Did they redo Turn 17? I seem to remember that you should hug the wall there; no kerb.
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Sebastian Vettel took the lead on lap one of the Korean GP and never gave away again. Pole sitter Lewis Hamilton finished second after a race long defence against third placed man Mark Webber. Red Bull has hereby also secured their second consecutive constructors' championship.
they've apparently moved a few walls away from the track a little in sector 3, i should think they've done that to turn 17 so you can actually see another driver ahead entering the pitsraymondu999 wrote:Looks like wet Fridays followed by a dry weekend. Would be good to see what kind of racing this track can serve up in the dry.
Did they redo Turn 17? I seem to remember that you should hug the wall there; no kerb.
They needed to resurface the pit entry anyway – Hamilton had a big issue on entry to the pits during qualifying because he hit a bump on the way in there.Mchamilton wrote:they've apparently moved a few walls away from the track a little in sector 3, i should think they've done that to turn 17 so you can actually see another driver ahead entering the pitsraymondu999 wrote:Looks like wet Fridays followed by a dry weekend. Would be good to see what kind of racing this track can serve up in the dry.
Did they redo Turn 17? I seem to remember that you should hug the wall there; no kerb.
You're right, it was, but yeh – there was a big ass bump there, it needed smoothed over.raymondu999 wrote:Was that not free practice when Lewis ran wide onto the grass? Thankfully he made it into the pits with no collisions anyway
The only tyre problems I remember last year was everyone trying to go to the end of their wets/inters while the track was too dry and overheating them, we have no idea how it would have behaved on slicks really, and even if we did, the track was *just* laid then, the surface would have been much more slippery than now.raymondu999 wrote:Last year never had a problem of deg and wear though, did it? As I recall it was more graining. The Pirellis for the most part have not grained much this year as they seem to actually give off good mech grip. Look what happened in Canada. Bridgestones grained; Pirellis were fine.
I seem to remember at the 4?th safety car, LH radioed in saying that he had maximum front wing, diff unlocked, and he could see that he was still overheating his front tyres.raymondu999 wrote:Last year IIRC the problem was there was a lot of dust from the nearby construction; as well as a lot of oil from the tarmac bedding in. This caused very slippery conditions in Free Practice; and graining was a major issue.
I don't think we ever got to the overheating phase of those tyres actually beelsebob - Remember that Fernando (albeit in the car that was the kindest to its rubber last year) was stringing 10 or so laps of constantly purple sectors in the last 10 to 15 laps; demonstrating just how well he took care of his rubber. He was at LEAST 2 to 3 seconds faster PER LAP than 2nd placed Hamilton in the last few laps.
I quite liked the final corner when you had to hug the wall. It was unique and added character to the track. It's not as good now.raymondu999 wrote:Looks like wet Fridays followed by a dry weekend. Would be good to see what kind of racing this track can serve up in the dry.
Did they redo Turn 17? I seem to remember that you should hug the wall there; no kerb.
I tend to agree. I think that the horror stories of four and five stops are based on graining from the Bridgestones on a brand new track on the Friday. No-one seems to be talking about less than four stops on anything I've seen previewing this year's race though. I have to make stuff disasterous on both options and primes to get four stops to look competitive here.Last year never had a problem of deg and wear though, did it? As I recall it was more graining. The Pirellis for the most part have not grained much this year as they seem to actually give off good mech grip. Look what happened in Canada. Bridgestones grained; Pirellis were fine.