- 21 Sep 10, 15:17#216409
I made McLaren favourites, but I said only just! I also said I think RB's would be on the front row. The reason I gave the nod to McLaren over the Bulls is because of the starts. McLaren seem to be able to make up at least one row on a start - their package has been good off the line. Conversely RB's have a real problem, which they haven't shown any signs of solving with their cars, particularly Mark, getting bogged down at the start.
I also gave my thoughts that this circuit is more what I call angular than sweeping on its corners - akin to Turkey a little. It has quite a few 2nd and 3rd gear corners (maybe half?) as opposed to lots of 4th, 5th+ gear corners - that will tend to diminish the advantage of the aero downforce the RB's have. But will advantage the Ferrari's good mechanical downforce - a little.
Lastly, if the start goes as it has recently - McLarens good, RB not so good, and McLarens are in front on lap one, then, even if the RB's are faster, this is not an easy track to pass on, and they don't have the grunt of either the Ferrari's or McLarens. Pit stops could prove critical again.
The cat amongst the pigeons are these extra upgrades for the Ferrari's - they are quite interesting - if they can get them to work.
I'm just hoping everyone finishes and there's plenty of red on the podium.
Forza Ferrari
"He was the fastest driver I ever saw - faster even than Fangio"
________________________- Mike Hawthorn on Alberto Ascari
i dont think its rained at the night race yet has it ? if not it will be interesting to see the visibility as the glare from the lights is bad enough let alone when there's rain in the way.
interesting about the car updates, lets hope the aero packages bring the fight to redbull for a interesting close to the season.
Ferrari did spend time developing monza spec upgrades so whether they got in the way of others for the fly away's is yet to be seen.
i still dont think you can call mclaren favorites, especial in this season where redbull have dominated every slow track and fast out there ( bar a couple)
I made McLaren favourites, but I said only just! I also said I think RB's would be on the front row. The reason I gave the nod to McLaren over the Bulls is because of the starts. McLaren seem to be able to make up at least one row on a start - their package has been good off the line. Conversely RB's have a real problem, which they haven't shown any signs of solving with their cars, particularly Mark, getting bogged down at the start.
I also gave my thoughts that this circuit is more what I call angular than sweeping on its corners - akin to Turkey a little. It has quite a few 2nd and 3rd gear corners (maybe half?) as opposed to lots of 4th, 5th+ gear corners - that will tend to diminish the advantage of the aero downforce the RB's have. But will advantage the Ferrari's good mechanical downforce - a little.
Lastly, if the start goes as it has recently - McLarens good, RB not so good, and McLarens are in front on lap one, then, even if the RB's are faster, this is not an easy track to pass on, and they don't have the grunt of either the Ferrari's or McLarens. Pit stops could prove critical again.
The cat amongst the pigeons are these extra upgrades for the Ferrari's - they are quite interesting - if they can get them to work.
I'm just hoping everyone finishes and there's plenty of red on the podium.
Forza Ferrari
"He was the fastest driver I ever saw - faster even than Fangio"
________________________- Mike Hawthorn on Alberto Ascari
