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We'll just have to see what happens in June.
GCC mentioned Alex Fores, and it reminded me of the commentary stream. Alex is driving the same car that was driven by Bottas, so can compare lap times a bit on the Donington GP Circuit. Weather was described as cloudy and dry back in 2010, although no idea on temperatures and wind, and bright and dry this year.
Alex Fores - 1:24.529
- sector 1 - 18.803s 138.0 mph
- sector 2 - 31.664s 133.6 mph
- sector 3 - 34.062s 100.6 mph
theoretical best 01:24.058
Valterri Bottas 01:23.448s
- sector 1 - 18.785s 138.1mph
- sector 2 - 32.032 134.5 mph
- sector 3 - 32.507 100.8 mph
theoretical best 01:23.234
So the main change is that the car is now running in privateer / limited budget form on Pirelli tyres rather than the harder Cooper's run in the day - but still he's matching Bottas for most of the lap, but is losing out time in the Melbourne loop.
I know a number of drivers who went switching from the H-pattern to the sequential went faster, not because the gearbox is faster, but it meant they were able to devote more brain power to getting aspects of the lap better. Maybe not significantly faster over a single flying lap, but measurable over the course of a race distance.
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