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Nobody has said that Piquet is treated equally, but I think it's safe to say that it's not as bad as he and his father make it out to be. I do think he could do with some more low-fuel running in practice sessions, because his race pace isn't actually that bad. Here's a comparison of Alonso and Piquet from Sunday:

Fernando:16 P 1:38.622 17 2:00.366 18 1:36.269 19 1:36.192 20 1:36.359 21 1:36.254 22 1:36.359 23 1:36.248 24 1:36.236 25 1:36.133 26 1:36.105 27 1:35.974 28 1:36.010 29 1:35.722 30 1:36.031 31 1:36.100 32 1:36.132 33 1:36.178 34 1:36.202 35 1:35.911 36 1:35.928 37 P 1:38.445

Nelson:23 P 1:40.156 24 1:59.474 25 1:36.474 26 1:36.040 27 1:35.924 28 1:36.070 29 1:36.351 30 1:36.144 31 1:37.480 32 1:36.338 33 1:35.514 34 1:35.735 35 1:35.850 36 1:35.679 37 1:35.441 38 1:35.859 39 1:35.852 40 1:35.624 41 1:35.550 42 P 1:38.331

This is the second stint that they ran, with their fastest laps in bold.

At the end of his stint he was a good bit quicker than Alonso. Impressive. Where did you get this data?

I am not about to write Jr off, but let's not forget that Alonso was dehydrated throughout the race.

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Toyota’s team doctor stated that "When a driver who is normally super fit is sick, he is likely to be four tenths - maximum half a second - slower than usual in the race."

Which was probably why he was going slower towards the end of the race.

Even in the opening stint he was on good pace.

Fernando: 1 15:05:47 2 1:37.098 3 1:37.338 4 1:36.600 5 1:36.793 6 1:36.791 7 1:36.495 8 1:36.520 9 1:36.528 10 1:36.368 11 1:36.276 12 1:36.255 13 1:37.815 14 1:36.808 15 1:36.018 16 P 1:38.622

Nelson: 1 15:05:52 2 1:38.909 3 1:37.281 4 1:36.802 5 1:36.921 6 1:36.694 7 1:36.740 8 1:36.563 9 1:36.613 10 1:36.692 11 1:36.902 1:37.348 13 1:37.002 14 1:37.035 15 1:36.818 16 1:36.928 17 1:37.771 18 1:38.260 19 1:38.642 20 1:37.581 21 1:37.325 22 1:37.460 23 P 1:40.156