Formula 1 2018 - Round 10 – Silverstone

Harika

In Hamilton country who won four of the last five GPs here. Temperatures might be higher than expected as the heatwave also hits there, at least I guess. On the other hand the tyres already have been changed to the new design.



All sessions on Sky F1, C4 and the Online Service
Friday July 6th, Free Practice 1, 10:00-11.30
Friday July 6th, FP2, 14:00-15.30
Saturday July 7th, FP3, 11:00-12:00
Saturday July 7th, Qualifying, 14:00-15:00
Sunday July 8th, Race, 14.10-16.10


Predictions:
Make it another Hamilton win
RedBull very strong
Ferrari only third force
One Honda in the points
Too easy: Another McLaren debacle

Jordan 199

I think one of the Mercedes team cars will retire on Sunday.

Burkie1203

Jordan 199 wrote: »

I think one of the Mercedes team cars will retire on Sunday.

Article on sky sports saying might be grid penalties for both mercs. Bottas had gearbox hydraulics failure.

Harika

Burkie1203 wrote: »

Article on sky sports saying might be grid penalties for both mercs. Bottas had gearbox hydraulics failure.

I was just thinking that a week is not really a lot of time to solve reliability issues.

Cool_CM

Harika wrote: »

Temperatures might be higher than expected as the heatwave also hits there, at least I guess. On the other hand the tyres already have been changed to the new design.

Was wondering about this when the tyre choices came out.

Simon Gruber Says

Been watching for 20 years. First time going to a race. Hoping it will be a good one.

Charlie-Bravo

Enjoy the race. There'll be lots of walking. Where's your seat? Last time I was there was in 2008 and I was at hanger straight before the circuit revamp and grid being relocated.

We love hearing boardsies attending a race so post some pics for us if you can please.

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PukkaStukka

Ferrari are bringing a new floor and assuming it works, I kind of fancy them to win. Their rear suspension has been revamped to deal with the new rubber that the Pirelli created to suit Mercedes supposedly reduce blistering.

PukkaStukka

Prisoner 6753 wrote: »

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James Alison said the fact that both cars suffered an abnormal shutdown in the race could create further problems in itself. They were going over both cars with a fine tooth comb

skipper_G

Grosjean lost it at Turn 1 and ended up in the barrier, session over for him. That's one of the corners they can take with DRS open now with the third zone added for this year.

Edit: he said the track was so bumpy he couldn't hit the button to turn off the DRS and lost the backend. Sooooo, who's getting that Haas seat season ?

AMKC

skipper_G wrote: »

Grosjean lost it at Turn 1 and ended up in the barrier, session over for him. That's one of the corners they can take with DRS open now with the third zone added for this year.

Edit: he said the track was so bumpy he couldn't hit the button to turn off the DRS and lost the backend. Sooooo, who's getting that Haas seat season ?

Maybe Alonso and Grosjean could swap seats. Then Grosjean can drive around at the back in the Mclaren and Alonso can get the Haas up near the front maybe even win a race or two in it.

Inviere

Grosjean has had a good few trouble free and decent years now, since his ‘dark era’. This year has been an absolute stinker for him though, I’m annoyed at him for making that fool Magnussen look good

skipper_G

The crash was bad enough they've had to change the chassis so Grosjean won't be taking part in FP2 either.

Charlie-Bravo

Max off at Luffield, lost the back end coming out of the corner and clipped the rear right off the wall. Damage done, red flag.

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Ghost Train

Big accident for Hartley, suspension failure when he hit the brakes

Fortunately he sounds and looks ok

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Ghost Train

Suspension on left side just twisted up and destroyed itself. Tyre wall did good job stopping the car

Well he's lucky to walk away from the crash

skipper_G

That was a very nasty accident alright, suspension just crumpled and disintegrated. Great that he was up and out of the car, hopefully no after effects and he can race as normal. Assume the car is destroyed and he won't be in qualy regardless

Ghost Train

Gasly not being sent out again. I guess they they need to figure out what problem was. Wonder will they race this weekend

Hulkenburg being called into the garage but they wouldn't tell him why, wonder what that's about

skipper_G

Watch any of the onboard shots it's clearly visible just how bumpy the surface is. Wonder if that might have exacerbated a structural flaw in Hartley's suspension somehow?

Cool_CM

skipper_G wrote: »

That was a very nasty accident alright, suspension just crumpled and disintegrated. Great that he was up and out of the car, hopefully no after effects and he can race as normal. Assume the car is destroyed and he won't be in qualy regardless

Yeah, the onboard of the impact and how far the car went in was pretty scary
I know that F1 has moved on and that it's unworkable under the new regulations for components and how much more complex the modern cars are from a manufacturing point of view, but I sometimes miss the days of having the option the spare car when thing like that happen.

