The F1 Thread

[Deutsch Wolf]

You've got every right to fight for your place when the other guy has cocked up the overtake (which wasn't even difficult anyway). If he'd been manically swerving about in front of Maldonado then you'd have a point, but he had the racing line.

Anyway Maldonado just came across as a massive dickhead in his interview.

 

[SSB]

Is anybody off to Silverstone in two weeks? Taken a mate up on an offer of a free ticket. Never been before.

 

[Nando]

Possibly.

Went last year and it was fantastic.

What tickets do you have?

 

[Law's Bus]

Anyway Maldonado just came across as a massive dickhead in his interview.

He does.

Unfortunately, whilst it's more Maldonado's fault than Hamilton's, Lewis isn't exactly blameless. If you look closely, Lewis appears to start to give Pastor some room, then slams the door back again. There's a great big speed hump to Maldonado's left, so bar slamming on the anchors (in which case he'd have slid into Lewis no matter how much space Lewis gave him), he'd got nowhere to go.

 

[Law's Bus]

Is anybody off to Silverstone in two weeks? Taken a mate up on an offer of a free ticket. Never been before.

I first went in 1977 - but I haven't been in the last 10 years. I've gone to the Goodwood Festival of Speed instead - which I much prefer.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Last time I went was 1984 so it has changed a bit since then. The new approach roads and traffic management should make getting in and out of the place a hell of a lot better.

Its the busiest airport in Europe on the day of the race, out of interest. There is one helicopter a minute piling over my dad's house (he is about 30 miles south of the track)

 

[SSB]

Went last year and it was fantastic.

What tickets do you have?

Not sure yet. But think it'll be General Admission. Any tips & can you take you're own beer in?!

 

[Nando]

Are you camping?

We had grandstand tickets last year but moved around the track for each practice session so went to most GA spots. I'd say the best spot is at just over halfway towards Vale from Stowe. There's plenty of space, a screen opposite and its the main overtaking place.

I think you can still watch at Copse, which is a must but there's generally little action there so probably best for practice or qualifying. Ensure you watch practice at Maggots/Becketts. It is phenomenal.

And yes you can take your own in. Anything is better than Fosters.

 

[Deano]

Maldonado didn't need to make the move. He was well within the 1 second and he could have just taken Lewis in the DRS zone.

I wanted to got to Silverstone but got a stag weekend that weekend. Next year we're going to camp for the weekend definitely.

 

[Law's Bus]

One for the consipiracy theorists.

In the Spanish GP, Lewis Hamilton stopped on the track after the end of the session, and was thrown out.
In the European GP, Fernando Alonso stopped on the track after the end of the session and nothing happened.

Sometimes F1 really doesn't help itself...

 

[The Bear]

Sometimes fans don't really help themselves by not knowing the rules...

Hamilton stopped in Qualifying. The rules state you need to provide a fuel sample to the FIA and can't stop out on the track during Qualifying.

Alonso stopped after the Race had finished. No fuel sample needed. No rules to say you can't stop after the race has finished.

 

[Kenny]

One for the consipiracy theorists.

In the Spanish GP, Lewis Hamilton stopped on the track after the end of the session, and was thrown out.
In the European GP, Fernando Alonso stopped on the track after the end of the session and nothing happened.

Sometimes F1 really doesn't help itself...

Lewis was after Qualifying though, where you need a certain amount of fuel in your tank. After a race it doesn't matter does it, so nothing to look at.

 

[Nando]

He'll have a fine coming his way, I doubt there was anything wrong with the car, he just wanted to put a show on for the fans.

There's another conspiracy theory that a boat situated in the harbour took out Vettel and Grosjean with an electromagnetic pulse....

 

[The Bear]

Don't you mean Vettel and Grosjean?

 

[Nando]

Yes.

 

[Law's Bus]

No fuel sample needed

Actually, there is! Coulthard and Schumacher fell foul of the post-race sample not matching a few years ago. I assume Alonso's car had sufficient fuel in it for any tests.

No rules to say you can't stop after the race has finished.

Once again, there is. You have to proceed directly to parc ferme without stopping for post-race scrutineering, unless you've got a very, very good excuse. Theoretically, you can be excluded from the results for it, as otherwise you could, say, run underweight and stop to pick up some lead on the way back.

I'm not saying that there was anything wrong with what Alonso did, nor that he should have been booted out for celebrating a win. However, it's easy for the casual viewer/gutter press to get all over-excited about how "Our Lewis wuz robbed" when there's seemingly no consistency.

 

[Nando]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-18685789

Thoughts are with you Maria!

 

[The Bear]

Just been reading that. Sounds nasty.

 

[Nando]

It sounds like the anti-stall might have kicked:

"This sounds very much like the cars anti stall system engaged at the end of the run. Inexperienced drivers having their first runs in a F1 car can be caught out by this. As they slow to stop the car or make a low speed turn (for example into a garage) they lift off the throttle and let the revs drop. The ECU senses this and sets throttle to around 50% with the car still in first gear resulting in a sudden acceleration such as the one described."

 

[Langers]

Apparently, she's stable but has lost her right eye. Awful.