Originally Posted by
Hughlysses
Overall yesterday was pretty frustrating, but it sure started out well. THAT at least was a change. It looks like Aaron's engine broke during FP3; I forget if he has any spares left or not(?).
I'm just wondering what kind of strategy they're likely to be employing, especially with Geoff. We know they built a special "improved" engine and raced as little as possible last weekend to conserve it for this weekend. Given that, how do you use it this weekend? I guess it'd make sense to take it as easy as possible in the practice sessions and save it for the race. OTOH, their stated goal is to make Superpole. Clearly, they've got to step up quite a bit to achieve that. Geoff knocked about 1/2 second/lap off his times in 3 sessions yesterday and he'd have to knock at least another ~1 second/lap off today to make Superpole.
So, do you risk blowing the engine to make Superpole and then risk blowing the engine during Superpole to qualify well and achieve a stated goal, or do you hold something back so you can make the race, although in a significantly worse starting position, hoping you can get a decent race finish?
:confused: