Yas Marina Circuit - Abu Dhabi Prix 2009 - Race 17/17

Bennah · 1 Nov 2009 at 15:08

Rybo89 said:
o and quick question....constructors championship, how much do they win?

£16 + £5 WHS voucher

Flibster · 1 Nov 2009 at 15:09

Can we sort the 2011 regs now?

Front wing and rear wing both change to single element.
No aero devices between rear edge of front wing and front edge of rear wing.
Flat floors - no plank
No diffusers
Manual gearbox
De-restrict engines, unlimited revs, whatever arrangement of cylinders you want, keep the 2.4litre limit though. Keep the number of engines limit, but raise the limit to 10 engines per season.

mjt · 1 Nov 2009 at 15:11

did he actually swear? i didn't notice anything, obviously i swear far too much

Thomas. PLease. · 1 Nov 2009 at 15:11

Flibster said:
Can we sort the 2011 regs now?

Front wing and rear wing both change to single element.
No aero devices between rear edge of front wing and front edge of rear wing.
Flat floors - no plank
No diffusers
Manual gearbox
De-restrict engines, unlimited revs, whatever arrangement of cylinders you want, keep the 2.4litre limit though. Keep the number of engines limit, but raise the limit to 10 engines per season.

lol, what would be the point in stepping backwards to manual gearboxes.

Glaucus · 1 Nov 2009 at 15:13

Rybo89 · 1 Nov 2009 at 15:13

no red button? was looking forward to that most to see if they can get any news of next year out of anyone

englishpremier · 1 Nov 2009 at 15:13

Aye - fully manual gearbox = lose.

Semi-auto for the win.

Flibster · 1 Nov 2009 at 15:13

Thomas. PLease. said:
lol, what would be the point in stepping backwards to manual gearboxes.

Chance of missing a gear, more things going on in the cockpit under braking to cause more likelyhood drivers outbraking themselves...

Plus - lets see the drivers suffer around Monaco again.

Psycho Ned · 1 Nov 2009 at 15:14

ROFL some guy coming on bringing on shots for the BBC guys while on air

knip · 1 Nov 2009 at 15:15

Hahaha random drunk man called Carl on the F1 forum!

Neolink · 1 Nov 2009 at 15:15

bwahha

Glaucus · 1 Nov 2009 at 15:15

englishpremier · 1 Nov 2009 at 15:15

There is no chance of missing a gear with a manual gear box as it would still be sequential

Thomas. PLease. · 1 Nov 2009 at 15:17

lol schnapps anyone?

FrankJH · 1 Nov 2009 at 15:17

mjt said:
did he actually swear? i didn't notice anything, obviously i swear far too much

Jenson actually swore twice before the podium if thats what you mean

Red Bul did brlialliantly all year and undoubtedly have the best car right now - not sure if Lewis had a problem from the start, while I appreciate RB was fast anyway there seemed to be no KERS difference at all which is a huge chunk of time per lap to loose (especially when you are carrying the weight)

Red Bull, McLaren and Brawn will probably have similar cars (albeit with larger fuel cells) , Ferrari will probably come back with whole new design

Cant wait for driver lineups and engine agreements to be sorted

Memphis · 1 Nov 2009 at 15:17

Flibster said:
Can we sort the 2011 regs now?

Front wing and rear wing both change to single element.
No aero devices between rear edge of front wing and front edge of rear wing.
Flat floors - no plank
No diffusers
Manual gearbox
De-restrict engines, unlimited revs, whatever arrangement of cylinders you want, keep the 2.4litre limit though. Keep the number of engines limit, but raise the limit to 10 engines per season.

I know where you're coming from, but I'm afraid to say living in the past does nothing for the future

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Rybo89 · 1 Nov 2009 at 15:17

Rybo89 said:
no red button? was looking forward to that most to see if they can get any news of next year out of anyone

o it is on

Flibster · 1 Nov 2009 at 15:19

englishpremier said:
There is no chance of missing a gear with a manual gear box as it would still be sequential

Really? You absolutely sure about that?
Just asking as I've seen drivers skip gears in cars with sequential boxes both up and down the gearbbox...

Thomas. PLease. · 1 Nov 2009 at 15:19

Memphis said:
I know where you're coming from, but I'm afraid to say living in the past does nothing for the future .

exactly. the pinnacle of motorsport should be exactly that. At the cutting edge. Not steeping back to the 80s

Stormrider · 1 Nov 2009 at 15:20

FrankJH said:
Red Bul did brlialliantly all year and undoubtedly have the best car right now - not sure if Lewis had a problem from the start, while I appreciate RB was fast anyway there seemed to be no KERS difference at all which is a huge chunk of time per lap to loose (especially when you are carrying the weight)

Actually there was a KERs difference, Lewis was taking 0.5-0.6s a lap out of RBRs in sector 2, but losing it all in sector 3, which I guess is where he couldn't brake the car properly.