2013 Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada

[MUSC4EVER]

The leader of the World Championship laps the guy in second place!

 

[niky]

I dont get the strategy from Mercedes on both driver. It's making me mad.

First giving super soft tyre again to Rosberg, then keeping Lewis on the track when the others where going much faster. It's really weird.

Mercedes have a tire problem. It's not necessarily the strategy that's at fault. They're just trying to make the best of a bad situation.

Could be worse. You could be Raikkonen one lap down...

 

[Tired Tyres]

Rosberg is tasked with getting 39 laps out of that set of primes. Good friggin' luck with that.

I actually laughed when I heard that!

 

[05XR8]

This is why RB should have told Webber to push, he'd be battling Hamilton long ago.

 

[DK]

With these joke tyres no one knows who has any grip at any given time with any given tyre. 👎

Perhaps you could call them...tired tyres?

 

[Brutaka]

Vettel laps KImi

 

[sems4arsenal]

Safety car window ?

 

[LMSCorvetteGT2]

I seriously laughed out loud in my house when I heard Rosberg's engineer say "you're going to the end of the race with these tires, 39 laps" as if he was happy.

I could feel the sigh from Rosberg over here.

 

[MUSC4EVER]

Grosjean, who started from the back, is currently in 8th!

 

[Akira AC]

Can they go with mediums until the end, is it legal?

 

[05XR8]

That was DUMB!

 

[Tired Tyres]

Perhaps you could call them...tired tyres?

Nooooo! It's not my fault! Honest.

 

[niky]

Van der Gaaaargh.

 

[Akira AC]

Broken wing ... for the wrong Red Bull.

 

[mattythedog]

Silly Van De Garde.

 

[RX-7_FD3S]

Mercedes have a tire problem. It's not necessarily the strategy that's at fault. They're just trying to make the best of a bad situation.

Could be worse. You could be Raikkonen one lap down...

On this GP. Are you kidding me ?
Since they know they had tyre problem, why the hell did Rosberg do 2 run on Super Soft ?

If they have tyre problem, why the hell keep hamilton the longuer on Super soft on his first run of the guy not trying a 1 tyre change strategy ? And not pitting in him in the same time as Alonso and Vettel ?

It could be worst yes, but with a good strategy it could be better as well.

 

[LMSCorvetteGT2]

Can they go with mediums until the end, is it legal?

Why wouldn't it be...the rules only say you need to run both compounds during the race, thus a 1 stop pit stop is possible if the setup and tires allow. So it is very legal.

 

[MUSC4EVER]

The front of Webber's car is looking bad thanks to Van der Garde...Alonso ready to pounce!...

 

[PeterJB]

Shedding parts seems to have made Webber faster...

 

[Tired Tyres]

Was that a yellow flag when Alonso lapped that car?

 

[Akira AC]

Why wouldn't it be...the rules only say you need to run both compounds during the race, thus a 1 stop pit stop is possible if the setup and tires allow. So it is very legal.

Then it seems that this race will go on as it stands, with no more pit stops.

Unless tires react unexpectedly.

 

[LMSCorvetteGT2]

Shedding parts seems to have made Webber faster...

Seems it is getting worse, Alonso is right there.

 

[05XR8]

Oh well, this wasn't webber's fault this time. Sorry for Caterham

 

[DK]

Shedding parts seems to have made Webber faster...

Not bad for a damaged #2 driver.

 

[niky]

If they have tyre problem, why the hell keep hamilton the longuer on Super soft on his first run of the guy not trying a 1 tyre change strategy ? And not pitting in him in the same time as Alonso and Vettel ?

They are trying to meet a lap-time target. If you can still meet the target, keep the tires. If you can't, swap. Only Mercedes know if they're hitting the times they need with the distance they need on each set. Hamilton is doing decently, but it's dry, can't expect him to keep up with Vettel... Rosberg has been eating tires more than expected due to having to defend.

 

[Roo]

Safety car window ?

If the safety car came out, Alonso could immediately pit, put a new set of tyres on and it wouldn't affect their strategy. There's a number of laps - from lap x to lap y - that's referred to as a 'window' where that would apply. In this case it probably means they could make their final pitstop and go to the end of the race on any lap from now on.

 

[LMSCorvetteGT2]

Then it seems that this race will go on as it stands, with no more pit stops.

Unless tires react unexpectedly.

I feel no one can make it go all the way, perhaps Merc GP since they seem to be easier on the super today, but that might hurt their use with the harder compounds. See how it is hard to gauge this.

 

[Danny]

Great move by Alonso!

 

[niky]

Hamilton is picking up pace relative to Vettel, but perhaps Vettel is saving tires and gas at this point.

EDIT:

Spoke too soon. Vettel goes MUCH faster.

 

[LMSCorvetteGT2]

Hamilton is picking up pace relative to Vettel, but perhaps Vettel is saving tires and gas at this point.

I would think so, but they are on much older tires compared to Rosberg. So I don't see how they can expect either of the two worse cars with tires to make it more than 40 laps on Mediums...