2016 Malaysian Grand Prix lap times and fastest laps

9 comments on “2016 Malaysian Grand Prix lap times and fastest laps”

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   kpcart
   2nd October 2016, 11:55

   What I don’t is how behind virtual safety car, both times verstappen made gains against verstappen, on the first stop he didn’t lose 24 seconds in the pit, but only about 16, OK the other drivers were driving to a delta, he so was he on in and out of last – he seemed to jump start the restart against kimi. On the second virtual safety car, he was released from his stop 5.5 seconds after ricciardo which would have grown during the 5.5 seconds earlier ricciardo had turned off the pit lane limiter, yet when virtual safety car was turned off, verstappen was only 2.5 seconds behind Riccardo? Do they police the cars speeds in VSC?
   1. 

      kpcart
      2nd October 2016, 11:57

      I meant verstappen against *Riccardo
   2. 

      ia
      2nd October 2016, 18:09

      If Max cheated on the virtual safety that would have been visible on his car camera. Kimi was not paying attention while Max accelerated exactly at the right time after the virtual safety. It was shown on tv.
   3. 

      Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
      2nd October 2016, 18:14

      he seemed to jump start the restart against Kimi

      Looks fine from the onboard:

      https://twitter.com/f1fanatic_co_uk/status/782480772066410500
   4. 

      Matthijs (@matthijs)
      2nd October 2016, 19:18

      “On the second virtual safety car, he was released from his stop 5.5 seconds after ricciardo which would have grown during the 5.5 seconds earlier ricciardo had turned off the pit lane limiter, yet when virtual safety car was turned off, verstappen was only 2.5 seconds behind Riccardo?”

      They are allowed to accelerate at the same time, so how faster you go, the smaller the gap is (in time, not in meters). Also the other way around: when the VSC was deplyed, the gap became bigger.
   5. 

      Rick (@)
      2nd October 2016, 19:58

      @kpcart I’m not here defending one driver over the other, but two of your facts are not facts at all. First has been mentioned by others, about jumping the restart against Kimi. One thing I do want to mention about that: if you look closely on the restart, you can see that Kimi is really sleeping, also visible by the line he takes. He just really wasn’t expecting the restart just yet. Or he expected to restart from the start/finish line. Either way, his loss.

      Second thing is the about the pit stop: that Verstappen lost only 16 seconds is not true. Multiple sources have mentioned the average pit stop here takes around 23 seconds. You cannot gain 7 seconds without significantly speeding in the pit lane. And even when he would’ve had a mega pit stop, he would not have gained more than a second standing still compared to any other driver. After all, most stops are between 2.5 and 3.5 secs. There’s just not that much to gain, it’s very restricted in terms of entry and exit speed, pit lane speed and the time standing still. To say it otherwise: you can only really lose time at the pit stop.

      And in regards of your last comment, I don’t know the facts, but I do have an answer to your question by quoting the FIA rule book on two points:
      “Under the VSC, drivers must reduce their speed and stay above a minimum time set by the FIA at least once in each marshalling sector. Stewards can impose penalties for any transgressions.”
      “Drivers must not drive unnecessarily slowly, erratically or in a manner that could be deemed potentially dangerous to other competitors. Drivers may not pit, unless it is to change tyres. They are also not permitted to overtake, except if another driver in front enters the pit lane or slows with an obvious problem.”
2. 

   Boudi
   2nd October 2016, 17:45

   Verstappen is the Stewards’ little favorite boy.
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      Bobsled
      9th October 2016, 22:21

      A little more respect for the best racecar driver in the world please.
3. 

   Cyber
   3rd October 2016, 14:02

   That fastest lap of the race from Rosberg looks totally insane!

   Like 1 sec faster than second fastest.
   And 2 (two !) seconds faster than Hamilton’s fastest.

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