British Grand Prix 2016, Silverstone - Race 10/21

Junglist · 10 Jul 2016 at 14:34

Bit of a joke rule really

Skeeter · 10 Jul 2016 at 14:34

cu3ed said:
SO Hamilton had to work it out for himself when he had problems, Rosberg gets told immediately exactly what to do.

We need to start going to races with Mercedes branded tin foil hats.

muon · 10 Jul 2016 at 14:34

Skeeter said:
He is continuing to use 7th. The on boards showed it.

Isn't he short shifting on it though?

Psi Jay said:
Then he should not use 7th at all if it's going to cause imminent failure. He can't cry imminent failure and not do everything to avoid it (by not using 7th).

How would he know it is 7th causing the problem until it is potentially too late?

Matteh · 10 Jul 2016 at 14:34

Psycho Ned said:
Surely that's a very woolly phrase though what constitutes an 'imminent failure' 1 lap, 5 laps, 10 laps......failures aren't an exact science anyway it might last ages!

Well precisely - surely they could just say 'We thought it'd go any second, honest guv!' and get away with it...

Skeeter · 10 Jul 2016 at 14:34

JunglistE said:
Bit of a joke rule really

Yep. But if it exists it should be enforced.

Merlin5 · 10 Jul 2016 at 14:35

Go Lewis!

Skeeter · 10 Jul 2016 at 14:35

Matteh said:
Well precisely - surely they could just say 'We thought it'd go any second, honest guv!' and get away with it...

That's exactly what they will say. And Rosberg will get away with it.

LzR · 10 Jul 2016 at 14:36

muon said:
How would he know it is 7th causing the problem until it is potentially too late?

He asked the team something about 7th and they clarified in reply.

Locky · 10 Jul 2016 at 14:36

lolberg won't get any penalty.

UTmaniac · 10 Jul 2016 at 14:37

Stewards need to nip this radio talk in the bud, this should be first ever radio penalty, should be maximum time addition (25 secs?) IMO without Rosberg DQ.

muon · 10 Jul 2016 at 14:38

I think it should be okay to tell the driver of a fault with the car which the driver obviously wouldn't be able to easily work out.

They should just set a precedent and say it is okay.

Skeeter · 10 Jul 2016 at 14:39

Nico being fed the script to read when investigated.

Skeeter · 10 Jul 2016 at 14:40

muon said:
I think it should be okay to tell the driver of a fault with the car which the driver obviously wouldn't be able to easily work out.

They should just set a precedent and say it is okay.

They set the precidence of saying its not OK in Baku.

Locky · 10 Jul 2016 at 14:40

The thing is he got unfair advantage being told how to fix his car over the radio end of.

muon · 10 Jul 2016 at 14:41

Skeeter said:
They set the precidence of saying its not OK in Baku.

The stewards did nothing in Baku unless I missed a penalty being handed out for radio messages.

Emlyn_Dewar · 10 Jul 2016 at 14:41

I'm not a Hamilton fan, but it's good to see that level of celebration at the end, good result tbh.
Just a shame he couldn't waste that gearbox/engine, and donut the thing around!

RSR · 10 Jul 2016 at 14:42

muon said:
The stewards did nothing in Baku unless I missed a penalty being handed out for radio messages.

That's because he wasn't told how to fix his car in Baku (Lewis).

Junglist · 10 Jul 2016 at 14:42

Skeeter said:
Yep. But if it exists it should be enforced.

100%. Mercedes enforced it quite strongly in Baku

muon · 10 Jul 2016 at 14:42

RSR said:
That's because he wasn't told how to fix his car in Baku (Lewis)

So we are talking about hypothetical situations now?

How do you know the stewards wouldn't have let it go and set a precedence there and then?

Skeeter · 10 Jul 2016 at 14:42

muon said:
The stewards did nothing in Baku unless I missed a penalty being handed out for radio messages.

Mercedes and Ferrari asked the FIA for permission to tell their drivers how to fix issues and were told no.