2014 Random F1 Discussion

RtN · PostPosted: Fri May 09, 2014 7:28 pm

Perez wants his cheddar tyres back as there's no other way he can get on Hulk's level.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/113859

Artur Craft · PostPosted: Fri May 09, 2014 8:55 pm

tbh, I'm not sure if his comments are entirely related to that. I think he believes with the "cheese" tyre he have more chance to get a podium in a midfielder

With the tyres as they are, he was better than Hulk on Bahrain and gave FI their first podium since Fisichella and was on Hulk's pace in Chinese GP finishing some position down due to his bad performance on wet qualifying

Nevertheless, the tyres are still quite "cheese-like". Previous manufacturers never provided F1 with tyres this soft, bar on qualifying tyres' era. The difference of laptime between the first quick qualifying lap and the subsequent ones is too big for my taste.

But his GP2 argument is irrelevant because the GP2s uses the same tyres as F1, so if Pirelli brought softer tyres, it wouldn't make a difference to the gap to GP2

Btw, last year, both DAMS cars were on front row too:
OS NO DRIVERS TEAMS LAPS TIME GAP INT. KPH LAP SET ON
1 1 M. Ericsson DAMS 10 1:28.706 188.916 16:23:57
2 2 S. Richelmi DAMS 10 1:28.871

Today:
POS NO DRIVERS TEAMS LAPS TIME GAP INT. KPH LAP SET ON
1 8 S. Richelmi DAMS 10 1:29.293 187.674 16:00:36
2 7 J. Palmer DAMS 9 1:29.421

Curiously, Leimer's P6 time from last year's qualifying is exactly the same as today's pole.

So, this year tyres are no more than 0,6s slower as GP2 cars haven't changed, only the tyres. And last year I think they used Soft compound in GP2. I don't know which compound they used today, but if it was the Mediums ones, then that difference is even smaller.

spekktrum · PostPosted: Fri May 09, 2014 9:34 pm

off-topic:

Apparently this is the main grandstand on Red Bull Ring now

webbsy · PostPosted: Sat May 10, 2014 12:56 am

OMG cancel the race as the main grandstand is not an architectural wonder highlighting the counties unique character!!

iks · PostPosted: Sat May 10, 2014 4:50 am

Too many trees and mountains tbh. Need that ground leveled dammit.

OS · PostPosted: Sat May 10, 2014 9:16 am

What's the weird green stuff beside the track?

mclaren2008 · PostPosted: Sat May 10, 2014 9:22 am

Trees? Gradient? This can't be true.

Mattzel89 · PostPosted: Sat May 10, 2014 9:42 am

Anyone with MotorsTV should be switching channels now, there are some sexy cars on track in Monaco

Cheeveer · PostPosted: Sat May 10, 2014 10:09 am

oooh, Hindaugh commentating on an F1 race? Worth watching just because of that!

Cheeveer · PostPosted: Sat May 10, 2014 10:21 am

Pre-war GP cars and voiturettes now! :thumbsup:

Crash Driver · PostPosted: Sat May 10, 2014 4:24 pm

Jim Clarks Lotus got binned at Monaco

EIB Fan · PostPosted: Sat May 10, 2014 4:33 pm

That's awful

kals · PostPosted: Sat May 10, 2014 4:37 pm

No, that's shameful

Gaara · PostPosted: Sat May 10, 2014 4:45 pm

They've binned a lot of historical cars as Monaco so far.

Fish88 · PostPosted: Sat May 10, 2014 4:46 pm

At least they aren't standing in some musuem. Sure Classic Team Lotus can fix it.

Gaara · PostPosted: Sat May 10, 2014 4:58 pm

Yeaa, as much as it hurts to see them crash it's bloody fantastic to see them still raced.

aerogi · PostPosted: Tue May 13, 2014 5:33 pm

so what illegal thing did the Marrussia's do today? Their lap time would have qualified 4th on the grid...

a last gasp to attract sponsors?

Cheeveer · PostPosted: Tue May 13, 2014 5:48 pm

Super soft tyres was one thing.

kals · PostPosted: Tue May 13, 2014 6:21 pm

Low fuel loads was probably another

LucasWheldon · PostPosted: Tue May 13, 2014 6:27 pm

I guess that's not enough to find potential buyers, unless they've made that in abu Dhabi

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