Mercedes wary of Ferrari advance in Canada

14 comments on “Mercedes wary of Ferrari advance in Canada”

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   Breno (@austus)
   6th June 2014, 23:30

   Mercedes running with a lot of wing, or just a lot of fuel? 7kmph gap is pretty big.
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   @HoHum (@hohum)
   6th June 2014, 23:50

   Either Ricciardos’ car is down on power compared to Vettel or he is running more downforce which would be a reversal of the normal minor difference between these cars, curious.
   1. 

      Dennis the menace (@)
      7th June 2014, 4:53

      I think Red Bull may have been testing different set ups and as you suggest playing with the amount of down force.
   2. 

      Michel S. (@hircus)
      7th June 2014, 5:31

      That looks like a really unoptimal set-up on Ricciardo’s car. Lower top speed and lower lap times? Normally you’d increase downforce to the point of getting faster lap times at the expense of top speed (making it harder to overtake and being vulnerable to being overtaken), but no more.

      Perhaps they’re still finding the limits, or Ricciardo is carrying more fuel too…
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      Sensord4notbeingafanboi (@peartree)
      7th June 2014, 12:14

      @hohum Vettel is running the improved unreliable pre-season package, whereas Ricciardo is running the normal car. Besides they’re running different set-ups.
3. 

   F12345
   7th June 2014, 0:06

   Wow! Hamilton’s and Rosberg’s stint pace is sooooooo close. With some decent overtaking spots on the track we could see a real race long battle between the Merc boys.
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   AdrianMorse (@adrianmorse)
   7th June 2014, 6:50

   Ricciardo seems to be struggling at this track (as he did last year). I don’t think the difference between him and Vettel can be explained away just by Vettel going out later, and also Daniel’s long run graph does not look too good.
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   spoutnik (@spoutnik)
   7th June 2014, 9:52

   Massa’s long stint looks particulary quick !
   1. 

      Todfod (@todfod)
      7th June 2014, 11:58

      Exactly what I noticed. Williams might be the team taking the challenge to the Mercs this weekend. They’re definitely the dark horse.

      Ferrari have improved… but my guess is that they are still a tenth or two off the Bulls and a second behind the Mercs
   2. 

      juan fanger (@juan-fanger)
      7th June 2014, 14:56

      I’ve never bet before, but from that long run pace and top speed I just went and put a few dollars on MAS at 80/1. (Still have HAM for the win in the Predictions, as that is important to get right. See what happens in P3)
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   steve (@maximustotalus)
   7th June 2014, 10:36

   i think we might actually see bottas/massa on the podium this weekend as with that high speed i dont think anyone will be able to pass them and if they are behind the ferraris and keep close for the straights i can see them breezing past in the drs i think redbulls will qualify between the williams/ferraris and the mcclaren/force indias
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   Amine
   7th June 2014, 13:21

   I see the cars hitting more than 375 km/h in Monza! who else agrees? This year’s cars are slower but when it comes to top speed, I think that we might witness an all time F1 top speed record this year!
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      Steven
      7th June 2014, 14:14

      Now that would be something! It’d be even cooler if they took out the first chicane so the cars can take the first turn at top speed (Curva Grande, I think?)

      I remember seeing the Audi LMP cars taking that first turn at Monza without the chicane (just straight into Curva Grande) and the speed they carried into the turn was AWESOME. I suppose the downside would be missing the overtaking attempts at the chicane on the F1 layout…
   2. 

      Michael Brown
      7th June 2014, 14:51

      While I miss the higher speed cornering the cars used to have, it’s good to see the top speeds go up by quite a lot.

      The fastest lap of the 2013 GP was 1:16.1 set by Webber in the race. Hamilton beat that in practice.

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