2013 German GP: Qualifying Thread

[Alfa159]

Wouldn't it be nice if started on the front row ... just once!

[ProGratis]

No, just didnt want Vettel on pole at his home GP if we couldnt.

Those little considerations will be of little use in the long run. Anyway, i too hope that Vettel doesnt win tomorrow, and neither does LH.

[bonzo]

Strategy could be OK IF there is a SC in lap 7 and it stays at least 7-8 laps.

[SinanOzerS]

Start for the mediums / mediums again / mediums again / brand new softs.Is it should be ?

[killer]

I am not questioning it all.
Just thinking LH and SV will start form 1st row on soft tires with VERY fast cars, make gap, and be comfortable to pit. At the same time Ferrari will start from 7th and 8th, could gain, but also could loose some places at the start and than start catching up. They will loose some much in time...

Yeah and if Ferrari ran on softs Red Bull and Hamilton will pull out a gap anyway and we would have limited strategic options by then.

[red power]

We all hope the team has made the right call. Go Ferrari.

[Rob]

Wouldn't it be nice if started on the front row ... just once!

Yeah it would be, but the team realised isnt going to happen today, so lets play the long game.

[Senna4Ever]

Beat Alonso

hey, happy days are back again
also beat Alonso on harder tires which is more

should start: "fire Alonso" right now in Sack them Thread ...

[Kyss4k]

We still have 1 set of softs,fresh and new....for last stint! All those complaining, pls have faith in the team....of is good strategy if we attack from the start itself.

I'm not complaining, just didn't saw the quali so I'm gathering informations. Looks like an interesting strategy. We have the pace and they have done simulations which showed them, this could be beneficial surely. So it should be a thriller tomorrow.

[albert]

I dont see the advantage of this strategy because as soon as the front runners pit, they will be doing faster lap times on fresh mediums, and be catching the Ferrari's, so where is the advantage?

[Forzi]

The softs wont last anything, especially with the cars heavy. Any way to make them last longer will be hugely beneficial, which i think was the reasoning for this move. Everyone will have the yellows just for one point of the race and to have a tire, faster 1sec than the other for a bit longer, especially in the end will play in our hands. Also, if there's a SC, most of the time will benefit us.

[LightAmaterasu]

Bad Felipe

[zike]

Start for the mediums / mediums again / mediums again / brand new softs.Is it should be ?

it will probably be start with the mediums/ medums/ softs, a two stoper race

[anakin]

i think the softs can only last for max of 5 laps. might be a big gamble but pays of very nice if it will succeed. 1st round of pits stop will be very crucial.

[Golfsmith]

Well if you know better you should run your own successful F1 team.

Greig,Ferrari are not successful at the moment for the past 4 seasons,they lost there touch in f1,no surprice there's roumers for LMP something.

[Rishu]

No 1st lap incidents, this could be so interesting.

#ForzaFerrari

[Schumiklub]

I think softs won't last more than 5-6 laps before starting to degrade, maybe I'm wrong.

[NickEice]

First off Massa should of been a good boy and not lapped faster than Alonso. It's race 9. It's team order time. Massa is not in contention for the WDC once again.

Also, @andrewbensonf1: Looks like Ferrari are qualifying on the medium tyre so they can start on it. Interesting. It didn't work for Vettel in China

[Kyss4k]

i think the softs can only last for max of 5 laps. might be a big gamble but pays of very nice if it will succeed. 1st round of pits stop will be very crucial.

It should be more when the car is light. We saw that with Vettel at China. He was able to push hard for quite a long time compared to those who started on them.

[Ferrarichamp]

what if the temps are lower tomorrow?

[Hornet]

I don't know how Ferrari and the drivers just don't crumble under the weight of expectation some of you have.

If they'd gone on softs there'd have no doubt been whinging like 'why are they going out on softs if they can't challenge for pole anyway, why aren't they thinking about tomorrow instead...'

Massimo have pretty much ruled out the first 2 row in yesterday's chat with the fans so I don't think anyone is expecting Ferrari to be on pole. The important thing is to get the soft tires out of the way ASAP and go on to a new set of mediums, which will be the fastest at that point.

My fear for this strategy is the front runners will open up a gap, get on new mediums which at that point will be faster than our then used mediums, and continue to pull ahead. We would still have the soft to get out of the way per the rules.

This strategy would have worked many years ago, but with the Pirelli tires where new set is always significantly faster than the old ones, the technique to leap frog someone is to get on a new tires earlier, rather than later (as we've seen many times now, who pits first have an advantage due to the massive extra performance).

First off Massa should of been a good boy and not lapped faster than Alonso. It's race 9. It's team order time. Massa is not in contention for the WDC once again.

Also, @andrewbensonf1: Looks like Ferrari are qualifying on the medium tyre so they can start on it. Interesting. It didn't work for Vettel in China

That's what I'm worried about. The moment we pit for new tires, we trashed Vettel so he did not gain anything from starting with the harder one.

[LongtimeFan]

So the whining baby gets pole.. 'Wahh wahh, its undrivable, wahhhh!!'

;)

[Greig]

Greig,Ferrari are not successful at the moment for the past 4 seasons,they lost there touch in f1,no surprice there's roumers for LMP something.

Ok then

[bonzo]

i think the softs can only last for max of 5 laps. might be a big gamble but pays of very nice if it will succeed. 1st round of pits stop will be very crucial.

No, 10-12 laps with softs max

[zike]

Greig,Ferrari are not successful at the moment for the past 4 seasons,they lost there touch in f1,no surprice there's roumers for LMP something.

I heard this, what is LMP?

[voiko]

Did anyone else think merc was running off throttle blowing when downshifting? It sounded awfully like it but it could just be the audio...???

[Schumiklub]

I don't think on a heavy car the softs will be that much better and people in front won't be able to open up a gap that easily.

[Kingdom Hearts]

Let's hope this is the correct strategy, most of the time when they try something different it goes wrong.

[LongtimeFan]

Golfsmith Lol, 4 seasons..

I guess you weren't a Ferrari fan in the 1980's :D

[Kyss4k]

I heard this, what is LMP?

Le Mans prototype