Mark Webber took pole position for the second race in a row at the Nurburgring.
He had to fight off a threat to Red Bull’s supremacy which came not from Ferrari as expected, but Lewis Hamilton’s McLaren.
They occupied the front row of the grid while Sebastian Vettel was knocked off the front row for the first time this year.
Q1
Sauber took an unusual approach to Q1, keeping both their drivers in the garage for the first half of the session.
It caught them out when they finally sent their drivers out on soft tyres at the end of the session. Kamui Kobayashi set a 1’33.786 which left him vulnerable and he was eliminated as Paul di Resta and Nico Rosberg improved their times.
The other six cars that were eliminated were, as usual, those of Lotus, Virgin and HRT – albeit in a slightly different order to usual.
Heikki Kovalainen easily out-qualified his new team mate Karun Chandhok. Timo Glock pinched 20th place off Chandhok with his last lap, though he sounded distinctly unhappy with his team as he returned to the pits, telling them he’s “made his life difficult” again.
The two HRTs qualified on the back row, with Vitantonio Liuzzi just 0.025s faster than Daniel Ricciardo. But Ricciardo will start ahead following Liuzzi’s five-place penalty for a gearbox change.
All the drivers in the top three teams – Red Bull, McLaren and Ferrari – progressed to Q2 without using a set of soft tyres with one exception: Felipe Massa.
Drivers eliminated in Q1
18 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 1’33.786 |
19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus-Renault | 1’35.599 |
20 | Timo Glock | Virgin-Cosworth | 1’36.400 |
21 | Karun Chandhok | Lotus-Renault | 1’36.422 |
22 | Jerome d’Ambrosio | Virgin-Cosworth | 1’36.641 |
23 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | HRT-Cosworth | 1’37.011 |
24 | Daniel Ricciardo | HRT-Cosworth | 1’37.036 |
Q2
Lewis Hamilton put McLaren at the top of the times for the first time this weekend in Q2.
He blitzed the first sector of the lap, two-tenths of a second faster than anyone else, to lead the times on 1’30.998. Behind him were Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber.
But the focus of interest was the battle to reach the top ten. Paul di Resta briefly reached Q3 until his team make knocked him out.
The same happened at Renault, as Nick Heidfeld lost his place in the final ten to Vitaly Petrov.
Both Williams and Toro Rosso drivers were also eliminated, and Sergio Perez capped a poor session for Sauber by taking 15th.
Drivers eliminated in Q2
11 | Nick Heidfeld | Renault | 1’32.215 |
12 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1’32.560 |
13 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Cosworth | 1’32.635 |
14 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams-Cosworth | 1’33.043 |
15 | Sergio Perez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1’33.176 |
16 | Sebastien Buemi | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1’33.546 |
17 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1’33.698 |
Q3
Hamilton’s first run in qualifying was quick enough to beat Alonso – but not the flying Red Bulls.
Mark Webber was quickest on the first runs, setting a 1’30.251, edging his team mate by a tenth of a second.
The Mercedes drivers held back and did their first runs after the front runners had pitted, as did Adrian Sutil. Nico Rosberg claimed sixth, four places in front of Schumacher with Sutil in between.
Alonso improved his time with his second run but wasn’t able to move up from fourth place. Hamilton, meanwhile, split the Red Bulls to take second on the grid.
That demoted Vettel to third – off the front row of the grid for the first time in 15 races.
Webber lowered his time yet further, getting down to a 1’30.079. That gave him his second pole position in a row both this year and at the Nurburgring – where he scored his maiden F1 triumph two years ago.
Top ten in Q3
1 | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1’30.079 |
2 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1’30.134 |
3 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1’30.216 |
4 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1’30.442 |
5 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1’30.910 |
6 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1’31.263 |
7 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1’31.288 |
8 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1’32.010 |
9 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1’32.187 |
10 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1’32.482 |
2011 German Grand Prix
Image © Red Bull/Getty images
Doance (@doance)
23rd July 2011, 14:15
That was quite unexpected.
Fixy (@)
23rd July 2011, 17:44
Very good laps by Webber and especially Hamilton. No one expected him to be a second quicker than Button.
Mwoerne
23rd July 2011, 21:53
I regularly expect him to be at least 3/10ths of a second quicker…But yes, a second is quite impressive
Soumya
23rd July 2011, 14:16
I am surprised by how McL pulled that much back from yesterday. Brilliant first sector by Lewis.
