Round 09 - British Grand Prix

amacachi

Waste of a set of inters IMO.

Ghost Train

Still going to be interesting towards the end of q2 if track keeps improving

amacachi

Ghost Train wrote: »

Still going to be interesting towards the end of q2 if track keeps improving

Yeah but the fastest cars will be the fastest I'm sure.

amacachi

1.37 set already. If they're worried about F1 being "green" maybe stop wasting tyres. :pac:

Charlie-Bravo

looks like Q2 is going to go to the wire with the track continually improving.

amacachi

Will they break 1.30?

amacachi

Only half a second from 5th to 14th.

amacachi

That'll do.

smellslikeshoes

Anyone else see Norbert Haug almost falling over? Maybe partaken in a little too much hospitality :pac:

Discodog

Discodog wrote: »

Huge race for Hamilton.

So much for the McLarens & Mercedes having an advantage. The only hope for a decent race is Alonso jumping the RB's & rain !

mickdw

How good is the DRS going to be here? Didnt hear any discussion on it at all.

countrykid

Hamilton must be seriously thinking of jumping outta the mclaren ship...has to...

amacachi

countrykid wrote: »

Hamilton must be seriously thinking of jumping outta the mclaren ship...has to...

Where to? Ferrari is out of the question, Red Bull have Vettel for the foreseeable future and one would wonder why they've bothered with their young drivers programme if they're going to wheel someone like Hamilton in. Though one would expect Williams to get strong again at some point in the near future.

-gilly-09-

How many DRS zones is there? The rain robbed us of a proper fight for pole i think, Saying that would love some rain for the race tomorrow.

Discodog

-gilly-09- wrote: »

How many DRS zones is there? The rain robbed us of a proper fight for pole i think, Saying that would love some rain for the race tomorrow.

Just one. Detection point is before turn 3 & Activation just after turn 4 before the straight.

Glico Man

Gonna be weird with Abbey being turn 1 rather than Copse, but at least its a fast corner. Hoping for another Vettel first lap puncture

Discodog

Lots of nice showers on the forecast.

Cookie_Monster

Discodog wrote: »

Lots of nice showers on the forecast.

good news!:)

Charlie-Bravo

aaronh007 wrote: »

Hoping for another Vettel first lap puncture

Don't be cruel - *prediction* Vettle will take out Webber on the first lap - Button FTW

dor83

So the FIA are giving the teams a chance to go back to using the off-throttle blown diffusers. Link.

The FIA has opened the door for the practice of off-throttle blowing of the diffuser to now remain permissible for the remainder of the 2011 season, provided all 12 teams agree to revert to the regulations in force at the European Grand Prix last month.

The British Grand Prix has been increasingly overshadowed by the technical controversy over the governing body’s clampdown on off-throttle blown diffusers, the second stage of its move to cut the use of elaborate engine modes having banned the changing of maps between qualifying and the race two weeks ago in Valencia.

Having agreed to requested concessions to the rules clarification from engine makers Mercedes and Renault on Friday night, the FIA on Saturday morning performed a U-turn on the latter’s requests after deciding that they had been submitted too late – to the anger of world champions Red Bull, who run the French manufacturer's engines.

A subsequent extraordinary meeting of the Technical Working Group in the paddock resulted in a compromise solution implemented qualifying onwards at Silverstone, teams allowed the use of 10% throttle when drivers are not on the accelerator – although RBR made clear they felt they were at a disadvantage and wanted an alternative arrangement from Germany.

The growing controversy, which provoked a public row between Red Bull's Christian Horner and McLaren counterpart Martin Whitmarsh in Friday’s official press conference, has threatened to rumble on but on Saturday evening the FIA issued a statement saying they would were prepared to revert the regulations to how they were before this weekend at the next race if all teams agreed.

“The measures which were communicated to the teams this morning by the FIA Technical Department stand for the rest of the weekend,” the FIA statement read.

“During Saturday morning’s Extraordinary Technical Working Group meeting, the members discussed the viability of returning to the pre-Silverstone set-ups and strategies.

“If the teams are in unanimous agreement, the FIA is prepared to adopt this arrangement until the end of the current season.”

The teams will meet again for discussions on the matter in the Silverstone paddock on Sunday morning, Mercedes GP boss Ross Brawn revealing that some teams want to resolve the dispute before the race rather than leave open the possibility of future protests and appeals.

Over the past year teams have increasingly sought ways to channel their cars’ exhaust gases in ways that offered aerodynamic benefits, with the increasingly complex systems more recently resulting in teams being able to create this effect when drivers lifted off the throttle.

The FIA had decided the latter practice was not within the spirit of the rules and was keen to clamp down on its potency.

I reckon there will be one or two teams who don't agree and this will probably rumble on for a while, it'll be interesting to see what Ferrari do because they have been very quiet about all this so far.

hotwhiskey

No agreement reached!

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/92998

Ghost Train

70% chance of showers, might make it an interesting race

Seems Lewis was out on used tyres for his first run in q3 yesterday and thats why he didn't do well.

Hope it's a good race what ever happens

Cookie_Monster

wtf was with the bicycle, the opening of the beeb programme just gets more and more ridiculous each week :rolleyes:

dor83

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

wtf was with the bicycle, the opening of the beeb programme just gets more and more ridiculous each week :rolleyes:

I thought it was funny, it shows the rapport between the 3 of them and that even though they do take the mickey out of each other sometimes they get on very well.

Im Only 71Kg

just watching the beeb........it's clear that david coulthard has no sense of humour. they have to replace him for next year.

amacachi

Only awake, depends what the track is like but I would've thought they have to start on slicks tbh.

Itssoeasy

That clip of Sergio perez taking out a sign out the back of the track means it could be intreresting.

Autosport

Praying for rain

brownacid

They're saying the back of the crcuit is extremely wet so it should be interesting.


Anyone know where you can get live whether updats for the track

bnt

Im Only 71Kg wrote: »

just watching the beeb........it's clear that david coulthard has no sense of humour. they have to replace him for next year.

In a comedy team, you need a "straight man", and it looks like he's it. Personally, I think he does have a sense of humour, it's just a dry Scottish one. :cool:

The partly-wet track situation is interesting; it will clear up in a few laps once the cars hit it, but until then the drivers on slicks are taking a bit of a risk.