Chinese Grand Prix 2011

**ioan** · 20th April 2011, 19:10

Originally Posted by theugsquirrel

One thing I found myself wandering throughout a lot of the race was why Alonso kept trying to pass Schumacher on the outside of the hairpin so many times, trying to undercut him on the exit. I just can't see how it was a better move than being on the inside, and therefore having track position despite having slightly less grip. We saw with Webber coming through the field that it was clearly possible to successfully pass on the inside.

The Mercedes is fast enough not to give FA to many chances to get ahead on the straight and MS is not going to leave the door open on the inside, so Alonso needed to do something else and with a bit of luck he 's got it done.

**ioan** · 20th April 2011, 19:11

Originally Posted by 555-04Q2

Pirelli have contributed to more overtakes than the DRS system, especially in China.

Absolutely, due to the tire degradation we were getting overtaking moves all over the track (from drivers who know how to do it).
Even Hamilton's move on Vettel was due to the different tire degradation levels as DRS was obviously not helping Hamilton enough.