Korean Grand Prix 2013, Yeongam - Race 14/19

LH was slow in the straights because the car was setup with a higher down force, which meant he gained in the twisty bits but his tyres suffered more. I think Sky pointed this out in the pre-quali program
 
It has been a theme of the season so far that the merc has been very slow on the straights, so slow that they have had frequent issues where they haven't been able to gain on the car in front even with DRS. They keep doing it though so obviously the ability to actually overtake isn't considered that important.
 
Sliver said:
Not as funny as your post ! :D

Hulkenberg has one good race and suddenly he's the cream of the crop ? Ridiculous. Come back with that argument once he's won a WDC. :p

Lewis had a good race and certainly wasn't 'gp2' as you put it. I guess the haters always hate.
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4th here, 5th in Monza after qualifying 3rd, should have won in Brazil last year in a Force India, took pole in Brazil in a Williams which barely scored points..

Rubbish that lad is.. He's got talent, just never had a good drive. Look at the teams he's raced for and what he's managed to do in that time. He simply shouldn't even have thought of poles or potential wins in his career so far yet he's had the opportunity which he made for himself.
 
I actually enjoyed the race today - the one behind Vettel that is, like many of the recent events. I had to watch the race on Sky Go, as I was away from home, and the commentary was pretty poor today - way off the pace of what was actually happening on track. For example, it was clear that Jenson's tyres were dropping off at the end making him vulnerable to Rosberg, and they completely missed Webber passing Alonso on the previous stint, despite a good 30 seconds of TV showing him in front.

I thought Hulkenberg had an excellent race. Considering he's not driving for a top team, he managed the considerable pressure from Hamilton extremely well. He knew the strengths of his car on this particular circuit and made the most of them. So many other drivers would just crack, but he held it together, and took the place back when he was passed. Great job.

It would be interesting to see him in the Lotus next year. He's not that much larger than Grosjean, is he?
 
deuse said:
There will be more team and TV people there than spectators lmfao
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I thought it was pretty well attended.

I've been to a few F1 races over the years, and I actually quite like the look of Korea. There's some travelling involved for sure, but equally it looks like the manic 'F1 is in town' hysteria isn't too bad, and the town looked good. I reckon there could be something in a holiday to Korea (if that's your thing) combined with a swift 3 day trip for the race. Let's see if it sticks to the 2014 calendar.
 
So have Pirelli found a part of the circuit to scapegoat for their **** tyres exploding yet? :p

I didn't watch the GP I'm boycotting F1 until they make it real racing again but I caught the headlines about Pirelli tyres (as always).

What was that about a van on the circuit?
 
mmj_uk said:
So have Pirelli found a part of the circuit to scapegoat for their **** tyres exploding yet? :p

I didn't watch the GP I'm boycotting F1 until they make it real racing again but I caught the headlines about Pirelli tyres (as always).

What was that about a van on the circuit?
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Someone released a fire truck onto the circuit before the safety car was deployed (on the first straight). Was quite amusing to watch but also dangerous obviously!

Ted said that the person responsible for doing that got a comprehensive *******ing from Whiting and co.

With regards to the tyre blowing up Perez had a mahoosive lock up into T1 which no doubt burnt through the surface damaging the kevlar belt underneath, wearing through it.
 
smr said:
Ted said that the person responsible for doing that got a comprehensive *******ing from Whiting and co.
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Subsequently revealed that the FIA themselves ordered a fire truck to attend, but they were expecting one to be in the vicinity of turn 3, rather than drive to turn 3 along a 1.2km straight. Presumably a loss of translation, but it seems the chief fire officer didn't just decide of his own accord to release a great hulking SUV into the line of fire, so to speak.
 
this_is_gav said:
Subsequently revealed that the FIA themselves ordered a fire truck to attend, but they were expecting one to be in the vicinity of turn 3, rather than drive to turn 3 along a 1.2km straight. Presumably a loss of translation, but it seems the chief fire officer didn't just decide of his own accord to release a great hulking SUV into the line of fire, so to speak.
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Yeah I can't believe there was that SUV driving along the straight, when I first saw that I was like WTF! :eek: Surely the Saftey car should have been sent out first of all...
 
DJ_Bucho said:
Yeah I can't believe there was that SUV driving along the straight, when I first saw that I was like WTF! :eek: Surely the Saftey car should have been sent out first of all...
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It should have and as gav (and also MB said in commentary) it must have been a 'lost in translation' moment. At least no harm was done and they've learnt the lesson, no doubt they have already implemented something in place to ensure it doesn't happen again.
 
smr said:
It should have and as gav (and also MB said in commentary) it must have been a 'lost in translation' moment. At least no harm was done and they've learnt the lesson, no doubt they have already implemented something in place to ensure it doesn't happen again.
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Yeah, taken the keys off the driver :p
 
DJ_Bucho said:
Yeah I can't believe there was that SUV driving along the straight, when I first saw that I was like WTF! :eek: Surely the Saftey car should have been sent out first of all...
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Couldn't believe it either. Watched the race in full last night as I was working at thwe weekend. How bizarre was that? On the whole was a fairly decent race...well from 2nd down. Looking forward to Suzuka. Great drive by Hulkenberg and the Lotus'. Hulk certainly deserves a drive in a top 4 or 5 team. As for PdR...what is going on..hia season and possibly career in f1 is surely in jeapody.
 
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