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The Australian Grand Prix turned out to be one to forget for Williams. While Lance Stroll made it to the finish without any chance for points, team mate Sergei Sirotkin was struck by bad luck as a plastic bag jammed up his rear brakes to force an early retirement.
I dont see much difference. Those pics show the Haas with a bit more steering lock, so that is not a great way to measure.
You may be right. Hamilton's race pace in testing was nearly 4 seconds faster than he managed in the race. Let's say 1.7 of those seconds is due to the tarmac, another .4 because of the softer rubber. That leaves nearly 2 seconds down to the chassis, so let's say pole improves by 1.8 seconds, or a 1:20.3. That would put fastest race lap in the 24's which means this year the cars are the fastest they've ever been, even the cars from the re-fueling days are slower in race pace.
A car that is faster by 2 seconds in race, is also going to be faster by only 2 seconds in qualifying? With all the power modes that are used in qualifying and fresh set of tyres, meant for just one fast lap?godlameroso wrote: ↑12 Mar 2018, 04:12You may be right. Hamilton's race pace in testing was nearly 4 seconds faster than he managed in the race. Let's say 1.7 of those seconds is due to the tarmac, another .4 because of the softer rubber. That leaves nearly 2 seconds down to the chassis, so let's say pole improves by 1.8 seconds, or a 1:20.3. That would put fastest race lap in the 24's which means this year the cars are the fastest they've ever been, even the cars from the re-fueling days are slower in race pace.
Funny to think that in football terms Charles Leclerc is 3 times more likely to win this seasons WDC than Leicester were to win the league in 2016... still little point in putting a fiver on him!TAG wrote: ↑11 Mar 2018, 18:27Lewis Hamilton 10/11
Sebastian Vettel 7/2
Max Verstappen 9/2
Daniel Ricciardo 8/1
Valtteri Bottas 12/1
Fernando Alonso 18/1
Kimi Raikkonen 33/1
Carlos Sainz 100/1
Nico Hulkenberg 100/1
Stoffel Vandoorne 100/1
Esteban Ocon 150/1
Sergio Perez 200/1
Kevin Magnussen 500/1
Lance Stroll 500/1
Romain Grosjean 500/1
Sergey Sirotkin 750/1
Brendon Hartley 1000/1
Pierre Gasly 1000/1
Charles Leclerc 1500/1
Marcus Ericsson 1500/1
I'd like to think of it as, an epic three way battle for the final podium step, numerous position changes between 3rd, 4th & 5th, a'la MotoGP style battle. Rather than a conga line.
The potential scales, look at all the race fastest laps by Hamilton and compare his q3 time, it's right around a 4 second difference, and around 2 second difference from fastest P2 time.GPR-A wrote: ↑12 Mar 2018, 05:48A car that is faster by 2 seconds in race, is also going to be faster by only 2 seconds in qualifying? With all the power modes that are used in qualifying and fresh set of tyres, meant for just one fast lap?godlameroso wrote: ↑12 Mar 2018, 04:12You may be right. Hamilton's race pace in testing was nearly 4 seconds faster than he managed in the race. Let's say 1.7 of those seconds is due to the tarmac, another .4 because of the softer rubber. That leaves nearly 2 seconds down to the chassis, so let's say pole improves by 1.8 seconds, or a 1:20.3. That would put fastest race lap in the 24's which means this year the cars are the fastest they've ever been, even the cars from the re-fueling days are slower in race pace.
This would be an interesting way to start the season!
I would take if that continues until Summer break, where Verstappen would be leading hamilton by 25 to 30 points.
We would see another dog chase.
Yeah a Mercedes battle with Red Bull for the WDC would be against the drivers unlike the Mercedes battle with Ferrari which is against Vettel, Ferrari and the FiA.
