2012 Canadian Grand Prix Thread

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Originally Posted by aki13

Not got much of an issue with the tyre saving, but it does bug me about not putting enough fuel in, i know it must save time over the race distance, but you do wonder if they put in a fuller tank and pushed all race, how much they would lose.

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I been thinking that all season. :up:

Hated this race. Any potentially interesting battles between the top drivers were over before they had begun, courtesy of DRS. When people think of "battles" between Hamilton and Alonso they generally expect more than the inevitability of one driver immediately passing because they pressed a button.

Boring.

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Originally Posted by Garry Walker

Easy victory for bieber, red bull is very obviously the fastest car again. Hopefully Alonso and Hamilton can hold off the much faster RB of webbo

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So how did that prediction work out for you? :laugh:

Maybe at some point you will admit that when an RB driver does well it's a combination of the car and driver. Until then you can keep hating, and make excuses why other cars end up on top... in the case of this season quite a few other cars at that.

In contrast I really enjoyed this race. Started watching 10 minutes late, as often happens and usually I can catch up by the end of the race, but this time I didn't as I was glued to it all the way through. I know some people don't like DRS, but for me it means teams can try a strategy where they have to overtake other cars. Otherwise Hamilton would have been stuck behind Vettel and Alonso.

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Originally Posted by theugsquirrel

Hated this race. Any potentially interesting battles between the top drivers were over before they had begun, courtesy of DRS. When people think of "battles" between Hamilton and Alonso they generally expect more than the inevitability of one driver immediately passing because they pressed a button.

Boring.

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I never understand comments like that. Hamilton was able to pass not just because of DRS but also because his two-stop strategy meant he was on much fresher tyres; and if you look at Alonso's KERS usage he was habitually discharging most of it in the first sector and a half, leaving him less able to defend against Lewis who had saved about 50% to use in conjunction with his wing. Yes the pass looked trivially easy when it happened, but a lot of thought went into setting it up.

Great drive for Lewis and the faerie tale continues - 7 races, 7 winners.

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Originally Posted by F1boat

Great drive for Lewis and the faerie tale continues - 7 races, 7 winners.

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This

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Originally Posted by Dave B

I never understand comments like that. Hamilton was able to pass not just because of DRS but also because his two-stop strategy meant he was on much fresher tyres;

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The first time he used it was when his tyres were two or three laps older than Alonso's.

Looking at the second time he passed Alonso, he was going at the same speed on the straight until he got into the DRS zone.

He passed because of DRS.

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Originally Posted by Garry Walker

Easy victory for bieber, red bull is very obviously the fastest car again. Hopefully Alonso and Hamilton can hold off the much faster RB of webbo

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Based on the first stint, McLaren had the better car in Canada.

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Originally Posted by Mark

In contrast I really enjoyed this race. Started watching 10 minutes late, as often happens and usually I can catch up by the end of the race, but this time I didn't as I was glued to it all the way through.

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F1 doesn't need the overtaking-fest that we had in Bahrain and Spain.

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Originally Posted by Mark

I know some people don't like DRS, but for me it means teams can try a strategy where they have to overtake other cars. Otherwise Hamilton would have been stuck behind Vettel and Alonso.

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In 2007 Sato passed Alonso around the outside, in a Super Aguri, without the aid of DRS.

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Originally Posted by Dave B

I never understand comments like that. Hamilton was able to pass not just because of DRS but also because his two-stop strategy meant he was on much fresher tyres; and if you look at Alonso's KERS usage he was habitually discharging most of it in the first sector and a half, leaving him less able to defend against Lewis who had saved about 50% to use in conjunction with his wing. Yes the pass looked trivially easy when it happened, but a lot of thought went into setting it up.

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Goes to show F1 doesn't need to rely on DRS.

If DRS is supposed to be a work in progress then in future Montreal and Spa definitely don't need DRS.

The DRS worked well, IMO, allowed the fastest cars to use their advantage. Better than the follow-the-leader processions in the past.