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[Juicy Bob]

Bianchis could, reasonably, about the later race start time compromising the safety of the race as it gave them a smaller window to host the race and not able to compromise with a potential red flag delay to wait until the conditions were better because of the lack of light.

They could also argue that having Sutil crashing and deciding to recover it with a tractor without a Safety Car was unnecessarily dangerous also, and I'd agree with that.

Oh, and didn't Jules have to be transported by ambulance because the medical helicopter couldn't fly in those conditions? That is a massive issue as well...

 

[Business]

Bianchis could, reasonably, about the later race start time compromising the safety of the race as it gave them a smaller window to host the race and not able to compromise with a potential red flag delay to wait until the conditions were better because of the lack of light.

They could also argue that having Sutil crashing and deciding to recover it with a tractor without a Safety Car was unnecessarily dangerous also, and I'd agree with that.

Oh, and didn't Jules have to be transported by ambulance because the medical helicopter couldn't fly in those conditions? That is a massive issue as well...

Yeah I agree on all three points.

 

[xrnzaaas]

I'm not sure about Marussia being at fault in Bianchi's accident. As for the rest I say go for it.

 

[Mastah]

2 crashes in first 15 minutes of GP2 practice. Great job by all these drivers today.

And another one, all 3 accidents in Sainte Devote.

 

[Aiii]

2 crashes in first 15 minutes of GP2 practice. Great job by all these drivers today.

And another one, all 3 accidents in Sainte Devote.

One of them was Gasly though, Kvyat's seat is safe for another race at least.

 

[darkinstinct]

Rumor is that Bianchi's family is suing the FIA, F1 and Marussia for Jules' death.

Pretty sure he died because he was going too fast under yellow flags. These cases always feel less like someone wanting justice and more like cashing in on a tragic death. It's just as despiteful as the case against Porsche by that F&F star's daughter. If there was something the authorities would have long sued the responsible persons.

 

[Tanis]

Pretty sure he died because he was going too fast under yellow flags. These cases always feel less like someone wanting justice and more like cashing in on a tragic death. It's just as despiteful as the case against Porsche by that F&F star's daughter. If there was something the authorities would have long sued the responsible persons.

I've always felt that the FIA got too much of a pass with Jules' death. It should have been a safety car.

When a sector is under yellows the race is still on. As I understand it there isn't a fixed amount a driver has to slow by and they are obliged to go as fast as they think they can get away with to keep their lap times competitive. The rain was worsening and that corner was probably getting more dangerous every lap. A second car slipping off was a possibility under yellows and there shouldn't have been the crane in the way.

 

[Aiii]

It was a freak accident, with hindsight you can point to a couple of things that should have been done different so Jules wouldn't have crashed, but in that moment, I don't think the decisions they made were negligent in any way.

They learned from the incident and implemented further measures to bridge between double yellows and SC with the VSC, so F1 got a little bit more safe thanks to that, there's no further safety to be gained by another lawsuit.

 

[itsgreen]

If Jules had properly reacted to the flags he was still alive today.

 

[darkinstinct]

I've always felt that the FIA got too much of a pass with Jules' death. It should have been a safety car.

When a sector is under yellows the race is still on. As I understand it there isn't a fixed amount a driver has to slow by and they are obliged to go as fast as they think they can get away with to keep their lap times competitive. The rain was worsening and that corner was probably getting more dangerous every lap. A second car slipping off was a possibility under yellows and there shouldn't have been the crane in the way.

From what I remember after the crash data showed that Bianchi was just keeping his speed and not slowing down significantly as double yellow flags were waved.

A safety car wouldn't have changed anything, at that time you could go as fast as possible without overtaking behind the safety car.

 

[Orbis]

If Jules had properly reacted to the flags he was still alive today.

It's sad and tragic but yes, as has always been the case, drivers were not correctly responding to the yellow flags. We now have VSC because drivers cannot be trusted to respond to yellow flags.

We see recovery vehicles and people on the circuit all the time, if drivers slow down the danger is minimal.

 

[Mastah]

Grosjean lost it before chicane. What's going on? I don't remember so many crashes in practice before, it was always 1 or 2 accidents before quali.

 

[aspiegamer]

Aerodynamic question! Perhaps the ultrasofts are too much grip compared versus the aero the cars are making here? It would give extreme confidence to go through the fastest sections but when aero is needed upon braking from 8th gear and the faster turns do the cars just stop working? That's where everyone is losing it. Either losing grip exiting corners or braking.

In other words, are the tyres "too" soft? This is stuff they can adapt to, of course.

The cars are ludicrously fast this year but it looks like pinball.

 

[Mastah]

Now Haryanto lost it big time before chicane. Seriously, they are all going too fast, it's only practice :/

 

[bobnowhere]

Bottas in the tunnel was crazy.