David BR
23rd July 2011, 15:06
Well the Hamilton/McLaren combo. Lewis over-performing, Jenson under-performing or halfway? Either way, excellent if Hamilton and Webber can stay ahead off the start.
Bigbadderboom (@bigbadderboom)
23rd July 2011, 14:17
Sets it up perfectly for the race. Well done Lewis and Mark, but are the cracks showing with Seb, Martin Brundell said before quali that Seb didn’t look his happy self this weekend. Maybe the season isn’t over yet!!!
David BR
23rd July 2011, 16:45
Even if Vettel comes in 3rd every race with Webber in first, it will take 8 races (out of 10) to haul his lead in! So realistically it would require a couple of Vettel DNFs or very low point scores too to make it even a realistic prospect. Or McLaren/Ham and Ferrari/Alonso to develop beyond Red Bull from now on in (though these two plus Webber trading points won’t work either). And that’s without adding that we could well see Vettel first after the first lap again… Still, here’s hoping.
JCost (@jcost)
23rd July 2011, 17:40
Lewis was in the zone.Web was fantastic too, I think Seb was surprised too.
Franz
23rd July 2011, 14:17
First real qualifying session all year! So happy for Mark & Lewis. They both wrung the necks of those cars & deserve to be on the front row.
Ritesh (@rits)
23rd July 2011, 14:56
Couldn’t agree more!
UnitedKingdomRacing (@unitedkingdomracing)
23rd July 2011, 15:38
Nor do I hope it stays like this for the rest of the season.
JustAnF1Fanatic (@justanf1fanatic)
23rd July 2011, 15:37
COTD ^^
they both did a great job, mark for showing us hes not going down without a fight and lewis for probably the best lap of his life!
Dyrborg (@)
23rd July 2011, 16:15
malaysia was also pretty exiting in my opinion:)
DavidS (@davids)
23rd July 2011, 14:19
Vettel looked almost teary after he hopped out of the car in the parc ferme area.
Did anyone else notice that Brundle was commenting on Petrov’s lap in Q2 while the visuals were clearly on Heidfeld. After Heidfeld crossed the line, there was a long silence from Brundle as the gears whirred in his head.
Craig Woollard (@craig-o)
23rd July 2011, 14:22
He did the same at the start of Q1 with Ricciardo/Liuzzi, hence why I switched over to 5 Live commentary.
Ral
23rd July 2011, 14:23
Yeah, I only have a very general idea of what the drivers’ helmets look like, but I clearly recognized Heidfeld’s black one as soon as I saw the first shot of that Renault. Silly mistake by Brundle. Ah well. Most important bit is that Petrov beat Heidfeld :p
Ritesh (@rits)
23rd July 2011, 14:55
They were running different exhausts. Petrov had the older front facing one while Heidfeld was running the new rear facing one. And he later said its not working well enough.
That’s what I know, correct me if I’m wrong.
Ral
23rd July 2011, 15:03
Wasn’t Heidfeld meant to switch back to the front-blowing exhaust as well, as Renault weren’t quite confident enough yet over the construction, as well as the weight penalty?
bosyber (@bosyber)
23rd July 2011, 18:51
Yes, Heidfeld switched back to the front exhausts again for qualifying and the race; weight and reliability were indeed the reasons.
Ritesh (@rits)
24th July 2011, 8:00
Ah, that’s a miss on my part then. Sorry.
Victor.
23rd July 2011, 14:20
Ha, wicked! Finally a proper qualifying.
Alonso was a bit disappointing, though. I thought he’d challenge for pole. I expect to see more of him in the race.
daykind
23rd July 2011, 17:50
I’m sure he’ll be on the podium at least tomorrow :)
dam00r (@dam00r)
24th July 2011, 15:36
You missed the race?
TFLB
23rd July 2011, 14:21
Great efforts by Webber, Hamilton, Sutil and Maldonado. It’s also very refreshing to see a proper fight for pole, and Vettel off the front row.
streetfightingman
23rd July 2011, 14:21
I guess off-throttle blablabla actually was Ferrari’s triumph card…
Mads (@mads)
23rd July 2011, 14:42
Looks like it was, because they really didn’t look good when the others gave it the beans.
mole (@mole)
23rd July 2011, 15:12
Doubt that, Alonso’s race pace in Friday practice was something spectacular. I’d say the colder conditions for qualy favoured those who could thrash heat into their tyres, Hamilton made the difference. Button and Massa are known for not being able to this, which further makes the point. Add to this that McL tended to get up to speed faster in a stint in the Silverstone race, which would favour them over Ferrari in cold qualifying sessions.
