Button fastest as practice starts at Monza

35 comments on “Button fastest as practice starts at Monza”

1. 

   Alastair
   10th September 2010, 10:41

   “Robert Kubica was third fastest for Renault”

   4th fastest Surely ?
   1. 

      Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
      10th September 2010, 10:50

      Fixed.
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         SYM
         10th September 2010, 12:48

         Totally agree ;))
2. 

   Rahim RG
   10th September 2010, 10:42

   Renault engines are pretty Good eh….
3. 

   MacLeod
   10th September 2010, 10:44

   For predictions i will keep my eyes closed i burned myself too many times about FP results

   What was wrong with Rubens old age sudenly dropped on him?
   1. 

      Prisoner Monkeys (@prisoner-monkeys)
      10th September 2010, 10:47

      Stopped on the circuit with a loss of drive, according to Autosport.
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         MacLeod
         10th September 2010, 10:54

         Didn’t know i were replying when there were no comments and Keith wasn’t finished yet!
4. 

   James
   10th September 2010, 10:44

   So much for the power disadvantage of the Renault… Interesting to see Liuzzi up there in 7th as well. I read on twitter, by an F1 commentator (cant remember who, think it was James Allen), that Force India could be second fastest in terms of pace this weekend.
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      MacLeod
      10th September 2010, 10:52

      Could be just detract 0.5 sec from Liuzzi time and you see the possibilities for FI
      1. 

         Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
         10th September 2010, 10:55

         Great minds think alike!
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      Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
      10th September 2010, 10:54

      Perhaps it was here, I did mention it in the preview.

      Liuzzi’s typically been a few tenths off Sutil and he had some kind of problem stopping him from getting the most from his F-duct at Spa.

      If he’s in the same situation here it stands to reason Sutil might easily be half a second quicker, putting Force India up with the McLarens and Red Bulls.
      1. 

         Steph (@)
         10th September 2010, 11:21

         That could well be the case. That said though, Liuzzi went well at this track last year in his first weekend back in an F1 cockpit so I think he might be closer to Sutil here or maybe that’s just wishful thinking as I like to see drivers doing well at their home GP.
      2. 

         James
         10th September 2010, 12:44

         Nah, it was definitely twitter, havent been keeping up with this site in the last couple of days, been rather busy working. Making some time to read through now though! =D
5. 

   Kirby
   10th September 2010, 10:45

   [i]Robert Kubica was fourth fastest for Renault, nine-[b]thousadths[/b] of a second faster than Nico Rosberg.[/i]

   small mistake.
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      Kirby
      10th September 2010, 10:46

      nm. you piked it up as soon as i could respond =) top stuff.
6. 

   Eric
   10th September 2010, 10:46

   do you think they will match 1′21.046 (Rubens Barrichello, 2004)?
   great warm up, those new curbs look like they wont be running over them in a hurry.
   watched Micheal bounce around when he tried.
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      Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
      10th September 2010, 10:51

      No. The current cars have too little power and too much downforce/drag for that. So far they’re only three tenths faster than they were last year.
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         Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
         10th September 2010, 11:42

         Although, having said that, they would have all been on hard tyres this morning whereas they’d have used mediums last year. Still I don’t think we’ll see a 1’21.0 – best last year was 1.9s off.
7. 

   graigchq (@graigchq)
   10th September 2010, 10:47

   Good to see Virgin and Lotus just a second off the back of the Toro Rossos..

   …oh and GO JENSON!! He could do with a good result this weekend, and beating Lewis will boost his confidence and put his championship back on track..
8. 

   Pablo
   10th September 2010, 10:50

   Any one any idea of the straight line speeds? Is Mclaren running the F-Duct this practice or next?
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      Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
      10th September 2010, 10:51

      Yes – see paragraph three.
9. 

   xabregas
   10th September 2010, 10:51

   Right now what really impressed me was the rear wing angles, most of the teams are hidding their game.
10. 

    gwenouille
    10th September 2010, 10:55

    @ Pablo : I think Buemi was clocked at 345 kph, quickest of this session…
11. 

    MacLeod
    10th September 2010, 11:00

    I would like to see a top ten topspeed graph if possible or just the times is fine for me.
    1. 

       Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
       10th September 2010, 11:11

       http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2010/837/6779/speed_trap.html
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       bosyber
       10th September 2010, 11:13

       Looking at the speed trap data on formula1.com (http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2010/837/6779/speed_trap.html) it is clear to see that cars are likely to running very different strategies and downforce levels.

       For example, I wonder if Mark Webber had more downforce than Vettel, or just a lot more fuel and different tires, and it is clear to see that the Ferrari’s were holding back power/soft tire/lots of fuel, and had a lot of downforce, similar to the McLaren big wings.

       It is interesting that Rosberg and Schumacher have similar speed trap figures, but more than half a second of time between them. They seem to have gotten a lot of drag away, but it has only helped Rosberg to be competitive, so far.
12. 

    Pablepete80
    10th September 2010, 11:09

    Buemi i think got that when slipstreaming alonso otherwise was about 339kph.
13. 

    BBT
    10th September 2010, 11:11

    BUE – 345
    ROS – 339
    MSC – 337
    VET – 336
    TRU – 336
    KOV – 335
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       bosyber
       10th September 2010, 11:14

       Clear to see the effect of that very flat rear wing on the Lotuses!
14. 

    Adrian
    10th September 2010, 11:16

    McLaren fastest over a complete lap and, according to Ted Kravitz, have the most downforce on the car…

    Will be interesting to see what happens when they take the F-Duct off…or even if they can just dial out some downforce to get rid of a bit of extra drag but retain the F-Duct…

    If there’s not a lot in it, could we see Lewis without it and Jenson with it (more likely to be that way round as Jenson is more likely to benefit from the extra stability the extra downforce would give)??

    And you have to assume that they were using old engines this morning too…
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       BBT
       10th September 2010, 11:43

       That looks like a fair assessment to me. Expect to see McLaren much faster come tomorrow.

       I just love the Lotus car now, its been growing on me all season.

       In F1 2010 career mode, that’ll be the first car I try to get a drive in.
15. 

    Slaven
    10th September 2010, 11:45

    Does anybody know what is the highest speed ever recorded on speed trap? Came across couple of different informants, some say its’ Montoya in testing 2005., some point out Pizzonia a year before…
    1. 

       DaveW
       10th September 2010, 17:01

       Montoya did at least 229mph at Monza, in testing I believe. That may be about the high water mark.
16. 

    Gilvan
    10th September 2010, 12:11

    I think Mclaren is tinkering with the idea of running more wing than Red Bull,to gain time on the Variante Ascari, Parabolica and the Lesmo corners, given that their F duct works well and offset the extra wing on the straights.
17. 

    wasiF1 (@wasif1)
    10th September 2010, 13:25

    Button & Vettel do need some strong result this weekend in order to fight for the championship.

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