Comments on: Button wins in Australia for McLaren

By: James Dunmore

James Dunmore — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 07:59:18 +0000

The tyres only made a difference once some of the drivers had done 2/3 race distance, without the wet, that would not have happened – the option (soft) tyres were holding out for at least half distance – even without going slow under saftey, a driver could have managed nearly half, switched to the hard compound, and I don’t think we’d have seen a 3 second a lap difference (i.e. a quick dash for options) with only 15laps to go. Would Lewis have pitted for tyres under normal circumstances – I think not!

By: Rob

Rob — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 01:37:46 +0000

I’m not sure that the new rules are ‘working’ either but I do think that it would have been a better race than in Bahrain regardless.

The difference in the tyres was more apparent here in Australia – as was the fact that the older tyres were slower than new ones. I think that we’d have seen much more tactical tyre changes, and possibly all of the racing around those stops. The teams seemed to be wearing their tyres at much different rates so that would have scattered the pit stops a little too.

One thing that does mean it would have been more processional is that the teams might not have seen the differences that the tyres made had the race been normal and they would have all played it safe – so you may be right… Perhaps this will liven up the next few races as the teams take risks on the tyres rather than play it safe?

By: James Dunmore

James Dunmore — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 13:45:41 +0000

I disagree – with the exception of Lewis being 11th, if it hadn’t have rained, I don’t think the order would have changed much from lap 1 – maybe Massa dropping back – but other than fast cars being out of sync (and packs being held up by slower cars) I didn’t see anything to suggest the new rules are working.

That aside, it was a great race.