Sebastian Vettel won his easiest race of the year, leading the Canadian Grand Prix from start to finish. The German didn't put a foot wrong and kept Bottas at bay, who finished second. Max Verstappen completed the podium in third place after what essentially was a surprisingly dull race.
Where is it?TAG wrote: ↑04 Jun 2018, 18:57The FIA has added a third DRS zone to the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve for this weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix.
I'm all for spicing thing up but Montreal is not a circuit that needs any spicing and is not what anyone would call a difficult circuit to overtake on. This is a laughable IMO.
Where have they put it?TAG wrote: ↑04 Jun 2018, 18:57The FIA has added a third DRS zone to the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve for this weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix.
I'm all for spicing thing up but Montreal is not a circuit that needs any spicing and is not what anyone would call a difficult circuit to overtake on. This is a laughable IMO.
If i were to place a third it would be were the track bends right after turn 7. Although I’m not sure a low downforce rear wing would be pleasurable when a car is constantly in a turn.Just_a_fan wrote: ↑04 Jun 2018, 19:20It can only be between 7 and 8 or between 9 and 10. Nowhere else is straight or long enough!
DRS on approach to the hairpin at 10 has its appeals. Who goes for the absolutely latest braking and hope that the DRS closes and tames the back end quickly enough? Be a case of closing DRS with the button before doing a dive bomb braking job up the inside. Could get messy.
Which I am okay with hahahaaa.On the part where the track bends right then.TAG wrote: ↑04 Jun 2018, 19:29The new zone is in addition to the two existing zones which run from turns 12 to 13 and along the pit straight. These are triggered by the same detection point at the exit of turn nine. Is all I got, I'm looking for the official map now which is said to show it.
I can't imagine it being anywhere other than either after turn 7 or 9.
EDIT: still no map but it's between 7 and 8.
I agree that tyre management/understanding has been playing a big role in this season so far. And this indeed might show the performance or characteristics of a car differently.dans79 wrote: ↑04 Jun 2018, 18:42check out this side by side from Bahrain. pay close attention to turns 1,4,13,& 4. Leiws is particularly bad through turns 1 & 4, really missing the apexes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUE2QAIjiZA
In my personal opinion, this is because Mercedes still hasn't completely solved the 2018 Pirelli heating/managment puzzle, and to be fair no team has as far as i'm concerned.
Canada usually isn't a track where teams have tire heating or cooling issues. The big issue in Canada is usually about not cooking the brakes.
Ricciardo?Just_a_fan wrote: ↑04 Jun 2018, 19:20It can only be between 7 and 8 or between 9 and 10. Nowhere else is straight or long enough!
DRS on approach to the hairpin at 10 has its appeals. Who goes for the absolutely latest braking and hope that the DRS closes and tames the back end quickly enough? Be a case of closing DRS with the button before doing a dive bomb braking job up the inside. Could get messy.
The rears take a pounding, you are always on the edge of rear traction coming out of each corner.dans79 wrote: ↑04 Jun 2018, 18:42check out this side by side from Bahrain. pay close attention to turns 1,4,13,& 4. Leiws is particularly bad through turns 1 & 4, really missing the apexes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUE2QAIjiZA
In my personal opinion, this is because Mercedes still hasn't completely solved the 2018 Pirelli heating/managment puzzle, and to be fair no team has as far as i'm concerned.
Canada usually isn't a track where teams have tire heating or cooling issues. The big issue in Canada is usually about not cooking the brakes.
The other 2 are straighter. As for your second point I agree.Just_a_fan wrote: ↑04 Jun 2018, 21:10It's no worse a bend than either of the other two DRS zones have. It's quite short but I guess the idea is to help close a little before the chicane and then run down to the hairpin at 10. That might work.
Hardly surprising. I imagine it’s not supposed to keep being ‘plumbed into’ the system when it’s stopped working even if it is bypassed.Dave P Fanclub wrote: ↑04 Jun 2018, 21:50Alan Baldwin reporting that Danny's K isn't salvagable according to Newey. 10-place pen then.
