Abu Dhabi Prix 2015, Yas Marina - Race 19/19

Skeeter · 29 Nov 2015 at 14:09

Glaucus said:
What tyres are ham/ros on?

Edit-

This di what I was thinking, but wasn't sure what tyres they're in.

Rosberg on Softs apparently going to the end. Hamilton's on Softs with 1 stop left.

drunkenmaster · 29 Nov 2015 at 14:10

Skeeter said:
15 laps at a push.

hehe, Ted and his brilliant analysis. "These super softs do 15 laps maximum, but maybe you can do 18".....

Reality is, they can do any real distance, it's distance vs time.

Seriously why don't people get it, same tire doing a shorter stint will be faster(or capable of being so) for every lap of the stint. Even Brundle is banging on about how it only makes sense for super softs, it would be better on supersofts and probably these last couple of laps push it that way, but softs would still give him a huge margin to push VERY hard to the end.

We've seen this situation before where you push 15 laps on the supersofts, gain a load of time but run out of life just as you catch up.

utajoker · 29 Nov 2015 at 14:10

gap is down to 15 seconds now, rosberg put a few quick laps in.

Glaucus · 29 Nov 2015 at 14:10

Ham has to be thinking that, nothing to lose.

b0otneck · 29 Nov 2015 at 14:12

Looks like they're going on to softs again for Lewis's last stint. Hopefully Nico's tyre starts graining again.

Flibster · 29 Nov 2015 at 14:12

So they're going to stick with the prime tyre for Hamilton?
So why keep him out for this long losing well over a second a lap then?

*sigh*

Skeeter · 29 Nov 2015 at 14:12

That radio message suggests either no more stops, or another stop for Softs. The former is a pointless risk, the latter is utterly retarded.

Irish_Tom · 29 Nov 2015 at 14:13

ridiculous.

utajoker · 29 Nov 2015 at 14:14

ham losing over a second per lap now. needs to pit if taking the softs.

Skeeter · 29 Nov 2015 at 14:14

Hamilton's going to finish 10 seconds behind Rosberg with the team just ignoring him asking why.

Flibster · 29 Nov 2015 at 14:15

Looks like Hamilton will be out in front of Raikkonen, but not if they keep him out for much longer. Lost a 1.3 to Rosberg that lap and a full second to Raikkonen.

drunkenmaster · 29 Nov 2015 at 14:15

Dear lord, doing 10 laps less means you can push the softs MUCH harder than Rosberg can, he'll be able to be half a second a lap faster minimum, probably closer to a second.

They might go supersofts, you might want Rosberg to think you are less of a threat so he pushes less now as well... though with Merc tactics that is less likely.

Rosberg's tires are going to be as slow as Hamilton's are now at the end of the race while Hamilton can push extra hard and never run out of tire life.

Skeeter · 29 Nov 2015 at 14:16

Wow, they are simply refusing to listen to him!

utajoker · 29 Nov 2015 at 14:16

end of race aint gonna happen on them tires. strap the supers on and go for it.

Flibster · 29 Nov 2015 at 14:16

Hamilton now losing 2 seconds a lap. Lost 2.3 against Raikkonen.

Raikkonen now only 28s behind Hamilton. Rapidly heading towards Hamilton coming out 3rd.

Glaucus · 29 Nov 2015 at 14:17

Radio message was meaningless going to stick with these for now. Could easily mean just carry on for a few more laps.

drunkenmaster · 29 Nov 2015 at 14:17

Skeeter said:
Wow, they are simply refusing to listen to him!

They aren't, if Hamilton tried to go to the end he'd probably have the tires blow sliding on canvas at the end.

I do wonder why not the super softs, maybe only because they have no fresh sets. 15 laps might be for fresh tires, 10-12 for used maybe.

Irish_Tom · 29 Nov 2015 at 14:17

Why not Super Softs?

utajoker · 29 Nov 2015 at 14:17

pfft, went with softs.

Should have risked it with supers, he is going to get 2nd anyway.

Glaucus · 29 Nov 2015 at 14:17

Dumb

14 laps with low fuel, super softs could have been pushed till the end.