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Brazilian GP: FP3 & Qualifying
Discussion started by Andrew Hooper , 24 November, 2012 12:47
Brazilian GP: FP3 & Qualifying
Andrew Hooper 24 November, 2012 12:47
Lets hope we can get into the top ten in practice.

Re: Brazilian GP: FP3 & Qualifying
Gunk 24 November, 2012 12:55
Good chance of rain apparently.

Don't know whether that's good or bad.

Re: Brazilian GP: FP3 & Qualifying
Ozzy Osbone 24 November, 2012 13:19
I doubt it, we'll almost certainly screw up the strategy.

Re: Brazilian GP: FP3 & Qualifying
rrafekaj 24 November, 2012 13:26
Pastor starting to ramp it up a bit. looking like we're on or near the pace for top ten hopefully.

Re: Brazilian GP: FP3 & Qualifying
raiden 24 November, 2012 13:43
Bruno lost it -_-



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Re: Brazilian GP: FP3 & Qualifying
Mikef1 24 November, 2012 13:43
qualifying will be massively instrumental to our chances of scoring 24 points on force india. The car is set up with lower downforce rather than higher downforce as the monkey seat is gone.

Re: Brazilian GP: FP3 & Qualifying
rrafekaj 24 November, 2012 13:45
That figures, our sector 2 times are not great.

Re: Brazilian GP: FP3 & Qualifying
Mikef1 24 November, 2012 13:58
Seems stupid to me not to play into the cars strengths and go for high downforce.

Re: Brazilian GP: FP3 & Qualifying
A.Fant 24 November, 2012 13:59
It's very tight, but FI look very racy unfortunately...

Re: Brazilian GP: FP3 & Qualifying
J4ck 24 November, 2012 14:07
no chance to catch FI

Re: Brazilian GP: FP3 & Qualifying
A.Fant 24 November, 2012 14:08
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Mikef1
Seems stupid to me not to play into the cars strengths and go for high downforce.

Low DF worked very well in Abu Dhabi. But they haven't geared for top speed here, out of the top 6 in the speed trap. But Pastor is 6th in S1 speed and 2nd in S2 speed.

Re: Brazilian GP: FP3 & Qualifying
shift 24 November, 2012 14:08
Mal 18.8, 37.7, 17.0
Sen 18.9, 37.8, 17.0

FI looks very strong.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 24/11/2012 14:09 by shift.

Re: Brazilian GP: FP3 & Qualifying
zacanema 24 November, 2012 14:10
Not bad, i think we can do top 5. Of course reaching FI seems improbable

Re: Brazilian GP: FP3 & Qualifying
A.Fant 24 November, 2012 14:11
RE: Low DF.

The more I think about it, the less I like it. Since Q might be wet and the race is likely to be wet, a high DF seems like the best strategy. Rosberg should've had pole in 2009 due to a high DF setup, and Hülk had pole in 2010 due to a high DF setup.

Re: Brazilian GP: FP3 & Qualifying
shift 24 November, 2012 14:14
Rain in possibile in qualify, skies were very dark at the end of the session.

Re: Brazilian GP: FP3 & Qualifying
Mikef1 24 November, 2012 14:38
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A.Fant
Quote:
Mikef1
Seems stupid to me not to play into the cars strengths and go for high downforce.

Low DF worked very well in Abu Dhabi. But they haven't geared for top speed here, out of the top 6 in the speed trap. But Pastor is 6th in S1 speed and 2nd in S2 speed.

Abu Dhabi has loads of time to be gained in the low df though. S1 and 2 are high speed corners here.

Re: Brazilian GP: FP3 & Qualifying
Gunk 24 November, 2012 14:46
I think you can toss a coin. Current forecasts suggest rain is less likely for the race.

Re: Brazilian GP: FP3 & Qualifying
A.Fant 24 November, 2012 14:53
Quote:
Mikef1
Quote:
A.Fant
Quote:
Mikef1
Seems stupid to me not to play into the cars strengths and go for high downforce.

Low DF worked very well in Abu Dhabi. But they haven't geared for top speed here, out of the top 6 in the speed trap. But Pastor is 6th in S1 speed and 2nd in S2 speed.

Abu Dhabi has loads of time to be gained in the low df though. S1 and 2 are high speed corners here.

S1 & S3 are basically flat out, I'd say the gains from low DF are the approx the same here as in AD.

Looking at the FP3 times, all the teams have similar setups since barely one driver is out of sequence in any sector. Only the Red Bulls seem to have a little higher emphasis on DF.

Re: Brazilian GP: FP3 & Qualifying
Mikef1 24 November, 2012 14:55
I think small amounts of downforce reduction are the way to go, but our car is better at high downforce so there is more to be found that way. However, if we have the pace tomorrow, we should be able to overtake.

Re: Brazilian GP: FP3 & Qualifying
zacanema 24 November, 2012 15:09
New Williams fitness trainer

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