Comments on: Button wins again with the old two-stop (Spanish Grand Prix review)

By: Oliver

Oliver — Mon, 11 May 2009 21:22:21 +0000

DGR-f1

Massa could only use KERS after he was running at over a 100km/h. About when he had reached that point, he had to take avoiding action as he went past Vettel, then there was no point using KERS just to run into the back of Button as he braked for the corner.

By: Macademianut

Macademianut — Mon, 11 May 2009 17:48:45 +0000

MP4-19,

Once you make up your mind on this, there’s no way you can see this BAR fiasco in any other way.

By: Patrickl

Patrickl — Mon, 11 May 2009 17:13:16 +0000

a) Well IIRC Rubens was told that Button changed strategy after he made his own stop. So sure by then his engineer knew, but that’s a bit too late isn’t it?

d) The cars are closer to each other than I can remember them being and they basically start in the order of who’s fastest to who is slowest. By definition that stops any overtaking right there.

Besides there has been plenty overtaking. Not sure if it’s more or less, but at least the tyre lottery and the rain has produced a lot of overtaking so far.

Of course when teams like Red Bull opt not to install any of the devices like KERS or moveable front wing, then yeah, they can actually assume they will have a more difficult task overtaking other cars.

By: mp4-19

mp4-19 — Mon, 11 May 2009 14:31:28 +0000

what i meant was,even i find it difficult to overtake on that circuit on my playstation ,rfactor,gp4 & f1 challenge, even though i use some of the most dominant cars like senna’s mp4/4 & mansell’s fw14b. that circuit has nothing to offer to “REAL” racing drivers. its only good for testing.

By: schumi the greatest

schumi the greatest — Mon, 11 May 2009 12:27:00 +0000

@mp4-19 i like webber i think hes a good driver but...have you seen the race from 02? only 8 cars finished! and the mayehm at the start helped him no end. great drive as it was. what do you mean even you find it difficult to overtake on that circuit?? are you some f1 driver that we dont know about??

By: DGR-F1

DGR-F1 — Mon, 11 May 2009 12:20:03 +0000

Patrickl – a)listen to the commentary/radio, at the crucial point, Rubino’s engineer tells him that Button has switched to ‘Plan A’
b)Yes, I saw the graphic move a little, and he moved past Vettel. He could have tried a little harder, maybe, and got past Button, he wasn’t that far ahead?
c)I stand corrected, but you see my point? (he’s finnish)
d)I know its not Touring Cars, but we were promised more overtaking everywhere, so where is it?
Actually I must agree its better than last year already, perhaps I’m expecting too much too soon…..?

By: mp4-19

mp4-19 — Mon, 11 May 2009 11:47:51 +0000

no sir. keke rosberg had a wonderful moustache as well.he was the 1982 champ. i like moustache but a beard looks really shabby,especially shabby when an englishman sports it. englishmen are known better for their subtle facial hair.

By: mp4-19

mp4-19 — Mon, 11 May 2009 11:41:34 +0000

i agree with you. he doesn’t get the credit that he deserves. i think the aussies at the moment are more obsessed with rugby & V8. he needs a win to get the nation behind him. even kevin rudd belives he’s a better driver than jenson button.after all mark webber was the one who drove that useless minardi to a points finish in aussie gp in 2002. even shoemaker couldn’t have done that.

By: mp4-19

mp4-19 — Mon, 11 May 2009 11:33:49 +0000

thank his grandmother.

By: mp4-19

mp4-19 — Mon, 11 May 2009 11:33:11 +0000

chuck away this circuit. it should be used only for testing. it is belived to favour only cars with good aero grip. thats why mclaren performed so badly. even i find it difficult to overtake on this circuit,even while driving a mp4/4 or a fw14.jarama is a better circuit.