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Korean GP 2012 - QF

"Cato Batista" 12/10/2012 19:57:14 ID #298
Ladies and Gentlemen,

Red Bull came on top on day 1 but it’s much closer than the numbers suggest. Each one of the top 3 teams was fastest on each of the 3 different sectors. On the first where it’s all about power and top speed McLaren was ahead of their rivals (Schumacher’s Mercedes was quicker in sector 1 to end up 5th overall); Ferrari was slightly in front in the series of fast corners of sector 2 and Red Bull was on its element in the street-circuit-like  slow sector 3. The final balance was Vettel 32 thousands of a second ahead of Webber, 3 tenths ahead of Alonso and Button. McLaren got Hamilton’s set up wrong in P2 but looking at Button’s performance (particularly on the super-softs) they have the car to challenge Red Bull in QF and probably the better package for race day. Ferrari is showing they can compete at their level, in race simulation long runs the have the best consistency using both compounds, and for once it seems Massa is performing with confidence and speed.

P1 – HAM (1.39.148) ALO  WEB  MAS  VET  SCH  ROS GRO DIR BUT 

P2- VET (1.38.832) WEB  ALO  BUT  SCH  MAS  ROS  HAM  HUL  RAI 

The surface in Yeongam is smooth and offers low degradation levels for Pirelli to provide their softer compound combo:  super-soft (prime) and soft (option).  And this could be Ferrari’s best asset, the F2012 was just a bit down on the McLaren’s long run pace but is preserving its tyres much better and it’s definitely the best chassis on the soft, the compound in all probability to be used for the 2nd and 3rd stints of the race.

Lotus was disappointing today but Raikkonen is confident he ‘can qualify in the top 5’ for tomorrow. Mercedes and Force India will use their Mercedes power-advantage of sector 1 to make it top 10. Sauber will continue their up-down pattern of the season, this time with little chances of braking into Q3. 

So, the scene is set for qualifying, all is missing is our expert (?) forecasting. 

Let’s see: Cato- VET  HAM  WEB

Good luck!





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