2014 British GP - Silverstone

[Juzh]

5 will be flat, others will not.

yes 5 will be easy flat

People were having trouble with T5 even back in 2012. I'm sure it will be nowhere near flat this year. Merc engined cars especially.

[FrukostScones]

Merc, Red Bull, Lotus

In the rain VET victory.

[henra]

and so does your post

Would it be asking much to leave such cr*p outt'a here?

[raymondu999]

I'm going to wager that with Mediums and Hards at play - then OOP is the default strategy. And some daredevil might (marginal, but just might) make an attempt at OP.

[godlameroso]

It could work, tire wear is on the level of Malaysia, pit time loss is average about 24 seconds including pit stop. Over 52 laps, a car could essentially be slower by three tenths of a second per lap or less and still be ahead by saving on a pit stop. Now the question is would one be able to stretch the tires out and maintain that three tenths or lower deficit give or take? That's when strategy comes in, if you're racing another car and they try to get the undercut. Even if they go faster than you on new tires, if you can cushion the margin by a certain amount you can still be faster overall when you pit later and can do more aggressive out laps, this works only if your opponent is on two stops. Otherwise you risk having the tires fall off their cliff.

[beelsebob]

It could work, tire wear is on the level of Malaysia, pit time loss is average about 24 seconds including pit stop.

That doesn't sound right - remember, this is the circuit where driving through the pits is faster than driving round the track.

[SectorOne]

That doesn't sound right - remember, this is the circuit where driving through the pits is faster than driving round the track.

Silverstone has a very short pitlane but it´s not faster going through it on the pit limiter then driving around it.

What is faster is setting a fast lap then bolting into the pits because the timing beacon strip is almost at the beginning of the Wing.
You can see it in this image, by the two white cars,



Here´s another image,

[MercedesAMGSpy]

A must win for Lewis Hamilton if he wants to stop Rosberg's run.

[markn93]

What if he comes second and Rosberg DNFs?

[MercedesAMGSpy]

What if he comes second and Rosberg DNFs?

Not bad, but this race is so special for Lewis. He is always talking about Silverstone 2008, he wants to win it.

[markn93]

What if he comes second and Rosberg DNFs?

Not bad, but this race is so special for Lewis. He is always talking about Silverstone 2008, he wants to win it.

I agree. He wants that 08 feeling again. And to stop giving away weekends where he's been the quicker.

[beelsebob]

That doesn't sound right - remember, this is the circuit where driving through the pits is faster than driving round the track.

Silverstone has a very short pitlane but it´s not faster going through it on the pit limiter then driving around it.

We're both wrong it turns out.

When the new pit lane was first built, it was indeed faster to use the pit lane than the circuit. The pit lane speed limit was then lowered the next year so that drive through penalties were actually penalties.

The pit lane is still extremely low loss (not even close to 24 seconds), but it does lose you a tiny bit of time now.

[SectorOne]

Ah thanks, yea now i remember them lowering the limit.
But i think you can still set a faster laptime if you bolt into the pits instead of the normal route, have to check next week and see i suppose.

[raymondu999]

To memory, it was faster to finish the lap in the pits - because you skipped club corner. But its still a net loss overall. The time loss comes not from the end of that lap but the start of the next lap.

[WaikeCU]

I think last season, LH would have won it, if he didn't had that tire blowout. Genuinely I think Hamilton is quick off the line during race starts this season. So I still have to find a faulty race start by him and not because of mechanical failure. Rosberg however has been the slower starter of the two. So looking at the start and the run to turn 2 I think LH could make a difference here.