How could the title-deciding race play out? (20 posts)

  • Profile picture of nik nik said 2 years, 6 months ago:

    @Ral that sounds like the plot of ‘Days of Thunder’

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  • Profile picture of Deleted User said 2 years, 6 months ago:

    @Ral – that is such a clever and devious plot that it sounds like something Alonso would definitely do!

    @nik – I don’t know about McLaren being the second fastest team in Abu Dhabi, but I think they’ll be a lot closer to the Red Bulls and Ferraris than at recent races. I see the Abu Dhabi running order being similar to that of Singapore, except that the F-duct will probably be playing much more of a role on those long straights. At Singapore, Ferrari and Red Bull were very evenly matched, with McLaren only a little way behind. With the McLaren F-duct factored in, it’s not impossible to imagine all three of these teams being very close at Abu Dhabi, which should make for a thrilling championship showdown.

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  • Profile picture of VettelS VettelS said 2 years, 6 months ago:

    Red Bull shouldn’t have quite the big advantage they had over Ferrari in Brazil, but the RB6 should still be the faster car.

    You have to assume that Alonso will be on the podium, bar any break-downs or tangles in the first corner.

    All Red Bull have to do is finish first and second. You’d have to say that they will more than likely lock out the front row during qualifying, and since they’re no longer racing each other, reliability problems is all that can harm them.

    I’m expecting a reasonably straight-forward race in Abu Dhabi. I don’t think Alonso will have the pace of the Red Bulls, and since Webber and Vettel are now working together, it’ll make the race a lot easier for them.

    As for strategy, I guess it would make sense to switch Vettel and Webber early on in the race (assuming Vettel out-qualifies Webber)- that way Webber has more flexibility in terms of pitstops, tyre strategy and fuel management, and Vettel can act as a sort of “buffer”, should Alonso turn out to be up to the Red Bull’s pace.

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  • Profile picture of Stretch Stretch said 2 years, 6 months ago:

    Not looking forward to the race tonight so I thought I should have a play with the WDC Calculator. I’ve pretty much written off this championship for Webber but it’s not over just yet.
    A possible situation (i.e. a highly creative scenario) that I’ve got my fingers crossed for is that Hamilton wins by taking first on the first lap, Button gets an awesome start, passes Alonso into the first corner but holds up him as well as Webber due to “the tyres aren’t just working”. Further back in the grid, Massa has a bad start and falls behind the Schu-Barrichello battle which renders him useless. Later, Vettel has a bad pitstop, and puts him in behind Button and Alonso. Vettel the takes ‘it’s all or nothing’ frame of mind and begins trying to overtake Alonso. This causes Alonso to drive defensively and his engine overheats and has to DNF. The race ends with Hamilton victorious, Button 2nd, Vettel 3rd and Webber 4th.
    That would leave:
    Webber 248
    Hamilton 247
    Alonso 246
    Vettel 246
    That would brighten my mood after last night! (That is, if I can keep awake til 2am tomorrow…)

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  • Profile picture of Icthyes Icthyes said 2 years, 6 months ago:

    Not looking forward to the race tonight

    This is what I miss about living in the Western Hemisphere – everything usually happens in the morning (so no waiting) or at a time when if you lived in Europe it would be on quite/very late.

    I hate waiting.

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