At the moment im not getting my hopes up that McLaren havent made a miraculaous turn around, and I’m happy with the explanation Hamilton drove an extraordinary lap – I may be (hopefully) wrong
Vishy
23rd July 2011, 17:02
Hamilton was fast on all 3Qs. I think his pace is genuine and it will only get better in race. I am not sure what’s with Button though.
If what the commentrators are telling is right, the Pirelli’s are getting more durable and it will only make both Webber and Hamilton faster and neutralize Vettel’s and Ferrari’s advantage.
I am however rooting for Alonso this year, hope he gets the title. Really deserves it.
Mike
23rd July 2011, 14:22
I know this is all going to be Hamilton and Webber here but, how impressive was Alonso? Great stuff.
I can happily announce the end of Vettel’s dominance.
jake
23rd July 2011, 14:27
not very for me
Eggry (@eggry)
23rd July 2011, 14:30
Hmm…I think we have to wait until the race if we want to know whether his dominance is finally ended. actually I won’t say the dominance is over until I see at least 2 DNF :P
bananarama
23rd July 2011, 14:31
Again about half a second ahead of his teammate, so a solid Alonso performance. An awesome lap would have seen him third but I guess that was pretty much everything that was in the car today.
alex
23rd July 2011, 15:39
Disappointing Alonso. Hope he can do better in the race. Forza Ferrari!
Mwoerne
23rd July 2011, 21:56
I wouldn’t say “disappointing Alonso”, but rather, “disappointing Ferrari”. The man clearly did everything he could.
Young One
23rd July 2011, 15:45
He was built up all week to taking pole, and he ends up behind in 4th; very bad.
David BR
23rd July 2011, 17:37
How impressive was Alonso?! Surreal.
Fer no.65 (@fer-no65)
23rd July 2011, 14:24
Go MARK! :D:D
JCost (@jcost)
23rd July 2011, 18:09
Wishful thinking:
P1. HAM
P2. WEB
P3. ALO
DNF. VET
:)
unocv12
24th July 2011, 6:18
Wishful
1. Webber
2. Hamilton
3. Alonso
4. Massa
5. Button
DNF. + 3 race ban for deliberatly crahsing into multiple cars and being unable to overtake Vettel.
Then some Webber/Hamilton/Alonso podiums for 3 races and we should have an excellent title fight….
But I would settle for
Off the line, Webber goes into the distance, Hamilton follows like Silverstone 2010. Vettel has a KERS failuer and ends up P10 at the end of the lap, cue link to Malaysia 2011
Ral
23rd July 2011, 14:24
Awesome qualifying session.
But I do share Brundle and Coulthard’s worries that Pirelli are starting to change their tune a bit and give in to the public pressure and make more durable tyres. That would be such a shame :(
Eggry (@eggry)
23rd July 2011, 14:28
Yeah, like Bridgestone. again I prefer tyre war as Michelin said.
UnitedKingdomRacing (@unitedkingdomracing)
23rd July 2011, 15:37
That might be decrease the number of pitstops but it seems as if all the drivers except Vettel (and pretty much Webber) can handle these new Bridgestone-like tires better. Therefore even if the kill a bit of the in-race excitement if the bring the championship battle alive I wouldn’t be too sorry.
Eggry (@eggry)
23rd July 2011, 14:24
Good to see Webber takes pole(because I choose him on the Prediction!) but Alonso is disappointing…Now I have to hope Webber, Alonso, Hamilton would get rid of Vettel on the podium :D
Prisoner Monkeys (@prisoner-monkeys)
23rd July 2011, 14:30
I really hope Martin Brundle’s comments about Pirelli changing the tyre compounds have nothing to do with Pirelli bowing to pressure simply because another tyre manufacturer has been taking swipes at them. I’m hoping they’re just changing the tyres to keep everyone on their toes.
Steph (@)
23rd July 2011, 14:32
Same although I’d rather they didn’t change them at all.
sumedh
23rd July 2011, 14:39
No, they will HAVE to keep changing tyres all the time. It HAS to be a moving target.
