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**AnypecekceS** · 05-29-2012, 04:23 PM

Kimi had clear air ahead of him (being so slow) so the excuse of running in turbulent air doesn't wash. Also the rain was a factor, everyone stretched the first stop to see if they could hold out until it rained. Seriously you can't blame Renault on Kimi's performance last week, it was subpar all weekend if you compare him to Grosjean. Hopefully he bounces back next week.

He hang right behind Vettel for the first 15 laps (within ~1 sec), he left there a couple seconds of gap after that, not too much, and then the tires just died, he started losing 2+ seconds per lap around lap 20

Lotus also already commented that the tires died on him, here's direct quote from the team:
Conversely, the tyres had their part to play. Once their lifetime is run, the super soft compound seem to go further than merely ‘falling off the cliff’, they dive head first from it. The soft compound also proved to be a temperamental ally, with traffic and cooling track conditions in the latter stages of the race making it tricky to maintain the correct temperature in the rubber. Regardless if his general performance this weekend was subpar or not, what happened in race was due the tires, not just driver performance.

05-29-2012, 04:23 PM	#48
AnypecekceS Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 554 Senior Member	Kimi had clear air ahead of him (being so slow) so the excuse of running in turbulent air doesn't wash. Also the rain was a factor, everyone stretched the first stop to see if they could hold out until it rained. Seriously you can't blame Renault on Kimi's performance last week, it was subpar all weekend if you compare him to Grosjean. Hopefully he bounces back next week. He hang right behind Vettel for the first 15 laps (within ~1 sec), he left there a couple seconds of gap after that, not too much, and then the tires just died, he started losing 2+ seconds per lap around lap 20 Lotus also already commented that the tires died on him, here's direct quote from the team: Conversely, the tyres had their part to play. Once their lifetime is run, the super soft compound seem to go further than merely ‘falling off the cliff’, they dive head first from it. The soft compound also proved to be a temperamental ally, with traffic and cooling track conditions in the latter stages of the race making it tricky to maintain the correct temperature in the rubber. Regardless if his general performance this weekend was subpar or not, what happened in race was due the tires, not just driver performance.
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