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[1Lemon]

How conflicted will you feel if Merc win the championships with a 2 second advantage car, after all the stuff you said about RBR and Vettel in Singapore and beyond?

[CookinFlat6]

As long as Rosberg is not treated like Webber or Massa were, then Lewis and Nico will fight for the title. But it would be better if a Ferrari were just behind, say by 0.5 seconds, then Alonso and Kimi can join in
It would cheapen it a little if someone like Massa or Button became a contender above the Ferrari guys, mag and bo77as would be acceptable as they are new and unknowns.

[What's Burning?]

How conflicted will you feel if Merc win the championships with a 2 second advantage car, after all the stuff you said about RBR and Vettel in Singapore and beyond?

I'll just parrot what the Vettel fans have been saying all along about their diety, it's obviously Hamilton's god like driving skills and has nothing to do with the two second advantage.

[spankyham]

MERCEDES AMG F1 (@MercedesAMGF1) tweeted at 11:17pm - 3 Mar 14:

@tgruener @andrewbensonf1 Hi all.. just to confirm, it was the supersoft tyre that Lewis used to set the fastest time yesterday

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[Ferrari man 009]

MERCEDES AMG F1 (@MercedesAMGF1) tweeted at 11:17pm - 3 Mar 14:

@tgruener @andrewbensonf1 Hi all.. just to confirm, it was the supersoft tyre that Lewis used to set the fastest time yesterday

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Oh, thats a relief - looked ominous when it was mentioned as old softs!

[spankyham]

Actually I'm looking for an image and post I saw elsewhere which claimed Fernando's fastest lap was set on old unmarked tires. Unverified, but if it was on unmarked tires then that would be the Pirelli experimental tire which I believe was either a medium or hard.

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[CookinFlat6]

MERCEDES AMG F1 (@MercedesAMGF1) tweeted at 11:17pm - 3 Mar 14:

@tgruener @andrewbensonf1 Hi all.. just to confirm, it was the supersoft tyre that Lewis used to set the fastest time yesterday

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It wasnt the supersoft, Pirelli confirmed it was softs. The have to have the correct info according to the regs. There has been a mix up with language when it comes to softs, mediums and s softs. With the Germans having given that imperssion a few times already.

Also that tweet above is timed at 11.17 pm 3rd March, thats in the future

Pirelli are the final say one this

Day 4

1. L Hamilton Mercedes 1m33.278s Soft Used
2. V Bottas Williams 1m33.987s Soft New
3. F Alonso Ferrari 1m34.280s Supersoft New
4. N Hulkenberg Force India 1m35.577s Supersoft New
5. J-E Vergne Toro Rosso 1m35.701s Supersoft New
6. A Sutil Sauber 1m36.467s Supersoft New
7. M Chilton Marussia 1m36.835s Supersoft New
8. E Gutierrez Sauber 1m37.303s Supersoft New
9. S Vettel Red Bull 1m37.468s Soft Used
10. J Button McLaren 1m38.111s Medium New
11. K Kobayashi Caterham 1m38.391s Soft New
12. R Grosjean Lotus 1m39.302s Soft New

[LRW]

So are we saying Mercedes dont know what tyres they were putting on the car...?

[CookinFlat6]

Lost in translation, or sandbagging.

here is what Lewis said

"There's a lot more to come," insisted Hamilton. "I did two runs on the supersofts - the first run was not very good, part of the lap was okay but there were a few mistakes, and then the second run was terrible. But that's just part and parcel of trying to learn how to extract the most from those tyres and now that I know there's a whole heap more grip to come from those tyres I'll set up the car better to extract it."

His 2 ss runs were both abandoned. The fast time was done on the used softs before he came in to change. He then set the fastest first sector before bailing out

[Hammer278]

This was shared on fbook about 20 hours back.

Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Fans
21 hours ago
Ok.. Going to put this entire "which tyres he used" argument to bed.
Hamilton set his fastest time today on SOFTS. He had 2 sets of Supersofts available at the end, and on both attempts didn't get it right. Source AMuS

In the comment section then Pirelli's data over the 4 days were shared.

Scroll all the way down.

http://www.pirelli.com/corporate/en/pre ... y-2-march/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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He had soft tyres on which made the fastest run, and then went out on super softs (new ones) on runs which were then aborted after setting an even faster time on S1.

I really don't get what's there to be confused about.

Btw sorry to disappoint some people.

[Hammer278]

Actually I'm looking for an image and post I saw elsewhere which claimed Fernando's fastest lap was set on old unmarked tires. Unverified, but if it was on unmarked tires then that would be the Pirelli experimental tire which I believe was either a medium or hard.

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There's another rumour that Alonso might have set that laptime with just his rims. No tyres that time, but I'll try n dig that up.

Just having some fun with ya spanks. Your optimism is genuinely endearing.

[CookinFlat6]

Ferrari definitely have more 1 lap pace to come, so have Merc. I think we have seen it from the rest.

Q3 will be when we find out for sure.

At least spanks should be happy that either of those teams should get a faster quali time than last year

[Hammer278]

Well I do hope Ferrari are in a position to challenge for podiums at least....it'll be like poetic justice to be witnessing the two star drivers who've been floundering around the past four years while a nerdy kid was duckling up all the glory with a dominant machine, finally fighting it out up front while the kid now tries to keep his toy from catching fire.

[Ferrari man 009]

Strange to see from the estimated mileage that Alonso completed nearly 1000KM more than Raikkonen considering both had 6 days each in the car!

Pre season stats for those interested: http://www1.skysports.com/f1/news/22058 ... in-numbers" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Jabberwocky]

RoGro has done some mile.