I am pretty sure that for 2012, teams are looking to build cars that are softer on their tyres (instead of looking to build cars that are outright fast). If Pirelli don’t change their tyres, then we will end up with a 2010 Bridgestone situation.
Lachie (@lachie)
23rd July 2011, 14:43
Yeah if that were the case I don’t see why they wouldn’t turn the comments on their head and mention that it’s not that they can’t make a tyre that lasts, it’s that they’re so good at what they do that they made the exact tyre F1 asked for.
Steph (@)
23rd July 2011, 14:31
Well at least I got my pole prediction right. Copngrats to Mark. Lewis put in a brilliant lap and Seb despite not being on the front row was still pretty good. Sutil as well put in a great effort.
I was left underwhelmed by Button and Kobayashi. I loved Glock’s radio moment as I like a bit of drama but it wasn’t exactly professional or a morale boost for the team I imagine.
Stefanauss (@stefanauss)
23rd July 2011, 14:45
What exactly did he say? Streaming was terrible, couldn’t hear that clearly.
Steph (@)
23rd July 2011, 16:15
Stefanauss Glock said something like “you’ve made my life difficult these last two races” and then something about the car not being good enough.
Becken a few weekends ago, Canada iirc, after a fairly poor showing from Mclaren in qualifying Jenson was asked if he had set the car up more for the wet but he replied that no, there wasn’t much difference and he always go for the optimum or something similar. He did go on to win Canada however so maybe he was just holding his cards close to his chest.
I agree that Lewis has always been quick around here but he doesn’t seem to have much luck perhaps he’s inherited Kimi’s curse at this track.
MVRWill (@)
23rd July 2011, 17:10
I heard the same as what Steph said, because the mvr-02 is very sensitive according to his post-qualifying quotes:
“We had the same problem in Silverstone in similarly windy conditions and our car is just very sensitive to that.”
Becken
23rd July 2011, 15:16
I know Lewis is mighty in Nurburgring. He won two races there when was in GP2. He received a penalty in one of those races, but still won it. But 1 second faster than Jenson is too much.
Maybe Jenson is just expecting rain and set up his car to wet conditions.
Or we will hear him complaining about the car balance again…
pking008
23rd July 2011, 16:11
just wait. you will hear Jense complain very soon.i counted more tha 20 since season began
Scary Terry (@hatebreeder)
24th July 2011, 8:55
ran out of toes and fingers counting his excuses? :D
dam00r (@dam00r)
24th July 2011, 9:56
Button is very similar to Trulli.
Dan Thorn (@dan-thorn)
23rd July 2011, 14:32
That was a brilliant lap from Lewis. It’ll be interesting to see what his pace is like tomorrow but with Webber’s habit tardy starts I’d put good money on Lewis leading into Turn 1. If it rains he could well win it, but if not I reckon he’ll get passed reasonably quickly, what with the DRS zone at the end of sector two – where Hamilton has been slow.
Alonso could well split the Red Bull’s by T1, and if the temperatures warm up a bit he’s a good bet for the win. If things stay cold he may struggle, and if it rains, well, anything could happen. Either one of the top 4 guys can realistically win this race – we’re in for a cracker!
Accidental Mick
23rd July 2011, 15:20
With the lightning starts Alonso has had in the last 3 races you could be right. Then we will see if Vettel can overtake.
Martin
23rd July 2011, 15:51
Vettel seems erratic when defending, and I fear he’d be threatened enough by either Alonso or Hamilton beside him, at any time, that something bad may happen to Alonso’s race by or in T1, as I speculate that everyone fears Hamilton and Alonso’s starts –
David-A (@david-a)
23rd July 2011, 16:06
Vettel didn’t seem all that erratic at the start of any of the races this year apart from China. Or threatened when defending from Alonso at Monaco. Or Hamilton in Spain.
David-A (@david-a)
23rd July 2011, 16:07
So we’ll have to wait and see before making judgements about how intimidating Alonso and Hamilton supposedly are to him.
Mads (@mads)
23rd July 2011, 16:13
When is he erratic when defending? I don’t remember having seen that.
Lee
23rd July 2011, 16:28
Last season he constantly aimed his car at the one next to him and tried to force them off the road or into a barrier (I was quite surprised he never got a telling off from the stewards to be honest). This year though I have not seen him do this.
Vishy
23rd July 2011, 17:08
Both Vettel and Hamilton are very agressive when defending, actually they should be peanlized continuously until they get it into their heads.
