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manchild wrote:I mean no harm to any driver so even a puncture in first corner would be just fine (when I said big crash I meant many cars not destroyed cars).
Well as we have seen in previous races here, anything can happen in the 1st corner. It is a longer than normal run down to the 1st corner so many cars are really fast into it and it only takes a mistake by one person to cause an incident!
Another interesting point is that Kimi's Pole time was actually slower the Schumachers Q2 time!
Q3 Kimi 1:14.070 (Pole)
Q2 MSC 1:13.778
I don't know if this is the 1st time that happened with the new Qualifying format, certainly the 1st time I noticed.
Of course that is probably due to teams re-fueling prior to Q3 and the fact that Q3 was reduced from 20mins to 15mins hence the drivers had less time to burn off fuel before they set there fast times.
The thing that puzzles me with the ban of the mass damper is that Renault have had this on the car for over a year now and have developed the system further than anyone else.
When Ferrari caused a problem with the flexi wings every team in the pit lane complained and Ferrari changed their rear wing, fair enough.
Now no-one in the teams has complained about the mass damper system in the cars or about the advantage that Renault might have by being ahead with this system.
I think that the FIA by introducing the ban have done this coming close to a 3 week test ban to try and mix the show up for the viewersto try and make F1 go to the wire.
Looks like ther Ferrari steam roller is back in business. Hats to off they have caned this race =D> . I still think its bridgestone giving a big advantage i.e Webber running in 4th place.
Renault looks like they have screwed up on the set for this weekend. They really must pull their finger out
I'd also blame Michelin. Front tyres seam not worn-off enough when replaced which means that they have bad grip (not enough friction with tarmac).
If only Fisichella was capable to be 2nd as many times this season as Massa than neither Alonso or Renault would be so much in trouble as they are now.
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The thing that puzzles me with the ban of the mass damper is that Renault have had this on the car for over a year now and have developed the system further than anyone else.
Yeah I agree, I mean whys it illegal all of a sudden?
Interested by what Ron Dennis said, that the Mclaren MP4-21 has a similar system integrated with the suspension.
Oh yeah great drive by Kimi, unlucky that Webber retired after that awesome performance though.
It looks like renault are pinning alot of the blame on michelin, did you see the camera shot of the michelins behind the rendualt garage plain for all to see with the huge blisters on the rears
Renault unlucky, but I congratulate Alonso for emerging from 10th to finish 5th I think. What happened to DC 3/4 of the way through? suddenly he was being overtaken left right and centre, then he got faster again.
If only Massa was alowed to race Michael, then we'd see how good the Ferrari really is and how good MS is, but I suppose Schukey did win fairly so well done to him.
I like the idea of going down to the wire, when I started watching F1 8 years ago all the seasons ended like this, there was MS/Jaques, MS/Mika x2, MS/Everyone, then it got to 2001 and it was just boring for 3 years, good to know we're back to normal.
Murphy's 9th Law of Technology:
Tell a man there are 300 million stars in the universe and he'll believe you. Tell him a bench has wet paint on it and he'll have to touch to be sure.
Rear tyres were blistering but I didn't see any closeups
Renault F1 Paddock Pass wrote:Fernando had severe tyre blistering and lost a lot of time in the first stint, Fisi had the same in the second - when we stopped him as early as possible in order to change the tyres and stop him losing position to Trulli.
