henra wrote:Vasconia wrote:
I still dont understand why Sebastian was so slow with the hard tyres, because they worked well with Kimi. He was slower than Mercedes, his teammate, both Williams, and in some laps even than some of the other cars. Terrible.
Well, once Lewis got past him via the undercut with fresher Medium Tyres there was simply nothing to gain for him by pushing. Would have just put strain on the engine and the rest of the car plus his Fuel usage was a bit too high at that time. My conclusion: He was possibly just in Cruise Mode.
On a tight circuit, offering none to limited opportunities for overtaking (unless vast difference in tyre life), Lewis' chance of winning the race was gone as soon as he fell behind Vettel. In Monza last year though, a similar situation, he fell back to 4th, but came back due to the overtaking opportunities the track offers. Back then he managed to beat the equal car, but here he had no chance to beating a much slower car in front and had to rely on undercut. His only chance was to extend his second stint on hards to the end of race, which was not permissible, even if he would have wished. That would have either given him a win, the chances of which were remote, or he would fallen back to 3rd or even 4th.
