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Ed wrote:

sgd wrote:

Ed wrote:sgd, I am not saying it is all down to Bridgestone but it does seem that the tyres are lacking grip.

The Jordan has been close to Minardi over the last few races so I doubt they have found 1.3 seconds all of a sudden!

It is all speculation though and qualifying may give us a better idea!

My point is that for a Jordan be just 2.7off pace (and Minardi 4s) from a light McLaren is very good, so you have to agree that their tyres are performing quite good here. if the tyres were lacking so much grip Jordan inted of being closer to Michelline teams, should be slower (ussully they are ~3.8s off pace) .
I see it clear that the bridgestone are quite competitive here, you'll hve to find and other reason for the lack of pace (or grip or whatever) to Ferrari speed...

by the other hand, those were just practices... let's wait and see what can they do within 2 hours...

sgd, it is only practice and we cannot assume much from the times. The only thing that seems obvious is that all the Bridgestone runners are off the pace.

Comparing practice times causes headaches but if you go back to past Saturday practice sessions you'll see this:
In Hungary Albers was just 2.7 seconds off the pace
In Germany Albers was just 2.5 seconds off the pace
In Britain Montiero was 2 seconds off the pace

Were Bridgestone competitive at those races ?

sgd wrote: YES

When we talk about fastest practice times we talk about Qualif. pace:
In Hungary Pole position for Bridgestone
In Germany 5th
In Britain 6th

those are acceptable Q...

and you didn't understand what i meant, my pint is that Jordan (usinf ferrari's bridgestone(!!)) is not way off pace coampared with prevuous races, so if ferrari is much slower you can't explain it just as "Bridgestone lack grip" because it's obvious that there are problems elsewhere...and taking into account jordan's performance, tyres do not look to be the biggest problem.