2013 Abu Dhabi GP - Yas Marina

[Sevach]

In his first lap Hamilton was 1,00,500 thorugh sectors 1 and 2.
In the second timed lap he was 1,00,130.

Looking at sector times him and Rosberg appear to be running quite different setups, Rosberg is always slower in the first 2 sectors by quite a lot, he is 8th in S1 and 7th in S2, Hamilton 2nd in S1 and 3rd in S2, but has the best time (even over Vettel) on S3, Hamilton is third fastest in S3.

[tranquility2k4]

I'd like to add my pennyworth on the Hamilton incident. When you look at it in slow motion, it doesn't look like a normal oversteer moment, it looks more like a shunt, as though something has broken. Do you guys remember during his first run in Q3, there were replays showing his car jumping over the curb in sector one - he ran wide and the rear went over that bump just off the track - maybe this caused a failure?

Either way, what's really annoying is that Hamilton was on a brilliant lap that could have potentially pipped Webber for pole. He was just over a tenth down on Webber through the first 2 sectors and if Hamilton matched Rosberg's best sector 3 time, which was 1.5 tenths faster than Webbers then he'd of been on pole. The likely hood is that Hamilton would have slightly bettered Rosbergs time, as he was in the final seconds of Q3, with the most rubber down, etc.

Facts:
Sector 1: Web 17.675, Ham 17.729
Sector 2: Web 42.339, Ham 42.401
Sector 3: Web 39.943, Ham 39.909 (Ros 39.804)

Even if Ham would have matches his previous best sector 3, he'd only have been S1+0.054, S2+0.062, S3-0.034 = total +0.082 down on Webber, which would have placed him P2 ahead of Vettel. If he'd of matched Rosberg's time from a previous run (as ROS messed up his last run) then he'd be on pole. I think Merc clearly had an advantage in Sector 3 all weekend, not by much but they've consistently been losing time in sectors 1 and 2 and when Ham put them together, I believe on fumes at end of Q3, Ham would have got into the 39.7.. bracket for sure, maybe even better.

So actually Ham didn't do such a bad job.

[dxpetrov]

Hearing stories here in AD. Webber might get stripped of the pole for exceeding track limits... Let's see.

[Poleman]

If thats the case then Hamilton will have no lap set as he was 4 wheels off at the last corner...Rosberg maybe as well (?) my memory fails me but im preety sure about HAM.
All that assuming he will get punished as well...It will be a disgrace if only Webber gets the axe.

[Shrieker]

Could be something related to the drivetrain then ?

You're being laughable. Why don't we just wait, eh ?



ETA: I copied your reply in order to show that you ridiculed someone for speculating yet you didn't find it too stupid to do exactly the same just one paragraph earlier in the same post.
Priceless....

After his first run in q3 Hamilton asked the team to inspect his car. The team saw nothing wrong with the data, had a look at the car but was able to find nothing. Source: F1fanatic.

You just keep on keeping on.

[henra]

Hearing stories here in AD. Webber might get stripped of the pole for exceeding track limits... Let's see.

I'm really at a loss why track designers are not able to create a more slippery area as track limit where the driver would loose time if re runs with all four wheels onto it. Outside of that they could give it better grip again in order to increase safety.
These on and off decisions regarding exceeding track limits are not good.
Now they are a bit in a corner regarding enforcement: Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

[tranquility2k4]

MERCEDES AMG F1 ‏@MercedesAMGF1

We can confirm there was a technical problem with Lewis' car, as he suspected. More details to come when we have them...

...time for some people to eat their words.

[henra]

You just keep on keeping on.

Why don't we just wait, eh ?

[Shrieker]

You just keep on keeping on.

Why don't we just wait, eh ?

So, what now ? You don't take Merc's word as well i suppose

[henra]

So, what now ? You don't take Merc's word as well i suppose

I'm neither saying it wasn't a mechanical failure nor am I saying it was.
Edit: Based on the law of simplicity I was leaning towards driver error but it could equally have been an existing or sudden technical failure - honestly I have no emotions regarding that question - unlike some here
The point I tried to make is: Can't we simply wait?!

Is it really asking too much to wait until we know what happened?
Moreover: What difference does it make anyway?

[Blanchimont]

Flexible floor at Raikonnen's car?

"However car number 07 did not comply with Article 3.17.5 of the 2013 FIA Formula One Technical
Regulations as the front floor deflected more than 5mm vertically when the load was applied vertically to
it at the point which lies 100mm of car centre line on the LHS."

[mikeerfol]

So, rear wishbone failure for Hamilton. Can they fix it under parc ferme?

[mikeerfol]

Flexible floor at Raikonnen's car?

"However car number 07 did not comply with Article 3.17.5 of the 2013 FIA Formula One Technical
Regulations as the front floor deflected more than 5mm vertically when the load was applied vertically to
it at the point which lies 100mm of car centre line on the LHS."

What's the LHS?

[Unc1e_M0nty]

I don't know why anyone doubled what Lewis said, he always been quick to admit when he's made a mistake or just wasn't as fast as Rosberg

[tranquility2k4]

We can now confirm that a right-rear wishbone failed on Lewis' car. We hope to repair the damage under parc ferme