Indian GP 2013 : Race

[Kyss4k]

That's the strategy for you...

[stefa]

2.5 sec in just one lap!!!!!

[pluto]

thats what happens when you pick retard strategies and start from mid pack. Nice work ferrari, Alonso's race over.

[fratelliferrari]

Grande Felipe!

[aroutis]

Isn't it just a bit too early to call it quits ?

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[vcs316]

Vettel gonna pit

[tifosi1993]

Go Felipe

[stefa]

This is just charade with tires

[stefa]

Great 20th....

[Kyss4k]

Great job... look at Felipe, we could have been 1,2 now with a strategy that was actually smart.

[vcs316]

Kimi's puncture, "Looks OK, at the moment"

[theforce]

Going back to sleep now...

[wacc]

Now all it remains is a hope Felipe can get to the podium.

[vcs316]

Pic reported his front wing was OK, but "somebody touched at the rear"

[pluto]

god webber is useless. just clumsy can never get a decent start and hits everyone. useless.

[vcs316]

Massa went against advised Ferrari strategy

Oct.27 (GMM/Inautonews.com) Felipe Massa has revealed he passed over Ferrari’s advice in devising his race strategy for the Indian grand prix.
The Brazilian, who is leaving the Italian team after an eight-year career in red, said his engineers wanted him to qualify on the longer-lasting, harder tyres.
“I made a different decision to them,” Massa is quoted by Brazil’s Totalrace.
“At the Nurburgring I did what the engineers said and it didn’t work, so I took a different decision this time.”
The strategy, with Massa on the fast-wearing soft tyres, is the same as pole sitter Sebastian Vettel’s, who would like to wrap up his title on Sunday with a win.
But Mark Webber, in the sister Red Bull, thinks qualifying on the harder tyres was actually a wiser choice.
“We’re in a good position to capitalise,” said the Australian.
Vettel commented: “What turns out to be the right strategy, we’ll find out in the race.”
In the same car as Massa, Ferrari’s Alonso is three places behind the Brazilian on the grid. But the Spaniard said he was unwilling to qualify on the soft tyre.
“I don’t want to be always critical of the tyres,” he is quoted by Italy’s Autosprint, “but these (soft) tyres are not good.
“It’s a fact. It’s random. Yesterday on a set of softs I did 16 laps with good times.
“Today I could only do three until they disintegrated,” he was quoted after qualifying by Spain’s Marca.
“So the race will depend on the tyres, because no two sets are alike.”
Alonso admitted that, if a “normal” race takes place on Sunday, Vettel will easily be crowned world champion.
A great debate is raging at the moment about whether the German, to probably be a quadruple world champion before the Indian sun sets, can now lay claim to F1 ‘greatness’.
“No, I don’t think he’s on another level (to other good F1 drivers),” said Lotus’ Romain Grosjean.
“I think he’s doing a very good job and has a very good car, and the combination of the two is very competitive.
“They (Red Bull) have a very good team, a very good driver and a great car,” he is quoted by Marca.

[vcs316]

"OK, Lewis, all tyres are hot, especially the rear" so told to move brake balance forwards

[vcs316]

Hulk, "tyres ok, so far". Told to use KERS recovery map 7, and move brake balance forwards 3 clicks

[stefa]

more problems for FA

[Kyss4k]

Massa will keep the lead after he pits. Wonderful strategy, he alone is smarter then strategists in Ferrari.

[vcs316]

Alonso, "I think I damaged something else in the car...because the steering heavy in the right hand corner"

[stefa]

Massa will keep the lead after he pits. Wonderful strategy, he alone is smarter then strategists in Ferrari.

He will not! He is already slower than MW on WHITE

[SinanOzerS]

Just do another podium on Ferrari Felipe.

[Kyss4k]

He will not! He is already slower than MW on WHITE

I forgot about him. I was looking just at Vettel.

[vcs316]

Stella, "OK, for sure we touched the wheel, so there may be something strange, but for the moment, let's see what we can do"

[tifosi1993]

Should pit Felipe now

[stefa]

From now on everything goes MW way

[vcs316]

Hulk, "balance is understeery at the moment...I think we have a DDS error again, the downshifts not smooth, low speed"

[Kyss4k]

Ferrari should seriously stop overthinking something which is actually really simple thing.

[vcs316]

Rosberg told to "you will need to get past" the cars in front on used Primes, but still "look after the tyres"

Rosberg in Torque map 2, Diff Entry map 5