kylehnat
What kind of jackass thinks he knows everything about everything? Answer: You.
I'm tired of this whole "Kimi is better than Alonso; Alonso is better than Kimi" thing before every race.
You have no idea how much fuel Raikkonen has on board, nor do you know how much Alonso and Fisi have. Bottom line: The Renaults are on the front row. What does that tell us about who is faster? Nothing. However, I strongly suspect that McLaren would rather not be staring at "Mild Seven" on the starting grid in the deciding race of the manufacturers' title. Just a thought.
And oh yeah, if McLaren is leaps and bounds faster, why are they relying on pit strategy to win? Couldn't they just take the front row in qualifying, and drive away during the race?
Umm...have you not been watching F1 all season? Just because you don't agree with facts doesn't make it reality. You need to chill and stop the name calling.
Fact is
ALL season the McLaren's have been running much heavier on fuel than the Renaults. Sometimes as much as 10 laps more with a faster or equal per lap pace. What does that tell you? If the McMerc has say 200 more pounds onboard yet is as fast as another car reason would say that the McMerc is faster. Put Kimi behind the wheel and it's a done deal. Kimi
is the faster and more aggressive driver compared to Alonso. That is a fact. beyond that the McMerc is the faster car than the Renault, maybe by as much as .7 seconds per lap given everything equal between the two cars. The McMerc has better aerodynamics, better mechanical grip and is easier on tires than the renault. I'm not knocing the Renault. it's an amazing car but the McMerc is the faster of the two.
McMerc's problem though is reliability. If Kimi didn't have all those mechanical DNF's he would have wrapped the title up last week, hands down. At least two of Alonso's wins have been because of Kimi's DNFs. However that is racing. Alonso has better race craft and knows when to back off and play it safe in order to save his car...just as he knows when to push. Kimi seems incapable of backing off and is always right on the razor's edge, always! Both ways have their merits but Alonso's have proven the better this season.
As for qualifying for the Chinese GP. Kimi went into turn one much muh faster than anyone else I saw and missed the apex once the corner started to decrease drastically, thus loosing a few tenths. He also had some understeer coming onto the last straight which cost him another tenth or so. Not to mention he most likely has
at least 5 more laps of fuel, maybe more onboard. Alonso had pretty damn close to a perfect lap, the Renault looks much better out of the corner. Alonso seems able to get on the throttle a little earlier than the McMerc can due to it's understeer issues.
It's going to be a very interesting race.
BTW - Pit strategy is part of racing. Ferrari have shown that for years. McLaren is probably the next best team at it, though when the blow it they really blow it (Canada 05). Some races are won in the pits. That is a fact.
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