2018 Russian Grand Prix - Sochi Autodrom, 28 - 30 September

[NathanOlder]

I still don't understand why Pirelli didn't bring the Super Softs?

Instead of ?

[Vasconia]

We have returned to 2016 or before. Give the trophy to Lewis...

[seventhsin]

Herbert said on Sky that Merc were removing the rear tyre blankets 2 min. prior to releasing the cars out on the track.
They are doing this just in order to have a better balance - from temp point of view - between the rears and fronts and not overheating them in S3 like Ferrari seems it`s doing for loosing almost 5 tenths in that sector ...

With the tyre blankets, why remove blankets early on the rear, why not just set the blankets to a lower temperature?

What am I missing.

They would still want the higher carcass temp in the tyre. That 2 mins allows the surface to drop a few degrees and will come back with on track use.

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[NathanOlder]

Hamilton 1 second ahead of Ferraris in Q1

[NathanOlder]

Herbert said on Sky that Merc were removing the rear tyre blankets 2 min. prior to releasing the cars out on the track.
They are doing this just in order to have a better balance - from temp point of view - between the rears and fronts and not overheating them in S3 like Ferrari seems it`s doing for loosing almost 5 tenths in that sector ...

With the tyre blankets, why remove blankets early on the rear, why not just set the blankets to a lower temperature?

What am I missing.

They would still want the higher carcass temp in the tyre. That 2 mins allows the surface to drop a few degrees and will come back with on track use.

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Didn't even think about that. Cheers

[LM10]

Ferrari with major problems. Sauber just half a second slower. Mercedes is fast, but the thing is that Ferrari is way too slow this weekend. For whatever reason.

[Sierra117]

Wow Vettel and Leclerc already next to each other. Maybe Ferrari are sandbagging or saving up engine for max? Or maybe just setup.

[GrandAxe]

Lewis gone wild!
Someone tell him to calm down, its just Q1.

[MtthsMlw]

Usually the customer teams turn up the engine earlier in Qualifying.

[TheGkbrk]

Hard to see anyone else than Lewis on pole.

[TAG]

It's just not Sochi without Bernie and Putin sitting side by side.

[NathanOlder]

Haha yeah. Putin wearing the russian f1 shirt that had an indycar (or something similar) on it

[Restomaniac]

Have Mercedes figured out the Ferrari battery software cheat alongside aero improvements?

[MtthsMlw]

Reminds me of Austria where Ferrari and Merc were matched in S1 and S2 but Merc dominated S3.

[LM10]

Usually the customer teams turn up the engine earlier in Qualifying.

Yea, but nonetheless Ferrari as well as Mercedes (and most times also RBR) had a gap of more than a second in every session. This time Ferrari is faster than Sauber by just half a second, which is shocking.