Monaco 2010 Practice - Top 6 GP2 runners faster than the 2 Dallara HRT F1s!!

[Giuseppe F1]

http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns22269.html

[goodf1fun]

so what? is different category...

[JasonD]

so what? is different category...

Ummm, thats the point, isnt it?

[RJL25]

Qualifying tomorrow is going to be a disaster... At least Lotus are moving forwards and looking at least slightly competitive, buy Virgin and worse HRT are moving disasters

[race_director]

i remember a incident abt 10 yrs back. where DC in MCL qualified last in monaco due to some problem . i think he was stuck behind dead last behind some driver ( dont remember the driver name.) for some 20-25 laps till 1st pit stop.


there were reports of even RON going and threatening the driver after the race.


cannot wait for the qulifying . gonna be hell of 1st 20 mins

Thank Max for this

[ioan]

i remember a incident abt 10 yrs back. where DC in MCL qualified last in monaco due to some problem . i think he was stuck behind dead last behind some driver ( dont remember the driver name.) for some 20-25 laps till 1st pit stop.


there were reports of even RON going and threatening the driver after the race.


cannot wait for the qulifying . gonna be hell of 1st 20 mins

Thank Max for this

DC was stuck behind Bernoldi but not dead last.

[race_director]

DC was stuck behind Bernoldi but not dead last.

yup ur right. i think 17th ????

[UltimateDanGTR]

so, dallaras own GP2 car is faster than their F1 car.

now, that isn't right. whether the drivers and team are getting the most out of it i dont know but, If F1 cars had bigger engines, this problem likely wouldnt exist.

[V12]

so, dallaras own GP2 car is faster than their F1 car.

now, that isn't right. whether the drivers and team are getting the most out of it i dont know but, If F1 cars had bigger engines, this problem likely wouldnt exist.

I must admit I've always found it strange that F1 cars have 2.4 litre engines while GP2s have 4 litres. Now I know that the GP2 engine is probably a lot more detuned (if that's the correct word) than an F1 engine, and the F1 engines will all be more powerful (although with stupid rev limits and engine freezes the F1 motors aren't exactly pushing the envelope anymore )

There was a point made in the other thread that probably comes closest to explaining it. The GP2 car, because everyone runs it, will likely be a highly-sorted machine, with setups optimised over the past 2 or 3 years by the top teams, while the Hispania F1 Dallaras have only run at race weekends, and most of the focus will have being on making them stable and reliable rather than ekeing out speed, whereas the GP2s are pretty much bullet-proof.

[steveaki13]

DC was stuck behind Bernoldi but not dead last.

Just to confirm. In the early stages Bernoldi and DC ran ahead of Marques (Minardi) & Burti (Prost).

I know its sad that I know that but I just thought I'd add it.