Italian Grand Prix 2015, Monza - Race 12/19

Glaucus · 6 Sep 2015 at 14:36

Yep tire pressure. http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/mercedes-under-investigation-over-tyre-pressures

Seems accidental rather than on purpose as it was only one true on each car.
Left hand side rear o.3psi under on hamys and 1.1psi under on Ros

Jono8 · 6 Sep 2015 at 14:36

Would still win though wouldn't he?

Vertigo · 6 Sep 2015 at 14:37

Lucas is simply awful up there.

Merlin5 · 6 Sep 2015 at 14:37

CaptainRAVE said:
Lucas looks a little lost.

Use the force Lucas

Glaucus · 6 Sep 2015 at 14:37

Jono8 said:
Would still win though wouldn't he?

I don't know what the penalty is for that.

CaptainRAVE · 6 Sep 2015 at 14:37

SpeedFreak said:
25 second penalty pending?

Luckily it doesn't matter now. They are lucky Hamilton can deliver when needed and that Hamilton just got on with it.

utajoker · 6 Sep 2015 at 14:38

They not looking happy on pit wall

Vertigo · 6 Sep 2015 at 14:38

Would be hilarious if he got a 25s penality and beat Vettel by 0.042s. Ferrari would be livid they didn't realise, especially as Vettel was within 25s until the final sector of the final lap and obviously just lifted a little towards the line.

Mr Men · 6 Sep 2015 at 14:39

Should be a DQ if found guilty. Now that would be funny.

muon · 6 Sep 2015 at 14:39

Given how drivers complain about tyre safety, Pirelli should push for disqualifications.

Rosberg was 1.1psi over!

edit:

I mean under.

Glaucus · 6 Sep 2015 at 14:39

CaptainRAVE · 6 Sep 2015 at 14:40

It would explain why Mercedes didn't want Ferrari to know because they could have responded.

Knowing the FIA they will make up a new rule to keep the WDC interesting.

Oh, Ferrari might have had a similar message...

Jono8 · 6 Sep 2015 at 14:40

Mr Men said:
Should be a DQ if found guilty. Now that would be funny.

For a rear left tyre being 0.36psi under spec? Yes, that would be good for the sport wouldn't it : /

Danthus · 6 Sep 2015 at 14:41

I was taken to task the other week when I mentioned tyre pressure and teams pushing the boundaries.

CaptainRAVE · 6 Sep 2015 at 14:41

Mr Men said:
Should be a DQ if found guilty. Now that would be funny.

Only if, like you, you are anti Hamilton. Also, a DQ doesn't make sense if they didn't know why it happened. Seems it isn't only Mercedes affected either. Screw Pirelli tbh, build better tyres.

Psycho Ned · 6 Sep 2015 at 14:42

Can't imagine Mercedes would be deliberately running their tyres under pressure, geez hardly like they need the extra performance to win!!

Jono8 · 6 Sep 2015 at 14:42

OldCoals said:
I was taken to task the other week when I mentioned tyre pressure and teams pushing the boundaries.

Yes, but 0.3 psi under is clearly just an oversight/mistake or even could be attributed to the margin of error of the equipment everyone was using.

CaptainRAVE · 6 Sep 2015 at 14:42

Surely a fine would be better. Penalties that change the result after the race do even more damage to the sport.

Glaucus · 6 Sep 2015 at 14:43

Wolf, saying telemetry shows above minimum tire pressure for entire race.

el_dazza · 6 Sep 2015 at 14:43

CaptainRAVE said:
Only if, like you, you are anti Hamilton. Also, a DQ doesn't make sense if they didn't know why it happened. Seems it isn't only Mercedes affected either. Screw Pirelli tbh, build better tyres.

It would be typical of them to do that. A ferrari came second as well so it's a given DQ surely