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Originally Posted by AndrewJ
PS just for info, do you reckon he would have caught up to Webber if Webber had left his car at full pace settings, instead of slowing down as ordered????
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Of course in some alternate scenario anything could have happened in the final part of
the race that may have still not ensured Mark would win. For example, there
are lots of new drivers this year and all it might take is for one being lapped not
to get quickly enough out of the way.
During the race itself I had a notebook open with the online timing plus the
F1 2013 timing app running on the smartphone which includes additional
streaming data such as each car's position on the track and then another eye
fixed to the TV screen.
On what I was seeing, it would have been unlikely for
Vettel to catch him and if anything Mark appeared as if he would only increase
the lead. The live timing app allows you to replay the timing data and car positions
for every practice and qualifying session and for every race and it would be interesting
to go back and look at it again. Based on what I was seeing at the time,
I would not have been surprised if the order to turn the engin's down
came in some time before Mark's last pit stop.
He was pacing the race well and the Red Bull computers that access all
the car's parameters and timing no doubt gave them an even clearer
prediction that Mark could essentially win it at that point even if he had one hand
tied behind his back.