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[Frosty]

In my mind the weight i=of the unit adds about a extra 32 kilos over our 605kilos. that means hammie has enough fuel in his car for about 17 laps. makes sense??

No the car weighs 605 kg they put 32 kg less ballast in the car!

[Tony_sa]

In my mind the weight i=of the unit adds about a extra 32 kilos over our 605kilos. that means hammie has enough fuel in his car for about 17 laps. makes sense??

no the car weighs 605 kg the put 32 kg less ballast in the car!

Ok that makes even less sense. they dont have that much ballast weight to play around with. Think we need to get some clarity on that. I read somewhere that the kers systems weight pushes the minimum weight requirement out of the window. ....I am far too lazy to research this issue .... can anybody help me right here??... the kers cars are heavier without fuel with driver than the non kers cars ??.. or do I have it wrong ??

[Frosty]

In my mind the weight i=of the unit adds about a extra 32 kilos over our 605kilos. that means hammie has enough fuel in his car for about 17 laps. makes sense??

no the car weighs 605 kg the put 32 kg less ballast in the car!

Ok that makes even less sense. they dont have that much ballast weight to play around with. Think we need to get some clarity on that. I read somewhere that the kers systems weight pushes the minimum weight requirement out of the window. ....I am far too lazy to research this issue .... can anybody help me right here??... the kers cars are heavier without fuel with driver than the non kers cars ??.. or do I have it wrong ??

I believe you have it wrong the cars imo are no heavier they just have less ballast to play around with to get the car set-up properly they also have more weight higher up which causes problems and the fuel tanks are smaller.

[Tony_sa]

In my mind the weight i=of the unit adds about a extra 32 kilos over our 605kilos. that means hammie has enough fuel in his car for about 17 laps. makes sense??

no the car weighs 605 kg the put 32 kg less ballast in the car!

Ok that makes even less sense. they dont have that much ballast weight to play around with. Think we need to get some clarity on that. I read somewhere that the kers systems weight pushes the minimum weight requirement out of the window. ....I am far too lazy to research this issue .... can anybody help me right here??... the kers cars are heavier without fuel with driver than the non kers cars ??.. or do I have it wrong ??

I believe you have it wrong the cars imo are no heavier they just have less ballast to play around with to get the car set-up properly they also have more weight higher up which causes problems and the fuel tanks are smaller.

Ya guess you right.....maybe the hangover ......

[Gaz]

In my mind the weight i=of the unit adds about a extra 32 kilos over our 605kilos. that means hammie has enough fuel in his car for about 17 laps. makes sense??

no the car weighs 605 kg the put 32 kg less ballast in the car!

Ok that makes even less sense. they dont have that much ballast weight to play around with. Think we need to get some clarity on that. I read somewhere that the kers systems weight pushes the minimum weight requirement out of the window. ....I am far too lazy to research this issue .... can anybody help me right here??... the kers cars are heavier without fuel with driver than the non kers cars ??.. or do I have it wrong ??

The Cars all weigh the same.

the ballast can be moved tho unlike the kers.

Moving the ballast to say the front of the car helps to keep the front of the car down.

[Tony_sa]

In my mind the weight i=of the unit adds about a extra 32 kilos over our 605kilos. that means hammie has enough fuel in his car for about 17 laps. makes sense??

no the car weighs 605 kg the put 32 kg less ballast in the car!

Ok that makes even less sense. they dont have that much ballast weight to play around with. Think we need to get some clarity on that. I read somewhere that the kers systems weight pushes the minimum weight requirement out of the window. ....I am far too lazy to research this issue .... can anybody help me right here??... the kers cars are heavier without fuel with driver than the non kers cars ??.. or do I have it wrong ??

The Cars all weigh the same.

the ballast can be moved tho unlike the kers.

Moving the ballast to say the front of the car helps to keep the front of the car down.

Hi Longbow... I dont know me a lil more lost today than other days, lol .. but I got you now... hangover's a bitch !!

[EwanM]

Expect a very agressive Alonso tomorrow.

[Frosty]

Expect a very agressive Alonso tomorrow.

Yeah will be good to watch Alonso will want to overtake Vettel pretty quickly!

[Tony_sa]

Expect a very agressive Alonso tomorrow.

Thats the way we know him.. hope he gets to the podium. OTOH I also hope that other someone dont complete the race

[Hanwombat]

Expect a very agressive Alonso tomorrow.

Yeah will be good to watch Alonso will want to overtake Vettel pretty quickly!

Both Brawns will want to play aggressive, its going to be a good first corner

[Gaz]

Yeh prety glad that lewis is quiet heavy but i wish they had gone light and then done an oz when he did a few laps on on the super softs then pitted.

he could of got p2 ahead of alonso i think.

And P2 with Kers he could really jump them.

Mind you i expect him to jump a few people from 9th.

I think LH might just make a podium.

[Denthúl]

My calculations

1 S. Vettel 644.0 kg 15 laps
2 F. Alonso 637.0 kg 11 or 12 laps
3 M. Webber 646.5 kg 16 laps
4 R. Barrichello 659.0 kg 21 laps
5 J. Button 661.0 kg 22 laps
6 J. Trulli 664.5 kg 23 laps
7 N. Rosberg 650.5 kg 18 laps
8 K. Räikkönen 673.5 kg 27 laps
9 L. Hamilton 679.0 kg 29 laps
10 S. Buemi 673.0 kg 27 laps
11 N. Heidfeld 679.0 kg 29 laps
12 H. Kovalainen 697.0 kg 36 laps
13 F. Massa 690.0 kg 34 laps
14 T. Glock 652.0 kg 18 laps
15 K. Nakajima 682.7 kg 31 laps
16 S. Bourdais 690.0 kg 34 laps
17 N. Piquet 697.9 kg 37 laps
18 R. Kubica 659.0 kg 21
19 A. Sutil 648.0 kg 17 laps
20 G. Fisichella 679.5 kg 28 laps

Your figures for Barrichello and Button are the wrong way round

[EwanM]

Thanks for working these out Frosty.

[scotty]

Can someone remind me how many sets of soft and hard tyres each driver can use during the weekend? Is it 3 or 4?

Longbow - heard Alonso hasn't got KERS this weekend, i think...

Didn't think the RB's would be that light either, so hmm, i'm gonna predict the Brawns and Trulli for the podium (on outright pace that is, barring accidents etc).

Nice job by Buemi too!!

[EwanM]

Can someone remind me how many sets of soft and hard tyres each driver can use during the weekend? Is it 3 or 4?

Longbow - heard Alonso hasn't got KERS this weekend, i think...

Didn't think the RB's would be that light either, so hmm, i'm gonna predict the Brawns and Trulli for the podium (on outright pace that is, barring accidents etc).

Nice job by Buemi too!!

And showers.
Erm Alonso isn't running kers.