Australian GP - don't worry, no spoiler alert

Tim Doll

WATCH THIS RACE IF YOU CAN! Shocked

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As I watch it (live), it's lap 17 (of 54), and it is NOT boring Twisted Evil

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Chad Stapleton · Joined: 19 Jul 2001 Posts: 4403

and never gets boring right up to the finish !!
excellent entertainment !
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TJ Koyen · Joined: 03 Oct 2004 Posts: 1422

Agreed! It was an amazing race! Keep me on the edge of my seat all the way until 3:30 this morning. Well except the parts where I fell asleep for a bit but that had nothing to do with the excitement level of the race. Laughing

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Chad Stapleton · Joined: 19 Jul 2001 Posts: 4403

What is the point of having a "soft option" tire that will last the whole race ??
I thought the whole point of the "soft option" was to allow the teams a choice of strategy's and force pit stops to be used in order to prevent "flag to flag" races.
It is still fairly obvious though, that even if a car is 2 sec a lap faster, once it gets behind the wing of a leading car...overtaking is still nigh impossible.
sooner they get rid of all wings the better for overtaking and "tire management" strategy's.
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Roger Hargens · Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 5:33 am Post subject:

Chad,

Is the surface at the Melbourne circuit less abrasive than some of the newer, pupose built tracks? I'm wondering if that might be the reason they were able to run the softer compound tires for so long. What was the air/track temperature like?

JB made a good (and lucky?) call...plus Vettel's problem. Button drove a very smart race.

There were some "fastest laps" set fairly late in the race too, indicating that the tires still had life in them after many, many laps.
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Barry Hastings · Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 10:37 am Post subject:

the problem isnt that the wings make the down force, it is that they are the main makers of the downforce. When they had the tunnels, the cars were not as affected when following, mostly because the wings were not the bigest producers of downforce, but a part of it. basically, the following car lost some downforce, but not as big of a percentage as now.