That sounds like a white wash to me – McLaren stated that they detected a loss of pressure on one tyre onlyraymondu999 wrote:Pirelli confirm Hamilton's tyre wasn't punctured: http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2011/10/13/h ... re-suzuka/
From the article:beelsebob wrote:That sounds like a white wash to me – McLaren stated that they detected a loss of pressure on one tyre onlyraymondu999 wrote:Pirelli confirm Hamilton's tyre wasn't punctured: http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2011/10/13/h ... re-suzuka/
Speaking to the BBC in Korea Hamilton said: “My tyres had degraded quite a lot and I backed off which lost me a huge amount of time. It turns out the we didn’t have a puncture it was just heavy, heavy degrading.”
To be fair, lewis had put a lot more laps on the tyres he qualified on than anyone else, because he'd used them in Q2 and then scrubbed in Q3.volarchico wrote:But only one tire?! Something seems very strange about that whole situation. And it was within the first few laps of the race too.
Good post!raymondu999 wrote:Probably because it's the first leg of a double-header, and there weren't too many different opinions on incidents
The more I've been thinking about Button vs Hamilton in 2011; the more it reminds me of Webber vs Vettel in midseason 2010. Webber just found an absolutely beautiful place in his life and his driving was magnificent. Back then I attributed it to Vettel being mentally unsettled because of Webber's strong midseason performances; and once he regained his composure; after the Spa collision with Button; he regained form.
Personally I think that this is what is happening with Lewis vs Jenson. Don't get me wrong; Jenson is a fantastic driver; but I firmly believe that right now we're seeing an on-form Jenson Button vs a not-on-form Lewis. If both were on form; I would bet my bottom dollar that Lewis would come back on top. Having said that; Jenson's strength; after his 2009 title win; seems to be that he DOESN'T go off form a lot. He's in a good place mentally and is infinitely confident about anything and everything in his life and in his career.
The lap time decay from Lewis looks just the same as Vettel's in the first stint. When the options went, they went at a second a lap. Not surprised to find this out.Pirelli confirm Hamilton's tyre wasn't punctured
Couldn't agree more.Personally I think that this is what is happening with Lewis vs Jenson. Don't get me wrong; Jenson is a fantastic driver; but I firmly believe that right now we're seeing an on-form Jenson Button vs a not-on-form Lewis. If both were on form; I would bet my bottom dollar that Lewis would come back on top. Having said that; Jenson's strength; after his 2009 title win; seems to be that he DOESN'T go off form a lot. He's in a good place mentally and is infinitely confident about anything and everything in his life and in his career.
Kaneda wrote:Before the SC came out during the race, I saw 2 paragliders flying just above the west part of the track. It looked terribly annoying and dangerous coz F1's helicopters were flying just on the same height. Maybe that's the reason SC was sent at that time.
Yup, not doing a second qualifying lap in Q3 with new tires screwed Hamilton over.beelsebob wrote:To be fair, lewis had put a lot more laps on the tyres he qualified on than anyone else, because he'd used them in Q2 and then scrubbed in Q3.volarchico wrote:But only one tire?! Something seems very strange about that whole situation. And it was within the first few laps of the race too.
I mean, you can't fly the medical heli if the paragliders are flying just above the circuit. So they might need to remove them.komninosm wrote:Kaneda wrote:Before the SC came out during the race, I saw 2 paragliders flying just above the west part of the track. It looked terribly annoying and dangerous coz F1's helicopters were flying just on the same height. Maybe that's the reason SC was sent at that time.