2012 European Grand Prix fastest laps

7 comments on “2012 European Grand Prix fastest laps”

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   AdrianMorse (@adrianmorse)
   24th June 2012, 21:32

   So quick! Not watching the football, Keith? ;-)

   I’m still stunned to see how quickly Hamilton’s tyres went from not very good to completely undriveable. From around lap 43 to 53 he was more or less matching Alonso, then in lap 54 suddenly a 1m46.1 versus a 45.3 for Alonso, then the next lap a 1m49.3 (including trying to defend from Raikkonen, of course). In hindsight it would have been better, of course, to make another pit stop anywhere during the final stint, or to drive slower at some point, but with the cliff coming so suddenly, it becomes very hard for the pit wall to make the right strategy call.

   I certainly don’t blame McLaren for trying to hold on to P2, but at the same time I’m surprised not more teams try a late charge on fresh tyres. Obviously, having to pass other cars can cost time, but just look at the time Rosberg takes out of Alonso since his final pit stop. Between laps 49 and 55 he wins around 2.5 seconds per lap on Alonso! Also, DiResta passes Webber on track, and then the latter pits from behind him, and catches and passes him again, including overtaking other cars on the way to DiResta.
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      Alfie (@alfie)
      24th June 2012, 21:47

      If Raikonnen had pitted, I think he could’ve won..
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      Mike (@mike)
      27th June 2012, 4:19

      Because of the tyres allowing cars that have pitted to have such a advantage in speed, which is great for F1. It means that simply put, you can try a banzai move and it can work.

      F1 is so awesome.
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   Eggry (@eggry)
   25th June 2012, 12:20

   Vettel is unbelievably fast in the first part of the race. I’m really worried about it.
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      F1fanNL (@)
      25th June 2012, 12:26

      He was unbelievably fast in Bahrein too.

      Hot conditions, lots of corners and Vettel liking the track determined Vettel’s pace.
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   smudgersmith1 (@smudgersmith1)
   25th June 2012, 20:10

   As a JB fan, v worried to see this pace…lets hope the rest of the European season goes better.
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   AndrewTanner (@andrewtanner)
   25th June 2012, 23:12

   Another astonishing gap from Vettel. Managing to bag yourself a free pit-stop is always good but having such supposedly tight competition by the teams makes it all the more impressive. Sticking it on pole by .3s under 2012 competitive conditions and pulling out a 20s gap makes for worrying times if you’re not driving the RB8.

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