Vettel pulls out half second gap on Webber

24 comments on “Vettel pulls out half second gap on Webber”

1. 

   Fixy (@)
   13th November 2010, 15:24

   It’s the first time Klien was beaten by Senna, and the first Kubica didn’t make it in Q3. Only the Red Bull drivers have always been in Q3.
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   Victor.
   13th November 2010, 15:28

   What an awful end to the season for Renault… They’re back to their Bahrain position.
   1. 

      Younger Hamilton
      13th November 2010, 15:36

      lol maybe Full Circle Everything comes to an end how it began but its a shame that Renault are about to have a bad end to the season they’re looking promising for the future thought.If Renault can provide Robert the R31 which is at a BMW Sauber 2008 level then he would be definetely one of the title contenders in 2011
   2. 

      Icthyes (@icthyes)
      13th November 2010, 16:07

      Not to be harsh on an talent, but I think the end of the year has shown up the idea of Kubica being the best driver of the year. He’s been quite poor in the last three races, not with respect to the front-runners who continued developing after Renault finished, but compared to Mercedes, who stopped development before Renault did.
      1. 

         sumedh
         13th November 2010, 16:21

         I think the Young Drivers’ test at Abu Dhabi would give us a better assessment of how quick the cars and – hence the drivers – are.

         People have been claiming that Petrov’s speed is the true potential of the Renault and Kubica is out-performing the car. Lets see how fast the Renault is in the hands of the young driver (I forgot, who is driving for them?).

         This test will also tell us how much slower the Mclaren is actually is, or isn’t? I hope Keith’s driver rankings come after this test and take into account the results of this test too.
         1. 

            Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
            13th November 2010, 17:30

            It’ll have absolutely no bearing at all as they’ll all be most likely running 2011 components.
            1. 

               sumedh
               13th November 2010, 18:07

               Why would 2011 components be run on old bridgestone tyres? Surely, no significant information can be gained from them.
               Plus, contracts with these younger drivers are signed and annulled at a much higher frequency than established drivers. Teams won’t risk letting the kids know any sensitive information.

               The 2011 components will come in the Pirelli tests I think, which won’t have the young drivers testing.
         2. 

            Fer no.65 (@fer-no65)
            13th November 2010, 19:10

            they will be testing with Pirellis, not ‘old Bridgestones’
            1. 

               ElChiva
               13th November 2010, 20:18

               not in the yong driver’s test i think. the Pirellis come 2 days later.
         3. 

            Icthyes (@icthyes)
            13th November 2010, 20:26

            And what if some young drivers are better than others? You can’t make any comparison without knowing that, which is nigh-on impossible.
         4. 

            David-A (@david-a)
            14th November 2010, 0:36

            People have been claiming that Petrov’s speed is the true potential of the Renault and Kubica is out-performing the car.

            For the naive people who believe this, no driver will score 6 and a half times the number of points the car is capable of. Petrov has been rubbish.
      2. 

         Victor.
         13th November 2010, 20:54

         I agree. Whereas his first part of the season was exceptional, the second was much worse. Although to be fair, he had more bad luck: he was doing very good in the British GP, in Singapore he got a puncture and in Japan he lost a wheel whilst being on course for a strong podium finish. Nonetheless, he has been poor in Hungary, Italy and Brazil (although if your car hits the rev-limiter on the straight the car can hardly be considered to be set up properly). Korea was not exceptional either, but on the other hand that race highlighted his strengths, i.e. knowing the car’s limit and staying out of trouble. Abu Dhabi probably won’t be one of his better races either.
   3. 

      Sideshow Bob
      13th November 2010, 16:22

      So much for Renault flapping their jaws about overhauling Mercedes. MB doesn’t develop their car and Renault still can’t beat them! Heh.
      1. 

         Sandman
         13th November 2010, 18:14

         Neither does Renault. Their last update was, i believe, at Suzuka.
         1. 

            Sideshow Bob
            13th November 2010, 19:34

            And Mercedes’ last update was when, Hockenheim?
            1. 

               M.M.C (@mmc)
               13th November 2010, 21:49

               They had their last update in Singapore.
            2. 

               David-A (@david-a)
               14th November 2010, 0:38

               But it’s still pretty clear that Renault have been concentrating on 2010 more than Mercedes have.
3. 

   Anthony
   13th November 2010, 16:21

   I dont buy this McLaren is the third fastest car argument..
   Seems quite slippery to me…
   1. 

      ed24f1 (@ed24f1)
      13th November 2010, 16:31

      It was the third fastest car, but this weekend they have made some improvements, not to mention the long straights suit the car.
4. 

   Alexi (@)
   13th November 2010, 17:26

   Mercedes looking strong on prime tyres.
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      Icthyes (@icthyes)
      13th November 2010, 20:26

      What tyres did they set their fastest times on? On the BBC they said they went back to the primes!
5. 

   Mr.Zing Zang
   13th November 2010, 17:33

   Season it is third fastest
   Abu dhabi it is second fastest
6. 

   BasCB
   13th November 2010, 19:54

   Impressive qualifying from Sutil, a shame FI have all but stopped developing about mid season after they lost their design team to Lotus.

   I also feel Petrov is doing quite well. Interesting, that Renault, Williams and Mercedes (and Webber?) all had trouble getting the super softs to work to their liking. Rubens did a last minute change working out for him, but to late for the Hulk to get it as wel.

   Still Mercedes stated, that they set their times Supersofts for race strategy reasons, showing how far away any ideas about going for a long first stint on hards are.
   And a good job from Bruno doing a good Qualli lap. He must have been helped with knowing the track from GP2 as well as doing a lot of laps as a promotion/test driver for the Jas Marina circuit.
7. 

   cheers
   13th November 2010, 23:14

   Rubens just showed them why they shouldn’t run with Hulk as lead driver.

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