Comments on: Hamilton slightly lighter than rivals (Abu Dhabi Grand Prix fuel weights)

By: AP

AP — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:51:17 +0000

lol as if he is going to be .5 faster every lap from the get go…
No thought about tyres, actual on track racing, if he is luck he may have 5-6 second gap but he wont save much fuel by doing that and will be in earlier than predicted as people always seem to forget he has kers weight and kers fuel economy in the car.

If either the RBR cars can stay close enough in 1st stint it will there race to loose.

By: Shagrathian

Shagrathian — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:49:50 +0000

You sound like Montezemolo!

By: Gavin Brown (RubberGoat)

Gavin Brown (RubberGoat) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:23:23 +0000

That’s a shame, because I think a lot of people do like to know, even if it’s just theoretical. I find it is the most read category on my blog…

However, I can’t say I’m unhappy that I won’t have to spend my Saturday nights pouring over websites and spreadsheets in order to make the calculations anymore

By: Keith Collantine

Keith Collantine — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:18:54 +0000

No, I never bother with ‘fuel-corrected’ stuff because I find it a bit spurious.

By: Keith Collantine

Keith Collantine — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:17:35 +0000

theo - Webber's defending on Raikkonen was entirely consistent with driving we have seen before that has gone unpunished. More on the subject here: Kobayashi and Sutil spark complaints over driving standards after crashes

By: Keith Collantine

Keith Collantine — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:16:21 +0000

I think so. As ever, there’ll be variation in fuel use between the cars as well which is difficult to model. But here’s the great thing: next year it won’t matter because we won’t have refuelling!

By: Adrian

Adrian — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:13:32 +0000

And all the past champion had to fight for victory with other drivers that CAN win races too from the 1st race.

I’m sorry, I take it you missed the years that Schumacher had a car advantage in his Ferrari such that the only other person who could have challenged him was his team mate who wasn’t allowed to. Was he an unworthy champion as well then???

By: Derek

Derek — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:12:48 +0000

Good point on the brakes Scribe, I was not aware of that one.

But what all this with the Button bashing everyone!! Give him a break, he’s our new WDC!!

By: DrF1

DrF1 — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:12:16 +0000

With Kobybashi on track and that insane pit lane exit, you can be assured of 2 things: 1. Safety Car 2. Kimi soaked in champagne.

Ferrari were horribly foxed by the tyres. Chris Dyer said that they were clueless and were still trying to find out which tyre was best during Q1 and Q2! Kimi’s fule load, his position on the clean side of the track and his KERS should allow him to make up at least 4 places on the start, jump another 2 places during the pitstops and if there’s a SC, he will win the race.

By: Patrickl

Patrickl — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:11:43 +0000

Yeah, let’s have everybody ram opponents off to prevent themselves be overtaken. We will have no overtaking anymor at all, but at least the bumpercar fans have their fun.