- 10 Jul 11, 21:13#265077
Before I state my theory I just want it known that I'm not a nut and this is meant just to be food for thought. I will go ahead and say that I could be completely 100% wrong.
Watching todays race got me thinking about the relative pace between the two Red Bull's up until this part of the season. Excluding Catalyuna (where Vettel had a problem with his kers) Vettel has always had a gap of about 0.500/s or more between him and the rest of the field including Webber. Over the last few weeks we've learned that this gap comes down to the use of extreme engine mapping (during qualy) and the use of the blown diffusers. I thought it was amazing to see how much the gap between Vettel and Webber closed when the FIA started changing the rules. So my question is, do you think it's possible that the team would engineer a gap in between Vettel and Webber using the unregulated engine mapping? If you think about it they knew that they had enough gap between them and the rest of the field to do something like that. You can see the logic in that they would be able to put Vettel way out front and keep Webber still on podium pace but not competing with Vettel. That way he takes spots away from the other teams and keeps himself between Vettel and the rest of the field. So now we see all these things taken away and all of the sudden they are less then a .100/s apart. Obviously there are a lot more components that go into this discussion then I have time to write about but I was just wanting to get other's opinions.
Watching todays race got me thinking about the relative pace between the two Red Bull's up until this part of the season. Excluding Catalyuna (where Vettel had a problem with his kers) Vettel has always had a gap of about 0.500/s or more between him and the rest of the field including Webber. Over the last few weeks we've learned that this gap comes down to the use of extreme engine mapping (during qualy) and the use of the blown diffusers. I thought it was amazing to see how much the gap between Vettel and Webber closed when the FIA started changing the rules. So my question is, do you think it's possible that the team would engineer a gap in between Vettel and Webber using the unregulated engine mapping? If you think about it they knew that they had enough gap between them and the rest of the field to do something like that. You can see the logic in that they would be able to put Vettel way out front and keep Webber still on podium pace but not competing with Vettel. That way he takes spots away from the other teams and keeps himself between Vettel and the rest of the field. So now we see all these things taken away and all of the sudden they are less then a .100/s apart. Obviously there are a lot more components that go into this discussion then I have time to write about but I was just wanting to get other's opinions.
Last edited by Drthjustice on 10 Jul 11, 21:21, edited 1 time in total.
