Long run pace from FP2 in Sochi

  • Published on 28 Sep 2018 19:25
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  • By: Fergal Walsh

Mercedes shot itself well clear of Ferrari during the qualifying simulation runs in Sochi, finishing over half a second ahead of the Maranello squad. And things appear even better for the Silver Arrows when it comes to the long run data.

Mercedes once again looks to be the fastest car, however it is not known how much fuel each team was using during their long runs. On the hyper soft compound, Sebastian Vettel set just one lap, while the tyre degraded quickly on the rest of the cars.

When it came to running the harder compound, each of the top six bar Kimi Raikkonen attached the purple-walled ultra soft. Raikkonen ran with the soft tyre, the hardest of the three Pirelli compounds available this weekend.

With degradation on the hyper soft tyre high, the top three teams may look to advance from Q2 on the ultra soft tyre to start the race on the same set, before switching to the soft compound on a one-stop strategy. Take a look at the long run times from Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull below.

hYPER SOFT TYRE
Hamilton  Bottas Vettel Raikkonen Ricciardo Verstappen
1:39.318 1:38.552 1:39.154 1:40.036 1:38.667 1:37.512
1:39.057 1:29.018   1:41.863 1:38.048 1:37.126
1:39.431 1:40.065   1:42.798 1:37.833 1:37.059
1:39.610 1:40.966   1:42.227   1:37.214
  1:41.262   1:42.769   1:38.510
           
Average Average Average Average Average Average
1:39.354 1:39.973 1:39.154 1:41.939 1:38.183 1:37.484

 

Ultra SOFT TYRE (SOFt For raikkonen)
Hamilton  Bottas Vettel Raikkonen Ricciardo Verstappen
1:38.522 1:38.971 1:38.899 1:38.966 1:40.104 1:39.598
1:39.617 1:39.656 1:39.567 1:38.937 1:40.623 1:39.572
1:39.608 1:40.154 1:40.174 1:38.852 1:40.024 1:40.106
1:39.740 1:39.941 1:40.229 1:39.510 1:39.901 1:40.138
1:39.970 1:39.580 1:41.431 1:39.853 1:40.075 1:40.124
1:39.514 1:39.455 1:41.261 1:39.022 1:40.754 1:40.352
1:39.987 1:39.410 1:40.905 1:39.313 1:40.954 1:40.222
1:39.840 1:39.588 1:40.633   1:40.602 1:40.104
    1:40.201   1:40.486 1:40.059
        1:39.999  
        1:40.055  
        1:40.131  
           
Average Average Average Average Average Average
1:39.600 1:39.594 1:40.366 1:39.208 1:40.309 1:40.031

 

Excellent analysis, I'd love to see this for every race.

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  • Sep 28 2018 - 20:51

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  • Excellent analysis, I'd love to see this for every race.

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    • Sep 28 2018 - 20:51
    • Duly noted!

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      • Sep 28 2018 - 22:13
    • boudy

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      Nicely done, thanks Fergal

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      • Sep 29 2018 - 08:13

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