Does anyone else think RBR's DRS quali advantage could be lost here? They'll be running less wing so obviously they won't be turning off as much drag on the straights, they could run with a normal rear wing set up to give them better speed through the corners, but that would leave them very vulnerable on the straights in the race when they're not allowed to get it open.
the Arnoux/Villeneuve battle is a fantastic bit of wheel to wheel pass and repass racing. I think it was one of the first clips I saw of Villeneuve.
Can't see the picture Genji. Here some Mark Webber pics: please log in to view this image please log in to view this image please log in to view this image please log in to view this image
I see what you're getting at AG but before answering, I need to explain something which I feel tends to be overlooked, which I will attempt to clarify between the lines. I think that there has been a general misunderstanding of Red Bull's so-called 'DRS advantage'. (Forgive me if in saying the following, I am stating the obvious). - - - Red Bull's advantage is that their car is generating a lot more downforce in the first place and exists regardless of DRS. It is this huge advantage - already incorporated into the design of the car - which is simply allowing them to activate DRS sooner than all other teams. If one looks carefully at any video footage seen this season, it will be noticed that Red Bull run a shallower rear wing than every other team, and at every race. When the Red Bull DRS is deployed, the rear wing almost vanishes as far as its interference with airflow is concerned, by which I mean that Red Bull have achieved a far cleaner air-flow in the first place. Thus it is that because the rear wing is already running at a shallower angle, their DRS activated vane is running almost horizontal, allowing the air straight through! Conversely, all other teams are having to run a steeper angle (particularly McLaren), which means that DRS deployment still generates more drag. The underlying fact is surely inescapable: Red Bull are generating huge downforce through the whole design of their car and are far less reliant upon the rear wing, which can be 'discarded' shortly after the need for maximum downforce i.e. sooner than everyone else after the apex of a corner. - - - So, back to the question of the possibility of their advantage being somewhat negated at Montréal; well, I doubt it! - It is an advantage they carry to every circuit, regardless of circumstance, because their rear wing is playing a smaller role in the first place.
By the way, in case everyone didn't know, Perez has been declared fit to race. Excellent news, glad there is no lasting damage, and hopefully he can have a good weekend and put it all behind him.
Permission to get drunk at that time? "Friend: Hay Silver, we're going clubbing after work, want to come?" "Me: Fk off mate, practice is on, and the Wall of Champions is calling me"
Unlikely. Hoping to catch FP2, though. This is a nice touch: please log in to view this image please log in to view this image please log in to view this image please log in to view this image please log in to view this image Some Ferrari precious things: please log in to view this image
Well that's something interesting regarding Red Bull's pace that I didn't bring up... http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/92101 Last year, Vettel and Mark Webber finished fourth and fifth after opting to qualify and start the race on the harder prime Bridgestone rubber. But the 23-year-old German believes that the decision to run the slower tyre compound in qualifying shrouded Red Bull's real pace and that there is no reason why he can't fight for a sixth win of the season on Sunday. But this does depend on the team understanding the performance of the tyres better than it did here in 2010. "I'm quite confident," said Vettel. "Last year, we had a good car here but were not on the podium. We started the race on a different strategy that turned out not to work, which was a surprise for us at the time.
