People do tend to harp on about it too much though
What, like the few times we have a wet race?
German Grand Prix 2011, Nürburgring Circuit - Race 10/19
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What, like the few times we have a wet race?
How many times has he stuck slicks on earlier than anyone else and gone on to win the race, genuine question.
I know he did that one race in a mclaren but that was purely down to having no cards left to play. I didn't see that as balls tbh, more a last throw of the dice that paid off nicely.
Drivers at the front never do take those kind of gambles, they don't have to. They wait a lap or so and see what the lap times come in as.
That was last year and it won him his first McLaren race I think?
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looks like its going to be a promising race.........MCLAREN DO NOT UNDERFUEL THE CARS FFS!!!!!!!!!! 
Soldato
I've watched plenty thanks, He's steady and normally has nothing to lose when showing a good drive in the wet. Prehaps you would like to change your tone of post?
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Last season and a half, he's won a lot of wet races.
And he was always good before that in the wet.
I just wish mclaren an him would sit down and go through so much boring data it would put a sea gull to sleep and find out what makes him slow at 80% of qualifying and why the other 20% he is on form. It must be a certain set up feature and it must be in the data somewhere. So ******** find it.
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Soldato
Well it's wet for the GP3 race on atm so looks like we might have some for the race later on.
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Fingers crossed for a "damp" race - doing the damp dance
Forcast here - http://uk.weather.com/weather/today-Hockenheim-GMXX1608
Rain on and off the whole day going by that.
Rain on and off the whole day going by that.
Soldato
Soldato
Christ you moan a lot.
Good quali excited for the race now
This, even my girl doesn't moan as much !
Anyway, no points for Qualifying, looking forward to the race today, changeable weather conditions will sort the men from the boys!
Soldato
Answers like this I don't mind one bit, Fair do's
He not just too smooth for the cooling conditions yesterday? Lewis really attacked the track (was over steering all over early on) Getting a lot of movement and id imagine heat into the tyres.
he might well be, I suggested it in an earlier post. If it is the case why isn't his engineer looking at the data and telling him over the radio he needs to attack harder on out lap.
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Fingers crossed for a "damp" race - doing the damp dance
I prefer "Mildly moist"
Soldato
Porsche Supercup is on Eurosport now if you want to see the state of the track.
It must be raining as the guys have the wipers on but the track looks damp at best certainly not soaking.
It must be raining as the guys have the wipers on but the track looks damp at best certainly not soaking.
Jenson has almost always been the one with the Balls to stick Slick tyres on during varying conditions, that qualifys him as the rain master!
People do tend to harp on about it too much though
but he hasnt been the fastest on wet tyres or slicks on a damp track.
generally hes been in a position where he has much to gain and very little to lose from switching to slicks at what might be to early
Soldato
This I don't understand. The McLaren must have some mechanical grip as Lewis was mighty in the slow first sector. What could cause Buttons car to lose that grip so much? Surely it's got to be heat in the tyres or the like
Well if the conditions are changing button should b-able to fight for a decent place.
Man of Honour
What's the weather like out there ? Any chance of rain ?