2008 British Grand Prix - Race 9/17

sunama said:
There is ALWAYS an excuse for why Heikki didnt finish higher up in the points at virtually every race.

But, lets wait to see what he does today. He is on pole, in the best car and in theory, should be able to control the race from the front.
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So say if, as happened in Spain, his car lets him down in a big way with an exploding wheel and tyre are you going to accuse us of simply making excuses again?

What about if someone was to tag one of his tyres in the opening bend again, like in Turkey?

Or maybe if his steering wheel electronics go on the fritz like what happened before the formation lap in Monaco?

;)

I'm not going to deny that he's had some poor races peformance-wise, and has made errors, but two things:

1) You cannot deny that he's had some cruddy luck.
2) A certain British driver of note whose name begins with 'L' and ends in 'ewis Hamilton' has also made some errors and had poor performance (by his and the car's lofty standards) on race-day a few times.
 
sunama said:
There is ALWAYS an excuse for why Heikki didnt finish higher up in the points at virtually every race.
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Why is it every F1 weekend thread do you need to be corrected (usually by JRS or me) that for 50% of his bad races have been out of his control? Some may consider this trolling.
 
Can someone give me a link to the live stuff?
At the moment im surviving on phone calls live from opposite the McClaren garage....lucky git!
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Haha what a wet an' wild GP2 race. Shocking conditions too, heck 2 cars crashed on the way to the grid at the start lol.

Pretty big 3 car pile up on the final lap to under bridge!

F1 in these conditions would be very, very interesting.
 
Sounds like a blast - whats the wind like?

Rain + cross-winds makes ps3ud0 a happy armchair F1 spectator :p

ps3ud0 :cool:
 
Steve Rider looked like he was going to fall over, that's what the wind is like...

Crazy how quickly those cars spin when they lose it.
 
So....the FIA broke their own rules with the fine they issued to McLaren. :D And on pretty much EVERY decision they have made over the last few years.

Shame that. ;)

linky
 
ps3ud0 said:
Sounds like a blast - whats the wind like?

Rain + cross-winds makes ps3ud0 a happy armchair F1 spectator :p

ps3ud0 :cool:
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The wind was quite high speed stuff from what I saw. The spray being kicked up off the track by the gp2 cars was being blown off the track pretty much straight away on the run down from Stowe.

Porsche Supercup is currently on.. Its a wreckfest :p

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**Porsche Supercup stream**

http://www.justin.tv/giac2007

On lap 7 out of 13

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It looks like the porsche race is going to be a timed race.
 
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Flibster said:
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We-e-ell....

Todt didn't vote on the matter, so his not being an ASN representative is not an issue in this case. As for Bernie....I agree, if Article 14 is followed then the fine probably shouldn't stand. We'll have to see if McLaren appeal based on this, but you'd have thought they'd already know about something like this.
 
Considering how some were driving on Friday and (power?) over-steering out of a few corners (especially Vettel and Massa) this could mean a fair few 180s or tank-slappers as soona s you hit the white lines.

And you know how Hamilton likes to drive his corners wide...

EDIT: Thanks gord - must have missed it...

ps3ud0 :cool:
 
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CS||nuTs said:
Thats not what you said. You said teams develop a car upto race 16 and develop the new car from there. This year that is especially wrong.
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no i didnt. :confused:

i said you develop projects side by side, ie you need TWO projects, you develop the current car while planning for the next.

developments on the current car end up going on the new one, and some "ideas" for next years car may be tested on this one this year to collect real data. (like teams testing slicks and low downforce packages already this season)

Honda just STOPS mid season and wounders why there next car is a dog.
 
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