Watch all the races again if you can and you will agree that Vettel is too agressive when defending.
Lee
23rd July 2011, 21:38
@Vishy,
I would not say either driver is too aggressive when defending this season. What do you call too aggressive and what particular incidents are you referring too?
Racing drivers certainly should not be continuously punished for defending unless they are breaking the rules. Would you rather a procession where no one tries to overtake or drivers pull over to allow rivals to pass unimpeded?
Vettel was a little too aggressive at the starts last season but this season he seems to have learned to be a bit less unsportsmanlike as I have not seen anything like the same behaviour.
Franz
23rd July 2011, 23:03
IMO, Vettel is definitely the most aggressive defender at the start of the race. He always lines up with his car aimed directly across the line of the car next to him on the grid (it’s always very obvious, because everyone else lines up straight ahead).
Vishy
23rd July 2011, 23:17
Lee
I agree it is about racing, and they should absolutely go wheel to wheel.
However look at last race when Hamilton passed Alonso, Alonso gave a fair fight, not weaving around. But watch when Alonso was faster and Hamilton was weaving around. At starts I have seen Vettel adopt a similar strategy cutting right across.
Massa also defends very agressively, and it is a very good wheel to wheel defense we see with him. However he does not weave all over the place. He might be slow but Vettel and Hamilton need to learn something from Massa.
It is not that Vettel and Hamilton are so just aggressive, it is that they act as sore losers and start playing unfair.
Alonso used to be like that, i remember he braked tested coultard many years ago when he was in benetton i think. Now he is different but still very great defensive driver.
Schumi in the past 3-4 races has been a revelation in defensive driving. Absolutely love watching him defend. Fair and very agressive.
suka (@suka)
23rd July 2011, 16:06
Massa is a better starter than Alonso. Last race, Alonso almost lost it to Massa at the start lights. Vettel on the other hand has been stable on starts.
jon
23rd July 2011, 14:35
wat happened to 09 world chump button.a second an half behind his team mate..needs to up his game,seems he can only luck into any good drives
Steven
23rd July 2011, 14:37
With Webbers ability at getting of the start line. We should see Lewis leading by the time they exit turn 2. Closely followed by Seb, Fernando and maybe even Nico. Ha ha ha.
Lee
23rd July 2011, 16:31
That assumes there is no rain. Remember that the cars can no longer start if it is wet so will be behind a safety car.
sid_prasher (@)
23rd July 2011, 14:37
Brilliant performance from Webber and Lewis.
Alonso was very neat so a bit disappointed Ferrari are half a second off…
Lachie (@lachie)
23rd July 2011, 14:44
As happy as I am to see Webber and Hamilton on the front row and Vettel in third. It is Webber from pole and Vettel’s also on the clean line. I’ll reserve my excitement until the start of lap 2.
Mads (@mads)
23rd July 2011, 14:44
Good job by Mark, and just amazing lap from Lewis. Really fantastic. I am looking forward to see what Vettel can do from 3rd on the grid!
ralph schumi
23rd July 2011, 15:12
Great news for Mark, finally we will get to see what red bull does when Vet is charging down Web.
‘ Sebastian, maintain the gap’??? I think not
@HoHum (@hohum)
23rd July 2011, 15:55
He has to make it stick at the start before that’s going to happen.
Lord Ha Ha
23rd July 2011, 15:16
Evans and Webber on pole and Ricciardo on terms with Liuzzi. Cadel riding for glory to cap off the night.
Julian (@julian)
24th July 2011, 5:22
Great night for Australian Sport!
It was an awesome ride by Cadel :)
brum55
23rd July 2011, 15:21
I think the track temperatures were what did it for Ferrari and played into the hands of McLaren and Lewis.
In FP3 Ferrari like in Silverstone Ferrari needed 1-2 laps before the tyres rubbered in. Obviously doing that in Quali would be detrimental for the race. I expect Alonso to take his time to get upto speed like Silverstone and be fastest at the end of the stints. If the race is fully dry than that may play into hands as he could afford the least time on the slower prime tyre.
If it rains than we may see a cracking battle between Vettel and Lewis for the title of wet race king.
Scary Terry (@hatebreeder)
23rd July 2011, 15:35
eh! i predicted vettel for pole!
