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7 would use less fuel
I'm pretty sure thats BS what they're talking about. Red Bull wouldn't do a mistake like that while building their car, none of the teams would
7 would use less fuel
Doesnt the injector keep sending fuel regardless of whether it gets burned or not?
I think it consumes more because the other cyls try to compensate and the one that isnt firing is still getting fuel sent to it. I think.
*hopefully, he couldnt have been that fast without pushing!
but alonso was on fire come on mclaren......sort it out button.....just kidding 2008 
was shocked he every nearly didnt make it into q3 
another thing mark webber said he had no idea about the smoking from the back of his car ! the teams need to sort them mirriors out ! 2008 oh nothing thing i did notice , while on mclarens website durning the race you could have car telemetry , jenson's race pace was a far bit slower than lewis's ! who said lewis cant look after his tyres ! looks like that smooth style isnt working jenson
oh nothing thing i did notice , while on mclarens website durning the race you could have car telemetry , jenson's race pace was a far bit slower than lewis's ! who said lewis cant look after his tyres ! looks like that smooth style isnt working jenson
Just give Jenson some time, he was also blocked behind Michael. We'll get a better picture in OZ
yeah i understand what youre getting at but it all depends on what is causing the cylinder to not work in the first place, it could be that there is no fuel getting in to combust.
f1ea wrote:
*hopefully, he couldnt have been that fast without pushing!
wishful thinking
oh nothing thing i did notice , while on mclarens website durning the race you could have car telemetry , jenson's race pace was a far bit slower than lewis's ! who said lewis cant look after his tyres ! looks like that smooth style isnt working jenson
Just give Jenson some time, he was also blocked behind Michael. We'll get a better picture in OZ
If you look at Lewis' times (look for Gaz' post some pages back), they were also slower when he was behind Nico.
Also, everyone has said the tires are lasting longer than they thought; and that they babied their tires more than they should have. Jenson has some work to do, but he wasnt that bad. I think Webber came out worse fared vs Vettel (hugely dictated by a poor Q run).
As far as I know. Tyre wear wasn't a probelm at Bahrain. In fact, the teams could have run nearly the whole race distance on those medium tyres. So in my opinion, it proves nothing aboout drivers or cars.
As far as I know. Tyre wear wasn't a probelm at Bahrain. In fact, the teams could have run nearly the whole race distance on those medium tyres. So in my opinion, it proves nothing aboout drivers or cars.
It's worse than that. The Options (Super Softs in this case) were able to go half the race. That shouldn't be possible, and as long as it is...Races will be a procession.
My proposal would be more simple than that and would not require unanimous agreement. It is for Bridgestone to bring tyres which are closer together in performance, rather than two steps apart as at present. This was done last season and it improved things, but now they have gone back to bringing super soft and medium to the first race. Because the soft is so much faster, around 6/10ths and degrades more quickly, it will always be the qualifying tyre, which then leads to an early first pit stop for the medium, which is the better race tyre.
With tyres that are closer together, the performance difference is less and so are the wear rates and it is more attractive to try a different tactic. I’ve asked quite a few engineers tonight and they agree that it would be a step in the right direction without disadvantaging anyone.
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Interesting comments from Hamilton:
from crash.net
Tue, 16 Mar 11:40:11 2010
Buzz Up!
Former world champion Lewis Hamilton has blamed an ‘aggressive’ move from Ferrari rival Felipe Massa at the start of Sunday’s F1 2010 curtain-raising Bahrain Grand Prix for costing him the chance to battle the Brazilian’s team-mate Fernando Alonso for victory in Sakhir.
Massa and Hamilton began the race in the desert kingdom from second and fourth spots on the grid respectively, but the McLaren-Mercedes ace claims that he was ‘squeezed’ when the lights went out – causing him to cede track position to the Mercedes Grand Prix of Nico Rosberg as he found himself forced off-line and consequently lost momentum.
Despite his best efforts on a heavy fuel load, the British star would not succeed in clearing the young German until the pair made their sole pit-stops of the race on laps 15 (Hamilton) and 16 (Rosberg). Although he subsequently went on to put on a charge that took him to barely seven seconds adrift of his earlier duellist Massa at the chequered flag, the 25-year-old contends that had things worked out differently at the start, he could perhaps have been challenging Alonso for the top step of the podium rather than occupying the bottom one.
“I didn’t even know who it was,” Hamilton told the BBC after watching a re-run of the first few seconds of the grand prix, making it clear that in his opinion Massa had overstepped the mark. “He was squeezing, he looked in the mirror...it was pretty aggressive. I didn’t realise how far I was ahead. I probably wouldn’t have risked banging wheels at that speed.
“If I had pulled that move off on the outside, I would have been able to keep up with Fernando. I honestly feel that I would have been able to keep up, but it’s all about if and when.”
Make your own conclusion;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNw3nfoWUcs
I didn't even notice that, I was prob too excited at the fact is was the start of the race.
that footage is a bit too shakey for me
Lewis was still ahead going into the next turn. It was his fault for out-braking himself and then losing out to Rosberg. He's pushed people like that before many a time.
and even more severe.Besides, he wasn't really complaining about it anyway. Crash.net just making a headline there in my opinion.
As far as I know. Tyre wear wasn't a probelm at Bahrain. In fact, the teams could have run nearly the whole race distance on those medium tyres. So in my opinion, it proves nothing aboout drivers or cars.
It's worse than that. The Options (Super Softs in this case) were able to go half the race. That shouldn't be possible, and as long as it is...Races will be a procession.
Thats issue. It won't change. If they did change it and they had tyres dropping of a cliff face, and drivers blaming tyres for poor performances. Then Bridgestone would look bad. Thats not what they're in the sport for, and they'll simply refuse to make the tyres that marginal.
Mandatory 2 stops I'd say are needed.
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