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Aus GP: Lap times 2004/05 comparison.
So what difference have the regs made? lets look at the Friday practice times for each year.
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2004 2005 Difference Fastest lap 1:24.718 1:25.376 +0.658 Average lap 1:27.107 1:27.090 -0.017 Ave of Ferrari 1:24.772 1:26.360 +1.588 Räikkönen 1:26.579 1:25.676 10.903 Schumacher 1:24.718 1:26.081 +1.363 Massa 1:26.969 1:26.357 -0.612 Alonso 1:25.853 1:26.562 +0.709 Button 1:25.786 1:26.611 +0.825 Barrichello 1:24.826 1:26.639 +1.813 Klien 1:27.724 1:27.544 -0.180 Sato 1:26.967 1:27.891 +0.924 Ave of combo 1:26.178 1:26.670 +0.492 Overall average shows a slight drop, but this is expected as there was no Ferrari and a completely diffferent set of 3rd drivers. In rough figures the cars are half a second slower than in 2004. Not much I hear you cry. True. However consider the comparison between '03 and '04 shows a huge improvement: 2003 2004 Difference Code:
Fastest lap 1:26.509 1:24.718 -1.791 Ave lap 1:28.405 1:23.478 -4.927 Ferrari ave 1:27.563 1:24.772 -2.791 Will this trend continue into the race and qualifying. I guess it will be even more marked when we reach these situations, due to the tyres. In Q they may not try as much. In the race you only get one go at new tyres, and one go at light fuel and only (approx) 15 lap old tyres. Last edited by Adam43; 4 Mar 2005 at 18:38. |
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