vettel trying to overtake Massa, that's the reason of 1.29 at the end of the sim
has anyone the hamilton's sim race lap chart?
- Login or Register
No account yet? Sign up
On the back of his first pole position last weekend, Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas topped the second day of in-season testing at Sakhir. The Finn ejoyed a trouble-free day and completed a massive 143 laps.
But we all know what the truth is, isn't it?
Obviously ocon is 1s faster than Perez...GPR-A wrote:Lewis' US time today is 1m19.352s. Ocon's time today on US is 1m20.161s. Difference on the same tyre is 0.809 seconds.
Lewis' pole time in 2016 Spanish GP was 1m22.000s. The best FI of Perez put a 1m23.782s. Difference was 1.782 seconds.
Taking the times on the face value (ignoring all the blah blah blah parameters), FI has done a fabulous job of out developing the Mercedes by 0.973 second! That too with a quarter of Mercedes' budget!
I think he may be being a little sarcasticferkan wrote:Did anyone suggest this is all Merc can do? I thought it was generally accepted that very low 18s are possible.
Medium tire has no pace at all. It has zero deg, but also zero speed across the board compared to the soft. He's borderline slower in his final stint on the medium with much less fuel than in his 2nd stint on the soft. Makes me wonder why ferrari has spent so much time testing on this tire.ema00 wrote:https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C6fMUKcXEAEsRvz.jpg
the last laps vettel was struggling with Massa
It's pretty obvious they're driving to a set delta across the runs, so we're not seeing a good picture. Without the rapid deg/cliff in the tyres we don't even get that as an indicator, it's going to be a bit of a lottery come Melbourne.Juzh wrote:Medium tire has no pace at all. It has zero deg, but also zero speed across the board compared to the soft. He's borderline slower in his final stint on the medium with much less fuel than in his 2nd stint on the soft. Makes me wonder why ferrari has spent so much time testing on this tire.ema00 wrote:https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C6fMUKcXEAEsRvz.jpg
the last laps vettel was struggling with Massa
Niki Lauda on Motorsports.com wrote:"Personally, I'm not entirely happy," Lauda told RTL on Thursday. "We tested a few updates which didn't work out as we had expected them to. This is why we need to test again, tomorrow, too.
"We have to make further changes in order to understand how the car moves around the circuit in the fastest way possible. I'm sure we can solve these problems til Melbourne."
Lauda said that he remains optimistic for the season ahead, but claimed Mercedes will not have it as easy as in previous years.
The three-time champion reckons Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull are covered by around three tenths of a second at the moment.
"I don't think anybody can say today," he said when asked about favourites. "I think Mercedes is facing a tough year. But we will give our best. I'm optimistic.
GPR-A wrote:Aha... First noise of unhappiness from Mercedes camp. Bodes well for the season.
Mercedes "not entirely happy" with update progressNiki Lauda on Motorsports.com wrote:"Personally, I'm not entirely happy," Lauda told RTL on Thursday. "We tested a few updates which didn't work out as we had expected them to. This is why we need to test again, tomorrow, too.
"We have to make further changes in order to understand how the car moves around the circuit in the fastest way possible. I'm sure we can solve these problems til Melbourne."
Lauda said that he remains optimistic for the season ahead, but claimed Mercedes will not have it as easy as in previous years.
The three-time champion reckons Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull are covered by around three tenths of a second at the moment.
"I don't think anybody can say today," he said when asked about favourites. "I think Mercedes is facing a tough year. But we will give our best. I'm optimistic.
I've been wondering this too.nim_peter wrote:Small query, does the pit stop times get affected this year due to heavier and bulkier tyres? Need strong mechanics I guess..