gav Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > To be fair, I don't think the standing start will > cause that much of a delay. They shouldn't need > all the gizmos brought onto the grid - just > instead of dropping back and getting a gap to the > safety car, they'll line up on the grid, get the > lights and go. > > If they doby Morbid - F1
J i m Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > American coverage? Well very occasionally they > interrupt the adverts for a couple of minutes of > racing but not very often. LoL, true! In sports like American football and baseball, they fix it by putting all sorts of breaks into the action, so you don't miss that many plays. Perhaps this could be aby Morbid - F1
When the problem is the wiring, as it was found to be, there isn't much Rosberg could have done. And it is hard to see how he could have caused that. It's the team that has problems with quality control, just as Hamilton has felt it on his car earlier in the season. mitadumapaga Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Although you would > inevitablby Morbid - F1
Magnussen suffered some kind of overheating issue in the cockpit and the seat. Yhe water in the drink bottle become so warm that it burned his lips while drinking. He was missing from the traditional post race interviews because he had to recieve treatment for dehydration and cramps.by Morbid - F1
@ mitadumapaga - yeah.... she is just f@cking with you now, and has flipped the burden of proof on you. Extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence. If she can't produce it, then she has no case. EC83 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Awesome charge by Vergne at the end. He seemed to > work his way past the Bottas train quicker than > thoby Morbid - F1
The amount of money distributed through the championships make this extremely unlikely. Also, if it was orchestrated, teams would NOT go bankrupt when they failed to get results.by Morbid - F1
^^Actually no, because of the new regs for the front, most teams opted to scrap the air intake they had in the nose last year. Due to aerodynamic properties of the car, almost no air gets into the driver well from above.by Morbid - F1
flying Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hahah race about to start & I tell my wife the > drivers all say it is so hot/humid > & they will suffer for 2 hours > > She say's....They dont have air con in the cars? > Lovelyby Morbid - F1
smoglessbutton4 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Rosberg's "DAMNIT!" said it all Yes, that was a surpise. I thought Hamilton would not take pole after the radio clamp down, since Rosberg is very good at finding something in practice, but not string it completely together, so his team mate can easily read it on the telemetry before qually. Buby Morbid - F1
.... and Pastor Maldonado has arrived in Singapore And the track marshalls play a game of wrecking ball with the carby Morbid - F1
I read the Autosport interview with Marco Mattiacci. His glib and superficial way of answering the questions, seasoned with ridiculous amounts of self glorify hyperbole, strikes me as the hallmark of a sociopath. Don't get me wrong, some sociopaths are very effective business people, but most of them aren't. They make a career out of crushing the people below and immediately above them,by Morbid - F1
It's pretty complicated. I have tried to find the actual percentage scales for some of the money, but I failed. However, I think these picture explains it better in pure numbers, than I can do in plain text. Do remember, that the rights owners take about half the money, and then the teams get to share. In 2011, this is how the 700 million USD pot was divided. Followby Morbid - F1
Sods law hehe... I had to look that one up. Seems to be a British rebranded version of Murphy's law as far as I can tell. Seems right though. As we have seen, Vettel has been getting the majority of car failures at Red Bull, and it was the other way around when Webber was there. No rabid group of conspiracy theorists there as far as I seen.by Morbid - F1
Williams stand to recoup 17 million from their position in the championship alone.by Morbid - F1
Albers has resigned from Caterham. He cites personal reasons, but some claim it is over lack of promised finances for the team by the new owners. Adam Parr tweated this yesterday: QuoteAdam Parr This is the last year of F1 as we know it. In 2015 eight teams will contest the championship, with several teams entering three cars.by Morbid - F1
Rosberg and Wolff have denied the conspiracy theories. I doubt it will do much for the conspiracy theorists though. Bottas has reservations about the KM penalty:by Morbid - F1
gav Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Given Toto's evil smile when Hamilton overtook > Rosberg, I doubt he wants Rosberg to win... that > and common sense. I saw that too, and found it pretty revealing, and TBH not very shrewd. Maybe he has a particular personal preference, but as long as no clear pecking order has been established by the team,by Morbid - F1
Rumour has it that McLaren will keep their drivers for the next season. At least quotes from McLaren leadership points in this direction, but it is yet TBC in an official announcement.by Morbid - F1
Vettel got a new car for Monza, as the team had found chassis problems with the old car in quality control. That is a genuine problem, that explains the lack of performance from Vettel. Yet Ricciardo still managed to beat him today. I dunno if Vettel has lost confidence, or what's going on now. Surely he should have adapted to the new regs by now. Some Rosberg fans are pushing the theoryby Morbid - F1
Carlitox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Delighted for Massa, dissapointed for Ferrari and > mind-blowed by Bottas. Agreed. I think Bottas will be World Champion one day, and if his rate of development continues like this, it could be more than once. Also, hero of the day has to be Kvyat. That front brake failure was very well saved. I don't evby Morbid - F1
gav Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > Well that was weird... > > Classic wheel-to-wheel action = penalty > Slicing opponent's tyre = OK > > > We don't know what was said in the drivers > briefing, but my view on this was Bottas gave > Magnussen plenty of space earlier in the race when > Magnussen overtook hiby Morbid - F1
Well that was weird... Classic wheel-to-wheel action = penalty Slicing opponent's tyre = OKby Morbid - F1
Laton Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What's with the TV overlay adverts on the tarmac > of the main straight? > > How do they even do that? Real time digital modification of the image. They have been doing this for a couple of years now.by Morbid - F1
I didn't get a proper look at the rear of the Caterham again, but I did get onboard from the Williams. Something is definately going on there. Under braking at the end of the start/finish straight, the wing is very noticably oscillating from side to side. On top of that, the top winglets are flexing at least half an inch. I get why they would want the latter, but not the former.by Morbid - F1
On the Williams it was the entire front wing shaking from side to side. I wondered if the onboard camera was not properly attached, but the nose didn't move at all, nor did the horizon. On the Caterham it was practically everything below the monkey seat, and to the rear of the car.by Morbid - F1
Did anyone else notice how the lower mounting and plates of the Caterham, and the lower part of the Williams moved around... a lot? Don't get me wrong, I am not going down the flexing bodywork exploits path. They moved sideways in an rather erratic fashion, so I have trouble understanding why this wouldn't be really ineffecient. The Caterham rear wing moved around in Parabolica, andby Morbid - F1
I am not playing any card. It was an honest inquiry. And if you look at your explanation, it contains something that I didn't ponder, namely that your intention was both, not either one or the other.by Morbid - F1
Well, I doubt if you live outside the UK, that you will have a good understanding of the proper ways to use "tosh". I certainly don't. It can be read in two ways: either as rubbish or as quite tidy. So either you are saying that it is a PR scripted tidying up, or you are saying that it is PR scripted bullsh!t. I understood it as the latter. Could you clear that up, please?by Morbid - F1
J i m Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > PR scripted tosh. Well, how do you think it should have panned out? What would you have done?by Morbid - F1
Latest development: Rosberg admits to error of judgement at Spa and apologizes publically to the team and Lewis. Lewis confirms that the two can still work together in the team, admits that he also has made mistakes, and that finger pointing will get them nowhere. Both drivers are still free to race. QuoteThe team has also taken unspecified disciplinary action against theby Morbid - F1