How strong is the Ferrari?

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Originally Posted by ioan

That was only on Lewis' car.



It didn't look like that to me.
They both had the left front tire with more wear than the right one, but other than that it was pretty much the same.
And given that they went half +, of the race on the softer tires compared to the McCheats using them only for the last stint for not even half as many laps, I would say that the Ferrari have the bets balanced cars and this will be obvious as soon as they stop stuffing things up like kids.

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Well, Massa (Kimi's Brother?) took on new tyres, and the white line on the left front was dissapearing faster on Massa's than Kimi's. It was just an observation.

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Originally Posted by Daniel

Talk about reading too much into ONE race.....

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We,ve only had one race, and I'm only commenting on what impressions I took from that race.

Sorry about that, have I caused offence?

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Originally Posted by SGWilko

We,ve only had one race, and I'm only commenting on what impressions I took from that race.

Sorry about that, have I caused offence?

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Of course not. I just don't see the point in drawing sweeping conclusions from what is only one race.

Perhaps in 2 or 3 races we can get an idea of form but it's simply to early to say at the moment. If you want to keep on making these sweeping statements I don't have a problem but don't expect me to not point out that we've only had one race so far and that you shouldn't read into it too much.

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Originally Posted by Daniel

Of course not. I just don't see the point in drawing sweeping conclusions from what is only one race.

Perhaps in 2 or 3 races we can get an idea of form but it's simply to early to say at the moment. If you want to keep on making these sweeping statements I don't have a problem but don't expect me to not point out that we've only had one race so far and that you shouldn't read into it too much.

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Okey dokey, fair point. :up:

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Originally Posted by Daniel

Of course not. I just don't see the point in drawing sweeping conclusions from what is only one race.

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What SGWilko is writing is exactly the same what Stefano Domenicali said after OZ. They are struggling to get the tyres working in qualifying, a problem they have had a long time now.

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Originally Posted by DonJippo

What SGWilko is writing is exactly the same what Stefano Domenicali said after OZ. They are struggling to get the tyres working in qualifying, a problem they have had a long time now.

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Thing is as Ioan pointed out during the race Kimi went for quite a while with their soft tyres without much issue.

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Originally Posted by SGWilko

Well, Massahttp://forums.motorsport.com/forum ... /clear.gif
http://forums.motorsport.com/forums/...misc/clear.gif (Kimi's Brother?) took on new tyres, and the white line on the left front was dissapearing faster on Massa's than Kimi's. It was just an observation.

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You're right he took on new tires on at the end of lap 1, what a huge difference. care to tell us how did you measure the speed at which the white line was disappearing on their tires? Especially that we didn't get to see them each and every lap.

PS: Did you consider getting a job with ITV, you could be their tire degradation speed specialist! :D

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Originally Posted by Daniel

Thing is as Ioan pointed out during the race Kimi went for quite a while with their soft tyres without much issue.

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Yes that is true but the issue is that they can't get their tyres work for qualifying so they won't get to the front row and that is bad as passing is not too easy in current F1.

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Originally Posted by DonJippo

Yes that is true but the issue is that they can't get their tyres work for qualifying so they won't get to the front row and that is bad as passing is not too easy in current F1.

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True. But these days strategy plays a big part. Kimi was on for a good result from a bad grid position if not get his 2 mistakes and the eventual engine failure. Will see what happens in Malaysia next week :D

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Originally Posted by Daniel

True. But these days strategy plays a big part. Kimi was on for a good result from a bad grid position if not get his 2 mistakes and the eventual engine failure. Will see what happens in Malaysia next week :D

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Yep, at the end of the SC period he could have still won the race, but now we know it wouldn't have happened anyway.