Lewis Hamilton has pulled off a hattrick at China by winning the race from pole position, and additionally setting the fastest lap of the race. Behind him, the Ferrari's suspiciously changed positions 8 laps from the end, allowing Massa to finish 2nd, ahead of Raikkonen and Alonso.
Most second places, - if equal, most third places - etc.The FOZ wrote:Looks like there's fewer scenarios for WDC in Brazil now:
Lewis: 5th or better for WDC
Massa: Win with Lewis 6th or worse.
Lewis had a solid race, well done on his part.
Question:
Lewis and Felipe both have 5 wins now. If Massa comes in second and Hamilton 8th, they would each have 95 points. How will they determine winner then?
According to Haug that is the reason why Kovalainen retired from the race. Can someone please explain what that means and how it is a problem? Thanks in advance.air consumption in his engine was too high
I'm no expert but I'll have a stab anyway. That means the engine would have been running lean (as opposed to rich) and more air than fuel would be getting to the engine. This can cause all sorts of problems for an average engine; worse performance, over heating through to seizing entirely. For a highly strung F1 I can only imagine what the implications might be.mx_tifosi wrote:Norbert HaugAccording to Haug that is the reason why Kovalainen retired from the race. Can someone please explain what that means and how it is a problem? Thanks in advance.air consumption in his engine was too high
As a Lewis fan, I was on the edge of my seat the entire race. At the start my heartbeat was probably on par with the drivers, same for pit stops and when his team mate picked up the puncture.n smikle wrote:This race was NOT boring for LH fans!!...
There were 3 cars behind him that wanted to get rid of him.. to me every single Turn of The Great One was nail biting..
Kimi and Massa looked like little kids in the detention room in the post race interview! I was so disgusted with what Massa had to say I just turned off my TV and went to bed.
They use compressed air for the valve springing duties and I would imagine there was a minor leak or excessive wastage in the loop. You can sometimes see them top it up using an air bottle.Tom Castellani wrote:I'm no expert but I'll have a stab anyway. That means the engine would have been running lean (as opposed to rich) and more air than fuel would be getting to the engine. This can cause all sorts of problems for an average engine; worse performance, over heating through to seizing entirely. For a highly strung F1 I can only imagine what the implications might be.mx_tifosi wrote:Norbert HaugAccording to Haug that is the reason why Kovalainen retired from the race. Can someone please explain what that means and how it is a problem? Thanks in advance.air consumption in his engine was too high
Wait, back to basics... You know that engines run on a mixture of fuel and air right? Well like I said, an imbalance either way can cause various problems in any type of engine.
Hope that helps to some degree!
*Waits for someone to come and explain in far more informed detail*
I thought he was referring to the compressed air supply for the engines valves. If that is the case then it sounds like the system was either leaking or simply using too much air, exhausting it's available supply.Tom Castellani wrote:I'm no expert but I'll have a stab anyway. That means the engine would have been running lean (as opposed to rich) and more air than fuel would be getting to the engine. This can cause all sorts of problems for an average engine; worse performance, over heating through to seizing entirely. For a highly strung F1 I can only imagine what the implications might be.
Wait, back to basics... You know that engines run on a mixture of fuel and air right? Well like I said, an imbalance either way can cause various problems in any type of engine.
Hope that helps to some degree!
*Waits for someone to come and explain in far more informed detail*
If Massa Wins he'll actually have 6 wins to Hamilton's 5.MattF1 wrote:Most second places, - if equal, most third places - etc.
Correct, as far as I can tell now. If Massa wins in points with a first place finish, he'll win. If he wins in points with a second place finish, he still wins.Rob W wrote:If Massa Wins he'll actually have 6 wins to Hamilton's 5.MattF1 wrote:Most second places, - if equal, most third places - etc.
If Massa comes 2nd and Hamilton 8th then they will be on even points also - but Massa will still win the WDC (I think), owing to him then having three 2nd places to Hamilton's two 2nds.
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Nope.timbo wrote:I think that Heikki's "retire" was a strategic move. After puncture ruined his race it was better to retire and have a fresh powerplant in the decisive race
Nope - it was covered in the race commentary - He'll be on the second race with the power plant used in China..shotzski wrote: Will Lewis be using a new powerplant for the last race?
