6 seconds is a long way in an F1 car, even at Safety Car speeds, especially at Monaco where you can probably rarely see a car if it is more than 100m ahead. I'm not really sure how Lewis was meant to judge that.
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6 seconds is probably as long as the team felt they needed to turn Nico around, and get the new tyres in to position for the next stop. Assuming that the team were not trying to get Lewis ahead of Nico, then they would have known the timings to those behind.
Fenderman
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Heat soak is a problem when a car has been at racing speed for a number of laps. I suspect that the desire to protect Nico's track position was indeed part of the thinking but also the Monaco pit lane has much less room to work in so having two cars in line might not have been desirable either. If I understand a couple of comments I heard, Lewis was also caught out by the Red Bull's seemingly having the opportunity to pass the safety car (and lap at speed) as it waited to pick up the leader, Rosberg.
What I really don't understand about the tyre management bit is why Nico and Lewis weren't instructed to do ball's out in-laps to pit in response to Vettel pitting. That was something Brawn and Shoemacher did almost routinely in their Ferrari days. I think Lewis has been very diplomatic about it all in taking sole blame for throwing away a podium. Nevertheless, I think he played the perfect wingman in the first stint, as the lap times were much slower than he and the car were capable of, and he helped Nico get a good lead and protected the gap. The casual viewer may not appreciate that, but behind the scenes one can be sure that "pit-lane" will. I reckon "the debt" has been paid.
Of course that's only my opinion.
What I really don't understand about the tyre management bit is why Nico and Lewis weren't instructed to do ball's out in-laps to pit in response to Vettel pitting. That was something Brawn and Shoemacher did almost routinely in their Ferrari days. I think Lewis has been very diplomatic about it all in taking sole blame for throwing away a podium. Nevertheless, I think he played the perfect wingman in the first stint, as the lap times were much slower than he and the car were capable of, and he helped Nico get a good lead and protected the gap. The casual viewer may not appreciate that, but behind the scenes one can be sure that "pit-lane" will. I reckon "the debt" has been paid.
Of course that's only my opinion.
Lewywo4
Race Winner
Lewis defending himself against Vettel's pressure, and aggressive moves at that the start of the race, surely played a role enabling Rosberg to cruise clear of Hamilton.
Fenderman
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Lewywo4
Race Winner
There I fixed that for you
Fenderman....Honestly....I initially was going to post, " enabling Rosberg to cruise clear of Hamilton, and the rest of the field ", but I changed it just to Hamilton, because Jos the Boss had highlighted only Lewis, and I didn't want to lose that focus.
Lewywo4
Race Winner
Hamilton's never been outqualified at Montreal. I'd be genuinely surprised if it happend here.
Jos the Boss
Champion Elect
Lewis only wins or crashes out in Montréal and I know which I would bet on in a fortnight
Il_leone
World Champion
the tyre wear can be a serious issue seeing that the track does not get used often
the circuit suits Lewis' style of driving so you think he has good chance
Vettel I believe has not got a good record at the circuit he's only been on the podium once and that was after he choked on the last lap in 2011
the circuit suits Lewis' style of driving so you think he has good chance
Vettel I believe has not got a good record at the circuit he's only been on the podium once and that was after he choked on the last lap in 2011
downforce
Race Winner
Would the cooling thin have been an issue though?
IF we say both pitstops were 3 seconds, which is realistic, then he would have sat for 3 seconds for Rosbergs stop and then for 3 more seconds while he had his own stop. So 6 seconds.
Car used to be stationary for longer than that in the refuelling era. Force India regularly have pitstops over a minute long.
IF we say both pitstops were 3 seconds, which is realistic, then he would have sat for 3 seconds for Rosbergs stop and then for 3 more seconds while he had his own stop. So 6 seconds.
Car used to be stationary for longer than that in the refuelling era. Force India regularly have pitstops over a minute long.
The 6 seconds could be because of three seconds for the stop, and a little cushion if the stop goes wrong, along with the crew shuffling and getting ready for Hamilton.
I read from a website, think it was PlanetF1, that instead of leavinga 6s gap, Hamilton left an 11s gap.
I read from a website, think it was PlanetF1, that instead of leavinga 6s gap, Hamilton left an 11s gap.
The Artist.....
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Slyboogy - certainly that's more or less what the live timing was suggesting. I couldn't understand for the life of me why he was so far behind when Rosberg was on his way in to his stop. This is what cost Mercedes second place. Completely the team's fault though.... There's no way Hamilton could know accurately how far he was behind Rosberg!
Has he taken every pole since 2007? I didn't know that, that's impressive....
By a team-mate. There!
Oh sorry I misunderstood.
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