Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel topped the timing-sheet ahead of the all-important qualifying session. The German driver went on to claim the best time with a 1:12.395 in front of his team-mate Kimi Räikkönen.
Do you guys have any info on tyre durability for race simulations?
40000 km, rotating them half way through, like every Pirelli p7.. just kidding, ultra and super can easly last all the race
That seems reasonable, since even last year's tires could last almost for the entire race.
So I was thinking: The best strategy for Hamilton would be to pit early to get out in front of all the slow cars after they pit? I mean, if he does that he'll probably catch up to the backmarkers quite fast and be held up anyway, but that will happen wether he pits early or not.
Ham weekend is more or less over in my opinion, the only way he is gonna catch some points today (top6) is a serius pileup, followed by a sc or vsc.
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Massa is behind Hamilton. A train will probably develop behind the Williams. I think it's worth considering staying out until the you can pit clearing the Williams and just hope some guys in front of you get tangled behind the Williams when they stop. And try to get some overtaking done on track, there are no miracle strategies.
Thinking about it, the only car in front that could pose a problem is the Renault. The only car noticable slower than the others in the top 12.
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Yes. 6th is, in normal circumstances, the best that he can get, the question is: how will he get there? Trying to gain a pitstop's advantage over Massa sounds good, but if that takes too long then the time he can gain over the ones in front won't be that great either. Anyway it will be interesting to see.
I predict first corner carnage ending Hamilton's race.
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This year's cars are way faster than say 2004. However, we still haven't seen broken track records during race. Is this because there is no refueling now and the cars are heavier during race?
Cornering-wise, this year's cars are slower than several F1 cars from previous years. The advantage that they have to be "artificially" fast on QLF is DRS and a PU on very high fuel flow(100kg/h) which, obviously, cannot be used in the race otherwise they would be out of fuel after 1 hour(but, IIRC, the regulation doesn't allow 100kg/h fuel flow on the race at all, that is, at any moment, and that's why RB was punished on Melbourne 2014). Hope I didn't say any nonsense about the fuel flow because I didn't follow this topic on the last couple of years
Nearly everything you said about the fuel flow is nonsense.
1. What tyre would Lewis start? In FP1 they did very fast laps but there were lower temps so it might be starting on SS then after the first lap switching on US ...
2. This race has 278km so they need just over 80kg of fuel ...
3. Drivers with ba..s could pass in Loefs or what ever they say it today
4. It will be interesting to know after Merc found the correct levels of cooling for the car and the brakes after missed FP2 simulation race laps
5. Bottas will squash Vettel into the barrier at the start of the race forcing him to retire ...
Bit of a Monaco shake up! Fascinated to see how the race plays out this evening, we've had more than a few surprises this season and this could certainly be another.
Thrilled for Kimi to take pole, he's looked in good shape all weekend and I've been a fan for near his whole career. It's also great to see sportsmen retire in good form, rather than slowly fade away and be forgotten.
Lewis has a tough race ahead of him, I hope the team can sort his car out so he can work his way back into the points, we may even see some overtaking
Does anyone else read the press quotes in the persons voice? Seb, Kimi, Toto etc
The team cannot sort anything out.. they are not allowed to change any settings on the car bar a few things like tire pressure and front wing adjustable flaps....not sure that would be enough
They can make changes, but on the condition Hamilton starts from the pitlane.
I meant more for safety reasons, aren't broken parts allowed to be exchanged?
Nico said in pre race interview he knew what was wrong with Lewis car, and there was a photo displayed of a part being removed or replaced.
Edit.. My mistake, Martin just said they couldn't change it. I wonder what the purpose of the photo was, it was highly zoomed and low quality.
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Man, I really expected to see Hamilton in a position a bit like Schumacher in 2006 or Alonso in 2010 - I.e. Right on people's gearboxes and having lots of looks at the chicane.
Man, I really expected to see Hamilton in a position a bit like Schumacher in 2006 or Alonso in 2010 - I.e. Right on people's gearboxes and having lots of looks at the chicane.
What's going on?
2017 regulations, if there was 1 overtake at sochi, we will be lucky to see 1 here
