Steady on, it only came alive properly in the last 10.
Canadian Grand Prix 2012, Montréal - Race 7/20
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Steady on, it only came alive properly in the last 10.
So basically you're saying he does get heat into the tyres, or not...
I think he's probably tried 'push the care more and the tyres will be hotter' already... I'm pretty sure he knows how to do that...
his early pitstop screwed him over, it wouldnt suprise me if merc wanted to see what kind of pace the softs had for rosberg.
he was following grosjean and looked to be quicker than him before the stop and look where grosjean finished.
i dont think merc can manage the tyres aswell as renault but a top 6 must have been possible with a good stratergy.
i supose its better to have another **** up by the team while your in a **** position though
AMG = against michael group
Forgive me, I've read this paragraph several times and it makes less sense each time
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Immensely impressive drive from LH today.
Last season has seriously improved where his head is.
Drove very well, kept a level head when trying to overtake and did what I love him for: Ragging the **** out of the car.
Great stuff.
Last season has seriously improved where his head is.
Drove very well, kept a level head when trying to overtake and did what I love him for: Ragging the **** out of the car.
Great stuff.
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Nice race at the end, shame about Button the difference between him and Hamilton is odd really, hopefully they can sort it out quickly, hats off to Grosjean and Perez, future champions if all goes well for them. Maybe now Lewis and the rest of the team will have the confidence for the next few, home win at Silverstone would be great!
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So basically you're saying he does get heat into the tyres, or not...
I think he's probably tried 'push the care more and the tyres will be hotter' already... I'm pretty sure he knows how to do that...
I'm saying, if anyone drives slower through every corner, they'll have less tyre heat. That isn't an inherant fault with the tyre, or the car though, which is what Button has essentially been saying for many many races. The lack of heat comes through Button being a big girl. Just about everyone takes a more aggressive line than him, and how often does he get a set of tyres to turn on through a stint rather than just get slower and slower.
Other drivers will ride the slight sliding through corners, take a tight line and man handle a car round a track, Button is basically completely unwilling to do this, this naturally leads to lower tyre temp, with these tyres that also means less speed and less grip, making cornering even more difficult.
He's starting to realise, his problems are all down to him and his driving(and probably in part, though how big a part I have no idea, his ability to set up a car). If he manhandled the car through corners on the cars limit, his tyres would work better for him.
So how long before Perez is in a Ferrari then ?
Ferrari or, will he get an offer of the second seat at Mclaren first
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Only just read what Schumi said, he didn't know the DRS flap was still up till he went off the track. Team were a tad slow about telling him, hell, braking for the chicane at the wall of champs must have been dangerous as hell. Also hadn't realised(because of fitting in qualy around the footie) that the team apparently screwed up timing which stopped Schumi getting around in time to start his fast lap.
He really is getting crapped on by the team... however its quite nice that Schumi has the bad luck and its shifted off Hamilton finally.... would quite like to see Schumi have a good run of races though, i don't think there is a driver on the grid who has had worse luck this season or whose points tally is so completely not representative of his speed, qualifying or race pace.
He really is getting crapped on by the team... however its quite nice that Schumi has the bad luck and its shifted off Hamilton finally.... would quite like to see Schumi have a good run of races though, i don't think there is a driver on the grid who has had worse luck this season or whose points tally is so completely not representative of his speed, qualifying or race pace.
did you see schumachers brave overtake on kobayashi at the hairpin? and then kobayashi gets the drs and easily sails back past
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did you see schumachers brave overtake on kobayashi at the hairpin? and then kobayashi gets the drs and easily sails back past
Schumacher should have waited for the detection point and took him with DRS (as Hamilton did to Alonso).
This is what I'm thinking. Or let Hamilton on Buttons car in FP1, is that legal?
no wonder hardly any people are posting on here with idiots ranting and not conceiving to anothers opinion. fun times.
Great race by Lewis, just go's to show what he is capable of when Mclaren don't screw up. Great drive, he really ragged the car, I have no idea where Jenson was but pitting every 4 laps for tires there is just no excuse.
Great race by Lewis, just go's to show what he is capable of when Mclaren don't screw up. Great drive, he really ragged the car, I have no idea where Jenson was but pitting every 4 laps for tires there is just no excuse.
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From a strategy point of view, yes. Especially if you're going to overtake someone just before the DRS detection zone.
Was it in Turkey last year where people were overtaking the car in front on the run to the DRS detection zone then getting re-overtaken with DRS by the car they had just overtaken?
It might not be good for the spectator if every overtake is DRS-enabled but as a driver it makes little sense to do anything else unless you've got the gap to perform and overtake and pull out a one second gap before the DRS zone.
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