Turkish Grand Prix 2011, Istanbul Park - Race 4/19

Tweaker · 7 May 2011 at 13:04

McLaren gona pit early then? Or longer than RB?

mmj_uk · 7 May 2011 at 13:06

Queue "Schumacher suffered x problem" story.

Glaucus · 7 May 2011 at 13:07

mmj_uk said:
"Schumacher suffered an age related problem"

Fixed

CaptainRAVE · 7 May 2011 at 13:08

RBR going to walk this one then. They did that far too easily.

sunama · 7 May 2011 at 13:09

MSc over a second slower than his team-mate.

This guy is clearly hanging on far longer than he should.

Flibster · 7 May 2011 at 13:10

Emlyn_Dewar said:
Massa?
Jesus. Ferrari... Sort your lives out.

Massa used a set of hards in Q1 and single set of softs in both Q1 and Q2, he's saved 2 sets of soft tyres for tomorrow.

Sending him out on the hard tyres would have just put miles on the engine for no real advance. He may well be worth watching tomorrow, if they allow him to race Alonso.

Setroc · 7 May 2011 at 13:10

Vettel's lap was pretty good but not perfect. Certainly a formidable qualifying advantage, which indicates that it will perhaps be an easy race for them, but I'm still not 100% convinced that their race pace will be as dominant.

Emlyn_Dewar · 7 May 2011 at 13:12

Flibster said:
Massa used a set of hards in Q1 and single set of softs in both Q1 and Q2, he's saved 2 sets of soft tyres for tomorrow.

I have no confidence when it comes to Ferrari and strategy. We'll see Massa put on a 2 stop and he'll finish at the back.

CaptainRAVE · 7 May 2011 at 13:13

Setroc said:
Vettel's lap was pretty good but not perfect. Certainly a formidable qualifying advantage, which indicates that it will perhaps be an easy race for them, but I'm still not 100% convinced that their race pace will be as dominant.

It won't be since they lose some time with the DRS setup - not that I think it will matter.

It is even more worrying that the lap wasn't really pushing the car - reminiscent of the Ferrari dominant days. Come out, do a decent lap, go home.

sunama · 7 May 2011 at 13:18

CaptainRAVE said:
RBR going to walk this one then. They did that far too easily.

If somebody can prevent Vettel from leading on the first lap, it won't be straight-forward, but if Vettel leads on lap 1, then he should be able to start time trialling.

Emlyn_Dewar · 7 May 2011 at 13:21

If they can have Webber come out in front and slow Vettel down then I'll be happy.

Type_R · 7 May 2011 at 13:24

Emlyn_Dewar said:
If they can have Webber come out in front and slow Vettel down then I'll be happy.

Queue Vettel slamming into him again lol!

Emlyn_Dewar · 7 May 2011 at 13:25

It's becoming quite clear that Hamilton rarely agrees with team tyre decisions.
When will it ever come to a point where he can disagree with what they say?

jonneymendoza · 7 May 2011 at 13:28

Hamilton is the man. dont hate

ps3ud0 · 7 May 2011 at 13:30

Emlyn_Dewar said:
It's becoming quite clear that Hamilton rarely agrees with team tyre decisions.
When will it ever come to a point where he can disagree with what they say?

Its amazing how right he can be in hindsight - surely he can say 'soz guys I dont think I can make up a position - lets enjoy the advantage of an extra set of fresh tyres instead'. I presume that means he didnt make the call in China either otherwise this wouldnt have happened...

I get annoyed that as gutsy as he is in the car, hes bit of a whipped child outside it

ps3ud0 :cool:

sunama · 7 May 2011 at 13:30

Emlyn_Dewar said:
If they can have Webber come out in front and slow Vettel down then I'll be happy.

It would be interesting to see how RBR would respond if Webber is running ahead of Vettel. Will they do anything to ensure that the 2 drivers switch around? We may find out tomorrow.

ps3ud0 · 7 May 2011 at 13:34

So the consensus is that Schumi wont get penalised for his block on Hamilton because it ultimately didnt affect his Q1 performance? Or should I expect the real grid in a few hours?

ps3ud0

Mr.Fantastic · 7 May 2011 at 13:34

Remember that RBR can tell Webber to let Vettel infront any time they want considering they don't have to hide team instructions now that it's legal but RBR will just pull "we are thinking of the championship" card

rgritchie · 7 May 2011 at 13:39

AcidHell2 said:
Fixed

LOL

sunama · 7 May 2011 at 13:41

Given RBR's history of bare faced lying, I think if they do switch Vettel and Webber in the race, they will do it in an under-handed way, eg. they will compromise Webber's strategy so he ends up losing a few seconds to Vettel.

Ferrari are one of the few teams who have the balls to switch their drivers without hiding it.