Chinese GP 2013 - Preview
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Start warming up your engines, we’re heading to China this weekend for the third round of the season.
Team orders and what they meant for VET (not much) had been pretty much the headlines since last race, but behind the scenes tension keeps developing between Red Bull criticizing Pirelli and Lotus defending them. Both teams had been directly affected by the short life of the tyres, negatively for Red Bull as they can’t take advantage of their superior downforce that increases tyre wear, and positively for Lotus that has the most tyre-friendly chassis. Pirelli is responding by saying that as long as each and every team don’t ask for changes they will keep making compounds with short durability.
What do you think? would you prefer the purist approach of every driver attacking the races at full speed and the fastest will win, or the current format of mixing up results with tyre strategy?
Talking of tyres, let me take this opportunity to correct myself on how to access one of my favorite features on our CFA website: the chart prepared by Santiago after each GP showing in detail each drivers’ tyre strategy. From the top menu (the one open to the public) select ‘Race’ and then go to ‘Tyres Race’ to find it. It is indeed the best description of each drive/car performance in every race.
Last year’s Chinese GP was won by Maria, the Lady beating the 21 gentlemen with 11 points. So far this year the winners (Lou & Rodrigo) had won with 10 points each race. Yes, this is going to be a very low-scoring season!
Last year’s Chinese GP was won by Maria, the Lady beating the 21 gentlemen with 11 points. So far this year the winners (Lou & Rodrigo) had won with 10 points each race. Yes, this is going to be a very low-scoring season!
Stay tuned, we’ll get in action tomorrow.
Cheers
Cato
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