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Pastor Maldonado has secured the first Venezuelan F1 victory ever and the first Williams win since Juan Pablo Montoya in 2004. Home driver Fernando Alonso finished in second place after a race long battle while Kimi Raikkonen finished a close third.
That car should be in Parc Fermé.Diesel wrote:Fire started in the other side of the garage, possibly from Pastor's car.
Sam Michaels was interviewed saying exactly the opposite regarding consistency. He said the tyres are tricky to get working, but at least they're consistent between sets. It's the conditions and how the tyres react to them that's tricky, but again, Sam Michaels said at least that's the same for all the teams.Diesel wrote:Just to comment on the Pirelli tyre argument. My issue is not the high deg, we had that last year and it was great. The problem has been this years tyres have been massively inconsistant. It's almost as if Pirelli issue random batches of 'bogey tyres'. You can have a driver go out on a set of tyres and complain of no grip or poor balance, come in, bolt on a set of exactly the same compound and then suddenly set a purple lap.
I think track conditions came to them. (It's a guess though)Donuts wrote:What did Lotus GP do? Or rather did'nt do! Having both drivers lapping 1-1.5 seconds faster than Maldonado and Alonso on the last 10-15 laps and maintaining that on the last lap. They should have switched tyres five or more laps earlier! Strategy in the bin!
Lotus should have won, nop matter the poor start. They sticked to their strategy, which was a wrong decision. If they would have pitted before Alonso and Maldonado, I think they would have won. Both Alonso and Maldonado gained a lot when the Lotuses stayed out on old tyres.AnthonyG wrote:I think track conditions came to them. (It's a guess though)Donuts wrote:What did Lotus GP do? Or rather did'nt do! Having both drivers lapping 1-1.5 seconds faster than Maldonado and Alonso on the last 10-15 laps and maintaining that on the last lap. They should have switched tyres five or more laps earlier! Strategy in the bin!
At no point could Raikkonen keep up with Alonso/Maldonado except for the last stint. I don't think they could've easily won.Donuts wrote:Lotus should have won, nop matter the poor start. They sticked to their strategy, which was a wrong decision. If they would have pitted before Alonso and Maldonado, I think they would have won. Both Alonso and Maldonado gained a lot when the Lotuses stayed out on old tyres.AnthonyG wrote:I think track conditions came to them. (It's a guess though)Donuts wrote:What did Lotus GP do? Or rather did'nt do! Having both drivers lapping 1-1.5 seconds faster than Maldonado and Alonso on the last 10-15 laps and maintaining that on the last lap. They should have switched tyres five or more laps earlier! Strategy in the bin!
If Kimi had pitted earlier he would have struggled at the end of the race on a heavily worn set of tyres, just look at Alonso, he fell right back towards Kimi in the end.Donuts wrote:What did Lotus GP do? Or rather did'nt do! Having both drivers lapping 1-1.5 seconds faster than Maldonado and Alonso on the last 10-15 laps and maintaining that on the last lap. They should have switched tyres five or more laps earlier! Strategy in the bin!
Lotus chose the wrong tyres for their second stint. They were on their back foot from there on in.Unc1e_M0nty wrote:Lotus were playing the long game and stuck rigidly to their strategy, they were too conservative early, I think if Kimi has just out & out raced Alonso & Maldonado he'd have had a better shot at the win.
