This weekend is shaping up to be a fireworks. McLaren need to sort out their pace. I would suggest they stick with the old spec rear wing. As for the EBD, Great news for me(McLaren Fan) but maybe unfair for Red Bull and Renault. But they have 2 weeks until Germany which will give them time to debate with Charlie.
That was the argument Renault and Red Bull put forward. They claimed 10% hot blowing equated to 50% cold blowing in performance terms.
Not true. They showed data from 2009 and therefore it was for reliability. Mercedes also got their set based on 2009.
Interesting that Alonso is fastest in Sector 2 (the part where Red Bull should be dominating). If we assume that Red Bull have the fastest car, the sector times suggest Red Bull were heavier than Alonso - which means they will dominate qualifying.
So, if RBR win this do we all agree the Championship's slim hope for a fight is over? Done and Dusted? Ist kaput ja? Alonso is our only hope Obi Wan..
From Scarbsf1's Blog UPDATE: As with many of these issues arising over a GP weekend, its a rapidly developing story. The position given to me by the teams ast night, has since changed, as Charlie whiting considered the situation overnight. For the balance of the British GP, Mercedes engined cars (McLaren, Mercedes GP, Force India) will be able to use their fired-overrun. As this was pre-agreed with the FIA for reliability reasons. However Renault Sports request for their larger overrun throttle opening was requested after the event had started. Thus Chalrie Whiting decided that, as the technical regulations for the event need to be agreed before the event, Renaults request was inadmissible for this event. Thus they have to meet the original technical directive on throttle opening and not the 50% they had lobbied for. This leaves Renault having to run a mapping which is not optimal for reliability and Mercedes can run their mapping.
My Prediction then 1. Vettel 2. Webber (big gap) 3. Alonso 4. Massa (Slightly smaller gap) 5. Hamilton 6. Rosberg 7. Button
