British Grand Prix 2010, Silverstone Circuit - Race 10/19
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Nice pics Moley, shame the weather doesn't look too nice, though we have a couple days till the important stuff!
That Ferrari logo looks quite shiny o_O
That Ferrari logo looks quite shiny o_O
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Yup... They're ditching the barcode that had absolutely nothing to do with Marlbro...
Not as if they had a great deal of choice, is it? No-one was going to be convinced that it wasn't 'subliminal advertising', at some point it's easier to nod, say "okay, it's a fair cop" and change it even if there's no good reason to do so
What's next for them though? Is someone going to complain that the shade of red they use is too close to Marlboro red and must be changed?
cheers, good point p3 is 10-11
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They check for damage though, I assume in the same way they check the brand new chassis for a manufacturing error, if there is no damage there is no benefit of a new one. You can't compare it to having a new engine, that would give more power and so more performance, when reusing a chassis won't have an effect on the performane, hence why they don't waste money on bringing new ones to each race.
The checks that they do are not very thorough. Earlier this season it was reported that MS's chassis, which he was using in the early part of the season was actually damaged. This may have had a detrimental effect on performance. Vettel suffered from exactly the same problem, where he was using a damaged chassis. Once this was changed, he was back on form.
Had a chassis changes been done automatically for ever race, driving with a damaged chassis would not have happened.
I can see the problems with expense for smaller teams, but for larger teams who have oodles of cash available and are being prevented from spending it by the newer (cost cutting) rules - cost shouldnt really be an issue. After all, big teams are spending huge amounts, just to gain 0.1s/lap.
But anyway...I'm probably thinking in an old fashioned way when teams brought new chassis/parts/engines to every GP...just to gain a small advantage over their rivals.
McLaren and Honda did everything possible to catch up with Williams in 1992. Senna demanded it.
Had a chassis changes been done automatically for ever race, driving with a damaged chassis would not have happened.
I can see the problems with expense for smaller teams, but for larger teams who have oodles of cash available and are being prevented from spending it by the newer (cost cutting) rules - cost shouldnt really be an issue. After all, big teams are spending huge amounts, just to gain 0.1s/lap.
But anyway...I'm probably thinking in an old fashioned way when teams brought new chassis/parts/engines to every GP...just to gain a small advantage over their rivals.
McLaren and Honda did everything possible to catch up with Williams in 1992. Senna demanded it.
This is sounding a little odd. A tweet from Legard just says Kolles has said more details in the morning. Why announce it tonight??
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If it's down to pay why are they getting rid of Senna who both brings some sponsors (unless his sponsors cheques have bounced?) and has been consistently faster than Chandok (no matter what Karun keeps saying in interviews)?
There is probably something else going on here.
Feel sorry for Senna though, narrowly missing out on the Honda/Brawn drive last year and now possibly getting dumped after half a season.
He should be looking at getting a reserve driver job with one of the established teams, to show if he can drive a proper f1 car fast.
There is probably something else going on here.
Feel sorry for Senna though, narrowly missing out on the Honda/Brawn drive last year and now possibly getting dumped after half a season.
He should be looking at getting a reserve driver job with one of the established teams, to show if he can drive a proper f1 car fast.
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The Bruno Senna thing sounds dodgy. Perhaps Senna's manager leaked the news tonight ahead of the official announcement tomorrow to stir things up.
I hope a top, or even mid, grid team sign him up as a test/reserve driver, he could have some potential that would only be seen in a decent car.
I hope a top, or even mid, grid team sign him up as a test/reserve driver, he could have some potential that would only be seen in a decent car.
vettel sadly, the team douchbag should be very quick here, really hoping mclaren can cause a upset but with such a hefty selection of updates it may take them some time to get up to pace.
Hoping for a brit 1,2 though but i wouldnt put money on it.
I hope a top, or even mid, grid team sign him up as a test/reserve driver, he could have some potential that would only be seen in a decent car.
Frankly, I see nothing to suggest that would be the case.
I appreciate he's in a backmarker car at present but he's not shown any flashes of brilliance really and, as far as I'm aware, he's not actually won any race series he's competed in thus far.
To be brutally honest, it looks like he's only got as far as he has on the back of his name - Ayrton he certain't isn't.