British Grand Prix 2016, Silverstone - Race 10/21

markoboyo11 · 7 Jul 2016 at 20:30

got to hand it to rosberg getting out infront of all these british fans and answering them questions in the british gp special show.
Takes some balls.

KiNgPiN83 · 7 Jul 2016 at 20:31

Johnny Herbert stacking it off of a hover board on the pit straight was absolute gold.

markoboyo11 · 7 Jul 2016 at 20:33

KiNgPiN83 said:
Johnny Herbert stacking it off of a hover board on the pit straight was absolute gold.

Ha really, not got to that yet.

leaskovski · 7 Jul 2016 at 20:37

Jimbeam3678 said:
A question for people who are regulars of Silverstone ,I'm travelling down to Guildford from York setting off around 5 am tomorrow so hitting junction 15a on the M1 at about 7.30am am I likely to be affected by any of the F1 traffic?

It's never really affected the motorway so you should be fine unless someone does a rosberg and causes an accident.

Jimbeam3678 · 7 Jul 2016 at 22:08

leaskovski said:
It's never really affected the motorway so you should be fine unless someone does a rosberg and causes an accident.

Thats what I wanted hear :cool:

Thank you

Cosimo · 8 Jul 2016 at 07:51

Skeeter · 8 Jul 2016 at 07:58

TaKeN said:
Anyone from here going to the test on Tuesday/Wednesday?

Yep

MooMoo444 · 8 Jul 2016 at 08:01

smr said:
felipes off then at the end of the year. just said to crofty " its great to be here one more time" in a live interview just now on the f1 show.

He could mean it as maybe he wasn't expecting to race this year, so being here THIS year is great?

smr · 8 Jul 2016 at 09:19

Kimi re-signed for Ferrari 2017... can see why. Doesn't moan or upset the team, doesn't really care if Seb beats him, or doesn't seem to at least.. great rear gunner for Seb, hoovers points off other drivers. Probably the best number 2 driver on the grid at present.

Duke · 8 Jul 2016 at 09:28

Skeeter said:
Yep

Both days yep.

UTmaniac · 8 Jul 2016 at 09:41

smr said:
Kimi re-signed for Ferrari 2017... can see why. Doesn't moan or upset the team, doesn't really care if Seb beats him, or doesn't seem to at least.. great rear gunner for Seb, hoovers points off other drivers. Probably the best number 2 driver on the grid at present.

Surprised me a little, in a positive way, I thought he was sure to go after this season.

I'm not great at keeping tabs on who has signed what contracts, but this makes me think that whoever ferrari have planned for Kimi's seat has a contract now for next year.

KiNgPiN83 · 8 Jul 2016 at 09:59

UTmaniac said:
Surprised me a little, in a positive way, I thought he was sure to go after this season.

I'm not great at keeping tabs on who has signed what contracts, but this makes me think that whoever ferrari have planned for Kimi's seat has a contract now for next year.

He's past his best i think but he's a definite character that would be missed if he left F1.

drunkenmaster · 8 Jul 2016 at 10:09

smr said:
Kimi re-signed for Ferrari 2017... can see why. Doesn't moan or upset the team, doesn't really care if Seb beats him, or doesn't seem to at least.. great rear gunner for Seb, hoovers points off other drivers. Probably the best number 2 driver on the grid at present.

You can get paid more as a no.2 at Ferrari to make the no.1 look good than you can get as a no.1 at basically any other team unless you've won multiple championships like Lewis or Alonso.

No brainer really, he can get 10mil + at Ferrari, or 3mil at Williams, or go get 200k a year in random ice rallying somewhere.

Kimi doesn't really care what people think about him, or who blames him for what, I think he's just there for the money and that is easily the best paying job for him.

LzR · 8 Jul 2016 at 10:32

smr said:
i have heard him say "once again" about other things... the tone and way he said it sounded like literal as well. one last time is one last time. could be wrong tho.

There have been rumours it's his last season so you're more likely to be right, Williams need to rejig their driver lineup anyway.

LzR · 8 Jul 2016 at 10:35

smr said:
yeah its ticketed

Thanks I'll look into it.

Spuj · 8 Jul 2016 at 10:41

The level of booing is going to be interesting if Rosberg makes it on to the podium on Sunday!

LzR · 8 Jul 2016 at 10:50

Spuj said:
The level of booing is going to be interesting if Rosberg makes it on to the podium on Sunday!

Let's hope we don't find out

Edit: Lewis just now confirming that what Lauda had said about him absolutely did not happen (sorry if it's already been seen)

KiNgPiN83 · 8 Jul 2016 at 11:28

Spuj said:
The level of booing is going to be interesting if Rosberg makes it on to the podium on Sunday!

Or the level of cheering if he lunches his freshest engine? Lunching one in practice and another in quali would be marvellous. :cool:

I still remember the cheer when Vettel's car broke down one year. It was louder than the cheer the winner got! Haha!

englishpremier · 8 Jul 2016 at 11:33

drunkenmaster said:
You can get paid more as a no.2 at Ferrari to make the no.1 look good than you can get as a no.1 at basically any other team unless you've won multiple championships like Lewis or Alonso.

No brainer really, he can get 10mil + at Ferrari, or 3mil at Williams, or go get 200k a year in random ice rallying somewhere.

Kimi doesn't really care what people think about him, or who blames him for what, I think he's just there for the money and that is easily the best paying job for him.

I doubt he's that bothered by the money really, if he was he wouldn't have gone off and done rallying, or Nascar, or the random ice racing and boat races he does.

I'm a former Kimi fan, but I'd like to see someone else in the Ferrari seat soon. One more year is enough I think.

KiNgPiN83 · 8 Jul 2016 at 11:42

englishpremier said:
I doubt he's that bothered by the money really, if he was he wouldn't have gone off and done rallying, or Nascar, or the random ice racing and boat races he does.

I'm a former Kimi fan, but I'd like to see someone else in the Ferrari seat soon. One more year is enough I think.

Ferrari will probably want to be really wary of who gets their second seat after seeing the events unfolding at Mercedes. Chances are they will just get a solid number 2 so to speak.