wombat666
March 25th, 2017, 02:18
Well, the cars are extremely fast and apparently a bit tricky to drive.:encouragement:
Once the rear end breaks traction it doesn't come back readily, the driver controlled clutch is giving several people used to having the software do it for them a hard time, and the amount of aero on the nose is contributing to the oversteer problems.
Much as I'm not Hamilton fan I must give him credit for getting into the car and wringing it's neck on lap one! Impressive.
Bottas is almost as quick, and both Ferrari drivers are right up there.
Hulkenberg was well up (Palmer is last!) but ended up just out of the top 10 and both STR drivers were impressive.
Max Verstappen bent his RBR out of shape Friday but managed to get it as the 'best of the rest' on the grid, Daniel Ricciardo found himself caught out by snap oversteer on a hot lap, Massa dragged the Williams into an unexpected P7 just behind a flying Romain Grosjean.
1
Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes
1:22.188
2
Sebastian Vettel
Ferrari
1:22.456
3
Valtteri Bottas
Mercedes
1:22.481
4
Kimi Räikkönen
Ferrari
1:23.033
5
Max Verstappen
Red Bull Racing
1:23.485
6
Romain Grosjean
Haas
1:24.074
7
Felipe Massa
Williams
1:24.443
8
Carlos Sainz
Toro Rosso
1:24.487
9
Daniil Kvyat
Toro Rosso
1:24.512
10
Daniel Ricciardo
Red Bull Racing
DNF
Once the rear end breaks traction it doesn't come back readily, the driver controlled clutch is giving several people used to having the software do it for them a hard time, and the amount of aero on the nose is contributing to the oversteer problems.
Much as I'm not Hamilton fan I must give him credit for getting into the car and wringing it's neck on lap one! Impressive.
Bottas is almost as quick, and both Ferrari drivers are right up there.
Hulkenberg was well up (Palmer is last!) but ended up just out of the top 10 and both STR drivers were impressive.
Max Verstappen bent his RBR out of shape Friday but managed to get it as the 'best of the rest' on the grid, Daniel Ricciardo found himself caught out by snap oversteer on a hot lap, Massa dragged the Williams into an unexpected P7 just behind a flying Romain Grosjean.
1
Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes
1:22.188
2
Sebastian Vettel
Ferrari
1:22.456
3
Valtteri Bottas
Mercedes
1:22.481
4
Kimi Räikkönen
Ferrari
1:23.033
5
Max Verstappen
Red Bull Racing
1:23.485
6
Romain Grosjean
Haas
1:24.074
7
Felipe Massa
Williams
1:24.443
8
Carlos Sainz
Toro Rosso
1:24.487
9
Daniil Kvyat
Toro Rosso
1:24.512
10
Daniel Ricciardo
Red Bull Racing
DNF