 2017, 19:12he was simply slow.Phil wrote: ↑08 Jul 2017, 15:15Maybe Hamilton is running a different setup, knowing he wont start on pole anyway. AMuS said it was a strategic decision to keep quiet on Hamiltons gearbox change as that gave them the opportunity to prepare during FP1 and 2, while everyone else was focusing on a more default approach to the weekend on Friday.