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stormybadger8 said:Look, let’s be realistic here—the tires used in the IndyCar Series are essentially the same as those in Formula 1, so Romain Grosjean certainly has plenty of experience working with Pirelli.
I didn't catch all of last year's races, so I can't say for certain if they had mandatory pit stops or required both compounds back then, nor if the tire specs matched what we see in Formula 1 now, though I’d wager they did.
So, it isn't some massive shock that Romain Grosjean is performing better than before; he's older, sure, but he's also much more seasoned.
That being said, if memory serves me correctly, he used to be one of the absolute weakest drivers on the Formula 1 grid.
As far as I'm concerned, Kimi Räikkönen really dropped the ball during his comeback—not quite on the level of Michael Schumacher's legendary return, mind you, but he hasn't exactly improved much either.
That Lotus is clearly a very capable machine.
It’s obvious the car is fast, and strangely enough, it seems remarkably gentle on its tires.
Or perhaps the trick is simply that the other teams finally figured them out.🤷
Check this out.
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/100388
paziti ovaj http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/100388 Allison also revealed that Grosjean's tyres in Montreal Had even more performanca left in them AT The end
"We could in fact have gone quite a lot further than we did," he said. "There was still plenty of rubber left on them at the end of the race. IT really was an excellent performanca fra Romain, and the car looked very competitive on the soft compound tyres.
"If you look at the cars who made two stops, their middle stints were around the same pace that Romain was running and he managed to continue until the end of the race. Indeed, after Lewis Hamilton stopped for the second time he was only pulling away from Romain at around 0.4s per lap on tyres that were 37 laps younger."