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Originally Posted by DarkieDuckie
Well, kimi was on a 1 stopper and his car wouldnt do such fast laps. And he had to use those same sets of tyres for about 30 laps, even if he has a low fuel load at that point, worn out tyres wont get him fast laps.
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Bear in mind that the first flying lap on new tyres should be the fastest they'd get out of them even with 70 to 100 litres of fuel onboard...however as the fuel load lightens the car gets faster despite tyre wear. Interesting to compare a light car with worn tyres lap time against new tyres with a fuel load...of course if traffic comes into play it spoils the comparison! eg. Button was unlucky to meet traffic on his lap after pit stops, and Alonso lost time to traffic on his pre pit stop lap!
But I think the Cosworth is going to join the fastest 4 teams sooner rather than later...and look out Webber you've got a quick learning hungry team-mate, mate!