Harika

The Ferrari engine looks mighty, chance of both saubers in q3

skipper_G

Harika wrote: »

The Ferrari engine looks mighty, chance of both saubers in q3

There's something working well for the Ferrari engine. Leclerc faster than both Haas! All the Renault powered cars seem to be struggling. And the same for the Merc customer teams

Mike Litoris

Great interview with Toto Wolf by Lee McKenzie on C4 right now.


Lee McKenzie is hot too. :pac: Shame she's leaving the sport.

Charlie-Bravo

Mike Litoris wrote: »

Great interview with Toto Wolf by Lee McKenzie on C4 right now.


Lee McKenzie is hot too a great presenter. :pac: Shame she's leaving the sport.

FYP

AMKC

That was a very nasty crash Hartley had. Glad to see he is ok. Hope both Toro Rosso's will be able to race.

Simon Gruber Says

Wasn't here long before Hartley went off right in front of me.

skipper_G

Up next on C4, EJ talks Mclaren and Williams

bnt

That bit about Susie Wolff as a team boss: she’s taking over the reins at the Venturi Formula E team, where Felipe Massa will be one of her drivers when the season starts in December.

dublinman1990

If you hearing this on very low volume; you will probably struggle to hear this while on C4. Eddie Jordan is right though about the future of McClaren & Williams in F1 being in a period of hell. Jenson Button is seen in the background of the McClaren Team principal on C4. Jenson is holding a Sky microphone.

skipper_G

dublinman1990 wrote: »

If you hearing this on very low volume; you will probably struggle to hear this while on C4.

Thank God someone else had the same problem, thought I was going deaf

Mike Litoris

Wow, epic piece there from EJ.

Schwiiing

Could McLarens problems be traced back to the amount of funding their road car division is getting similar to Ferrari for the last few years?

skipper_G

Good piece from EJ alright, fair dues to Zak Brown he faced some tough questions on the back of it and thought he answered well.

Claire Williams on the other hand seemed a bit defensive. She came across as condescending or something.

dublinman1990

skipper_G wrote: »

Thank God someone else had the same problem, thought I was going deaf

I had watched EJ's piece on C4 HD. The sound was OK; but it wasn't the best.

If you had watched it on C4 SD. You only had to turn up the volume way up because at that point all you could have heard from EJ was mumbling.

Mike Litoris

Schwiiing wrote: »

Could McLarens problems be traced back to the amount of funding their road car division is getting similar to Ferrari for the last few years?

Could be a part of it but just listening to EJ's piece there, having watched the doc from last season and even what Max just said in this episode about Honda/McLaren it is mainly shocking management.

Jordan 199

That retro racing piece makes me want to play Grand Prix Legends again.

dublinman1990

Hartley is definitely not going out on qualifying today after his heavy crash earlier.

AMKC

So Brendan Harley is not going to be taking part in qualifying and the FIA have told Toro Rosso to change all the front suspension of Pierre Gaslys car. H might miss the first ten minutes. Depends how long it takes the team to rebuild the front suspension on his car.

Also Sebastian Vettel had a sore neck in FP3 that's why he only done 8 laps that seison. He clicked his neck.

AMKC

Lance Stroll in the gravel. Session red flagged already.

Mike Litoris

Well done Stroll.

dublinman1990

The track temperature is still very high today at 51 Celsius. Qualifying without a doubt is going to be tough today in that heat on the tires.

I didn't know that Vettel clicked his neck. He is still going out onto Q1. I hope he does well today after that debacle.

Gasly's car is vibrating out on the track. I hope that there are no problems for him later.

Stroll's out already. Sesison stopped.

Cool_CM

I'm actually pretty ashamed to admit that I've never really made the switch to Channel 4 before, I'm really enjoying it!

Mike Litoris

Jordan 199 wrote: »

That retro racing piece makes me want to play Grand Prix Legends again.

20 years old this year. Still my favourite car sim.

Jordan 199

Cool_CM wrote: »

I'm actually pretty ashamed to admit that I've never really made the switch to Channel 4 before, I'm really enjoying it!

You saw sense

skipper_G

Stroll lost it and ends up beached in the gravel

Mint Sauce

skipper_G wrote: »

Stroll lost it and ends up beached in the gravel

Was that same corner as Hartley?

JUst seen the massive flat spots from the braking and sliding.

:eek:

Burkie1203

skipper_G wrote: »

Good piece from EJ alright, fair dues to Zak Brown he faced some tough questions on the back of it and thought he answered well.

Claire Williams on the other hand seemed a bit defensive. She came across as condescending or something.

She avoided answering the finance question which is fair enough but if martini are going they will have a very bare car next year

Mike Litoris

Cool_CM wrote: »

I'm actually pretty ashamed to admit that I've never really made the switch to Channel 4 before, I'm really enjoying it!

Don't get used to it or next year will hurt.