phil1993 wrote:Mar wrote:phil1993 wrote:Losing FP1 dry running cost him-setup time and lost tyre data. I'm sure it cost him points!
Their main problem were the supersofts. They don't use the supersofts in FP1. That's what doesn't add up.
If their problem was with the supersoft then they should have done a 2 stop strategy and pushed more on the prime tyres.
I'm sorry, but losing FP1 did cost them. It's 90 minutes of data that isn't gathered. Grosjean got the better of him and would have finished ahead but for the turn one collision. It was a disappointing weekend for Kimi; I know he likes the sensitive steering, but why does it keep changing from track to track? They need to find a fix, if not then Kimi will go the way of Trulli once Romain curbs his enthusiasm.
It's just one bad race, they'll get over it hopefully. It's just not good that six races into the season he's still having problems with the steering.
The problem with the steering was specific for Monaco. All drivers have a different steering (and suspension) for Monaco to be able to go through some of the curves, especially Loewe's. It seems for the rest of tracks they have arrived to a solution where everybody is happy, it should really be a punctual problem.
As a matter of fact, they have been a bit unlucky with the steering thing. It seems what Kimi was feeling in the first test in Jerez was the chassis problem. Then they lost 4 days of testing and when they went back on track the steering they brought was not what was needed (the initial feed-back was bad because of the chassis).
A little bird has told me they already have a configuration for normal circuits that's not perfect but good enough. It should not be a problem for the rest of the season.
About the strategy, I think they really tried their best there, but it didn't work. I think that, if they had pitted twice, they would have come out in traffic after the first stop and fall out of the points in the second.
I usually think Lotus' strategists are a bit nuts, but this time, I don't really think they could have done better with what they had. Plus they were expecting the rain that didn't come.