Robert Kubica is leaving winter testing downbeat, having seen his schedule on Friday being cut short by excessive wear on car parts for which the team did not have spares.
Track temperature (indirectly) kills the rubber.JPBD1990 wrote: ↑21 Feb 2019, 13:23It seems from most cars so far that these tyres are about as durable as Parmesan. It seems there is a steady decline in pace almost from lap 1, evident in both Mercedes and Ferrari pace. Tbh I haven’t been keeping up with others enough to verify. Anyone have any thoughts?
I would say that C3 and C2 can be the best ones for this track.Sevach wrote: ↑21 Feb 2019, 13:19Not an ideal track for Hypersofts (C5) in any way, 100% percent sure it won't be at the GP.motobaleno wrote: ↑21 Feb 2019, 13:13Also last year hypersoft (aka c5) did not perform any better than ultra (c4) on this track
Even the C4 isn't a sure thing to be allocated for Barcelona.
Well, since everyone says that they are behind (and literally everyone), we can say that they are clearly behind. I was surprised as well that they fitted the C4 on.Mandrake wrote: ↑21 Feb 2019, 13:36Mercedes doing a deviation from their routine of previous years by using all rubber compounds and chasing faster lap times. They were very happy with just running the mediums the last 2-3 seasons in pretesting.
Whatever triggered this change of program.....it is certainly a different approach. This might indicate more than any laptime that they are less sure about where they stand.
1:15.13 was the predicted timetranquility2k4 wrote: ↑21 Feb 2019, 13:28Does anybody know what a theoretical lap time was for Hamilton on that C3 lap that he got blocked by Kubica as he was fastest through the first and second sector up until then. His laps on C4 and C5 tyres have not really been impressive at all (but they could be playing around with engine modes / fuel loads), however, I'd be interested to compare his C3 time with Leclerc who has done a 1.18.0. Leclerc was 4 tenths faster than Hamilton on C2's (18.4 vs 18.so I wonder if it would be similar on C3's.
completely wrong
You mean 18.1?The Engineer wrote: ↑21 Feb 2019, 13:491:15.13 was the predicted timetranquility2k4 wrote: ↑21 Feb 2019, 13:28Does anybody know what a theoretical lap time was for Hamilton on that C3 lap that he got blocked by Kubica as he was fastest through the first and second sector up until then. His laps on C4 and C5 tyres have not really been impressive at all (but they could be playing around with engine modes / fuel loads), however, I'd be interested to compare his C3 time with Leclerc who has done a 1.18.0. Leclerc was 4 tenths faster than Hamilton on C2's (18.4 vs 18.
Mercedes smashed the opposition in Australia, then Ferrari had the fastest car for the first half of the season. What from last year's testing proved with precision that it would be the case?motobaleno wrote: ↑21 Feb 2019, 13:51completely wrong
at least last four years that I attended personally at the track, If you watched with some material inside your head, you had a pretty precise idea of the pecking order at the begin of the season. then later on, after much developing, is another question
No, definitely 15.13Juzh wrote: ↑21 Feb 2019, 13:54You mean 18.1?The Engineer wrote: ↑21 Feb 2019, 13:491:15.13 was the predicted timetranquility2k4 wrote: ↑21 Feb 2019, 13:28Does anybody know what a theoretical lap time was for Hamilton on that C3 lap that he got blocked by Kubica as he was fastest through the first and second sector up until then. His laps on C4 and C5 tyres have not really been impressive at all (but they could be playing around with engine modes / fuel loads), however, I'd be interested to compare his C3 time with Leclerc who has done a 1.18.0. Leclerc was 4 tenths faster than Hamilton on C2's (18.4 vs 18.
