- 24 Nov 14, 00:20#427043
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Very simple supposition, we have seen that Nico didnt really have an answer to Lewis on raceday, despite matching and bettering Lewis on the final quali lap almost every race recently
Toto confirmed it yesterday and Lewis confirmed it today on the podium - Lewis and his engineers 'got the car right for raceday and so quali mistakes were irrelevant' - Lewis said this, Fact
Did Nico get seduced by the glory of Saturday pole position, deviously encouraged by Lewis, diverting him from race setup, and leading to absolutely no chsnce against a guy with better racecraft?
lets face it a less astute (but not quite a thicko) fan would think pole is the end all and be all in a dominant team with only your teammate to beat, but when racecraft is unequal surely Nico should have abandoned quali position in favour of a more competitive race setup to have any chance on Sunday against a superior driver?
And why didnt Rosberg wise up to this devious ploy and adapt?
Or did Nico knowingly settle for the quali trophy earlier and hope for luck on Sundays to beat Lewis?
Following subsequent interviews where Lewis confirms a structured strategy and hints as a little subterfuge I infer the following caper
After the radio ban, no instructions are allowed to driver over radio about others setup - only in the pit
So the only privacy Lewis had from Nico copying his setup was at the final setup before parc ferme
This is therefore either just before Q3, or more commonly just before the last Q3 run
That means once its setup and Lewis leaves the pit - preferably last - There is no more chance for Nico to look at lewis data and copy setup before the race - Remeber any other time in practice or Q1, Nico, once back in the pit, can simply check what Lewis had done most recently and copy it
So Lewis would gather long run data and quali run data and then all through the sessions leading up to Q3 he would setup for optimally quali run, Nico would do the same gravitating towards which way Lewis was converging with his settings - So we would see Lewis go fastest first as he gets setup right much much quicker than Nico, with Nico trying stuff then settling for Lewis'
And then at the last moment maybe even as Nico was heading out first, all gung ho, the crafty Lewis would change to his optimal long run setup - obviously this would be planned with his side to be doable in the time
The result would be Nico going out on a quali optimised setup and going all out encouraged by his increasing 'quali prowess' and eager to get one up on Lewis
And Lewis would go out with a setup that would cause him to be say half a sec slower on setup, and he would rag his disposable tyres and invariably make the errors we expect from setup, nothing major, just little surprises
Then in the race we would see Nico lock his brakes regularly early - a sign of a setup not optimised for full tanks etc, and he increasingly has tyre issues, and is normally worse in the first half - on a heavy fuel load
So a clear choice
Toto confirmed it yesterday and Lewis confirmed it today on the podium - Lewis and his engineers 'got the car right for raceday and so quali mistakes were irrelevant' - Lewis said this, Fact
Did Nico get seduced by the glory of Saturday pole position, deviously encouraged by Lewis, diverting him from race setup, and leading to absolutely no chsnce against a guy with better racecraft?
lets face it a less astute (but not quite a thicko) fan would think pole is the end all and be all in a dominant team with only your teammate to beat, but when racecraft is unequal surely Nico should have abandoned quali position in favour of a more competitive race setup to have any chance on Sunday against a superior driver?
And why didnt Rosberg wise up to this devious ploy and adapt?
Or did Nico knowingly settle for the quali trophy earlier and hope for luck on Sundays to beat Lewis?
Following subsequent interviews where Lewis confirms a structured strategy and hints as a little subterfuge I infer the following caper
After the radio ban, no instructions are allowed to driver over radio about others setup - only in the pit
So the only privacy Lewis had from Nico copying his setup was at the final setup before parc ferme
This is therefore either just before Q3, or more commonly just before the last Q3 run
That means once its setup and Lewis leaves the pit - preferably last - There is no more chance for Nico to look at lewis data and copy setup before the race - Remeber any other time in practice or Q1, Nico, once back in the pit, can simply check what Lewis had done most recently and copy it
So Lewis would gather long run data and quali run data and then all through the sessions leading up to Q3 he would setup for optimally quali run, Nico would do the same gravitating towards which way Lewis was converging with his settings - So we would see Lewis go fastest first as he gets setup right much much quicker than Nico, with Nico trying stuff then settling for Lewis'
And then at the last moment maybe even as Nico was heading out first, all gung ho, the crafty Lewis would change to his optimal long run setup - obviously this would be planned with his side to be doable in the time
The result would be Nico going out on a quali optimised setup and going all out encouraged by his increasing 'quali prowess' and eager to get one up on Lewis
And Lewis would go out with a setup that would cause him to be say half a sec slower on setup, and he would rag his disposable tyres and invariably make the errors we expect from setup, nothing major, just little surprises
Then in the race we would see Nico lock his brakes regularly early - a sign of a setup not optimised for full tanks etc, and he increasingly has tyre issues, and is normally worse in the first half - on a heavy fuel load
So a clear choice
Last edited by CookinFlat6 on 25 Nov 14, 23:39, edited 1 time in total.
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