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[RichB]

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[Juanco20]

Where has Lewis lost ten seconds?

[Corpulent Tosser]

Crafty_ said:

Shame you're missing vettel catching alonso, kimi & grosjean fighting, perez catching & passing button and massa now at the back going nearly 2 seconds quicker than everything in front of him.

In 4 laps.

Yeah its really boring isn't it

I am only able to get text commentary and would love to be able to watch.

Some people though are only interested in the race for first place and don't recognise the value of the racing further back in the field.

[Crafty_]

Lap 18, nico has 71.9kg of fuel and is told he's good on fuel.

What did he start with then ? any guesses ? 90-92kg ?

[Stu R]

Juanco20 said:

Where has Lewis lost ten seconds?

In the pit lane?

[Juanco20]

Stu R said:

In the pit lane?

He was 12 clear before anyone pitted, now only 4. His pitstop was fine

[Crafty_]

I took it it'd just be purely on weight.

Kvyat catching Button.

[leglessAlex]

"Sweeped past him..."

"Catched him at the corner..."

I don't normally make a fuss about people getting words wrong(I'm not exactly perfect myself), but you would think that if its your job to use the english language to describe something you wouldn't make errors like that. Annoying.

In other news, not a bad race so far. The winner seems like a bit of a foregone conclusion, but the TV people seem to be focusing on whats going on further down the grid so I can't really complain!

[HTP99]

Crafty_ said:

Lap 18, nico has 71.9kg of fuel and is told he's good on fuel.

What did he start with then ? any guesses ? 90-92kg ?

I thought it was a percentage?

[HTP99]

Juanco20 said:

Stu R said:

In the pit lane?

He was 12 clear before anyone pitted, now only 4. His pitstop was fine

But he's still lost a chunk of time, he was pulling away at the rate of 1 second a lap before the pitstops?

Edited by HTP99 on Sunday 20th April 08:44

[RichB]

With the possibility of both 2 stop and 3 stop strategies I wish the TV graphics would show the number of pit stops occasionally.

... rather than how much fuel they are using in each sector about which I have very little interest

[Derek Smith]

HTP99 said:

Crafty_ said:

Lap 18, nico has 71.9kg of fuel and is told he's good on fuel.

What did he start with then ? any guesses ? 90-92kg ?

I thought it was a percentage?

From what I can see, if the starting weight is 100, then weight and percentage would be identical.

[TeeRev]

Did he have a small off just before pitting?

[PompeyM3]

Some good fair racing from VET and ROS there

[Derek Smith]

PompeyM3 said:

Some good fair racing from VET and ROS there

That was exciting and I think the two RBs will be better.

[Crafty_]

Vettel surely made a mistake and backed off too much ? he's lost 3rd and looks likely to lose out to RIC too. Should have stuck with Alonso at 1-1.5 behind

[Corpulent Tosser]

HTP99 said:

But he's still lost a chunk of time, he was pulling away at the rate of 1 second a lap before the pitstops?

Edited by HTP99 on Sunday 20th April 08:44

He was losing a lot of time for a couple of laps before his pit stop, other cars on fresher tyres.

[RichB]

Tough luck!

[Derek Smith]

Tough luck?

Go, Vettel.

[PompeyM3]

"Tough Luck". ..... Love it