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2012 Hungarian Grand Prix (July 27 - 29)
The final race before the Summer brake:
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07-29-2012, 03:52 AM
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Hamilton scores McLaren's 150th pole:
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07-29-2012, 04:11 PM
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And I think where their cars were strong were different, the McLaren I think was much stronger in sector 3 leading to the DRS zone, which was also where Hamilton made up a lot of time in qualifying. The McLaren also seem to have better corner exit traction....
The ending of the race was pretty exciting, but the race is probably a standard fare for Hungaroring when its dry, which is not good for wheel to wheel racing...
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07-29-2012, 10:22 PM
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From what I understood, Hamilton was getting away in the first sector, especially first turn, while Kimi has mostly been in his DRS zone by the end of each lap and was running with his wing open.
Regarding the tyres, there has been some radio talk between him and boxes that was like 'shhhhh....tyres....shhhhh...tyres!..shhhh' so I thought he was talking about himself.
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07-29-2012, 10:57 PM
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very average race, with the results clearly playing into the hands of Alonso,
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07-30-2012, 12:38 AM
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And yet, none of the drivers that changed tyres actually improved their positions. Is it just me, or Webber's last pit stop was a clear mistake in their strategy?
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07-30-2012, 01:01 AM
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Vettel was catching Grosjean very rapidly, but the race was just too short.
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07-30-2012, 02:28 AM
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Drivers on softs were running 1.5 and sometimes even 2 seconds a lap faster than those who remained on hards.
Regarding Kimi's tyres, given that his set was several laps younger than the one on Hamilton's car, it's still strange to me that he couldn't use that advantage. Closing in by 0.5 of a second and more on each lap and then barely able to stay in McLaren's DRS zone (he was running in 1.1 or 1.2 on some laps). He was then eliminating that gap again, but still it was strange that he couldn't get close enough to overtake. Yay, I'm not a strategy pro, just sharing my thoughts. Wait, Pieter, you watched the race! Afraid you chose the wrong one, though. That said, I don't think Hungarian GP is among the most boring races anymore. I really enjoy watching this race for the last three years. Last edited by faksta; 07-30-2012 at 02:30 AM.
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07-30-2012, 03:03 AM
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Didn't Kimi have a Kers issue?
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07-30-2012, 03:43 AM
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He did in the very beginning, but then, as far as I understood, he was told to use some combination of buttons to relieve it. Then, when he battled with Hamilton, he was using KERS for sure. Our commentator even noted once that Hamilton was using less KERS on the main straight than Kimi.
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07-30-2012, 03:58 AM
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Think they told Kimi to use 40kw instead of 60.
Whatever the case he wasn't making any time on Hami down the straight and the Mclaren was good in Sector 3.
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Strange that his tyres died much faster than Hamilton's.
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