Chinese GP 2012 - Shanghai

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ESPImperium wrote:Button was going to be within a second of Rosberg 2 laps from the end. Thats what Button said post race on SSF1.
That works on the assumption that Nico was running as fast as possible towards the end of the race rather than just as fast as needed to maintain a comfortable lead.

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raymondu999 wrote:He dipped the clutch late. It's kind of like, lights went out, then he went, "hang on, we're racing already?" then he dropped it.
Vettel said, not wrote:I missed out on the start, I wasn’t entirely happy finding the revs and I lost the initial bit when the lights went off. Usually I’m pretty quick with that, but today I was one of the last ones.
He also let the revs drop too low to begin with and then got too much wheel spin as the revs picked up. All in all not his finest of starts.

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Re: Chinese GP 2012 - Shanghai

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Yep. Purely down to driver error AFAIK.
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I mean, the one time when they say they got the tyres right they were half a second on pole; and were consistently half a second quicker in the race despite being on a less-stop strategy
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How exactly do tyres get a car right? Merc made the tyres right in the sense that they finally got the tyres the correct setup.
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Reason: This post and the next 5 are from the W03 thread
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raymondu999 wrote:I mean, the one time when they say they got the tyres right they were half a second on pole; and were consistently half a second quicker in the race despite being on a less-stop strategy
Half a second a lap faster in the race is a gross exaggeration – remember, button cut his lead from 20 seconds to 10 in about 5 laps before his pit stop.

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It was that way in the first stint of the race though - Rosberg was just stretching away from Schumacher, and Button couldn't keep up with Schumacher either. When Button was slashing his lead, Rosberg's tyres were something like 15 laps older
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beelsebob wrote:
raymondu999 wrote:I mean, the one time when they say they got the tyres right they were half a second on pole; and were consistently half a second quicker in the race despite being on a less-stop strategy
Half a second a lap faster in the race is a gross exaggeration – remember, button cut his lead from 20 seconds to 10 in about 5 laps before his pit stop.
He's right though, when you look at the average lap times:

Rosberg: 1.43.338

Button: 1.43.706
Hamilton: 1.43.803
Webber: 1.43.837
Vettel: 1.43.882

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beelsebob wrote:
raymondu999 wrote:I mean, the one time when they say they got the tyres right they were half a second on pole; and were consistently half a second quicker in the race despite being on a less-stop strategy
Half a second a lap faster in the race is a gross exaggeration – remember, button cut his lead from 20 seconds to 10 in about 5 laps before his pit stop.
That's coz Button was on 3 stoppers and Nico was on 2 stopper

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TheRMVR wrote:
beelsebob wrote:
raymondu999 wrote:I mean, the one time when they say they got the tyres right they were half a second on pole; and were consistently half a second quicker in the race despite being on a less-stop strategy
Half a second a lap faster in the race is a gross exaggeration – remember, button cut his lead from 20 seconds to 10 in about 5 laps before his pit stop.
He's right though, when you look at the average lap times:

Rosberg: 1.43.338

Button: 1.43.706
Hamilton: 1.43.803
Webber: 1.43.837
Vettel: 1.43.882
Sure, but 1) that's not half a second 2) Button had a lot more traffic to deal with.

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Re: Chinese GP 2012 - Shanghai

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RMVR - which point of the race was that taken?
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raymondu999 wrote:RMVR - which point of the race was that taken?
Average laptimes of the entire race without pitstops.

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Hang on - withOUT pitstops? That's surely not possible - Button's laptimes HAD to be quicker to make up a 3rd pitstop - his "on track" laptimes have to be at least equal (considering that Button finished the race just about a pitstop behind Rosberg)
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