Formula One Gran Premio De España Santander 2011

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akmuq
I'm worried about the DRS zone for today's race. Sure it's a 100 MPH corner but in practice Button tested it against Rosberg. Same DRS zone and not very far back and he just went straight past him before the corner. Anyone else see this?
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I didn't catch that, but if it means that the DRS zone = an overtake, then the teams might have to pick their time right. Maybe. :indiff:
 
Unbelievable. Boring as hell race after race after race at Barcelona and now your complaining that it's too easy to overtake? 👎
 
Tired Tyres
Unbelievable. Boring as hell race after race after race at Barcelona and now your complaining that it's too easy to overtake? 👎
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I don't know about you, but I'd rather have a boring Spanish GP where the driver in front can actually defend his position than an "exciting" GP where the driver behind just waits till the straight and blasts past easily.

I want quality overtaking, not a huge quantity of overtaking.

Again, DRS will hide the actual problem here - which is the circuit itself. Sure, we'll get more overtaking, but its not really exciting overtaking is it? Its just statistics.
 
I am complaining because it's just push a button and drive straight past. Button was able to go clean past and Rosberg was on the inside of him. If it was 100 or 200 metres shorter.👍
 
akmuq
I am complaining because it's just push a button and drive straight past. Button was able to go clean past and Rosberg was on the inside of him. If it was 100 or 200 metres shorter.👍
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Practice is practice. It's not the race and the drivers are not racing and defending their position as they would in a race.

They are not allowed to use DRS for the first three laps. It's entirely possible that the field will become too spread out in that time for DRS to be that much of a factor or that only truly faster cars will be able to keep up with slower cars and be in a position to pass them. I don't see anything at all wrong with that.

The tyres are more likely to cause position change due to large numbers of pitstops.
 
akmuq
I am complaining because it's just push a button and drive straight past.
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That's not it at all. The driver activates the DRS, which generally does enough for him to get his front wing alongside the rear wing of the car in front. Everything from there on in is up to him. Turkey was a little different to the previous races because of the placement on a steep hill.
 
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That's not it at all. The driver activates the DRS, which generally does enough for him to get his front wing alongside the rear wing of the car in front. Everything from there on in is up to him. Turkey was a little different to the previous races because of the placement on a steep hill.
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But on this particular track, with the massive DRS zone, the DRS effect will get them alot further up than just the rear wing.
 
Ardius
I want quality overtaking, not a huge quantity of overtaking.
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+1, With these tires we don't need DRS and KERS. I am expecting lots of overtaking today though, whether it will be exciting overtaking is a different matter.
 
^Well, I'm not sure if you were watching practice but Button drove straight past enough to have no trouble going around the outside of turn 1. Let's hope Rosberg was off-throttle.
 
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Are you sure? It's only marginally longer than the straight in Malaysia.
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I was running off the information that Button tested it against Rosberg in practice and went clean past him. How accurate it was, I don't know.

Tree'd :ouch:
 
Paul Di Resta always sounds really awkward when he's talking. It's like he goes up a couple of octaves.
 
Tesla
I was running off the information that Button tested it against Rosberg in practice and went clean past him. How accurate it was, I don't know.
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It is the longest DRS zone yet, but it's not significantly longer than ones that have come before. A lot of the situation is riding on how well the drivers take the final corner.
 
Just saw a glimpse of a codemasters F1 game. I wonder if it was 2011?
Sorry for off-topic.
 
akmuq
Just saw a glimpse of a codemasters F1 game. I wonder if it was 2011?
Sorry for off-topic.
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It'll be release...already available at the official f1 web for pre-order.

EDIT: Hoping for pile up on first corner. It's been awhile...heheh. :D
 
That was a very interesting start to say the least, one of the best I've seen in a long time.

Alonso's onboard shot of the start was astounding.
 
He's not a 2-time World Champion for nothing...
 
I don't think Vettel's KERS is working. That would be why he can't get close to Alonso but he can stay ahead by miles ahead of Webber. Will have to wait till the field spreads out.
 

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