The Official F1 Malaysian Grand Prix Banter and Discussion Thread [SPOILERS]
Mar 31, 2009 | 04:27 PM
#57
Teamspeed Senior Member
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 603
From: Orange County
Did you guys see this quote below? Note his comment about the soft tires. I think tire strategies during the *race*, again, will interfere with fuel strategy developed during *qualifying*. It could end up being a total mix match again unless the teams get their tire strategy correct and their set up right so that it doesn't completely chew through the softs at a cricital time in the race. My humber opionion. Here's the quote from Bridgestone:
Hirohide Hamashima, Bridgestone director of motorsport tyre development
"Sepang is quite severe on tyres as it has many different corner types and two heavy braking zones after long straights. . . The hard compound we have in Malaysia is a development from the hard compound that teams used in pre-season testing. It has been modified to be softer than before, in response to feedback from the teams, however it is not a very big change and I am confident that it will be suitable. Management of the soft compound is likely to be the biggest challenge of the weekend, as we have not previously brought a soft tyre to Sepang."
Hirohide Hamashima, Bridgestone director of motorsport tyre development
"Sepang is quite severe on tyres as it has many different corner types and two heavy braking zones after long straights. . . The hard compound we have in Malaysia is a development from the hard compound that teams used in pre-season testing. It has been modified to be softer than before, in response to feedback from the teams, however it is not a very big change and I am confident that it will be suitable. Management of the soft compound is likely to be the biggest challenge of the weekend, as we have not previously brought a soft tyre to Sepang."
Apr 1, 2009 | 10:59 PM
#59
Thread Starter
| Teamspeed Pro
Joined: Apr 2008
Posts: 23,875
From: Orange County
Guys, I miss stated the start times in post #1 for the Malaysian Grand Prix weekend. SPEED has posted the actual start times on their site. Here they are.
THURSDAY EVE/FRIDAY MORN
LIVE Practice - 2:00am ET/11:00pm PT
SATURDAY
LIVE Qualifying - 5:00am ET/2:00am PT
SUNDAY
LIVE Malaysian Grand Prix - 4:30am ET/1:30am PT
I have updated this in post #1 as well.
Sorry for any confusion.
THURSDAY EVE/FRIDAY MORN
LIVE Practice - 2:00am ET/11:00pm PT
SATURDAY
LIVE Qualifying - 5:00am ET/2:00am PT
SUNDAY
LIVE Malaysian Grand Prix - 4:30am ET/1:30am PT
I have updated this in post #1 as well.
Sorry for any confusion.
Apr 1, 2009 | 11:32 PM
#60
Teamspeed Pro
Joined: Apr 2008
Posts: 31,976
From: Minnesota
Nice! I'll try to be here for the practice session tomorrow night. Going out for the usual Thursday night dinner and drinks with some friends so I can't say with 100% certainty I'll be back in time for the start, but I'll try my best.