It wass common knowledge that the supersofts didn't last very longGPR-A wrote:Who tried that in the last stint?wesley123 wrote: which they did not.
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Fernando Alonso proved a happy man after Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix. The Spaniard finished 7th, having progressed through the field, before holding off competitors that would otherwise expected to be much quicker than the McLaren Honda package.
It wass common knowledge that the supersofts didn't last very longGPR-A wrote:Who tried that in the last stint?wesley123 wrote: which they did not.
He would have destroyed his wing either way ...GrizzleBoy wrote:As much as vet did squeeze, the more I look at it, the more I think Ves had no chance of making that corner cleanly.
Even if the other cars went wider, he was effectively on course for straightlining/divebombing the corner like he was doing at the end of the DRS straight where he kept pushing drivers off the track.
He would've had to park on the apex to make that turn, but we all know Max would've wanted to push through it.
Nobody, which is the point. You are not going to get 11 laps of good performance out of the supersofts. 4 or 5 laps at most. He would probably have profitted from a fresh set of softs, but I'm not sure if he had one left.GPR-A wrote:Who tried that in the last stint?wesley123 wrote:which they did not.GPR-A wrote:Well, he was just 2 seconds behind Ricciardo when he pitted and Ricciardo was a further 7 seconds behind Nico. So, it was 31 Seconds to close down with 11 laps. On last stint, with 15-20 kg fuel, Lewis could have easily be faster by atleast 3-4 seconds on SuperSoft. Lewis himself told his engineer that it wasn't a good idea to bolt Mediums.
Max deserved at least 1 penalty if not 2 or 3.Just_a_fan wrote:Vettel messed up his and Kimi's races. Max tried his best to get penalties for dodgy driving. Solid drive from the Mercedes drivers. Rosberg had it easy once the first turn incident took out Max and the Ferraris. Hamilton lucked in massively with the red flag. Both just then did what you would expect of them.
This is once again a Hungary 2015 case, where once again they bolted a slower tyre, while they clearly had option of bolting the faster tyre.CjC wrote:Granted, so today they said we've effed up numerous races for Lewis so this race we will bolt the mediums on and not 'uck this race upGPR-A wrote:And where was that common sense in Monaco 2015 and Austria 2016, to quote a few? There are numerous other races since 2014 that proves, they do have idiots in their ranks.CjC wrote:Luckily for Mercedes' and Lewis' sake they have the data and common sense to put the right tyres on.
If nobody, then it is still a question, not an answer.turbof1 wrote:Nobody, which is the point.
He had 1 New Medium, 3 New Softs and 1 New SuperSoft. You never know if it was 4 or 5, because it never happened.turbof1 wrote:You are not going to get 11 laps of good performance out of the supersofts. 4 or 5 laps at most. He would probably have profitted from a fresh set of softs, but I'm not sure if he had one left.
Did he really say that???CriXus wrote:Verstappen on Dutch TV: “I’d rather drive them off the track then let them go in front of me”
If it was Maldonado defending like this against kimi, pushing three drivers off track at the end of the DRS straight, divebombing into t1 and ruining the race for two ferraris, then go on TV and say hed rather ram cars, off track than let them pass, hed have been in prison by now.CriXus wrote:Verstappen on Dutch TV: “I’d rather drive them off the track then let them go in front of me”
Living up to the Senna hype.Goran2812 wrote:Did he really say that???CriXus wrote:Verstappen on Dutch TV: “I’d rather drive them off the track then let them go in front of me”
This kid should not be in F1...
Wow he really had new Softs and they chose Meds?GPR-A wrote:If nobody, then it is still a question, not an answer.turbof1 wrote:Nobody, which is the point.He had 1 New Medium, 3 New Softs and 1 New SuperSoft. You never know if it was 4 or 5, because it never happened.turbof1 wrote:You are not going to get 11 laps of good performance out of the supersofts. 4 or 5 laps at most. He would probably have profitted from a fresh set of softs, but I'm not sure if he had one left.
So correct but I don't understand why Max is never being investigated.sosic2121 wrote:You said it all.Just_a_fan wrote:Drive of the day for me is Alonso. 7th from the back in that tug boat is great stuff. Sure, the incidents helped him massively but he held on at the end when being chased by faster cars.
Vettel messed up his and Kimi's races. Max tried his best to get penalties for dodgy driving. Solid drive from the Mercedes drivers. Rosberg had it easy once the first turn incident took out Max and the Ferraris. Hamilton lucked in massively with the red flag. Both just then did what you would expect of them.
Mercedes brought only two or one supersofts. He might have a one fresh soft but soft didn't show any better pace than mediums. Mediums were the only tires to push every lapGPR-A wrote:If nobody, then it is still a question, not an answer.turbof1 wrote:Nobody, which is the point.He had 1 New Medium, 3 New Softs and 1 New SuperSoft. You never know if it was 4 or 5, because it never happened.turbof1 wrote:You are not going to get 11 laps of good performance out of the supersofts. 4 or 5 laps at most. He would probably have profitted from a fresh set of softs, but I'm not sure if he had one left.
ismail1991 wrote:Mercedes brought only two or one supersofts. He might have a one fresh soft but soft didn't show any better pace than mediums. Mediums were the only tires to push every lapGPR-A wrote:If nobody, then it is still a question, not an answer.turbof1 wrote:Nobody, which is the point.He had 1 New Medium, 3 New Softs and 1 New SuperSoft. You never know if it was 4 or 5, because it never happened.turbof1 wrote:You are not going to get 11 laps of good performance out of the supersofts. 4 or 5 laps at most. He would probably have profitted from a fresh set of softs, but I'm not sure if he had one left.
