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[Shaneus]

Webber Red Bull curse strikes again.

What happened?

 

[navanman]

No comment from Horner after his meeting with Whiting.

Why is it Christian Horner arguing for Renault with the FIA and not Rob White from Renault Sport?

What happened?

Engine problems.

 

[Orgun]

DId I just hear them say Perez and Koby are going for Fish and Chips in Oxford? Time to go out to all the chip shops then!

 

[DrM]

What happened?

Something leaking somewhere in engine bay

 

[Salacious Crumb]

What happened?

Some sort of leakage inside his engine that ended his session.

EDIT scratch that, he's back in his car, and they seem to be putting it back together now

 

[Joseph Merrick]

SUPERKK :O~

 

[AcridMeat]

Perez is not far behind.


FUCKIN KIMUIIIII :V

 

[DrM]

Is there any chance to predict weather in that part of England? Because it looks very unstable.

 

[AcridMeat]

Uh excuse me Pasta Maldanardo, what do you think you're doing?

 

[navanman]

Alonso!!

Looks like Ferrari are doing OK.

 

[DrM]

Alonso!!

Looks like Ferrari are doing OK.

or RBR is playing some more mind games with their competition.

 

[Nolan.]

Is there any chance to predict weather in that part of England? Because it looks very unstable.

This kind of sums up British weather in general

 

[Omiee]

BOOM RED BULL fuck yeah!!
lol

vettel and webber fast as hell

 

[navanman]

or RBR is playing some more mind games with their competition.

Oh well, Vettel goes quickest!

 

[AcridMeat]

How fucked are McLaren? Did they give up on this season already? I've been watching speed so no commentary.

 

[DrM]

How fucked are McLaren? Did they give up on this season already? I've been watching speed so no commentary.

a) Sandbagging
b) Technical problems
c) Setup problems
d) Upgrades not working (again)
e) Other

I will go with d) , but they are usually not going for top times in FPs, unlike Ferrari

 

[AcridMeat]

Pasta looks pissed all the time.

 

[DrM]

I still fear that RBR will put another ace from their sleeve in Q3 and bam half a second advantage.

 

[Omiee]

I still fear that RBR will put another ace from their sleeve in Q3 and bam half a second advantage.

not to sure about that, they are getting screwed with the new rule

 

[Edmond Dantès]

not to sure about that, they are getting screwed with the new rule

They still have the best car though, even with the off-throttle system compromised. It's just a very good car in general and a testament to Newey's genius.

 

[Omiee]

They still have the best car though, even with the off-throttle system compromised. It's just a very good car in general and a testament to Newey's genius.

I have heard so many things now, that i dont know who is benefitting right now from the rules.

 

[PdotMichael]

They still have the best car though, even with the off-throttle system compromised. It's just a very good car in general and a testament to Newey's genius.

And they have the best driver with Vettel

 

[brotkasten]

And they have the best driver with Vettel

One of the best drivers, yeah.

 

[AcridMeat]

One of the best drivers, yeah.

In terms of qualifying, Vettel is the best option.

 

[Omiee]

One of the best drivers, yeah.

Believe me he is the best, its not just the car. The guy is unreal when it comes to qualifying

 

[WorriedCitizen]

Charly Whiting is the biggest clown in F1 right now. What a spineless idiot. Hangs his flag after the wind every day. The sensible decission would have been to revert to status quo untill the end of season.

I hope Renault/RBR fill a protest after this sunday out of principle no matter what the outcome of the race is.

 

[Dilly]

Meh, It's probably going to be another Vettel pole even with the diffuser ban stuff.

 

[Dead Man]

Charly Whiting is the biggest clown in F1 right now. What a spineless idiot. Hangs his flag after the wind every day. The sensible decission would have been to revert to status quo untill the end of season.

I hope Renault/RBR fill a protest after this sunday out of principle no matter what the outcome of the race is.

While the final decision may be technically correct as RBR requested the change late, the whole things is a farce. Especially with no in season testing, mid season rule changes are a disgrace.

 

[Omiee]

Charly Whiting is the biggest clown in F1 right now. What a spineless idiot. Hangs his flag after the wind every day. The sensible decission would have been to revert to status quo untill the end of season.

