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Originally Posted by Aurora40
Look at the nose (if not the color scheme), it's a Renault. 
I thought for one of the most anticipated seasons in a long time, the race was incredibly boring. Nothing at the front changed until car trouble. Schumi never passed anyone on the track. There was some decent mid-pack action though as you say. |
Note to self.....reading is our friend!
I agree with you Bob, it really was hyped, over hyped? My man Schumi was looking a tad bit tentative? I guess I remember too many drives from the past. It's probably unfair on my part to expect Mike to "just drive up to the front" after his hiatus.
My only thought is with the restrictive testing, it puts a strain on development? Or maybe every one is being just a bit too cute....kind of trying not to show all their cards? I am suspicious of the big teams looking to find out what every one else has and not tip too much of their hand. It seemed to me that at any given time the big teams were going purple in various sectors and even having "personal" best laps and even fastest race laps but then sand bagging it? Probably not enough tire testing to get a read on how fast you can go, and how long you can go fast before you toast the tires completely. I'm not 100% sold on the rule about fueling. I understand the change from a safety point. However, it used to mean you could go harder because you had to come in anyway.
I am sure it is safe to say that by China, if you have it you better use it to get to the front to get maximum points. You don't want to fall too far off the lead too early.
