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[Orbis]

I really really hope it's a standing start..

They've been really conservative in the past few years.. I'd rather have a delayed start than a rolling start

I'm sure I've read somewhere that they are looking at the possibility of standing starts after a safety car started race. Obviously not today but in the future.

What bugs me more than SC starts is how long the race takes to get started after them. Surely the relative danger is mostly negated once the standing start is out of the way? Bar the more severe conditions they should be able to get racing after a couple of laps, but we often hear drivers begging to get racing after endless laps in clearly suitable conditions.

 

[Moozo]

I'm sure I've read somewhere that they are looking at the possibility of standing starts after a safety car started race. Obviously not today but in the future.

What bugs me more than SC starts is how long the race takes to get started after them. Surely the relative danger is mostly negated once the standing start is out of the way? Bar the more severe conditions they should be able to get racing after a couple of laps, but we often hear drivers begging to get racing after endless laps in clearly suitable conditions.

Think that's in from 2017.

 

[DrM]

After 30 laps behind the safety car it should be okay.

Fixed for accuracy

 

[Mastah]

54 laps behind Safety Car and then red flag, which would get them over 75% of race distance and guarantee full points. Make it happen, Charlie!

 

[brotkasten]

Yeah, this race is going to run in the background, while I'm playing Uncharted 3 instead.

 

[Zeknurn]

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[DD]

 

[andshrew]

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Shouldn't the Haas be crashed into a wall somewhere due to the brakes failing again.

 

[Lionel Richie]

Yeah, this race is going to run in the background, while I'm playing Uncharted 3 instead.

This game feels like Nico's career if he wins the championship this year: promising but then kind of disappointing and then at some point when it's looking like it will be shit it redeems itself and turns out to be awesome and then wins everything including our hearts.

 

[Mastah]

Will Buxton ‏@thebuxtonblog 3m3 minutes ago Sao Paulo, Brazil

Just spoke to Charlie Whiting. If weather stays as it is, normal race start. Good grip. No standing water. No need for Safety Car.

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[Moozo]

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I'm weeing

 

[Zeknurn]

Shouldn't the Haas be crashed into a wall somewhere due to the brakes failing again.

Grosjean used Carbone Industrie brakes in qualifying so hopefully their problems will be behind them now.

 

[scorcher59]

54 laps behind Safety Car and then red flag, which would get them over 75% of race distance and guarantee full points. Make it happen, Charlie!

Wouldn't put it past Whiting to do exactly that :/

 

[Zeknurn]

SkyF1 broadcast has started and it's still wet.

 

[theignoramus]

A DNF Nico isn't responsible for wouldn't be fair either.

I just dont care if he has any kind of bad luck.

 

[Graphics Horse]

I only just got the thread title reference, I'm slower than McHonda

 

[Aiii]

Wouldn't put it past Whiting to do exactly that :/

Except he already said we would have a regular standing start.

 

[f0rk]

I hate the Sky coverage. It just feels so smug.

 

[brotkasten]

I hate the Sky coverage. It just feels so smug.

That's because none of the three presenters are likeable.

And while I absolutely understand their bias for British drivers, sometimes it's just full of it and it gets as bad as RTL in Germany.

 

[Business]

Except he already said we would have a regular standing start.

Did he? Last I saw he said he would decide 10 mins before the race. Horner just said he expects a SC start.

 

[Hasney]

I hate the Sky coverage. It just feels so smug.

THIS IS WHERE CHAMPIONSHIPS SWING. IM TED KRAVKYZ AND I CAN BARELY TALK WITH THIS BLOWJOB IM GIVONG LEWIS

 

[scorcher59]

Except he already said we would have a regular standing start.

Hehe didn't see mastah's posta on it
But by the looks of it Whiting mighty just flip flop on THAT

 

[Mastah]

Grosjean crashed and he's out, lol.

 

[brotkasten]

Holy fucking shit, Grosjean!

 

[DrM]

Slash meets elderly fan in Mercedes garage

 

[PdotMichael]

THIS IS WHERE CHAMPIONSHIPS SWING. IM TED KRAVKYZ AND I CAN BARELY TALK WITH THIS BLOWJOB IM GIVONG LEWIS

But you need guys like Lewis to reach a wider audience.

Please ignore the shrinking viewership.

 

[DieH@rd]

Damn, such a shame.

 

[Aiii]

lol Grosjean lol

 

[ElTorro]

Damit, Grosjean, now they are going to start behind the SC after all...

 

[Zaru]

Oh fucking hell Grosjean.That has to be devastating.

And lol at Hamilton saying "It's very wet out there"
Someone doesn't want a proper start.

 

[LordAmused]

Holy hell. Grosjean please!

 

[Zeknurn]

Man Grosjean

 

[Mastah]

SC start, there's no way Whiting will allow normal start.

 

[Spinoff90]

Well Grosjean just guaranteed a boring safety car start -_-

 

[PdotMichael]

Whiting is an idiot.

 

[brotkasten]

SC start, there's no way Whiting will allow normal start.

Yep, if it wasn't decided before, it is now.

 

[chadskin]

lmao Grosjean

 

[f0rk]

But you need guys like Lewis to reach a wider audience.

Please ignore the shrinking viewership.

Hamilton is good for that, just not when presented by a bunch of 40+ year old men in Barbour jackets.

 

[Hasney]

SC start, there's no way Whiting will allow normal start.

"The sport of caution".

If the rain stops, I'd rather they delay it.

 

[Aiii]

Whiting is an idiot.

Errr

 

[dakun]

did his engine turn off when he spun? That's weird?

 

[scorcher59]

Delay Whiting

 

[Frankfurter]

Please not a safety car start. Shit is boring :/

 

[Mastah]

Be prepared for SC parade:

Ian Fergusson ‏@fergieweather 2m2 minutes ago

#F1 #BBCF1 #BRAZILGP 1535GMT No signs of rain easing in the near-term (at least...)

 

[DieH@rd]

Please not a safety car start. Shit is boring :/

There is no way the track will be dry enough [for Charlie] in the next 20 minutes. The rain still falls.

 

[Konosuke]

GG Grosjean haha

 

[scorcher59]

I think it was really a case of over enthusiastic grosjean but also believe that there will be a SC start for laps and laps on end

 

[Jezbollah]

Please not a safety car start. Shit is boring :/

Doesnt matter if it's boring or not. Nor does it matter if they have a grippy start line with ample drainage. If there's standing water and people are barely able to drive in a straight line then it'll be a safety car start.

The fact the Haas went off going uphill shows how much water is draining down there. Be realistic.

 

[DrM]

Allan McNish ‏@allanmcnish 2m2 minutes ago

track surface in #interlagos will be very tricky in the wet, does not drain well, lots of rivers & easy to aquaplane #tippytoe #F1 #bbcf1

There is not much water on start-finish straight, because it is inclined a bit

 

[Lionel Richie]

Guys can't fucking drive straight and yet it's going to start normally on time? Goddamn FIA is really trying to fuck up this year championship.