Current fastest car

Edited by michal2009b, 23 August 2012 - 20:58.

Edited by Kvothe, 23 August 2012 - 21:20.

Jep, it's a complete picture to decide which car gets to the line first. Drivers ignored, on outright pace the McLaren has it in the bag in the dry. In the wet Ferrari is usually very good. But on tyre management the Ferrari and Red Bull are better than the Maccas. There is no real fastest at the moment, it's circuit-dependant.

Edited by korzeniow, 23 August 2012 - 21:48.

Overall, Red Bull for me. Their Valencia pace can't be ignored.

After engne map ban it can

The lotus.

While all the top cars have their strengths, I feel that Kimi's poor qualifying and Romain's failure to make it beyond the first lap on a consistent basis is flattering everyone else to an extent.

Which car is quickest at this point of the season? Please vote in this pool. Only quali and race pace matters

Edited by korzeniow, 23 August 2012 - 21:56.

Edited by Zippel, 24 August 2012 - 04:21.

The Melbourne Australian GP has more often than not been a good indicator of who has the fastest car on the grid where both cars qualify 1 & 2.

Edited by phil1993, 24 August 2012 - 07:21.

Edited by Kingshark, 24 August 2012 - 07:37.

So.
1. RedBull 1,9
2. Ferrai 2,6
3. Mclaren 3,1
4. Lotus 3,4

Edited by Mauseri, 24 August 2012 - 08:06.

The lotus.

While all the top cars have their strengths, I feel that Kimi's poor qualifying and Romain's failure to make it beyond the first lap on a consistent basis is flattering everyone else to an extent.

Edited by Oho, 24 August 2012 - 08:39.

There is no out-and-out fastest car. There are several fastest cars dependant upon how certain tyres work on certain tracks in certain conditions. Tyres is everything.

Yes, the car is great (race performances) the drivers are shite (qualifying performances especially Räikkönen), most people get that.

Hahaha. Finally some one spoke the non sense people like to hear.

But this is just it. When the car does perform well in qualifying then Grosjean sticks it where it belongs, only to mess it up in the race with an incident or poor pace. Kimi is the opposite, no pace in qualifying but fast in the race.

That car should have won multiple races already, that it hasn't is testament to the drivers being poor in one form or the other. I see nothing wrong with what Piquet Jr said.

Yes, the car is great (race performances) the drivers are shite (qualifying performances especially Räikkönen), most people get that.

Hardly but would you expect two drivers, one basically a rookie to be getting the maximum out of the car straight after they come back?

There is no out-and-out fastest car. There are several fastest cars dependant upon how certain tyres work on certain tracks in certain conditions. Tyres is everything.

But on an overall basis the Lotus has been mighty quick on a variety of tracks, more so than any other team. I would put the Ferrari right up there as well since Spain.




What do you want to hear? That the car is rubbish and that the drivers, especially Raikkonen, are flattering it... Or that Raikkonen is doing the best he can...

I've said this before:


Not to mention the Andrew Benson piece where Raikkonen admits to under performing in qualifying for Hungarian GP. This cost him the victory and might have in other races as well like Valencia and Bahrain. As I've said that car should have won multiple races already but anything other than blowing Raikkonen's trumpet is frowned upon here. Always searching for crazy reasons for his under performance when the answer is staring them right in the face.

So it has to be one way or other, either the drivers suck and car is great or the car is rubbish and drivers are magicians? Must be nice in your black and white world where's no nyances, reasons, charasteristics etc.

That's one qualifying where they admittedly made error with the set up and qualified in terrrrrible slot number 5. Maybe you get frowned upon here because your over simplified statements like car should've won multiple races but it's only because Kimi underperforming that they havent.

Edited by sailor, 24 August 2012 - 10:54.

0 votes for Merc and some people rating Williams and Sauber better than Merc.

Seems like Merc top bosses had seen this thread via a time warp and decided to withdraw before facing the forum humiliation.

Edit Someone vote for Merc dammit

In this instance yes, because we have one driver in the team putting the car in great places on the grid when the car is capable and the other not. In the race it is the reverse...



One qualifying? You must be joking... Grosjean has often been at the sharp end while Mr. Raikkonen has been further back... What are the excuses for this?

Qualified 11th in Bahrain, had race winning pace... 5th in Spain but had race winning pace... Same in Valencia... Same in Hungary... In all these instances he qualified behind his teammate and in Bahrain and Hungary it was with a sizeable advantage.