There was a significant announcement made in the post race interview. Did I miss the thread on this one?
The gap is now two points….. Anyone care to make a prediction???? Is MS now more focused than ever, or will his mind be wandering…
And what about the penalty AS got? I don’t see how he could have been blocking. They spoke with numerous people on the Renault team, but did anyone hear from Massa? He’s the one who complained about the blocking…
Perhaps someone can answer this question. In Q3, they start with race fuel and then burn it off to make the car lighter for their run for the pole. They swap tires with a couple minutes to go, when the fuel is about as light as it is going to get, and then go for it. After their last lap, they cannot add fuel or change tires before the race.
My question is why don’t they just start the session with less fuel to begin with? Why burn it off? They could start with less fuel and new tires, with say 5 minutes to go in the session, and go for pole then. Why spend the first 10 minutes burning off fuel on a set of tires that they are going to remove?