2014 Canadian Grand Prix - Montreal

[Waywardism]

So why are Mercedes faster on the soft tyre?

[MercedesAMGSpy]

So why are Mercedes faster on the soft tyre?

The BBC guy said they had high tyre wear on the SS yesterday, so changed the car to prevent it.

[mnmracer]

i thought all Merc powered teams got new engines apart from MGP themselves, is that table up to date?

It makes its rounds on Twitter since yesterday, and I remember a news report somewhere last week that the Monaco retirement set Vettel back to his last 'free' engine. So, it seems it is.

[Skippon]

Because they turned their engine mode down.........

[ringo]

I think the penalties will cancel out because almost all the teams will be getting them. Best to use the new engines before the last race and take then penalty then. For the last race they can continue to use their freshly selected engines from the previous race.

All the Mercedes teams are bang on target for the number of parts they should have used at this point in the season, so no, I don't think that they'll get any (or many if they do).

didnt an engine go at monaco? bottos engine was it?

[Spacepace]

So where is Williams and Force India going to be this weekend?

[siskue2005]

Because they turned their engine mode down.........

yea exactly, In their Super soft run Lewis set purple in Sector 2 and personal best in S1 and just slowed down in the final sector.

[flyboy2160]

Several of the Hamilton-is-great-no-he's-awful off topic posts here have been reported, so I'm going to delete them. It's all been said before. Back to this race, please.

[arahman_93]

If was lewis id qualify on the harder compound Tyre Mercedes surely have the pace, get rid of the harder tyre in the first stint then as the fuel gets less they'll be flying with the supersofts. (has it ever been done before driver qualifying ahead of the pack on the harder tyre compound)

[Ninners]

I remember Red Bull tried this in 2010 and were 2nd & 3rd in quali, but Webber had to change his gearbox so started 7th instead. The strategy did backfire slightly for Webber and Vettel had some gearbox issues towards the end so eased off. They finished 4th & 5th.

[mikeerfol]

I remember Red Bull tried this in 2010 and were 2nd & 3rd in quali, but Webber had to change his gearbox so started 7th instead. The strategy did backfire slightly for Webber and Vettel had some gearbox issues towards the end so eased off. They finished 4th & 5th.

And I think that was Canada as well? Or Monza?

[ringo]

Fastest tyre first is always the best strategy.Over the years when teams have tried with starting on the harder compound it always results in a slower race for some reason.

[F1NAC]

remember Alonso Silverstone 2012, he started on harder compound and in last stint webber passed him with harder tire while Alonso had softs

[beelsebob]

Fastest tyre first is always the best strategy.Over the years when teams have tried with starting on the harder compound it always results in a slower race for some reason.

That's simply false. It's an extremely common strategy for anyone starting out of position on the grid, and results in pretty much the same race time. Not finishing P1 with this strategy is usually simply the result of having started in the mid field, and been held up for a few laps.

[Ninners]

I remember Red Bull tried this in 2010 and were 2nd & 3rd in quali, but Webber had to change his gearbox so started 7th instead. The strategy did backfire slightly for Webber and Vettel had some gearbox issues towards the end so eased off. They finished 4th & 5th.

And I think that was Canada as well? Or Monza?

That was Canada.