Nope - he complained even after pitting. There was something wrong with the balance of the car. The touch on the first lap wasn't only with Vandoorn.Alonso Fan wrote: ↑01 Jul 2018, 16:54Gasly pitted and the issue was sorted with new tyres. Gaslys car wasn't damaged afaik.
Hartley might just be better at something called tyre management. He's not an endurance champion for no reason you know
Hmm possibly something slightly off with the suspension then?j.yank wrote: ↑01 Jul 2018, 17:10Nope - he complained even after pitting. There was something wrong with the balance of the car. The touch on the first lap wasn't only with Vandoorn.Alonso Fan wrote: ↑01 Jul 2018, 16:54Gasly pitted and the issue was sorted with new tyres. Gaslys car wasn't damaged afaik.
Hartley might just be better at something called tyre management. He's not an endurance champion for no reason you know
You did see that Gasly lost 3 places because of Vandoorne and struggled thereafter. Had Vandoorne not caused the damage Gasly should have been able to get around one or both of the Force India's on the opening or following laps.Alonso Fan wrote: ↑01 Jul 2018, 16:54Gasly pitted and the issue was sorted with new tyres. Gaslys car wasn't damaged afaik.
Hartley might just be better at something called tyre management. He's not an endurance champion for no reason you know
why you care ?!! RBR , STR couldn't care less they already signed the contract with Honda and evaluated the rookie he is in for 2019 deservedly so .. its up to RBR and Honda to decide if they want to inject some bucks into STR beside Sauber getting decent treatment from Fiat for the ALF branding.. oh and C.L is talented.
Yes, but I want STR to do well. Is a team that I like since it's start. And now much more with Honda engineloner wrote: ↑01 Jul 2018, 17:34why you care ?!! RBR , STR couldn't care less they already signed the contract with Honda and evaluated the rookie he is in for 2019 deservedly so .. its up to RBR and Honda to decide if they want to inject some bucks into STR beside Sauber getting decent treatment from Fiat for the ALF branding.. oh and C.L is talented.
you are not going to do well with a Hartley and a rookie and tiny budget but the good news is RBR will help in STR 2019 car so they considered 2018 the PU building year expected many things hampering STR performance during the year and rightly so .. it didn't worth the efforts, a wise direction indeed.. so you are looking for 2019 for both teams.
thnx mate
Did u see his tires after the race? totally wrecked.
What lap did Gasly pit?
Brendon Hartley"I think that was one of the most difficult races I've had. Stoffel and I had contact at Turn 3 on the first lap which caused heavy damage to my floor and after that the car was sliding everywhere. I gave it my best and we were running inside of the points, but it was super difficult to drive the car and in the end I had no grip left on my tyres. It's a shame to finish so close to the points. We brought an updated aero package to Austria this weekend, but with the damage I had on the floor, we lost a lot of downforce and we didn't get a clear read on it. Today there was a real opportunity to score points as we were running 8th with a few laps to go so it's a shame, but the potential is there. Now we have to focus on Silverstone next week and make a step forward."
Toyoharu Tanabe"We made a few changes to the aero balance compared to qualifying so I felt much better with the car today. In the first part of the race I seemed to struggle compared to the Saubers around me, but as the tyres got older, the car came alive and was getting stronger. Points were always going to be tough today, but I was battling with Ericsson and he finished 9th, so it's a bit disappointing to see that! We were clearly really strong on tyres today but then something failed on the rear of the car. Initially I thought it was a puncture because I could feel something moving on the rear, but I'm not entirely sure what the issue is. We'll look into the cause tonight and hopefully come back stronger next week in Silverstone."
"Brendon was running tenth, doing a good job of managing his tyres, when he had to stop with an issue not related to the PU and Pierre was comfortably in the points, until in the closing stages, his tyres went off and he slipped down to eleventh. It's a shame, but with another race weekend starting on Friday, we head to Silverstone to try again at what is something of a home race, as our European F1 base is just down the road in Milton Keynes."
Apparently he was nursing a damaged car and doing it quite well, but his tyres went off.
