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71 comments on Red Bull show superior performance in race stints

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   RIISE (@riise) said on 8th April 2011, 14:04

   Did anyone find out what was wrong with Nahrain’s HRT? Spurts of smoke were constantly coming out when he put down the power. Strange stuff…

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     VXR said on 8th April 2011, 14:12

     It was an oil supply problem. There was too much in the engine.

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       AlonsoWDC said on 8th April 2011, 15:20

       This isn’t technically a problem, is it? It can’t hurt performance unless I’m missing something.

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   F1Lover said on 8th April 2011, 14:47

   I don’t believe in any of those stats and theories…I said before the first race that people were gonna be surprised as most people were thinking that Ferrari should stronger than Mclaren…

   At the race the driving style is always different from the one during practice.

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   DaveW said on 8th April 2011, 14:52

   The graphs tell me that RBR and VMM tire use is comparable. Webber vs. Button goes to Button as Webber went off the cliff much faster. Vettel v. Button is a close call because Vettel was much faster out of the gates, but could not sustain that edge. Not clear who could have gone longer into the teens laps. On this point, here is an interesting comparison to Hamilton, who went out quick and lost the tires quicker. It could be McLaren needs to dial in the right starting pace to determine the ultimate tire performance. It could be a close race tomorrow.

   Ferrari are in trouble. So is Mercedes. However, it seems that only RBR and VMM are not destroying their tires straight away, so their misery will have company.

   But, take a look at Perez. His absolute pace is not stellar, but by lap 12, he’s quicker than Button.

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     F1Lover said on 8th April 2011, 14:58

     So should we say that Perez ability to look after the tyres at Melbourne was real skills and not just luck?

     I can’t wait for the start on sunday…hope it doesn’t rain before the start though.

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   Toro Stevo said on 8th April 2011, 15:27

   Nothing in these practice runs makes me think that the gulf between Vettel and Webber will close. Webber’s tyres went off laps earlier than Seb’s – and over race distance that makes all the difference. I hope he can close it, but I don’t think he will. And given the rumours that only Vettel was running the bulky KERS system (I didn’t see the coverage, being stuck at work), it could be another bloodbath.

   I was worried when I saw Webber blaming the car a fortnight ago. As a driver, the first step should be to ensure that your driving is top notch first. If the car isn’t up to scratch that will come out in the wash, but the only thing you can control as a driver is your own driving. Blaming the car, particularly the car which is one of the best in the field, is just poor form.

   I’m a painted on Aussie Webber fan – I hope he can pull it together but I fear otherwise given his comments. At least he’s been positive though, and he does have more points than after the first race last year.

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     Aussie Fan said on 9th April 2011, 5:16

     Yawn, there must have been a problem, Vettel has NEVER beaten Webber by anything like the 1 second per lap he had at Melbourne… Guys don’t just suddenly get a second a lap faster against the same teammate they were racing for the last 2 seasons, not last time I checked anyway.

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   AndrewTanner (@andrewtanner) said on 8th April 2011, 18:48

   Plenty to digest here! Looks like Webber is on top form this weekend.

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   huytoante (@huytoante) said on 9th April 2011, 9:00

   I don’t understand the graph, what is horizontal/vertical axis?

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