About as much as your own?richard_leeds wrote:How much of the above conversation is relevant to the specifics of the Valencia circuit?
Well, I guess it's R30 vs. W01 in Valencia! It got out of hand... nobody mentioned R30 as a contender, so I did. I am 100% sure that R30 is going to outperform W01 in Valencia!richard_leeds wrote:How much of the above conversation is relevant to the specifics of the Valencia circuit?
Turn 1 no lift right hander, turn 2 heavy braking for a 45 mph corner, coming out you have some downforce seeing as you're going around 80ish, coming out of turn 3 you're pushing about 110 for some more heavy braking for a left right chicane that they have labelled as two turns. Again just one line through the turns, and you're doing about 90 coming out so a little downforce is important.andrew wrote:
GRID | TOP EIGHT | 2009
1 L Hamilton McLaren 1:39.498
2 H Kovalainen McLaren
3 R Barrichello Brawn GP
4 S Vettel Red Bull
5 J Button Brawn GP
6 K Räikkönen Ferrari
7 N Rosberg Williams
8 F Alonso Renault
RESULT | TOP EIGHT | 2009
1 R Barrichello Brawn GP
2 L Hamilton McLaren
3 K Räikkönen Ferrari
4 H Kovalainen McLaren
5 N Rosberg Williams
6 F Alonso Renault
7 J Button Brawn GP
8 R Kubica BMW
FASTEST LAP | 2009
T Glock Toyota 1:38.683
LAP RECORD
T Glock Toyota 1:38.683
PREVIOUS POLE POSITIONS
2008 F Massa Ferrari 1:38.989
PIT STOP SCHEDULE
1 Stop 27-33
2 Stops 12-15, 33-37
3 Stops 6-12, 20-27, 37-45
BBC wrote:There may be a five-place grid penalty for Sebastian Vettel next week.
His gearbox problems occurred on the first weekend of a four-race cycle, so the team may face a grid drop in Valencia if they are unable to prove sufficient evident damage and change the broken parts in accordance with the rules.
I also believe that the R30 has been a much faster car than the Mercedez from a few races ago. It's just that things haven't gone Renault's way in a few of the races.Robert_Kubica wrote:Well, I guess it's R30 vs. W01 in Valencia! It got out of hand... nobody mentioned R30 as a contender, so I did. I am 100% sure that R30 is going to outperform W01 in Valencia!richard_leeds wrote:How much of the above conversation is relevant to the specifics of the Valencia circuit?
WhiteBlue wrote:BBC wrote:There may be a five-place grid penalty for Sebastian Vettel next week.
His gearbox problems occurred on the first weekend of a four-race cycle, so the team may face a grid drop in Valencia if they are unable to prove sufficient evident damage and change the broken parts in accordance with the rules.
It is not 100% sure that they will get this problem, as Krawitz mentioned. In fact I hope and speculate that the chance is 50/50 that they can change the faulty parts without penalty.raceman wrote:That will be a serious blow to the championship hopes for Vettel.....!WhiteBlue wrote:BBC wrote:There may be a five-place grid penalty for Sebastian Vettel next week.
His gearbox problems occurred on the first weekend of a four-race cycle, so the team may face a grid drop in Valencia if they are unable to prove sufficient evident damage and change the broken parts in accordance with the rules.
So we may or may not have the same tyre problems in Valencia. Anyone remember how smooth/grippy the tarmac is from last year?Bridgestone to make super-soft push
By Jonathan Noble and Edd Straw Thursday, June 17th 2010, 14:02 GMT
Formula 1 tyre supplier Bridgestone is ready to become more aggressive with its tyre choices for the rest of the season, AUTOSPORT can reveal, in a bid to make events as exciting as the Canadian Grand Prix.
After a weekend in Montreal where the racing was spiced up by high levels of tyre degradation, Bridgestone says it wants to try and engineer repeat situations in the future.
Bridgestone's director of motorsport tyre development Hirohide Hamashima told AUTOSPORT that as long as his company could guarantee the tyres would remain totally safe, it would now be willing to push harder to make life difficult for drivers.
"Our first priority is to provide safe tyres that are fair for everyone," said Hamashima. "I don't want to provide a blistering tyre, because that is a risk.
"But if we can confidently predict no blistering with the super-soft tyres, then we will allocate those tyres as much as possible in the remaining races."
Bridgestone has already made plans to bring the super-soft and the medium tyre to Valencia, while the soft and the hard will be used at the British Grand Prix.
The first race where its new 'super-soft' policy could be introduced, therefore, is the German Grand Prix at Hockenheim that takes place at the end of July.
But despite the eagerness to go more radical on the tyre choices, Hamashima is well aware that the track characteristics in Montreal contributed greatly to not allowing the tyres to work at their best.
"It's very smooth so the tyres didn't deform enough to get enough temperature, especially in the beginning of the race," said Hamashima. "We learned so many things during this race and will analyse the tyres to learn for the future."