@HoHum (@hohum)
23rd July 2011, 15:56
And I bet you got lousy odds as well.
badger (@badger)
23rd July 2011, 15:55
As i like Lewis i hope it doesn’t rain, as an F1 fan i hope it does but we don’t start behind the safety car, that’s what wet tyres are for.
David-A (@david-a)
23rd July 2011, 15:58
Are you sure about that? (Fuji 07, Monaco 08, Silverstone 08, Spa 10).
Bigbadderboom
23rd July 2011, 17:08
To be honest Lewis supporters, rain may be his best chance for the win!
@HoHum (@hohum)
23rd July 2011, 15:58
Here,Here, but Lewis might prefer the rain, he’s certainly fast on a greasy track.
F1 98
23rd July 2011, 16:06
Kamui had traffic so he
Couldn’ t get a lap time
David-A (@david-a)
23rd July 2011, 16:18
Bad
luck
for
him.
Hope
he
can
get
points.
Funkyf1 (@funkyf1)
23rd July 2011, 16:06
Interesting to see all the people screaming at how bad Mclaren were in practice, now praising Lewis, that’s what practice is for people’s – testing and perfecting. Well done to Webber and Lewis both, still it’s a long race
suka (@suka)
23rd July 2011, 16:12
A few of us were hopefull they would recover…at least I did(check out the posts).
Webber is not a great starter and Hamilton is on the dirty side which gives us Vettel and maybe Massa coming through to the front.
I’ll keep fingers crossed for Webber’s clean and quick start.
Gill
23rd July 2011, 17:49
I have always found the advantage/disadvantage of clean and dirty side a bit exaggerated. In Spain, Fernando was on the dirty side and was 1st after T1. In Spain and Silverstone, Vettel did the same so its not a deciding factor at all.
David-A (@david-a)
23rd July 2011, 19:32
Exactly. Meanwhile, Webber was on the clean side in Spain and Belgium 2010. Ended up 3rd and 6th (no, really) after turn 1.
DaveW
23rd July 2011, 19:23
Well, it’s not inconsistent to point out development troubles with the team and with praising Lewis. After all, Button ran the exhaust Friday, and in the end the team could never set up his car to adapt to them. If both cars were on Button’s set up, we would have another case of failed upgrades. It’s not just about blaming Button though. This strange tale suggests that there is an operational issue in getting updates to work at the track.
mark p
23rd July 2011, 16:30
Mclaren were well off through practice, Button still is. Have they left standard race setup on Button who had understeer and gone for oversteer on Hamilton hence getting more heat into his tyres, he was so fast in slow corners. May come back to bite in the race. Covering up slower car in the short term like under fueling in Silverstone?
Lee
23rd July 2011, 16:37
Button is a very fast driver when he has the car set up perfectly but seems to struggle a lot if it is not. Lewis seems to be able to drive pretty well if he has rubbish setup and can seemingly squeeze extra performance out of a car that is set up well.
mark p
23rd July 2011, 16:38
Would a heavily biased oversteer balance be bad in the wet?
Lee
23rd July 2011, 21:44
Not really sure. It would certainly help with keeping the tyres warm which would help a lot with grip but you would have to be careful not to spin the car if the track was greasy. However heavy understeer which it seems Jensons car has would make the car a bit more stable in the slippy corners but as most cars understeer in the wet anyway it could mean going straight on at corners and also not give as much response when trying to steer out of a spin.
dam00r (@dam00r)
23rd July 2011, 17:06
Hamilton 1.1 second faster than Button.
That is……. super driving.
F1 98
23rd July 2011, 20:06
Maybe but button may have a
Different set up then lewis
For the race because it might
Rain
wasiF1 (@wasif1)
24th July 2011, 1:42
Hamilton’s lap was mega.Good to see Webber putting in some good show.It is a good opportunity for both him & others to pip some more points from Vettel.
F1 98
24th July 2011, 7:48
Maybe vettel might end up like button when he was at brawn
Win 6 out of 9 races then fads at mid season
Go ALONSO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
dam00r (@dam00r)
24th July 2011, 8:05
I think that S.Vettel has been told to lift off the throttle a little to let the other drivers catch up. For the season not the be as boring as it has been so far. (And maybe to learn how to overtake).
Dirk
24th July 2011, 12:35
My prediction… MW in P3-P4 by turn 3.
I really hope I’m wrong!!!!
Good luck Mark… and nail that bloody start!!! (sigh)