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Originally Posted by cfusionpm
The car thrives in open clean air. When you get behind another car in turbulant air, Newey's wonder aero doesn't work as well and suddenly you have to struggle like everyone else in the field with grip and tire management. When you start at the front and get a good first lap, the rest is pretty straightforward.
Vettel IS a better driver, but not 2-seconds-a-lap better. He just gets put in difficult situations far less often because he gets rocket starts and his car is setup to fly on opening laps. Mark usually blows his starts and has to fight through packs of other cars.
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Doesn't this entire post lead to the conclusions that the car is aero optimized and not benefiting (at least not the entire advantage) from TC? TC doesn't care if you're in traffic/turbulence or not, and based on the link you posted earlier TC theorists think that RBR have been developing this system since 2009, it will be interesting if Webber spills any beans when he's out of contract...
Edit: to your edit, it's an entirely logical conclusion (although I think it comes about when you study KERS, not necessarily when you remove TC from the sport) and will be amazing if it's revealed that RBR have been doing this for 3+ years without getting caught. Also amazing that other teams have been able to stay so close 'without it'.