marcush. wrote:they ordered their drivers to short shift the lower gears ,yet the higher ones are the ones which are in danger?Newey said Vettels box was nursed only as a precaution measure -it could be in perfect condition ,no unusual temps were recorded during the race...so it seems RB is a bit too panicking ....
Only for Webber. 'Short-shift gear two to gear three' To Vettel 'Short-shift into five and into six only on red lights'
Obviously they spotted something on Friday. It got worse on Saturday. Physical damages and high oil temperatures. It's only natural that they were overly cautious since they already had a gearbox related DNF which started with losing 5th gear.
lio007 wrote:so does that mean when they use this new coating,
they use a new gearbox? if that's the case, then both drivers get a 5 grid penalty...
edit:
here you can see that both drivers got a new gear box in germany:
http://184.106.145.74/f1-championship/f ... ber-19.pdf
Thanks for the link. I too wonder if it means gearbox change or not.