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Mark Webber won his second Monaco Grand Prix in three years after starting from pole and not making a single mistake all through the race. It wasn't however easy, the next 5 runners finished within the next 6 seconds. Nico Rosberg was closest as he finished second while Fernando Alonso completed the podium in third place.
He was conserving the tyres up to that point and then upped the pace. He had several seconds of empty track ahead and the cars ahead of him were starting to struggle with degradation. It was an inspired piece of thinking and nothing to do with the tyres being unpredictable.bhallg2k wrote:Not especially. But, I don't think they're that unpredictable.
I don't remember that part of the race in detail, but the times imply he probably found himself with a clear track ahead of him.
The story of 2012 for McLaren pretty much.lotus7 wrote:overtook Hamilton during pitstops
Fernando had been saving his tyres up to that point. If Ferrari would have left him out, he would've not only undercut Lewis, but also Rosberg & Webber. That call probably cost him the race win, but Fernando said they were unsure about the tyres.McMrocks wrote:Hi guys,
can anybody explain to me what happened with Alonso between lap 16 and 17
there was no pit stop but he drove 1.1 seconds faster in lap 17 than in the laps before.
http://en.mclarenf-1.com/index.php?page ... 20Hamilton
Are the Pirellis really predictable?
another link:http://en.mclarenf-1.com/index.php?page ... 20Hamiltonmyurr wrote:He was conserving the tyres up to that point and then upped the pace. He had several seconds of empty track ahead and the cars ahead of him were starting to struggle with degradation. It was an inspired piece of thinking and nothing to do with the tyres being unpredictable.bhallg2k wrote:Not especially. But, I don't think they're that unpredictable.
I don't remember that part of the race in detail, but the times imply he probably found himself with a clear track ahead of him.
Pretty much, the only thing that took my by surprise.Shrieker wrote:They just threw Martin Brundle into the pool. The most exciting moment of the weekend.
Because he didn't have to hold back on them and try and get them to the end of the GP. He'd eased them in to that point so was able to really push at the end of his stint, knowing he could then pit as soon as they started to go off.McMrocks wrote:yes Alonso had a gap of 4.2 seconds to Ham. The other question is why Vettel was on old tyres faster than all other on new tyres: http://en.mclarenf-1.com/index.php?page ... k%20Webber
watch lap 31
it was a nice tyre gamble what shows that no team can predict the tyres. I know im the only thinking so, but i hate this pirelli tyresShrieker wrote:They just threw Martin Brundle into the pool. The most exciting moment of the weekend.
but why they dont do this every race? I mean if they can use tyres for the half of the race they will be first in the WC.myurr wrote:Because he didn't have to hold back on them and try and get them to the end of the GP. He'd eased them in to that point so was able to really push at the end of his stint, knowing he could then pit as soon as they started to go off.McMrocks wrote:yes Alonso had a gap of 4.2 seconds to Ham. The other question is why Vettel was on old tyres faster than all other on new tyres: http://en.mclarenf-1.com/index.php?page ... k%20Webber
watch lap 31
It was about time, he got away last year.Shrieker wrote:They just threw Martin Brundle into the pool. The most exciting moment of the weekend.
Because every circuit is different and it's not always possible to keep up good pace but conserve the tyres in that way, nor to use that extra life to just push before the pit stops.McMrocks wrote:but why they dont do this every race? I mean if they can use tyres for the half of the race they will be first in the WC.
just been replaying it ; grosjean was already beside alonso who pulled left to try and overtake hamilton who was slow away ; 100% alonso's fault ; no way grosjean could get out of the waymyurr wrote:Interestingly Anthony Davidson has just blamed Alonso for the accident with Schumacher. He's shown how he moved across into a space that wasn't there to try and get past Hamilton, causing contact with Grosjean which then pushed him out to where Schumacher was.
Apparently he had used two sets of prime tyres so had to stop again which would have dropped them out of the points regardless. They decided to gamble on intermediates as if it had rained then they would have been able to salvage some points. Simply a no risk gamble that didn't pay off.RB_[Gnx] wrote:and Jean-Eric Vergne can't believe this guy lost 4 pts for in a completly useless pit stop.