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

SPARC · 6 May 2011 at 21:21

deleted said:
Also how nasty are those bumps after 12? ( I think its 12) could easily snatch a wheel over breaking running over those at race pace, could be epic.

Aye

The slow-mo replays really exaggerate them too.

FrankJH · 6 May 2011 at 21:24

utajoker said:
lets hope the crash for vettel bumps his confidence and Button can take a big chunk out of vettel (and Hamilton's )lead if not get ahead.

ins0mn1ac · 6 May 2011 at 21:35

knip said:
Wont be here for qualy, last game of the football season and all that. See ya for the race though people. Finally on at a normal time!

Bah normal time for me is early AM, this is far from normal for a GP imo! roll on the 5/6am starts!

Garido · 7 May 2011 at 04:39

Should be a cracking weekend.

Glaucus · 7 May 2011 at 08:17

I hope mclaren only do one run in q3. It does seem tyres are marginally more important than 1st place, depending on track and with that corner, surly these tyres aren't going to last.

Duke · 7 May 2011 at 08:46

P3 is on at 9 - the BBC had the wrong time down.

Glaucus · 7 May 2011 at 08:50

Some reason i though it was 8 but looking at op it is 8:55 so they got it correct.

CaptainRAVE · 7 May 2011 at 08:54

All ready for practice

Great to have a WHOLE uninterupted weekend for a change!

Glaucus · 7 May 2011 at 08:58

CaptainRAVE said:
Great to have a WHOLE uninterupted weekend for a change!

Well other than my hangover and no doubt aching joints tomorrow. Dancing on tables drinking steins tonight, love it.

Shimmy · 7 May 2011 at 09:05

Love it when no one else is in the house, surround sound cranked up.

utajoker · 7 May 2011 at 09:11

AcidHell2 said:
I hope mclaren only do one run in q3. It does seem tyres are marginally more important than 1st place, depending on track and with that corner, surly these tyres aren't going to last.

I reckon rbr, mclaren and Ferrari all do this.

CaptainRAVE · 7 May 2011 at 09:14

utajoker said:
I reckon rbr, mclaren and Ferrari all do this.

Yep, more than likely.

Glaucus · 7 May 2011 at 09:16

If that trend continues could be great, when top runners mess up and end up in 10th. Or even lower if they do a webber and keep on the hards. Could create some interesting races.

Shimmy · 7 May 2011 at 09:35

Proof of a chilly weekend in Turkey.

Look at Heidfeld and Hamilton.

CaptainRAVE · 7 May 2011 at 09:47

KERS not working on the RB again???

Alonso's car sounding pretty rough!

sunama · 7 May 2011 at 09:55

utajoker said:
I reckon rbr, mclaren and Ferrari all do this [1 run in Q3].

This may be the best strategy, however, for Vettel, I suspect they will send him out twice. Vettel's strength is to time trial from the front - that's where he gets his wins from. If he isn't leading on the first lap, Vettel tends to get bogged down. It is very important that Vettel gets pole position, if he is to go on to win the race.

I think that this weekend, we shall see a mixture of 1 and 2 runs for the front runners, in Q3.

Type_R · 7 May 2011 at 10:00

Mercedes cars looking pretty good for this weekend! Exhaust sounds awesome too!

CaptainRAVE · 7 May 2011 at 10:08

sunama said:
This may be the best strategy, however, for Vettel, I suspect they will send him out twice. Vettel's strength is to time trial from the front - that's where he gets his wins from. If he isn't leading on the first lap, Vettel tends to get bogged down. It is very important that Vettel gets pole position, if he is to go on to win the race.

I think that this weekend, we shall see a mixture of 1 and 2 runs for the front runners, in Q3.

They can still do this with only one quali lap leaving extra tyres for the race. We have seen Vettel do this before - go out last minute in Q3 and put in an excellent (pole) time. Plus, as discussed previously, the RB DRS is designed to give extra time in quali. RBR don't seem to be as far ahead as they were, but I suspect they have more to give.

Mr Jack · 7 May 2011 at 10:23

So do we think the Mercs have genuine pace this race? I guess we'll find out shortly.

CaptainRAVE · 7 May 2011 at 10:32

I am not convinced they do (of course I hope they do though). One thing is for sure though, it is getting more and more urgent that RBR sort their KERS issues.

I would be embarrassed to be a Ferrari supporter at the moment - they basically copy the championship winning car and do a rubbish job at it. What happened to innovation?

I found this quite interesting, notice the cables at the bottom:

Feeding electricity to the front wing?