I have a feeling brundle did say sequential but I wasnt paying full attention. So the key word this weekend is: "CAMBER"
hmmm i dont know about the mclaren only having genuine pace in the cold . Spain was a hot race and everyone thought red bull would walk it but hammy was all over vettel , then again i look at valencia and turkey and they were not on the pace. That Mp4-26 yo-yo's all over the place (race pace wise) does anyone now if they have more updates coming . I hope for one that they are up there and that button has a descent race ,he's been so unlucky lately . If rain is forecast then its open hamilton,alonso,button,webber,vettel for victory
Hoping that the prediction of thunderstorms means sticky conditions, my selection is Alonso in that case, please tally my points with Nick as I am he!
Button was fast in Monaco and in Malaysia which were both hot conditions and yes they are bringing upgrades according to whitmarsh.
-Where traction was key in Germany, Hamilton was easily quickest. -Where downforce was key in Germany, Webber was easily quickest -Throughout the circuit, Alonso was fast but never fastest That tells me the pecking order at Hungary will be: Red Bull, Ferrari, McLaren. There are other factors to take into account as well: Tyres - Soft and supersoft, which will hurt Hamilton and Webber and benefit Ferrari the most Track temp - Ferrari were still competitive on a cold track in Germany which must worry Red Bull. If it's at at Hungary Alonso will be a big threat, but a cold track temp will benefit Red Bull. Updates - There's only a week between Hungary and Germany but with the summer break just after the Hungarian Grand Prix, teams will be pushing hard to bring updates to the cars.
This race is set up for a Alosno win. If Vettel doesn't get pole I can see his blip continuing giving Alonso a not too difficult task of winning the race. I am also of the opinion that Webber will come second after a battle with Hamilton. In short. 1. Alonso 2. Webber 3. Hamilton 4. Vettel 5. Button
If my memory serves me right Red Bull were a rediculous 1.5 seconds faster than Ferrari on this track last season and nearer 2 seconds faster than Mclaren so this for me is the one that will show the measure of Mclarens improvement. Have they really found something or was last weekend simply down to track temperature? We'll soon find out and looking forward to it. Lets go racing.
Why? Because Heidfeld is beating Petrov in the standings? Or because Heidfeld didn't finish the last race through no fault of his own?
but he did mention that someone said to him they thought Webber would block Vettel over all the others (which he did) after I said it after qualy.
El Bando - re- Hamilton winning again 'you will eat your words? -get a supply of rice paper in - you might be red-faced.
This GP will be the 100th Grand Prix for Nico Rosberg and the 100th race for the Mercedes-Benz 2.4 litre V8 engine since its introduction at the start of 2006... haha
The nature of teh circuit, fastish corner leading to short staright leading to corner is going to suit the Red Bulls who can get on teh throttle early and not have to worry about top end speed as the only place this can be achevied is the pits straight. I can see a Red Bull 1-2 here, UNLESS, Ferrari & McLaren's updates from Germany and those they will bring to HUngary have really closed the gap. I did expect an RB domination at Nurburgring but it never happened so you never know these days. Even free practice gave no indication as the McLaren(s) were nowhere then suddenly at the top of the sheets come quali and the race. As for the weather, all the drivers have shown they can do wet conditions so I'm not sure who has the real advantage these days.
Can't think where else it could be either. None of the other straights are long enough to make it worthwhile. They need to get the deployment zone and distance right otherwise we could end up with a Canada situation which just looked daft.
No because it makes no sense at all. Even with Nico at Force India, might as well have him in for a weekend in place of Di Resta if they really want to see his potential. FP1 nothing really goes on apart from race work which can affect Heidfeld, so good data there, but no data on low fuel quali laps.
I think its just to keep a reserve driver fresh incase a driver cant attend a race or to evaluate for the next season. 2009 saw drivers with no testing come in and populate the back of the grid (Grosjean, Algaesuari, Badoer)