I hope Renault/RBR fill a protest after this sunday out of principle no matter what the outcome of the race is.

He does have a pretty difficult job to do.

 

[Edmond Dantès]

He does have a pretty difficult job to do.

But there was a time when he garnered respect from people for his decision making, now it seems like he can't get anything right.

 

[WorriedCitizen]

He does have a pretty difficult job to do.

Having a difficult job is no excuse to do the job poorly. Lots of people have difficult jobs. If you don't have what it takes to be good at it it's time to make place for someone new. That's especialy true for F1.

 

[Tempy]

Didn't we know months ago about the blown diffuser ban? I can see why FIA considered Renault's complaints to be coming in too late. But they should've known that yesterday too. Confusing.

 

[SunhiLegend]

Qualifying in just over an hour

BBC Sport's Andrew Benson on Twitter: "I'm told there is an extraordinary general meeting of F1's technical working group happening now to try to reach consensus on engine rules'."

And they are still trying to figure out what to do regarding engine rules.

 

[DrM]

Charlie summoned all team principals and main technical guys to 'extraordinary' meeting right after FP3
http://twitpic.com/5nh6h4

In Lord Spanky years, there would be mass spanking event...

 

[Edmond Dantès]

Qualifying in just over an hour

BBC Sport's Andrew Benson on Twitter: "I'm told there is an extraordinary general meeting of F1's technical working group happening now to try to reach consensus on engine rules'."

And they are still trying to figure out what to do regarding engine rules.

Charlie summoned all team principals and main technical guys to 'extraordinary' meeting right after FP3
http://twitpic.com/5nh6h4

In Lord Spanky years, there would be mass spanking event...

Never a dull moment in F1.

 

[SunhiLegend]

Less than half an hour before practice on Saturday, governing body the FIA reversed a rule change introduced on Friday after pressure from Red Bull.

The world champions believe the rules now put them at a disadvantage.

McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh described the late decision as "a bit frustrating and a bit shocking".

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner refused to comment to BBC Sport when asked for his judgement about the ruling.

He had stormed off to see FIA race director Charlie Whiting after discovering that the Friday ruling had been reversed.

An extraordinary meeting of F1's technical working group - which features leading technical figures and FIA director Whiting - was called after practice on Saturday to try to reach a consensus on the issue.

Whitmarsh, Horner and Mercedes team principal Ross Brawn also attended the meeting.

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[Frawdder]

Less than an hour before qualifying and they are still trying to figure the rules out, what a complete mess.

 

[Omiee]

lol this is getting ridicolous

 

[WorriedCitizen]

It's Still Real To Me Dammit

 

[Dilly]

Horner looked like he was going to explode.

-edit-

You doughnut! :lol

 

[Psychotext]

Horner looked like he was going to explode.

I think I'd be pretty angry too. Changing it back will have heavily compromised their race weekend.

 

[navanman]

No change in the rules after the latest meeting.

 

[Aegus]

Why does it seem that F1 becomes a farce at least once every season?

Anyways I'm insanely jealous of my sister who is flying down to Silverstone tomorrow/today in a private jet to watch the race.

 

[Omiee]

update?


who is benefiting and who is screwed?

 

[Dead Man]

First time in a while I have agreed with the Aussie commentators. Just rubbished the whole situation.

 

[DrM]

All we need is torrential downpour in 2nd lap tomorrow for some epic lulz

 

[DieH@rd]

update?


who is benefiting and who is screwed?

red bull screwed, ferrari beneffited

 

[Omiee]

fuck this sucks.

so will they be allowed the 50% from the next race?

 

[DieH@rd]

fuck this sucks.

so will they be allowed the 50% from the next race?

There is still no clear rule for next races, but for this one... redbull/mclaren will have zero blown defuser, renault will get 50%, mercedes 10%. At least that is how i understand it.

 

[Psychotext]

There is still no clear rule for next races, but for this one... redbull/mclaren will have zero blown defuser, renault will get 50%, mercedes 10%. At least that is how i understand it.

Mclaren get 10% hot blown, they have a Mercedes engine.

Renault get 10% cold blown, as do Red Bull and everyone else who doesn't have a Mercedes engine.