German Grand Prix 2010, Hockenheimring Circuit - Race 11/19

NathanE · 24 Jul 2010 at 10:33

McLaren haven't done any running in Practice 3 yet

What on earth are they playing at!?

mmj_uk · 24 Jul 2010 at 11:03

It seems like it's going to be Red Bull v Ferrari this weekend with McLaren feeding off any scraps.

Fanatic · 24 Jul 2010 at 11:20

Think it will be the same qualifying as Britain, Red Bulls 1+2, then Hamilton and Alonso.

dannyjo22 · 24 Jul 2010 at 12:18

Mr Jack said:
I think they're pretty reliable, the source is decent and they match reasonably with other figures I've seen. Red Bull have upped their investment, whilst Mercedes have taken their considerable spending power from McLaren and given it to Mercedes. Mercedes GP are struggling not because they have no money this year, but because this money wasn't available to them to develop this year's car last year. I expect them to return to the front of the grid next season.

Not a chance they don't have the spending on next years cars either. Mercedes are just spending the money that they are getting back from selling shares in Mclaren in stages. They won't be spending the sort of money that the rest are. They bought Brawn to scale down the spending they had at mclaren.

Regardless they are well along the design of next years car and they haven't taken the considerable spending from one team to another.

mmj_uk · 24 Jul 2010 at 12:26

LOL Eddie to Horner: "are we to believe that there'll be no upgrades while Webber is leading the championship?"

Psycho Ned · 24 Jul 2010 at 12:35

Amazing after almost 20 years of watching him race I never knew Schumi was a decent horse rider!

Like EJ said it's nice to see a more human side of the bloke.

TaKeN · 24 Jul 2010 at 12:39

'It's not just about commentry, it's about being here... being in the middle of it'

Ok Jonathon... SHUT UP!

sunama · 24 Jul 2010 at 12:41

dannyjo22 said:
Not a chance they don't have the spending on next years cars either. Mercedes are just spending the money that they are getting back from selling shares in Mclaren in stages. They won't be spending the sort of money that the rest are. They bought Brawn to scale down the spending they had at mclaren.

Regardless they are well along the design of next years car and they haven't taken the considerable spending from one team to another.

If the figures are to be believed, Mercedes are spending more money than any other team in F1 (bar Ferrari). How can you say that they are not spending as much as other teams?

Baboonanza · 24 Jul 2010 at 12:48

He's Japanese and he doesn't eat fish :eek:

PinkFloyd · 24 Jul 2010 at 12:57

Didn't realise the old part of the track had all grown over :eek:

Stormrider · 24 Jul 2010 at 13:00

PinkFloyd said:
Didn't realise the old part of the track had all grown over

yes, looks like they've gone through and ripped up the tarmac.
Shame really, I miss seeing the cars blast through the trees.

Psycho Ned · 24 Jul 2010 at 13:03

Yeah I assumed it was still available for driving on a bit like the ring! The new track is a shadow of the original one a real shame they butchered it

el_dazza · 24 Jul 2010 at 13:05

That looks nasty.

Christ that Virgin was close to getting hammered by a rogue wheel.

Psycho Ned · 24 Jul 2010 at 13:08

Big crash for Liuzzi.

TaKeN · 24 Jul 2010 at 13:09

Liuzzi appeared to not be moving for a while then, I thought he was out of it :eek:

Ceryndrion · 24 Jul 2010 at 13:10

Hmmm... *crunch!*

Housey · 24 Jul 2010 at 13:11

I don't actually think the hit was that big (from me sofa) but the wheel coming off was bloody dangerous!

el_dazza · 24 Jul 2010 at 13:14

TaKeN said:
Liuzzi appeared to not be moving for a while then, I thought he was out of it

I thought that too, not just me then

Sam098765 · 24 Jul 2010 at 13:21

Msc doing rubbish!!

Merlin5 · 24 Jul 2010 at 13:23

Sam098765 said:
Msc doing rubbish!!

Now there's a surprise. Makes you wonder how he ever became a 7 times world champion.