Sebastian Vettel has secured another perfect race weekend. He started from pole, led every single lap of the race, secured fastest lap in the final lap and won the first ever Indian GP. Jenson Button finished second while Fernando Alonso is third.
Hard luck. I would've prefered seeing him race rather than Narain Karthikeyan.richard_leeds wrote:I see Karun Chandok is only going to get an FP session in the Lotus
Is that done partly for the marbles too?raymondu999 wrote:Even in the Singapore GP a fleet of 15 or so street sweepers come out after every session (except the race of course) and sweep the whole circuit.
Sad for him. Can F1 drivers switch during a race?richard_leeds wrote:I see Karun Chandok is only going to get an FP session in the Lotus
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/formula ... 434017.stm
edit to add - More on the topic from Joe Saward http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2011/10/ ... eam-lotus/
switch? You mean a driver gets out and makes way for another?n smikle wrote:Sad for him. Can F1 drivers switch during a race?richard_leeds wrote:I see Karun Chandok is only going to get an FP session in the Lotus
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/formula ... 434017.stm
edit to add - More on the topic from Joe Saward http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2011/10/ ... eam-lotus/
I thought you just made a prediction it wouldn't be LewisMr.S wrote:Anyways it is pretty foolish to predict,we all will have to wait till Sunday.
Buddh International – 5.125 kilometres. Race distance – 60 laps = 307.249 kilometres. 16 corners in total. Average speed 210 km/h. A new circuit hosting a Grand Prix for the first time
Aerodynamic setup – High downforce. Top speed 320km/h (with DRS open) 308km/h without
Full throttle – 70% of the lap time (est) Total fuel needed for race distance – 161.6 kilos (high). Fuel consumption – 2.65 kg per lap (ave)
Brake wear- average.
Loss time for a Pit stop = 15.5 seconds (est)
Total time needed for a pit stop: 20 seconds (est)
Fuel effect (cost in lap time per 10kg of fuel carried): 0.35 seconds (ave/high)
Possibly, but on the other hand the weather will be hot, and there seems to a be a number of longer medium/high speed corners which will help them get heat into the tyres.beelsebob wrote:presumably you mean softer and harder the other way round there. Tbh, I think Ferrari are buggered here, the last time Pirrelli broke out the hards (rather than the mediums) Ferrari couldn't get heat into them for 5-10 laps.raymondu999 wrote:And it will be the first GP since.... 73, I think? To not feature an Italian. Or so I'm told.
Pirelli expects the harder "option" to be 2 seconds quicker than the softer "prime" (in keeping line with their reversed nomenclature for this race)
Temperature prediction on James Allen's site is for high twenties to low thirties with a track temp of around 40. So fairly hot but not excessively so. If the prediction holds up then I don't think any of the top cars will struggle.Gerhard Berger wrote:Possibly, but on the other hand the weather will be hot, and there seems to a be a number of longer medium/high speed corners which will help them get heat into the tyres.beelsebob wrote:presumably you mean softer and harder the other way round there. Tbh, I think Ferrari are buggered here, the last time Pirrelli broke out the hards (rather than the mediums) Ferrari couldn't get heat into them for 5-10 laps.raymondu999 wrote:And it will be the first GP since.... 73, I think? To not feature an Italian. Or so I'm told.
Pirelli expects the harder "option" to be 2 seconds quicker than the softer "prime" (in keeping line with their reversed nomenclature for this race)
