Not during the most recent Bridgestone / Michelin tyre wars.Nando wrote:Tire wars i think?
Who is he referring to here?! Red Bull were nowhere, McLaren were nowhere, Mercedes were nowhere. Lotus have always been strong.Paul Hembery wrote:"In time the engineers will master what they are doing and, give it is a few more races, things will settle down. We had some indications in Spain that three or four teams had made some progress. We felt that was borne out with some of the results we saw."
McLaren were the fastest team in Spain. I'm not a Ferrari fan at all, I'm a Hamilton fan, McLaren fan and overall fan of F1. These tyres don't particularly play to Hamilton's strengths but I've been loving the racing this year coupled to the fact that the grid is so god damned close.elf341 wrote:LOLWho is he referring to here?! Red Bull were nowhere, McLaren were nowhere, Mercedes were nowhere. Lotus have always been strong.Paul Hembery wrote:"In time the engineers will master what they are doing and, give it is a few more races, things will settle down. We had some indications in Spain that three or four teams had made some progress. We felt that was borne out with some of the results we saw."
I'm not sure who he's speaking to when he suggests that most fans love what's going on. Obviously Ferrari fans are happy, because of Pirelli, Ferrari has been saved a very embarrassing start to the season.
Good point. Maybe I need to change my perspective and enjoy the close racing, and hope that the lottery eventually disappeers as teams engineer around it.myurr wrote: So which races were poor or not interesting to watch? I guess if you follow a particular driver and can only be happy when they do well then you'll be hating this season, but if you enjoy F1 racing overall then so far it's been the best season in years.
It's incredibly common in things like Nascar, LMP, and GT racing. I've run left:right split at Imola actuallyWilliamsF1 wrote: Interesting interview with the good year engineer.
He mentions that senna driving with a combination of compounds.
When was the last time when teams and tyre companies allowed to do that?
I'm guessing they'd run a harder compound on the left side, but why would they be different front to back? It looks like speed would be somewhat stable around the lap - i.e. I don't see significant traction zones or anything else that would put different demands on the rears.ubrben wrote:Take a look at the track map for Lime Rock park where the ALMS heads in July. Some cars will probably run 4 different compounds on the car at the same time!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lime_Rock_Park.svg
Ben
McLaren being fastest in Spain is only your opinion, not fact. I think clearly they weren't the fastest in Spain.myurr wrote:
McLaren were the fastest team in Spain. I'm not a Ferrari fan at all, I'm a Hamilton fan, McLaren fan and overall fan of F1. These tyres don't particularly play to Hamilton's strengths but I've been loving the racing this year coupled to the fact that the grid is so god damned close.
So which races were poor or not interesting to watch? I guess if you follow a particular driver and can only be happy when they do well then you'll be hating this season, but if you enjoy F1 racing overall then so far it's been the best season in years.
They were on pole by half a second, and Lewis was actually doing competitive laptimes despite being on a tyre conservation strategy (as opposed to a hell for leather strategy)Crucial_Xtreme wrote:McLaren being fastest in Spain is only your opinion, not fact. I think clearly they weren't the fastest in Spain.
Not "they" it was one car. One car who was much lighter on fuel than any other car. Beyond that others were faster in the race. I'll give you that Lewis was fastest in Quali but it wouldn't have been by a half second had he had enough fuel. But you don't get any points for P1 in Quali. Button's McLaren was horrible. He's also part of McLaren and there were many faster than him. I don't think you can say they but single out one car in particular. And I don't think fast pace in Quali and mediocre pace in the race makes a team the fastest.raymondu999 wrote:They were on pole by half a second, and Lewis was actually doing competitive laptimes despite being on a tyre conservation strategy (as opposed to a hell for leather strategy)Crucial_Xtreme wrote:McLaren being fastest in Spain is only your opinion, not fact. I think clearly they weren't the fastest in Spain.
Does anyone have a link to the full race lap times? Would be interesting to actually plot some laps rather than shout at each other.Crucial_Xtreme wrote:myurr wrote:
McLaren being fastest in Spain is only your opinion, not fact. I think clearly they weren't the fastest in Spain.
