OK here it goes one more time, Yes the track does not seem all that wet, and the rain seems to be holding off for a bit but, what you may not understand is that even if it stopped raining completely, The damp track,with old cold Dry tires makes for no traction, if you are having a hard time understanding the lap times and the traction issues, look at the beginning of the race.
Kubica went out on dry tires when everyone else was going to start on Inters, He finished his warm up lap by pulling into the pits and going to Inters, WHY. The rain at this point had stopped and the track was just damp. Why would Kubica sacrifice his Grid position? Because even at the warm up lap's pace he could not find traction with his dry tires.
When the race started, the rain had stopped, with some parts of the track barely getting wet. Now check out the lap times (
http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/wp-content/u ... llaps2.pdf) it takes app. 10 laps before the teams start to come in for dries. to put the timeline into perspective: it rained then stopped, there was a 5 minute delay, then a warm up lap,then the race started and it took 9-to 10 laps for the track to be dry enough to go in for dries. That's approximately 15 minutes after the rain had stopped for the track to be dry enough for dry tires and the first cars to pit came out on dries and were doing laps in the 1:44 range, sound familiar....
How in gods name do you think it could possibly be dry enough after 4 laps for Glock's Cold warn out Dry tires to be working properly and going any faster than fresh hot dry tires ?
