Italian Grand Prix 2010, Monza Circuit - Race 14/19

Spie said:
It's a glorious day here at Monza. Warm and dry. Massa is flying at the moment :cool:

Just been told Hugh Grant is on our table tomorrow. I hope he isn't expecting me to talk to him as I can't stand him!
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Spotted Fabio Capello in the Ferrari garage on the TV.
 
So Vettel finished up as No.1. No real surprise there.

Alonso is not far off Vettel in 2nd, while Massa is in 3rd.

I think Massa ahead of Hamilton is a surprise.

I fully expect RBR to be the class of the field this weekend, providing it remains dry. Though I do feel that Alonso might be able to do something special here.

I'll stick with my earlier prediction:

Qualifying: RBR on pole (as normal).
Race: Alonso, the 2 RBR cars and Hamilton to make up the top 4

If it rains, then anything can happen.

My belief is that RBR are still pinning their hopes on Vettel and will delay for as long as possible, before they start give Webber preferential treatment for his title charge.

RBR's management won't like it if Webber finishes ahead of Vettel this year, as Vettel is their protoge and no doubt in terms of marketing their team, they want to push Vettel as their future champion. If Webber beats him this year, in the same car, it will make any claims of Vettel being a future world champion appear empty, as he was beaten by an "average" driver...and so what hope will he have against Hamilton/Alonso in 2011/2012?
 
Flibster said:
Tifosi have really taken Alonso to their hearts...

Well yes, he's a shining wit like just like they are. ;)
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I think the Italians like to see passion and a driver give their all in pursuit of the win.

They loved Mansell and they love the passion (the moaning and complaining), which Alonso is doing, in order to gain the upper hand over his rivals (and team-mate).

Kimi was the complete opposite, so I don't think he went down too well with the Ferrari (Italian) fans.
 
McLaren really seemed to lose their advantage on the options, with both the high and low downforce set ups - wonder if it's a case of sandbagging (possibly running the engine on a lower setting) and just collecting the comparison data (first few hard tyre runs were a bit slower than the later ones, so possibly set as a comparison, or possibly just a case of track conditions improving) or if the setup is only optimal for the more stable hard tyre.
 
Practice 1 times

Code: 
[b]Pos  Driver         Team                   Time              Laps[/b]
 1.  Button         McLaren-Mercedes       1:23.693            28
 2.  Vettel         Red Bull-Renault       1:23.790  + 0.097   27
 3.  Hamilton       McLaren-Mercedes       1:23.967  + 0.274   25
 4.  Kubica         Renault                1:24.120  + 0.427   25
 5.  Rosberg        Mercedes               1:24.129  + 0.436   30
 6.  Webber         Red Bull-Renault       1:24.446  + 0.753   26
 7.  Liuzzi         Force India-Mercedes   1:24.512  + 0.819   19
 8.  Alonso         Ferrari                1:24.543  + 0.850   24
 9.  Massa          Ferrari                1:24.648  + 0.955   22
10.  Schumacher     Mercedes               1:24.756  + 1.063   26
11.  Hulkenberg     Williams-Cosworth      1:24.841  + 1.148   28
12.  di Resta       Force India-Mercedes   1:24.923  + 1.230   23
13.  Petrov         Renault                1:25.292  + 1.599   25
14.  Buemi          Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1:25.318  + 1.625   29
15.  de la Rosa     Sauber-Ferrari         1:25.320  + 1.627   20
16.  Kobayashi      Sauber-Ferrari         1:25.334  + 1.641   24
17.  Alguersuari    Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1:25.897  + 2.204   19
18.  Glock          Virgin-Cosworth        1:26.772  + 3.079   19
19.  Trulli         Lotus-Cosworth         1:26.898  + 3.205   12
20.  di Grassi      Virgin-Cosworth        1:26.956  + 3.263   17
21.  Kovalainen     Lotus-Cosworth         1:27.374  + 3.681   14
22.  Senna          HRT-Cosworth           1:28.256  + 4.563    8
23.  Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth      1:28.516  + 4.823    4
24.  Yamamoto       HRT-Cosworth           1:29.870  + 6.177   17


