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Formula One (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/f1/) fans and commentators have spent the three weeks since the Malaysian Grand Prix (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/03/25/race-recap-2013-malaysian-grand-prix-is-a-fool-in-the-rain/) discussing two things more than any other: that pass, and tires. Sebastian Vettel (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/sebastian+vettel/) spent days giving his tongue an Olympic workout on the verbal gymnastics parallel bars before finally admitting he passed his Infiniti Red Bull (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/infiniti+red+bull/) teammate Mark Webber (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/mark+webber/) on purpose partly for reasons of payback, partly out of a desire to win - he doesn't apologize for it and he would do it again.
Then came those Pirellis - every single driver and team representative interview touches on how important it is to understand the tires and manage their degradation. Two races in, though, it seems no team has any clue yet how to make the race-weekend compounds work predictably. The only thing predictable about the soft compound tires that Pirelli brought to China was that they would last for six laps, and that led to an odd qualifying session with drivers reluctant to leave the pits or even set a time.
It also led to the first pole position for an Englishman in a Mercedes-Benz (http://www.autoblog.com/mercedes-benz/) since Stirling Moss did it in 1955.Continue reading Race Recap: 2013 Chinese Grand Prix a test of tires, carnage and a fight for second [spoilers] (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/04/15/race-recap-2013-chinese-grand-prix-a-test-of-tires-carnage-and/)
Race Recap: 2013 Chinese Grand Prix a test of tires, carnage and a fight for second [spoilers] (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/04/15/race-recap-2013-chinese-grand-prix-a-test-of-tires-carnage-and/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Mon, 15 Apr 2013 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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Formula One (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/f1/) fans and commentators have spent the three weeks since the Malaysian Grand Prix (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/03/25/race-recap-2013-malaysian-grand-prix-is-a-fool-in-the-rain/) discussing two things more than any other: that pass, and tires. Sebastian Vettel (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/sebastian+vettel/) spent days giving his tongue an Olympic workout on the verbal gymnastics parallel bars before finally admitting he passed his Infiniti Red Bull (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/infiniti+red+bull/) teammate Mark Webber (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/mark+webber/) on purpose partly for reasons of payback, partly out of a desire to win - he doesn't apologize for it and he would do it again.
Then came those Pirellis - every single driver and team representative interview touches on how important it is to understand the tires and manage their degradation. Two races in, though, it seems no team has any clue yet how to make the race-weekend compounds work predictably. The only thing predictable about the soft compound tires that Pirelli brought to China was that they would last for six laps, and that led to an odd qualifying session with drivers reluctant to leave the pits or even set a time.
It also led to the first pole position for an Englishman in a Mercedes-Benz (http://www.autoblog.com/mercedes-benz/) since Stirling Moss did it in 1955.Continue reading Race Recap: 2013 Chinese Grand Prix a test of tires, carnage and a fight for second [spoilers] (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/04/15/race-recap-2013-chinese-grand-prix-a-test-of-tires-carnage-and/)
Race Recap: 2013 Chinese Grand Prix a test of tires, carnage and a fight for second [spoilers] (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/04/15/race-recap-2013-chinese-grand-prix-a-test-of-tires-carnage-and/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Mon, 15 Apr 2013 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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