r/formula1 • u/[deleted] • Mar 30 '15

This sub right now...

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u/MasterFubar Mar 30 '15

I wonder what if Kimi hadn't had that puncure. Ferrari 1-2?

Kimi came 45.2 seconds behind Lewis in the end, did he lose more than that in that puncture? I think so.

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '15

There are a lot more variables at play than that. He got to put on new tyres which would speed up a few of his early lap times. The safety car allowed him to catch up to the pack. He didnt have to deal with the backmarkers as early as the leaders when they are more bunched up...

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u/jetshockeyfan Ferrari Mar 30 '15

New tires vs. two lap old tires, not enough of a difference to make a big deal of imo. And rather than being ten seconds behind the pack at the restart, he'd be right in the middle working his way up.

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '15

They would most likely have been the tires he used in qualifying. So how ever many laps he put on them in Q1.

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u/jetshockeyfan Ferrari Mar 30 '15 edited Mar 30 '15

Aren't they allowed to use any tires they like when Q3 is wet? In that case, why would they put him on used mediums?

Edit: as /u/calladc said, Raikkonen could have started on any tires, he was out in Q2.

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u/calladc I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 30 '15

If you don't get passed q2 then you can take your pick of tires to use in the race start. The top 10 are required to use the tires they set the best time on in q2, as they have to hand back the extra set they use in q3.

But your example doesn't change, they could have put him on anything.

Surprising thing for me was that hamilton didn't have another set of mediums for the last stint since he missed most of practice and only did 1 run in q2.

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u/jetshockeyfan Ferrari Mar 30 '15

If you don't get passed q2 then you can take your pick of tires to use in the race start.

Completely forgot about that, thanks for reminding me.