Practice 2 times

Code: 
[b]Pos  Driver         Team                    Time               Laps[/b]
 1.  Vettel         Red Bull-Renault        1:22.839            27
 2.  Alonso         Ferrari                 1:22.915  + 0.076   32
 3.  Massa          Ferrari                 1:23.061  + 0.222   20
 4.  Hamilton       McLaren-Mercedes        1:23.154  + 0.315   22
 5.  Button         McLaren-Mercedes        1:23.210  + 0.371   38
 6.  Webber         Red Bull-Renault        1:23.415  + 0.576   23
 7.  Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth       1:23.708  + 0.869   31
 8.  Kubica         Renault                 1:23.709  + 0.870   32
 9.  Hulkenberg     Williams-Cosworth       1:23.852  + 1.013   30
10.  Rosberg        Mercedes                1:23.857  + 1.018   29
11.  Sutil          Force India-Mercedes    1:24.181  + 1.342   35
12.  Liuzzi         Force India-Mercedes    1:24.380  + 1.541   36
13.  Petrov         Renault                 1:24.407  + 1.568   21
14.  Schumacher     Mercedes                1:24.448  + 1.609   29
15.  Buemi          Toro Rosso-Ferrari      1:24.517  + 1.678   35
16.  de la Rosa     Sauber-Ferrari          1:24.547  + 1.708   32
17.  Kobayashi      Sauber-Ferrari          1:24.785  + 1.946   31
18.  Alguersuari    Toro Rosso-Ferrari      1:25.106  + 2.267   24
19.  Trulli         Lotus-Cosworth          1:26.204  + 3.365   38
20.  Kovalainen     Lotus-Cosworth          1:26.306  + 3.467   41
21.  di Grassi      Virgin-Cosworth         1:26.631  + 3.792   31
22.  Glock          Virgin-Cosworth         1:26.676  + 3.837   25
23.  Yamamoto       HRT-Cosworth            1:29.498  + 6.659    5
24.  Senna          HRT-Cosworth                                 3
 
Spie said:
It's a glorious day here at Monza. Warm and dry. Massa is flying at the moment :cool:

Just been told Hugh Grant is on our table tomorrow. I hope he isn't expecting me to talk to him as I can't stand him!
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You do realise after Spa you have a standard to live up to!
I'm expecting Hugh Grant, holding some bread with a "Hi OCUK" sign! :D
 
So - what are the odds SV crashes into Lewis or FA tomorrow - surely he just HAS to take out each of the other drivers in the championship before the end of the season :D
 
sunama said:
So Vettel finished up as No.1. No real surprise there.

Alonso is not far off Vettel in 2nd, while Massa is in 3rd.

I think Massa ahead of Hamilton is a surprise.

I fully expect RBR to be the class of the field this weekend, providing it remains dry. Though I do feel that Alonso might be able to do something special here.

I'll stick with my earlier prediction:

Qualifying: RBR on pole (as normal).
Race: Alonso, the 2 RBR cars and Hamilton to make up the top 4

If it rains, then anything can happen.

My belief is that RBR are still pinning their hopes on Vettel and will delay for as long as possible, before they start give Webber preferential treatment for his title charge.

RBR's management won't like it if Webber finishes ahead of Vettel this year, as Vettel is their protoge and no doubt in terms of marketing their team, they want to push Vettel as their future champion. If Webber beats him this year, in the same car, it will make any claims of Vettel being a future world champion appear empty, as he was beaten by an "average" driver...and so what hope will he have against Hamilton/Alonso in 2011/2012?
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Are you aware that Hamiltons fastest time wasn't set on new tyres? I don't think things will become clear until the end of FP3 today.
 
Hamilton will continue to use the low doanfoce package and Button will be running the higher downforce package with the f-duct.

Iiiiinteresting.
 
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