02-07-2013, 18:28
Alonso lucky and unlucky
Fernando Alonso was lucky that the tyre failure he suffered was when he was on his way into the pits, so it did not ruin his race. But he was an interesting case study for the wrong reasons in the closing stages. He was fourth behind Rosberg, Raikkonen and Webber as Vettel pulled off the circuit at the end of lap 41, but already committed to making a pit stop.
He served his stop when the others were at racing speed, then as he came out of the pits the safety car was deployed, so he had to complete the lap at the reduced control speed. Meanwhile his rivals, now ahead of him were able to pit at the end of the lap – losing less time in their pit stop as the field is all travelling at reduced speed – and they came back out ahead of him, along with drivers like Sutil and Ricciardo who had not stopped.
Alonso dropped to eighth and had to be at his very best to fight his way past these cars to finish third and take 15 points out of Vettel’s championship lead.
http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2013/07/st...ritish-gp/
Fernando Alonso was lucky that the tyre failure he suffered was when he was on his way into the pits, so it did not ruin his race. But he was an interesting case study for the wrong reasons in the closing stages. He was fourth behind Rosberg, Raikkonen and Webber as Vettel pulled off the circuit at the end of lap 41, but already committed to making a pit stop.
He served his stop when the others were at racing speed, then as he came out of the pits the safety car was deployed, so he had to complete the lap at the reduced control speed. Meanwhile his rivals, now ahead of him were able to pit at the end of the lap – losing less time in their pit stop as the field is all travelling at reduced speed – and they came back out ahead of him, along with drivers like Sutil and Ricciardo who had not stopped.
Alonso dropped to eighth and had to be at his very best to fight his way past these cars to finish third and take 15 points out of Vettel’s championship lead.
http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2013/07/st...ritish-gp/
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