Canadian Grand Prix 2014, Montréal - Race 7/19

mjt · 8 Jun 2014 at 20:17

Why did massa pit?

Flibster · 8 Jun 2014 at 20:17

mjt said:
Could you summarise briefly? I'm not watching in the uk and these guys have no idea.

ERS system utilizes the rear wheels to gain energy, if that fails, the brakes have to take the brunt instead of the ERS system. So brakes cook as they have fitted smaller rear brakes this year as ERS takes the brunt of the energy.

Jono8 · 8 Jun 2014 at 20:17

mmj_uk said:
Did Hamilton's brake fail at the hairpin then?

That's probably when it started

Jokester · 8 Jun 2014 at 20:17

Guess he was lucky it was somewhere where he had a run out.

CaptainRAVE · 8 Jun 2014 at 20:17

Rosberg wont get any decent points.

drunkenmaster · 8 Jun 2014 at 20:18

mjt said:
Why did massa pit?

He'd only pitted once and very early by the sounds of it. I did think he'd stopped twice but only once, Williams = last years merc, fast but crap tire, FI - last years FI, okay speed, great tire usage.

Cavallino · 8 Jun 2014 at 20:18

Ricciardo for the double tow

SS-89 · 8 Jun 2014 at 20:18

This may actually be a really interesting finish, so close at the top.

Jono8 · 8 Jun 2014 at 20:18

Why can't rosbergs car break as well

mjt · 8 Jun 2014 at 20:18

Flibster said:
ERS system utilizes the rear wheels to gain energy, if that fails, the brakes have to take the brunt instead of the ERS system. So brakes cook as they have fitted smaller rear brakes this year as ERS takes the brunt of the energy.

Ta

Purdy · 8 Jun 2014 at 20:18

Rosberg looking fine

drunkenmaster · 8 Jun 2014 at 20:18

Rosberg got some power back then? As they aren't gaining that much now.

smr · 8 Jun 2014 at 20:19

Rosberg nice trolling lol

Glaucus · 8 Jun 2014 at 20:19

Its 17 laps with front brake bias, slow down the straights and he's just going to keep locking those fronts up.

drunkenmaster · 8 Jun 2014 at 20:20

Purdy said:
Rosberg looking fine

I wouldn't say fine, he's creating a massive train currently. It's likely a matter of time before the front brakes go though surely. If most races are anything from a 30/70 braking balance one way to a 70/30, surely now doing all front braking is going to cause excessive wear on the front brakes?

Cavallino · 8 Jun 2014 at 20:20

Lolcakes look at the incoming train!

413x · 8 Jun 2014 at 20:20

im betting hamilton is generally harder on brakes than nico

.:MBK:. · 8 Jun 2014 at 20:20

Nico surely the jammiest bigger alive if he holds on

smr · 8 Jun 2014 at 20:20

Rosberg looking good again.

smr · 8 Jun 2014 at 20:21

Hamilton stomps on the brakes he says his strength is heavy braking....