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The Formula 1 2013 Season |OT| End of the Webber Era
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Pedro is the chairman of sort and Jenson and Vettel are the king so to speak.
Lewis and Kimi are not part of the GDPA or the lone wolfs.
Besides there is a rule that there has to a minimum drivers/teams on the track to race I think it was 12 or something.
Vettel is a given... who else?
PdotMichael
Banned
Alonso, Hamilton, Button... pretty much all drivers.
The drivers will never boycott a race for real. It's just to put more pressure on Pirelli and the FIA to change the tires.
Doubt anything will happen to the tires this weekend, last week was probably the exception and even then they could work around it once they knew what was up. Well, except for Perez. Guess one tire can always explode but more than that would be a surprise.
Stupid weather, by the way, been raining for weeks in Germany but this weekend it's supposed to stay dry. Wouldn't have minded a wet race.
Stupid weather, by the way, been raining for weeks in Germany but this weekend it's supposed to stay dry. Wouldn't have minded a wet race.
I´m with Brundle regarding the boycott: "You hold a gun to someones head, better make sure its loaded".
- not all drivers are in the union
- pressure from teams and sponsors is extremely high, especially in this cash strapped times
- as soon as a team like, say WIL, who still don´t have any points, say they will drive, you could watch the united front crumble to dust
But in the end, I expect the tyres wont be a problem, so there is nothing to fear.
- not all drivers are in the union
- pressure from teams and sponsors is extremely high, especially in this cash strapped times
- as soon as a team like, say WIL, who still don´t have any points, say they will drive, you could watch the united front crumble to dust
But in the end, I expect the tyres wont be a problem, so there is nothing to fear.
The tyres had the material layed out in a certain direction. Its true that the teams changed them to conserve them for the most part, but highspeed video showed, that tyres churned way more when put on in the "wrong" direction.
As expected. Good move for both.
But they are mounted by Pirelli without direction indicators... The teams add those however they want.
And I'm surprised some of you think the GPDA won't go through with a boycott.
Damn, the installation lap virtually never goes wrong.
bobnowhere
Member
Looks like the FIA are going to enforce Pirelli's tyre recommendations.
It could have a huge effect on car performance this weekend, no idea who will be the biggest winner and loser.
I think RB was the first to discover swapping the tire sides over along with maybe Ferrari. Mercedes discovered that trick somewhere between Barcelona and Monaco, not that anything important happened in that period. I wouldn't be surprised if Lotus and Ferrari are the big winners out of this situation.
Doubt it will change much. P1 probably isn't the best tell but Mercs and RBR still look great so far.
Dutch Gronk
Banned
How have we still not seen a single picture of Kimi his hair!?
No, they came with markings indicating the recommended direction.
Too many people would benefit from a boycott, so I can´t see it come through.
He´s actively hiding them.
Yeah, looks like another great weekend for him.
Mercedes a second ahead of everyone else. Guess Red Bull will be a bit closer to them in qualifying but Ferrari and Lotus won't matter.
They drove a pretty light car, I don´t think its too indicative yet.
Dutch Gronk
Banned
#ForzaFerrari
Solid effort so far this year. I hope Domenicali never leaves!
He's such a tease !
Like I said, it was a lost bet, and he´s embarrassed.
While I don't doubt you, that article by Scarbs says the opposite, and he said he talked to several technical directors. Page 50 first paragraph
http://html5.motorsportmonday.com/d...=ff1cafce-73c0-401e-9d50-dc70d0a5b982&pnum=50
Though Hembry is saying again that the swapping was a big problem http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/108545
Whatever, I hope Mercedes win the race and I hope it is Hamilton.
Dutch Gronk
Banned
Really?
I completely missed that. I thought he just got himself a badass mohawk and he was just Kimi being Kimi. Good thing I didn't get a mohawk myself yet, to look like Kimi.
He said in an interview with Sky that we would see it if he is on the podium.
So hope he does well this weekend
Thought Hamilton stayed out for quite a bit? Obviously won't be a whole second in quali but I'd be surprised if they didn't manage to get the pole again.
I'm fed up with Ferrari and their awful upgrades that never seem to work, what are they doing with all the Spanish money ALO brought from Santander ? Massa has not won back to back GPs in ages, heck not even a single one, ALO outdriving the car every season just to finish second with VET ahead, must be frustrating.
Dutch Gronk
Banned
Time to blame the windtunnel again!
Ferrari is dealing with the same issues for 3 or 4 seasons now. Bad qualifying and upgrades that don't work. They always keep talking about how they need to work on it, yet nothing happens.
Nicktendo86
Member
It would be so amazing to see Hamilton win his first race in a merc, I was one of the ones who thought he was crazy to leave McLaren and wouldn't see him on the podium at all for a looong time. So happy to see how wrong I was.
What's wrong. They are 3+4, not sure how there long run pace is looking, but going to guess it looks decent as ever.
Adam Scott Aukerman
Member
Guessing Red Bull will sit behind Merc in the race and end up being gifted the win by being able to take the tyres a bit further at the first stop.
You know, unless something interesting happens.
They just plain suck when it comes to Aero. Has been that way for 3 years. If they had an average driver who constantly finished 7th or 8th it might shake things up. But I think they hide behind the mask of Alonso's race day finishes. It's almost like he's hurting the team by finishing so high.
PdotMichael
Banned
The race pace was still pretty good in Silverstone, even Massa was 6th and looked very fast although he was victim of Pirelli's shit tires.
They profited greatly from SC periods and Alonso was lucky that his tyres survived.
PdotMichael
Banned
Wasn't Massa already fourth or fifht before the blowout?
It would be stupid to talk Ferrari small, especially if it get hotter until sunday.
It would be stupid to talk Ferrari small, especially if it get hotter until sunday.
Their qualifying is poor though. Massa was only fifth because of an insane start that no way he or anyone is likely repeat.
They had some pace today on softer compound, but on harder were quite some margin behind RBR , Mercedes and Lotus. And teams are planning to race 3/4 of the race on harder compound. I think that we will see 2 stopper race,or maybe some teams will try 3 stops
There are rumors that DiResta fitness trainer had a fistfight with one of the mechanics in the garage in Canada.
Hamilton and Rosberg around Nordschleife http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2K0wEWq8AMo&feature=share&list=UU7_VGkwCoKfqh1eZEkzey3A
They need to show the full lap. edit: According to the comment they will.
They need to show the full lap. edit: According to the comment they will.
brotkasten
Member
I'm finally getting around to watch the British GP on the iPlayer. It was terrible missing the race and the discussion afterwards and the same thing is going to happen this weekend. :/
e: I've read about the exploding tyres, but already 2 tyres after 10 laps? What the hell.
e: I've read about the exploding tyres, but already 2 tyres after 10 laps? What the hell.