Bahrain GP 2013 - Qualifying

[vae32]

Are they? I dont think so
If alonso manged to do 1.32.6 on used set of tyres he would have been flying on the new one, and it was not only that mistake in S3 that made him slower even his first sector was slower than on his first lap

Mate what is wrong with you, as soon as i turned on the tv and i saw that it was overcast i new lotus wasn't going to be competitive unless they do 2-3 laps run on same tyres, now why do you think on Alonso's q2 time was slower than the q3 time on same set of tyres? the mistake they did is they should have send Alonso out on a 2 lap run, he would have at least to my opinion a 100% chance for pole today, we only need to look back at last weeks quali to try and understand these tyres the good news is we are still ahead on rd by a small margin on tyre wear and on mecdes on at least 2 laps. Hopefully on the next Quali one yous here that is closer to Alonso, will ask him to do a 2 lap run one lap after the other on hard tyres on q1 or q2 to answer our questions, and i 100% quarantee he'l get pole.

[vae32]

Good quali, but if Fernando is starting on used tyres, his race is going to be compromised, he need to fly low with the hard like he has done all this weekend. Massa looks good with a different strategy.

I don't agree with you my friend, the way i see it..at the moment with alonso 2 lap run on same tyres will be still on par with rb and mecedes on there 1 lap run, as the race progress on the ferrari car will be ahead on both of them on tyre wear, the threat will come from massa and maybe kimi

[vae32]

For it to work, you must be able to do 1 stop lesser than those around your.

If they are on 2 stop, that means you need to do 1 stop only!

Thats suicide for massa, unless hes driving a lotus car, my strategy for massa would be hards, medium so he can push as hard as he can and then another hard to finish..it can be the other way around hards,hards,medium

[vae32]

This race will be a true indication of where we are with rb with same set of tyres and race pace.

[vae32]

At the last corner I saw I was half a tenth to one tenth slower so we decided to come in and save one lap on those tyres," Alonso said.

"You never know if you'll have to use it in the race".

so there is an option not to use it?

merc radio to rosberg: look after the tires, they are race sets.

there is no need to say it on radio if it is required to use the same tire in the race if they have a same compound extra set.

Rosberg improved his time on those new tyres on that last run, thats why he'l start with those tyres.. that's what the radio conversation was all about. About Alonso's comment, he's saying he may need to use them if they decide to do a 3 stopper. On the start of race he will use tyres that he set fast time on, and that is the used tyres from q2..i don't think it's too much of a problem..as long as he gets a good start and be ahead of his apponents, with a long straight it shouldn't be much of a problem. Looking forward for a good race.

[vae32]

A two stop strategy is clearly the best strategy for tomorrow. I think it would be suicidal to go with a three stop strategy because Lotus and Kimi will definitely go for a two stopper and if we go with three stopper then we could be handing Kimi the win on a silver platter and it would be Australian GP all over again. I really don't want to see that happening, so it's important that we go for the same strategy as Lotus.

Your talking about canada 2012, 3 stopper is an ideal strategy if it's hot unless it's overcast like yesterday for quali... these race weekend at bahrain was the only one i heard that they had rain

[vae32]

Higher tyre deg might play this into our hands, I'm looking at Lotus while saying that. It's clear we have better deg than RBR but Kimi is the concern. Higher track temperature might push them to a 3-stopper, like pretty much the whole field.

[vae32]

Key bit is: he cant overtake alonso as it will ruin his strategy, thinking about it....this is very true! Expect a radio call if this is the case

If massa does catch up to alonso, the ideal strategy would be to let massa go ahead because his on a different strategy otherwise massa strategy would be ruined, as the race progress on massa will likewise do the same for alonso when he does catch him with his hard tyres on, simple but for the team no idea what they are thinking and the two drivers. At that way none of them ruins the other's race.

[MykoXD]

Alonso must have a strong start since I'm doubting Mercedes race pace and BTW Lotus confirmed that Kimi will go for a 2-stop strategy

[OSS EL BOSS]

Just watched the GP2 start and the dirty side starters had the better start because there is a lot of rubber on the tarmac there.
The best scenario for us would be, Rosberg blocking Vettel with Alonso going past both of them and Maybe Massa too.
But I expect a great start from Felipe today.

[Jose-Lorca Fan]

Mr Kimi is the man to look out for, last year he came from behind to challenge the race leader. Watch out for him. As for Vettel I fear we will have to take him in the stops.

[Massimo]

Just watched the GP2 start and the dirty side starters had the better start because there is a lot of rubber on the tarmac there.
The best scenario for us would be, Rosberg blocking Vettel with Alonso going past both of them and Maybe Massa too.
But I expect a great start from Felipe today.

Saw that to with the start, best scenario of course would be Vettel and Rosberg going off :twisted with Fernando and Felipe comfortably driving off into the distance

[Italian Spirit]

Saw that to with the start, best scenario of course would be Vettel and Rosberg going off :twisted with Fernando and Felipe comfortably driving off into the distance

Sounds like the lonesome cowboys riding into the sunset after having killed the bad guys...