Fernando Alonso has won the Chinese Grand Prix to become the third winner in three racing this season. Lotus' Kimi Raikkonen finished in a distant second place while Lewis Hamilton is third, fending off the last charge of Sebastian Vettel.
Really? My own number crunching had Lotus about a tenth or two off Ferraribeelsebob wrote:Lotus' looks stronger than Ferrari's but weaker than Merc's.SilverArrow10 wrote:What's Lotus's race pace like. I wonder if the podium that I predicted will come up, Hamilton 1st, Alonso 2nd, Rosberg 3rd.
A bit late to the party I see...fenix4life wrote:Webber disqualified and will start last on grid.
Not able to take the required fuel sample.
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i disagree:beelsebob wrote: Sorry, but I'm simply not going to read opinions about how to improve F1 from someone who thought 6-9 years ago is something to model it on. 6-9 years ago was possible the single most boring F1 we've ever had. It is in fact the only point in my life where I stopped watching F1.
Agreedenckboaz wrote:i disagree:beelsebob wrote: Sorry, but I'm simply not going to read opinions about how to improve F1 from someone who thought 6-9 years ago is something to model it on. 6-9 years ago was possible the single most boring F1 we've ever had. It is in fact the only point in my life where I stopped watching F1.
2004 really boring
But boring racing2005 battlee between alonso and schum.
Same again2006 great battlee between alonso and schum.
Good championship, but not a patch on last year or the year before. The racing was not great.2007 Alo vs Ham vs kimi = the most fun f1 champ of the last 20 years
Not in the time range specified.2008 Win the champ on the last corner of the last gp really exciting and fun year
I'd tend to agree that 1992-1998 and 2000-2007 were the two worst periods for the sport. I'd highlight 1988-1991 and 2010 to now as the two real golden ages of the sport.i think the most boring f1 eras are the active suspension williams in the nineties and the schum era after hakkinen retiriremet
He could always go extreme - start on softs and push like hell for a lap. Come in, then space out your 3 stop.rssh wrote:They need to start Webbo from pitlane and change the aero package and the 7th gear ratio . Mark should start on the tyres contrasting to the mid field runners ahead so that he can take advantage of clean air . I would think starting on soft and coming in early to pit will give him freah air for 15 odd laps in 2nd stint and if he has raw pace then he can climb the grid.
Agreed.Gerhard Berger wrote:Vettel has to pass Button and Ricciardo first in order to really use his strategy to the fullest. He could do it at the start, but if he doesn't it will be difficult given his top speed deficit.
Is it? Their short runs were good on the option - their long runs weren't too hot on the prime. Mind you I've had differing people say different things here - so I guess you could call it borderline.Rikhart wrote:I dont know how to read Raikkonen´s comments after qualy. Single lap pace is usually their weakness, he qualifies second, but still is adamant they are nowhere near the pace? Odd! Is he just trying to downplay his expectations?
1) What makes you think that the Merc is on heavier fuel? The merc has shown it can lap significantly quicker than the Lotus already, that would suggest that at least some of the delta is down purely to the car being better at this track, not fuel load.Mestrades wrote:This is the graphic that I've done with the best stint of each driver. I've eliminated the anomalies and I've done the regression line. A very simple approximation about the tyre degradation.
I think that in this terms, Lotus and Mercedes are very similar. The Hamilton's times are faster than Kimmi's one due to the different fuel load. Despite of to have more fuel, the Lotus car has the same regression of degradation than Mercedes, so with less fuel, the tyre degradation would have been even better.
My conclusion is that Renault's degradation is a little bit better, but I think that Mercedes isn't so far how the people says.
Safety cars are rare at china. You can usually tell simply based on the size of the runoffs. Tilke == less likely to get safety cars.SilverArrow10 wrote:I think Alonso will be next to Hamilton for the first corner. That Ferrari is a monster off the line. But having the correct line for that corner is important and I think Hamilton will squeeze him and lead after turn 3. A safety car will help the guys in front, which is likely although I haven't checked myself. Only assuming.
