The first stage of the rule change has meant little in Valencia. If there were shifts in the field, they were rather due to the lines. Ferrari benefited. McLaren vergaloppierte with the Setup. Force India was strong and Sauber, crashed.
The formula that the qualification settings of the engine in the race must be driven, have not hash mixed the field. "We have neutralized us, because we have previously done the same in the Qualifikationstrim probably all", Mercedes Team principal Ross Brawn took stock. When the pecking order changes, then at the earliest at Silverstone.
Red bull remains the clear number one in the eighth Grand Prix. The superiority was even still slightly larger than usual in Valencia. Ferrari and McLaren exchanged places. What lies above all in that Ferrari everything right and McLaren did much wrong. Mercedes adheres four iron in place. Despite adverse circumstances.
Renault's 5th place is under attack. The midfield is catching up. Depending on the route it is times clean Force India and now Toro Rosso, making the black cars legs. Williams was again at the bottom of the centerfield. As is there five teams within frolicking by four tenths of a second, it can come entirely to a new order at Silverstone. Even small time differences up or down make up five and nine large differences between place.
In the table, Lotus is there further isolated. The distance to the midfield was greater to Virgin and Hispania, smaller. Virgin gave to Hispania again some air. This was probably due to the characteristics of the track. Virgin must be careful. While Hispania developed on a low heat, just stop there is Virgin because of the changes in the technical Bureau.
Here the power ranking in the quick reference. There are the detailed form check of each team with the best pictures from Valencia as always in the photo gallery:
Red bull (1 *)
Ferrari (3)
McLaren (2)
Mercedes GP (4)
Renault (5)
Force India (9)
Toro Rosso (7)
Clean (6)
Williams (8)
Lotus (10)
Virgin (12)
Hispania (11) * in brackets placement of the last race image zoom