My opinion is that its a difference in driving style and slight car handling differences.TAG wrote: ↑25 Mar 2017, 20:47Good side by side comparison commentary there from D61. I hadn't seen a Vettel onboard but the glimpses I did see were that he's pushing as hard as that car can go. Hamilton by comparison was silk with his inputs and the Merc accelerates out of corners way ahead if the Ferrari.
I think tomorrow we'll see the gap even clearer.
It was RIC who diid not brake, which breaks his RB car.ferkan wrote:I
Interesting, as full analysis of their lap by driver61 came to conclusion that Vettel constantly break later, but Hamilton was earlier on the throttle. Merc also had ever so slight understeer while Ferrari was a bit tail happy.
sounds like Sirotkin observationsgiantfan10 wrote: ↑25 Mar 2017, 21:45My opinion is that its a difference in driving style and slight car handling differences.TAG wrote: ↑25 Mar 2017, 20:47Good side by side comparison commentary there from D61. I hadn't seen a Vettel onboard but the glimpses I did see were that he's pushing as hard as that car can go. Hamilton by comparison was silk with his inputs and the Merc accelerates out of corners way ahead if the Ferrari.
I think tomorrow we'll see the gap even clearer.
Vettel is consistently later on the brakes and as a result later on the throttle at or before the apex.
Hamilton is earlier on the brakes and earlier on the throttle.
That accounts for hamilton being faster on corner exit "slow in fast out"
its interesting to see the laps side by side and the obvious mistakes vettel made.
Does a full load of fuel at race start magnify the slight oversteer that vettel has or does it cure it?
does car length have anything to do with vettels oversteer and Hamiltons slight understeer?
is it down to hamilton having a better setup?
Hamilton had a more balanced car which in turn makes it look as if he wasnt pushing...trust me he was, he just didnt make any mistakes and vettel made a few which accounts for a quarter of a second.
lol no i didnt plagiarize SirotkinFrukostScones wrote: ↑25 Mar 2017, 22:22sounds like Sirotkin observationsgiantfan10 wrote: ↑25 Mar 2017, 21:45My opinion is that its a difference in driving style and slight car handling differences.TAG wrote: ↑25 Mar 2017, 20:47Good side by side comparison commentary there from D61. I hadn't seen a Vettel onboard but the glimpses I did see were that he's pushing as hard as that car can go. Hamilton by comparison was silk with his inputs and the Merc accelerates out of corners way ahead if the Ferrari.
I think tomorrow we'll see the gap even clearer.
Vettel is consistently later on the brakes and as a result later on the throttle at or before the apex.
Hamilton is earlier on the brakes and earlier on the throttle.
That accounts for hamilton being faster on corner exit "slow in fast out"
its interesting to see the laps side by side and the obvious mistakes vettel made.
Does a full load of fuel at race start magnify the slight oversteer that vettel has or does it cure it?
does car length have anything to do with vettels oversteer and Hamiltons slight understeer?
is it down to hamilton having a better setup?
Hamilton had a more balanced car which in turn makes it look as if he wasnt pushing...trust me he was, he just didnt make any mistakes and vettel made a few which accounts for a quarter of a second.
https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/test ... in-883483/
What I noticed most is that the Merc was 3-5 km/h faster at the end of each straight, even short ones (Short ones 3, longer ones 5 km/h). Apex speeds were identical +/- 1 km/h.Restomaniac wrote: ↑25 Mar 2017, 11:55One thing that struck me on watching that is that Vettel seems to be having to do a lot more steering wheel inputs than Hamilton.