agree on one hand. on another - he had issues with warming tyres in rain over last years and years with Ferrari. It's probably good to have first 'taste' of it before actual racing weekends.
the rest of the tests is in Bahrain?
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Quote: Denorth wrote in post #81agree on one hand. on another - he had issues with warming tyres in rain over last years and years with Ferrari. It's probably good to have first 'taste' of it before actual racing weekends.
the rest of the tests is in Bahrain?
It was more then just a tyre issue. Kimi has had the luck of driving cars which are very soft on tyres for the past few years. These cars also tend to be terrible in the rain. Who can forget Massa's spinning at Silverstone in 2008? The Lotus was really terrible in the wet, they did acknowledge that their rear wing didn't even work in the wet, Grosjean never finished one wet race, in the past two years. There isn't that many wet races, and the cars have barely done any normal running. Kimi has to compete against Alonso, I think dry running would be more useful at this stage. But so it goes, there is a lot to get used to and the driving will be different, so I guess a bit of wet running is okay.
Quote: Denorth wrote in post #81agree on one hand. on another - he had issues with warming tyres in rain over last years and years with Ferrari. It's probably good to have first 'taste' of it before actual racing weekends.
the rest of the tests is in Bahrain?
It was more then just a tyre issue. Kimi has had the luck of driving cars which are very soft on tyres for the past few years. These cars also tend to be terrible in the rain. Who can forget Massa's spinning at Silverstone in 2008? The Lotus was really terrible in the wet, they did acknowledge that their rear wing didn't even work in the wet, Grosjean never finished one wet race, in the past two years. There isn't that many wet races, and the cars have barely done any normal running. Kimi has to compete against Alonso, I think dry running would be more useful at this stage. But so it goes, there is a lot to get used to and the driving will be different, so I guess a bit of wet running is okay.
that's exactly what I meant - troubles in wet, didn't say it was a tyre issue. I feel that while it's not ideal it is good for him to try a car in such conditions. less dry data than Alosno by the end of the week (at least it looks like that now), but more knowledge of different conditions. and one allegedly strong competitor (Lotus) won't have any knowledge at all
Nomad, you're the rider so mysterious Nomad, you're the spirit that men fear in us
one must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star - it's a satanic drug thing you wouldn't understand...
Raikkonen's three laps have all been within one second - all around the 1m39/40s mark - while Gutierrez sets consecutive personal bests as he works down to a 1m42.902s.
Quote: Denorth wrote in post #81agree on one hand. on another - he had issues with warming tyres in rain over last years and years with Ferrari. It's probably good to have first 'taste' of it before actual racing weekends.
the rest of the tests is in Bahrain?
It was more then just a tyre issue. Kimi has had the luck of driving cars which are very soft on tyres for the past few years. These cars also tend to be terrible in the rain. Who can forget Massa's spinning at Silverstone in 2008? The Lotus was really terrible in the wet, they did acknowledge that their rear wing didn't even work in the wet, Grosjean never finished one wet race, in the past two years. There isn't that many wet races, and the cars have barely done any normal running. Kimi has to compete against Alonso, I think dry running would be more useful at this stage. But so it goes, there is a lot to get used to and the driving will be different, so I guess a bit of wet running is okay.
that's exactly what I meant - troubles in wet, didn't say it was a tyre issue. I feel that while it's not ideal it is good for him to try a car in such conditions. less dry data than Alosno by the end of the week (at least it looks like that now), but more knowledge of different conditions. and one allegedly strong competitor (Lotus) won't have any knowledge at all
Having knowledge of different conditions would definitely be a good thing for Kimi. I guess I just wanted to see him find a good setup for the car as quickly as possible.
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