Will Valencia be good for us?

[Greig]

Any idea's? might make it less boring if we are winning....

[scuderiafan]

Better than Canada at least, but I thought Canada would be a Mercedes walkover.

Mainly depends on what tyres are available. Anyone know?

[Greig]

Medium and Soft's

[Hornet]

I think this is quite an aero-dependent track with several fast corners, so we'll see if our new exhaust design can help our performance here.

[Ferrarichamp]

Alonso racing on his turf, must be worth a bit.

[Jose-Lorca Fan]

We will be super competitive here, so competitive that we will take pole and Massa will qualify in top 5 grid slots. In the race Alonso will lead from start to finish and prove that the Ferrari is a top car and one to be feared for the rest of the season. Alonso will be super competitive, for that there is no doubt.

[scuderiafan]

Medium and Soft's

Thanks.
So I think it should be good for Ferrari, on the mediums at least. Hopefully they can warm the softs unlike in Canada.

[sav_pap]

If I'm not mistaken Valencia has provided boring races until know... It's painful unless we win....

[Grillo]

I'd say it will be good. It's more a feeling than a scientific analysis. As usually it will be very important that any new parts there work as expected but I'm confident with the great job they've done lately in Maranello. Alonso and the team should aim to be the 1st one with 2 wins and they will try to do it.

Let's see what F1 experts and the team have to say about Valencia.

[kiwifella]

Perhaps if we compromise our race pace a little for a top qualifying front row start or even pole, there's not really anywhere where passing is great at Valencia is there? I know the race there can become a car train at times, so perhaps if we're starting from a good position then we can kind of control the pace a bit?

[vcs316]

I firmly believe a podium is possible in Valencia. Quali + Tyre degradation will be the key to decide whether the race will be good or bad for us.

Maybe the team might go for a one stopper again in Valencia

[Hornet]

Perhaps if we compromise our race pace a little for a top qualifying front row start or even pole, there's not really anywhere where passing is great at Valencia is there? I know the race there can become a car train at times, so perhaps if we're starting from a good position then we can kind of control the pace a bit?

IIRC, the overtaking zone with DRS is quite effective as the straight is way longer and wider than Monaco, and also this track is generally wider. So while in Monaco the drivers will get stuck despite a huge performance difference, I don't think that's going to happen in Valencia. If the performance gap is too big, drivers will simply overtake in the long straight with DRS, much like Canada.

[sav_pap]

7 different winners in 7 first races. Who will be the first with 2 wins?? Hope fernando.

As for the "Will be good for us"? Only one can answer: "The Pirellis"!

[scudvirgin10]

i dont expect alonso win first,but podium finish is better the answer is to beat vettle as much as possible and keep the gap to hamilton what i mean dont let this two overtaked him so alonso will be in top3 in drivers championship

[sav_pap]

i dont expect alonso win first,but podium finish is better the answer is to beat vettle as much as possible and keep the gap to hamilton what i mean dont let this two overtaked him so alonso will be in top3 in drivers championship

01 Lewis Hamilton 88
02 Fernando Alonso 86
03 Sebastian Vettel 85
04 Mark Webber 79

??????

[Hornet]

Wow, its so close in the championship. One DNF for any of them is going to drop that driver way behind.

We really need to be careful from now on, no more unnecessary risk

[scudvirgin10]

what i mean is alonso needs to do his best to stay with top3 slot i dont care if he is just 2nd or 3rd the important is he needs to remain in those ranks

[Kingdom Hearts]

On paper is better than Canada. A podium is really crucial here or Hamilton and Vettel will get a decent advantage in the title, I give for granted that McLaren and RB will god pretty quick here and you never knw with Lotus and Mercedes, let's hope our car is better than them.

[scuderiafan]

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say Lotus will win this GP. It seems prefect for them.

[Gerhard Berger]

Should be ok. Our car worked well in Barcelona, Monaco and Monreal which all have different demands, so i think that shows our car has good aero and good mechanical grip.

[ferrari4life]

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say Lotus will win this GP. It seems prefect for them.

That also would fall into line with the conspiracy theory that says having different drivers win each of the grand prix sounds very unreal and screams of race fixing.

[mark p]

That also would fall into line with the conspiracy theory that says having different drivers win each of the grand prix sounds very unreal and screams of race fixing.

To hard to fix loads of winners. If fixing went on only one driver would be dominating this would be more fixable. 2011? Not 2000-2004 though thats just skill.