Comments on: Alonso’s speed and Rosberg’s smart strategy (German Grand Prix analysis)

By: PJA

PJA — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 08:18:15 +0000

If it had started to rain and say the safety car had come out for a few laps Hamilton would have been allowed to un-lap himself during the safety car period. He would still have been last on track but with cars going off in the rain and the increased chance of overtaking those conditions bring it would have been the only chance he could have scored points after what happened on the first lap.

By: Patrickl

Patrickl — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:34:19 +0000

Yeah, I’m not exactly sure what the point is really either.

I guess in the case of Alonso it shows he didn’t just do one fast lap, but that he drove a whole stint of fast laps.

To be honest, I don’t think fastest laps say much in general. They depend way too much on strategy and traffic. This race is quite a clear case of that.

By: Patrickl

Patrickl — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:26:12 +0000

In the radio transmission that was aired on TV, they said they wanted Hamilton to stay out for the event if the rain might fall.

Besides, these cars are mobile commercial signs. I don’t think the sponsors would be too happy if Hamilton had parked it after doing just one lap (with a car that could still do laps).

By: pSynrg

pSynrg — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:47:27 +0000

Ah, kinda get it now (by actually reading the chart below it )

Although it still seems like a meaningless statistic to me, sorry. Fastest lap surely cancels all the others out. The there’s individual personal bests and they cancel the previous ones out…

Huh?

By: pSynrg

pSynrg — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:44:04 +0000

I’m kinda with Oliver on this – I was puzzled by the comment earlier (39th…) and still am actually.

What are we missing?

By: Achilles

Achilles — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:46:42 +0000

Been nice if they had managed all that success without a veto, eh, perse?

By: Leaf

Leaf — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:14:44 +0000

Also, without opening another can of worms, lets hope Todt doesn’t wind up running the show at the FIA!

By: Leaf

Leaf — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:13:22 +0000

good point….agreed

By: persempre

persempre — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:10:44 +0000

The problem came when he was still moaning about having to continue running in interviews after the race, pSynrg.

By: pSynrg

pSynrg — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:59:40 +0000

I understand Lewis wanting to park it for reasons other than saving engine/gearbox. He was forced to yield to every car throughout the whole race.
I know when I’m racing any yield is painful – quadruple fold when you had a very promising opportunity.
But he diligently followed team orders and took the car to the end. Can’t see a problem there…