Canadian Grand Prix

[Saint Devote]

The biggest weakness at Red Racing are their strategy calls.

Just look back at this season and listening to their radio transmissions to the drivers is evidence of that.

[Saint Devote]

Indeed, there were circumstances as to why Jenson's tyres were so worn, but it also demonstrated that Lewis is capable of adapting his style to conserve his tyres over a long distance. It seems to have turned into an old cliché where fans assume Lewis is aggressive with the car and Jenson is an early breaker and vastly smoother. Obviously its not quite as simple as that. There was a good article on Autosport yeserday which discussed this very topic.

Not simple, but in Turkey Jenson had more fuel left. The difference is that being easy on machinery and conserving the car comes naturally to Jenson.

[ShiftingGears]

Not simple, but in Turkey Jenson had more fuel left. The difference is that being easy on machinery and conserving the car comes naturally to Jenson.

That is because Hamilton was battling against the dirty wake the whole time, while Button was not.

It's the same as Button destroying his tyres when trying to get past Schumacher in Spain, while Hamilton did not.

[wedge]

TBH the rBR is probably still the best car on the gird and how they manage to go from 2/3 with the preferred tyres to finishing 4/5 is down to poor strategy. Even though Hamilton had the pole, it was essentially setup right for them

There were a number or factors.

Vettel had a problem with his car mid race but the main problem was tyres. RBRs were struggling to make the tyres go a long way.

It was a great unknown because of the track conditions.

On paper you'd think RBR should win it easily but it was not that simple.

Alonso and Hamilton made gains from pitting early because they were doing 1m20s whereas RBR in the 1m21s. So by then it was damage limitation, just how do you cover your bases? I think it was entirely correct to split the strategy between Webbo and Seb.

No one knew if the strategies would work out. Even with 10 laps to go it was touch and go whether Hamilton would last the distance.

Indeed, there were circumstances as to why Jenson's tyres were so worn, but it also demonstrated that Lewis is capable of adapting his style to conserve his tyres over a long distance. It seems to have turned into an old cliché where fans assume Lewis is aggressive with the car and Jenson is an early breaker and vastly smoother. Obviously its not quite as simple as that. There was a good article on Autosport yeserday which discussed this very topic.

Yep, I was very impressed. Very Senna/Schumi-esque. There was enough tyres at the end to pull out his middle out his middle finger to his podium peers!

Same old Bunsen. Too smooth for my liking. Needs to pull his finger out over a single lap Q3 in particular.

[Saint Devote]

That is because Hamilton was battling against the dirty wake the whole time, while Button was not.

It's the same as Button destroying his tyres when trying to get past Schumacher in Spain, while Hamilton did not.

It was a deliberate decision by Jenson to drive that way in order to have fuel at the end and not an incidental result.

Pity the race was not one lap longer!

[Saint Devote]

Same old Bunsen. Too smooth for my liking. Needs to pull his finger out over a single lap Q3 in particular.

Jenson did his best and he finished second after starting fourth. Montreal was an excellent performance by him.

[wacamo]

Jenson did his best and he finished second after starting fourth. Montreal was an excellent performance by him.

The race telemetry clearly shows Hamiltons and Alonso's laptime heading up and Buttons generally downwards. Another couple of laps and we would have had another chance to see team driver etiquette. If you're interested in sets of cool charts for about the last 15 race/quali/practice, check out a free strategy F1 game with live telemetry... http://themajordomo.com

[Saint Devote]

I really cannot but think that the people attacking Schumi in the media today, which includes Eddie Jordan, Coulthard and Brundle are doing so with an axe to grind.

This is NOT 2006 and backwards. This is the era of control tyres, no testing, engines that have no torque band and must comply to a standard that enforces a reliability requirement and so on.

The cristicism being levelled at Schumi is quite usual. There is a residual dislike of the German driver and resentment that powers all criticism.

Canada actually started out as a very good race for him. He made up FIVE places at the start then by lap 12 was up to third. After his first pitstop he was in 7th and looked set to drive a good race.

Unfortunately he had the contact with Kubica and the puncture and had to stop again the next lap after his first.

This decided his race and given the stupid tyre regulations and that he had to drive more than half the race on one set.........

Those who expect so soon Schumi to win AND in an era of regulated F1 of a type we have never witnessed before, are wrong.

I would have expected more from Coulthard. Brundle does not know what it takes to win a grand prix. Eddie Jordan is perhaps still sore over what happened so many years ago - a grudge perhaps?

[Saint Devote]

The race telemetry clearly shows Hamiltons and Alonso's laptime heading up and Buttons generally downwards. Another couple of laps and we would have had another chance to see team driver etiquette. If you're interested in sets of cool charts for about the last 15 race/quali/practice, check out a free strategy F1 game with live telemetry...

Track position is everything and Jenson moved up solidly from lap 49 from 4th to 2nd.

He tried but could not get less than two seconds behind Hamilton, so within the last 15 laps he was racing to finish the 1 - 2 for Mclaren.

Jenson drove very well.

[wacamo]

I dunno. I was sitting at the hairpin and he continued to muscle his way through every chance he got. And how many times did he head across the grass? 3? And, Nico pummeled him, again.

As for an axe to grind... probably. But you usually don't grind an axe out of pure fantasy.