Drivers vary set-ups facing threat of rain

16 comments on “Drivers vary set-ups facing threat of rain”

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   bananarama (@bananarama)
   26th November 2011, 21:02

   A little disappointed to see Schumacher was apparently just slow in quali once again.
   Overall it seems all top teams have opted for a conservative aproach, RB being even slower than usual and Ferrari not being near the top in topspeeds. Not much excitement on that front to expect, but I’m still looking forward to an interesting race in the wet or even better changing conditions (just noticed in that case Button would be a good bet :-P).
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   Becken Lima (@becken-lima)
   26th November 2011, 21:13

   The talk of the town is that Lewis tyres pressures were optimized for two flying laps, contrary to Jenson’s for only one.

   That made the difference in the S2 in comparison with Jenson.

   I hope that this could help Lewis with his race pace with a heavy car if the race starts on a dry track.

   Incidentally, Jenson and Vettel seems to disagree a bit about dry and wet set up:

   Q: While the weather forecast tomorrow is for rain, have you chosen the set-up of your car only for qualifying or also thinking about 71 laps for tomorrow?

   SV: To be honest with you, I think a typical rain set-up doesn’t exist any more. The big difference is that you put on different tyres. Car-wise, there isn’t much you can do. Generally if it’s wet, you put on more downforce if anything but car-wise, from the set-up point of view, it’s more or less the same as in the dry.

   JB: I think that the set-up we’ve taken this weekend is a set-up that helps us in the wet, and it’s not been done on purpose, it’s just the way it is for us around here. Yeah, as Seb said, there’s not a big difference. You don’t really have a massive change to the car for wet conditions but there are small things.
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      celeste (@celeste)
      26th November 2011, 22:22

      Well, I get Vettel´s point you doný know exactly how the weather is gonna change. And since you cant change the setup anymore after qualifying I guess you choose something in between…

      Imagine that you setup for wet race and it doesn´t rain like today…
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      F1fanNL (@)
      27th November 2011, 0:07

      Prior to the Canadian GP Button said the exact same thing as Vettel did now.
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   tflb1 (@)
   26th November 2011, 21:44

   A small mistake I think, I think it’s actually 10-9 to Sutil in qualifying. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: based on pure performance, Sutil does not deserve the sack.
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      Estesark (@estesark)
      26th November 2011, 21:50

      I don’t think many people are claiming he does.

      But neither does Paul di Resta deserve the sack, while Nico Hülkenberg probably does deserve a chance to race again. Three into two won’t fit. What would you do, if the decision was yours to make?
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         gwenouille (@gwenouille)
         26th November 2011, 21:57

         I would … swallow my pride and support Di Montezemolo’s plan to introduce a 3rd car !
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         tflb1 (@)
         26th November 2011, 22:08

         I’d keep Sutil and Di Resta. Continuity is good and Hulkenberg didn’t really impress me at all last season.
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            verstappen (@verstappen)
            26th November 2011, 22:24

            Somehow, I think that’s what they’re gonna do. They need Sutil’s money and he’s just performing too well to change.
            Not what I would do, but I think FI Will…
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            BasCB (@bascb)
            27th November 2011, 14:49

            I’d ditch Sutil. If we here alk about the STR drivers having reached their potential and not growin, that is even more true for Sutil.

            I think he would be a good candidate for either Williams or Renault though. Having experience, bringing some money and being fast enough for solid qualli and points.
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               AndrewTanner (@andrewtanner)
               27th November 2011, 21:47

               @BasCB The problem with Sutil is perhaps continuity. The team may benefit from a severe shake-up. That said, they performed well today and I can’t see them improving much next year. I don’t think there is space to improve.
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               BasCB (@bascb)
               28th November 2011, 7:40

               I think FI will have quite a struggle to keep at the level they are next year @andrewtanner, even if their technical team now seems to be stable again, STR are getting better, Sauber got back into a groove, Mercedes is likely to be further ahead and even Williams and Lotus might get up there at times next year.

               But I do think thats not a bad situation to put a fresh lineup in. I agree with you on the Sutil thing there.
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   davidwhite (@davidwhite)
   26th November 2011, 23:25

   Couple of observations:
   Rosberg’s time in Q2 would have put him ahead of Alonso in Q3 if he could have replicated it. Impressive lap.
   Top speed difference across the grid is huge (again) – Vettel is giving away 14kph to the likes of Baricello. The top runners all seem to have more wing/lower gear ratio in anticipation of a wet race so no obvious advantage that i can see between them if it rains.
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   wasiF1 (@wasif1)
   27th November 2011, 4:32

   May be Roseberg ran on a dry set up with helped him to achived P2 or may be it was one of those laps that came out of nowhere.
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   Fixy (@)
   27th November 2011, 10:48

   Did Buemi not complain about problems in his car in Q2? What were they?
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   BasCB (@bascb)
   27th November 2011, 14:51

   Looks interesing. Nice to have heard Alguersuari say he is looking forward to having a bit of rain anyhow. It does show how he might not be the fastest of the STR drivers, but more the racer.

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