2011 Chinese Grand Prix first practice analysis

21 comments on “2011 Chinese Grand Prix first practice analysis”

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   Todfod (@todfod)
   15th April 2011, 8:43

   Vettel style pole position on the post.. more than a second quicker than anyone else
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   CT
   15th April 2011, 9:31

   Keith

   Have only just noticed this feature on your site (is it new?) Absolutely brilliant!

   CT
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      Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
      15th April 2011, 9:36

      No, been doing it since last year!
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         explor3r
         15th April 2011, 13:33

         i am using thw latest Firefox and the chart doesn’t show up. it works on chrome. do i need to do something?
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            Horacio
            15th April 2011, 14:29

            Using FireFox 4 and everything running smooth here.
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               mfDB
               15th April 2011, 15:31

               yep, firefox working fine. Keith, this is always awesome, thanks for this
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   CT
   15th April 2011, 9:40

   lol. That’ll teach me to pay more bloody attention then! Keep up the excellent work Keith
4. 

   Andy Bright
   15th April 2011, 9:47

   Novice Question I Know. How many cars actually qualify for the race please ?
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      Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
      15th April 2011, 9:56

      Maximum of 26. There’s only 24 entries, so no problem there.
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   Faraz (@faraz)
   15th April 2011, 10:21

   Just noticed that Hulkenberg has been consistently been faster than Di Resta the whole of this session…………..
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      Atticus (@atticus-2)
      15th April 2011, 14:32

      Yeah I noticed that too. And di Resta is doing a good job against Sutil who I praise a lot, and if I’m right regarding this praise, then these three is a very very good driver line-up for Force India.
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   wigster (@wigster)
   15th April 2011, 11:23

   Is there any reason as to why the second (or third) Team lotus reserve driver wasn’t in Kovalainens car in 1st practice?
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      Fixy (@)
      15th April 2011, 13:08

      Do you mean Valsecchi? He didn’t drive?
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         wigster (@wigster)
         15th April 2011, 15:23

         Yes.

         Has any reason been given for Valsecchi not running? Though it makes sense for Kovalainen to have run in FP1, the last I heard he wasnt supposed to. Have Team Lotus given a reason for changing their plans?
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            Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
            15th April 2011, 15:29

            I’ve asked but nothing yet.
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   Atticus (@atticus-2)
   15th April 2011, 14:30

   I tried to get something from longest stints comparison but I found very few drivers who were actually put in 8-10 laps of running in a consistent manner (which I think indicates that it really is a tyre evaluation test, or a race setup test etc.).

   And those who did gave verystrange results, namely an upside down pecking order which is obviously not possible unless we assume that the Williamses and Co. have run their respective longer stints on a cleaner track.

   And this could very well be the case as we saw that track is especially dirty.

   Not much to read into so far.
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   AndrewTanner (@andrewtanner)
   15th April 2011, 14:49

   This looks like a good showing from Razia, a respectable time all things considered. Ricciardo is miles behind Buemi though.

   Still, it’s only practise!
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   Anon
   15th April 2011, 17:33

   What are the units on that graph?
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      Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
      15th April 2011, 17:55

      It’s the drivers’ lap times so it’s laps and times.
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         DanielF1
         15th April 2011, 22:36

         I think something might be wrong there.

         The graph indicates that Seb’s fastest time was 99.54?
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    metalhead013 (@)
    15th April 2011, 21:54

    is there a way you can compare more than only longest stints? ie you select a driver and then select one of his stints (or several stints)… that would be great, would give better picture…

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