Were they all on the purples when they crashed?

 

[Danielsan]

Guess it's safe to say we'll see a lot of safety cars on Sunday, with or without rain.

 

[mclem]

One of them was Gasly though

Wait, they've got Pokémon driving for them now?

 

[Mastah]

Guess it's safe to say we'll see a lot of safety cars on Sunday, with or without rain.

I doubt it, they are always cruising on Sundays these days and as we can see today crashes happen usually when drivers are on the limit.

Danny 6 tenths faster than Mercs, 14.6

 

[Danielsan]

I doubt it, they are always cruising on Sundays these days and as we can see today crashes happen usually when drivers are on the limit.

Danny 6 tenths faster than Mercs, 14.6

Must have been watching a different season.


And damn what a lap from Danny.

 

[bobnowhere]

Riccy got that angry pace this weekend.

 

[Psychotext]

Ferrari looking awful. Red Bull looking great.

 

[CaseyTappy]

Only FP but Ricciardo on fire !

 

[bobnowhere]

Ferrari looking awful. Red Bull looking great.

Williams looking as useless as usual at Monaco as well.

 

[Mastah]

Another Renault bites the dust.

 

[Danielsan]

Man, I'm damn excited for this weekend knowing that Red Bull should have the pace to challenge Mercedes.

 

[GrizzleBoy]

So many crashes in FP today.

 

[Mastah]

German Jesus out on track and probably out, after touching the barrier in Sainte Devote.

 

[Zeknurn]

@tgruener: #F1 According to Mercedes the ultrasoft lasts half a race without degrading too much. So we expect another one-stopper on sunday. #AMuS

You had one job Pirelli.

 

[Aiii]

Monaco is a one-stopper no matter how you spin it, always has been.

 

[nny]

Oh you clumsy mechanic

 

[Aiii]

Mercedes fixes shit like I do, just put some scotch tape on it and it's fine.

 

[Roude Leiw]

The 24h of Nürburgring are this weekend too.

 

[RoKKeR]

The 24h of Nürburgring are this weekend too.

Plus Indy 500. Best racing weekend of the year!

 

[NewDust]

Wether it's Ferrari of Red Bull, Mercedes sandbagging in FP as usual.

 

[SilentRob]

The 24h of Nürburgring are this weekend too.

I need you all to cheer for Marc Gassner there, by the way - good friend of mine, driving one of the Nissan GT-R. Really looking forward to the race

 

[Roude Leiw]

Plus Indy 500. Best racing weekend of the year!

and world rallycross (which i highly recommend).

 

[Mastah]

Nice progress by Renault:

Kevin Magnussen says Renault has actually "made its car worse" with the changes introduced for the Monaco Grand Prix weekend.

http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/magnussen-says-renault-has-made-car-worse-740588/

The Monaco glamour:

James Moy ‏@jamesmoy

So you think #F1 in Monaco is all about the girls and glamour?

 

[Psychotext]

I'd say he's had enough tanning.

 

[SCHUEY F1]

Is that Flav?

 

[Zeknurn]

Is that Flav?

I had the same thought.

 

[JadedWriter]

Is that Flav?

Not enough gross body hair to be Flav...

 

[Fox Mulder]

Nice progress by Renault:

Redbull seems good, Renault just has a shitbox chassis.

 

[Wax Free Vanilla]

Didn't Fat Flav have all his fat sucked out? I guess he wants to look slim and handsome for when he's at Ferrari next season.

 

[Psychotext]

He had full on plastic surgery too.

...and most likely a bunch of photoshop.

 

[Mohonky]

The Monaco glamour:

Laugh it up but he's probably some rich old dude with a hot as fuck young model wife.

I mean yeh Flavio makes my skin crawl but that doesnt seem to put the women off and Flavio makes that guy look like a total stud.

 

[SCHUEY F1]

Just checked, he has an instagram feed. Lots of him and Alonso.

 

[Chris R]

Plus Indy 500. Best racing weekend of the year!

And the Coke 600.

It sucks I'm going to be away from the TV, it's been a blast to marathon all three races live the past few years, even with waking up at 4am for Monaco.

 

[Megasoum]

Laugh it up but he's probably some rich old dude with a hot as fuck young model wife.

I mean yeh Flavio makes my skin crawl but that doesnt seem to put the women off and Flavio makes that guy look like a total stud.

Same spot, different angle

 

[DD]

And WTCC at Nürburgring Nordschleife, which is f*ckin' awesome!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rr-6qgtk3_w

 

[scorcher59]

And WTCC at Nürburgring Nordschleife, which is f*ckin' awesome!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rr-6qgtk3_w

Soooo looking forward to the WTCC race, last race in Morocco was good, mostly because of the havoc of race 1 with the wet track and Coronel winning