2015 Brazilian Grand Prix - Sao Paulo, November 13 - 15

[SiLo]

FP1
http://i.imgur.com/b5kbkao.jpg

Rosberg faster in all speed traps bar the final one? I'm not sure what the last one is for.

[Juzh]

FP1
http://i.imgur.com/b5kbkao.jpg

Rosberg faster in all speed traps bar the final one? I'm not sure what the last one is for.

Speed H is the official speed trap. Made pretty much redundant with the V6s because cars are arriving at such higher speeds they're sometimes braking even before they hit the radar beam which is placed before T1.
SPD3 is start/finish line and is the most relevant. Rosberg actually got up to 346 on the live timing.

[dans79]

Has Rosberg gone to far on set-up? He starts out really fast, but his times degrade fairly significantly.

[Phillyred]

They mentioned on the Sky broadcast that in FP1 Rosberg would have been faster than Hamilton, but he was held up in lap traffic in his final runs. AND, as we can see in FP2 Rosberg definitely had the pace over Hamilton. Qualifying should be good as always between the Merc boys!

[Jordan44]

They mentioned on the Sky broadcast that in FP1 Rosberg would have been faster than Hamilton, but he was held up in lap traffic in his final runs. AND, as we can see in FP2 Rosberg definitely had the pace over Hamilton. Qualifying should be good as always between the Merc boys!

Woulda coulda shoulda. He may have been stuck in traffic but they have no way of knowing what he would have done in those sectors. Lewis was fractionally quicker on the first run also. Lewis was quicker on mediums in the second session but they both only did one representative flying lap and Lewis's wasn't good. Not much between them on the long runs with Nico initially faster but big tyre drop off. Practise never tells us anything between these two. So many times this season Nico has appeared to have the upperhand and then that's not the case come qualifying and vice versa.

[dans79]

Nico has to be a little concerned about his transmission as well. I don't know if it's his driving style or what, but he has had a lot of transmission related issue of the last 2 years.

[dans79]

The American announcers were commenting that Rosberg seemed unsettled, I wonder if this is why.

http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/332826/

"The gap to Lewis is not the real picture, as he got his engine settings wrong, so there is big lap time in that [for Hamilton].

[PlatinumZealot]

The pit lane loss is in the table. It is there at 23 seconds for Nico. Lewis lost 24 seconds druing his pit as u can see.
So with the 22.1 gap Lewis had a seocnd in hand. Easy squeeze. Ok back to topic now.

Seriously, stop, just stop.

You are confused because you are comparing the gap after he pitted. Check Hamilton's BBC column. He confirmed that he would have come out ahead if he didn't spin... but my numbers are if he came in a lap before that. (He would be ahead even more if you watched the race).

[PlatinumZealot]

The American announcers were commenting that Rosberg seemed unsettled, I wonder if this is why.

http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/332826/

"The gap to Lewis is not the real picture, as he got his engine settings wrong, so there is big lap time in that [for Hamilton].

Yes Rosberg looked very worried, even when assuring us that everything is OK. Haha.

Beating your rival by only 4 tenths when he is on low power mode is not looking good.

[dans79]

The American announcers were commenting that Rosberg seemed unsettled, I wonder if this is why.

http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/332826/

"The gap to Lewis is not the real picture, as he got his engine settings wrong, so there is big lap time in that [for Hamilton].

Yes Rosberg looked very worried, even when assuring us that everything is OK. Haha.

Beating your rival by only 4 tenths when he is on low power mode is not looking good.

to be fair, the announcers where talking about his interactions with the pit wall during practice. Namely him not wanting to tell the team about the tires.

[Dave P Fanclub]

Where did you get that timing screen from, Juzh? Looks comprehensive.

[Juzh]

Live timing app

[Racer X]

I read the Tires are a problem in this track if this is true Sergio Perez should benefit greatly compared to the cars near him.

[godlameroso]

The soft is not really suited to this track, there's a lot of high energy events, it may be faster for a few laps, but it's ultimately the slower race tire, it's high working range means it has a narrow operating window and they must also be nursed because of degradation. The medium is slower than the soft by about a second in ultimate pace, but it's far more consistent, and does not have to be managed as much.

It's looking to be a two stopper, starting on mediums and doing another medium stint will allow you to finish comfortably with the softs and is probably the ideal strategy. Top 10 will just have to go O P P, going O O P is not recommended.

[Juzh]

Walk in the park for merc.