F1 2010 Round 7 - Turkish Grand Prix 28th-30th May

RtN · PostPosted: Thu May 27, 2010 2:29 pm

Artur Craft wrote:

RtN wrote:

I think Turn 8 has been flat out since 2006. I'm not entirely sure.

What I am sure of is that it won't be flat out next year.

no way! Hamilton said last year that he have never taken Turn 8 flat out. Actually, I have never seen an onboard or read someone saying that had took it flat out.

Go to formula1.com and watch Raikkonen's Q3 lap from last year to see how much he lift off. Vettel, in his pole lap, lift a bit less and keep the speed around 275km/h through the 2nd and 3rd apexes(the tightests of that corner) :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9Cv_JqN5vg

Hopefully, the pole(a RBR of course) this year will take it flat out for the first time(I suppose)

phil1993 wrote:

It probably won't be flat in a Hispania tbh

It probably won't be flat out in any car that isn't a Red Bull.

Adrian Sutil wrote:

Turn 8 is very challenging and in qualifying should be flat this year but right on the edge.

Artur Craft · PostPosted: Thu May 27, 2010 7:41 pm

Well, that's just Sutil's opinion and he is known for an optimistic trend. Kubica is not so sure about it:
“Last year it was nearly flat so we will have to see what it’s like this year. I’m not expecting it to be particularly challenging during qualifying, but it will be at the start of the race when your tyre pressures are low and the car is heavy on fuel.”
http://www.formula1.com/news/features/2010/5/10821.html

Reading Stef's post, I'm even more confident of a +1 second difference between RBR and the closest rival.

@

kals, RBR is definitely much quicker than the others but 20mph(32kmh) is a difference between different categories.

More precisely, here is the prove that RBR couldn't be 20mph faster in Campsa:
[spoiler]if you look Webber's pole in formula1.com, his speed in the apex is in about 257-263

to know the speed, you can compare with this Barrichello onboard:

So, the other cars should be doing Campsa at about 257kmh - 32kmh, which would be in around 225kmh and the speed graphic should show something similar to:

But, in this Schumacher's FP2 lap he was already faster than that and with the softer tyre and qualy speed he would go, obviously, faster:

So, it is impossible that RBR was 20mph quicker in Campsa. Or, even 20kmh because Schumacher's minimum speed at the corner during a FP lap was in about 241-245kmh by comparison with this pics:

[/spoiler]

StefMeister · PostPosted: Thu May 27, 2010 9:45 pm

Omega wrote:

This is a Tilke track. These tracks are designed for F1 in the first place. F1 has failed to deliver on every occasion (2005 was a good race but nothing more). Hence this is a bad track.

The 2006 race wasn't too bad either, featured 27 on-track passes, the most ever for F1 at Istanbul & no Dry F1 race has got more passes than that since.

phil1993 · PostPosted: Fri May 28, 2010 8:07 am

Hamilton has had his ear pierced, wearing studs. But Article 2.2.1 says you can't wear jewellery during an F1 event

trout · PostPosted: Fri May 28, 2010 8:08 am

http://eplsite.com/stream1.html

StefMeister · PostPosted: Fri May 28, 2010 8:32 am

Ted Kravits just confirmed that these smaller T-Cam's we have been seeing over the last year are 3D & that FOM have told him the footage there getting from it is spectacular.

trout · PostPosted: Fri May 28, 2010 8:32 am

apparently massa's car is fitted a 3d tv camera for the bbc

ellis · PostPosted: Fri May 28, 2010 8:59 am

"My favourite Lotus is the 33, the first non-American car to win the Indy 500"

Yeah. Except Peugeot, Delage, Mercedes, Maserati, etc.

phil1993 · PostPosted: Fri May 28, 2010 9:05 am

ellis wrote:

"My favourite Lotus is the 33, the first non-American car to win the Indy 500"

Yeah. Except Peugeot, Delage, Mercedes, Maserati, etc.

Yeah, you told em

ellis · PostPosted: Fri May 28, 2010 9:08 am

phil1993 wrote:

ellis wrote:

"My favourite Lotus is the 33, the first non-American car to win the Indy 500"

Yeah. Except Peugeot, Delage, Mercedes, Maserati, etc.

Yeah, you told em

Didn't expect it would be read out.

StefMeister · PostPosted: Fri May 28, 2010 9:27 am

Sutil's crashed at turn 8.

RtN · PostPosted: Fri May 28, 2010 9:27 am

Whoops.

JJ · PostPosted: Fri May 28, 2010 9:28 am

Apparently FOM had some problems today as the onboard channel was completely mute.
Actually I don't care: didn't watch any minute of the session, *yawn*

ellis · PostPosted: Fri May 28, 2010 9:28 am

Bet they wished they had put di Resta in that car like planned now. That car is pretty done.

phil1993 · PostPosted: Fri May 28, 2010 9:28 am

Great replays

First time anyone's ever crashed at Turn 8 AFAIK

StefMeister · PostPosted: Fri May 28, 2010 9:36 am

I wish BBC would stick with the coverage through to the end of the FOM highlights, They often cut away Mid way through them.

D-M0de · PostPosted: Fri May 28, 2010 9:40 am

phil1993 wrote:

Great replays

First time anyone's ever crashed at Turn 8 AFAIK

Didn't Webber go off there a couple of years ago?

herdez · PostPosted: Fri May 28, 2010 10:30 am

under the last nine places, eight Cosworth engines

Bleu · PostPosted: Fri May 28, 2010 10:34 am

rudy zarzhoff wrote:

Did Kimi crash there? Or was that turn 4?

Anyone got a screenshot?

If you mean 2006 race crash it was somewhere in the first sector. I think it was turn 3 or 6. Turn 6 has had some other crashes as well, I can recall Davidson (2007), Albers (2006) and Webber (2007 or 2008) crashing there.

phil1993 · PostPosted: Fri May 28, 2010 10:40 am

Webber dopped it at the exit of Turn 6 a few years ago I think

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