2012 Korean GP - Yeong-Am

[raymondu999]

2011



Strategy
2012 tyres - Soft (prime, yellow) and Supersoft (option, red)
2011 tyres - Soft (prime, yellow) and Supersoft (option, red)

2011 onboard (Vettel P2, pole position unavailable)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wgTfQj1ChI[/youtube]

[Raptor22]

Whats the bet Grosjean takes Schumacher out at the first corner?

[Shrieker]

Let's see if Hamilton can grab a win here and make things interesting going into the final 4 races.

[NonNewtonic]

Red Bull have been strong here every race since 2010

[Mika1]

I remember that Hamilton took pole, but his race pace was nowhere. How he defended his position against Webber was a miracle.

[Websta]

Red Bull have been strong here every race since 2010

All two of them

[raymondu999]

Red Bull have been strong here every race since 2010

All two of them

Actually what's more daunting is, were it not for Vettel's engine booboo in Korea, no one else would have ever lead a lap here.

With a giganormous straight, RBR's ddrs will prove killer in qualifying, and the cornering pace they seem to have regained (on balance of Suzuka) will see them through Sectors 2 and 3.

I remember that Hamilton took pole, but his race pace was nowhere. How he defended his position against Webber was a miracle.

The fundamental pace of the car was still good (assuming perfect conditions) but marbles were getting stuck in the slots, and was stalling their front wing to cause massive understeer.

I don't know about the wetaher up there but rain can occur at this point in the year. I can see a 1-stopper being the norm here actually. The winning drivers all went supersoft-supersoft-soft last year, and this year the races have, on average, been won with 1 stop less.

[Gerhard Berger]

Red Bull have been strong here every race since 2010

They've been strong at nearly every race since 2010.

[godlameroso]

I'm tending to agree, this track doesn't see a lot of use, so aside from weathering I'm sure it's still pretty slick. This track is pretty unique, there is only three passing opportunities two of them on the first sector, the rest of the lap the driver is too busy on the wheel for any real strategic driving.

Call me a spoil sport but I'm thinking this championship is just about wrapped up, the RB8 is still the car to beat. The only way for Red Bull not to win this one is if it rains, even then they have a chance.

[Joie de vivre]

Red Bulls are specially fast at last sector

[clipsy1H]

any predictions?

[RB7ate9]

any predictions?

Quali:

1. Vettel
2. Webber
3. Grosjean
4. Maldonaldo
Then Everyone else.

Race:

Into T1:
1. Vettel
2. Webber
3. Grosjean
4. Maldonaldo
Everyone else

Out of T1:
1. Vettel
Everyone else.
Webber is taken out by Grosdonado-tornado

...............


But seriously:

Quali:
1. Vettel
2. Webber
3. Hamilton
4. Alonso
5. Grosjean

Race:
1. Vettel
2. Hamilton
3. Alonso
4. Webber
5. Raikkonen

[clipsy1H]

Quali

1.Vettel
2.Webber
3.Lewis
4.Romain
5.Button

Race:

1.Vettel
3.Alonso
4.Webber
5.Button

And my dream quali and race:
1.Michael
2.Alonso
3.Kimi
4.Webber
5.Vettel

[Nando]

To bad we don´t have a lap from Hamilton. Can´t find anything on youtube anymore thanks to Codemasters titles.

Can´t even find the Hamilton vs Webber battle which was AWESOME.

edit: found it but it´s blocked.... this one is with music and everything but still wasn´t allowed to stay on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=en ... wLBsBcKS_8

[f1316]

Out of interest, why in the top data is there no 2010? Previous winners etc.?

I think Ferrari and Alonso will be closer this weekend, and I think McLaren's, rather odd, sudden dip in form will be a one race thing. Let's not forget we all went away from Valencia thinking RB had suddenly regained 2011 superiority, only for them to look pretty equal with Alonso at the next race.

So whilst I agree RB will be strong, I don't think it'll be like last year.