I wonder what driver A could do in that McLaren? He'd probably be 3 seconds a lap faster than anyone else.
I want Grosjean to get a good start, turn into Hamilton and get Vettel crashed into, which then he comes back on track into Webber's eyeballs and all 3 of them go out of the race. That would make my race.
Superb performance from Hamilton: a well-deserved pole position. However, he has tended to bog down at the starts, so will have to be on his game against Grosjean: Lotus have tended to be very quick off the mark. Button just cannot work the rear end of that car like Hamilton. Then again, neither can any other mere mortal. Please do not accuse me of fan worship: my money was on Button for this weekend (and still is, unfortunately!). It's just an exaggeration of my respect for what his team mate is doing. I am serious when I say I believe the McLaren is only on a par with the other top cars now. Button appears out of sorts because he is teamed with a driving genius. Apologies if that's painful to hear. Also a better performance from Senna to get into Q3 (for the first time, I think?). Rosberg's 13th was lower than I expected; but I fully expected the woeful performance from his team mate in a thoroughly embarrassing 17th! No wonder EMSC didn't want to swap drivers with me in the sweepstakes! Then again, my driver Webber didn't do too well either⦠Grosjean was very impressive too. I believe Lotus have a true top car: probably better than Red Bull now that their extra wings have been clipped, although Vettel's untidy and inconsistent driving of late suggests to me that he is somewhat rattled. - - -o0o- - - Someone (sorry for momentarily forgetting who) hinted at Red Bull's 'traction control' earlier in this thread. The engine mapping Red Bull were using was producing non-linear torque, relative to throttle. The effect was that whilst almost at full throttle (let us use the example of 95%), the engine was producing significantly less torque than 95% of its maximum, which of course occurs at 100% throttle (unless they'd fiddled with that too). The result was a far more manageable, 'softer' traction but this is only half of the story!⦠â At least as significant as the above reduction in torque, is the fact that 95% throttle it is still producing 95% exhaust gases, which of course are blown such that they give an aerodynamic benefit. Therefore they were getting more downforce at precisely the same time as getting a more tractable car! WIN-WIN !! -No wonder they were getting their DRS open before all othersâ¦
