British Grand Prix 2011, Silverstone Circuit - Race 9/19
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Team orders are allowed so I haven't got an issue with it. It is a team sport. It's just funny watching horner squirm. Then after 10mins figuring out what he should have said. just say they are allowed to fight untill the last pit stop/ last few laps then it's team orders. Why did he struggle saying that. Probably as he tries hard to say everything's equal.
As DC said if you aren't happy with the team leave. Trouble is hes still in the best car with no options.
Ferrari he would be a number two. Mclaren aren't going to change their line up. Which ever team can build a winning car.
As DC said if you aren't happy with the team leave. Trouble is hes still in the best car with no options.
Ferrari he would be a number two. Mclaren aren't going to change their line up. Which ever team can build a winning car.
This and it's not the first or last time that drivers don't have enough fuel. It's not just F1 but all motorsports. There's been plenty of ***** ups with people running out of fuel on track.
In the briefing they where told it would be met by penalties.
It seems like a ***** up on track design. What would a stop and go penalty receive.
Plenty of similar incidences with no penalty.
As for saying consistency, they should have a sit down and look at all the incidents and decide which are ok and which aren't. Say the last two seasons. Fia, stewards, drivers and team principles. Then make a public announcement and go from there. As I would say there isn't constancy anyway and it's just harming the sport.
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Not surprised just annoyed like usual.
Also after watching senna last night nothings changed. Still as bad as they ever where. I can't remember his early career so was very nice to see that. I can remember the early 90s though.
And the cars were sweet back then. Such simple aero, huge tyres and huge engines. Why can't we have simple aero. Only one straight plank for front and rear wing, with no other winglets or fins.
Oh and the film was amazing and if you can't remember that era, it's still a must watch.
Also after watching senna last night nothings changed. Still as bad as they ever where. I can't remember his early career so was very nice to see that. I can remember the early 90s though.
And the cars were sweet back then. Such simple aero, huge tyres and huge engines. Why can't we have simple aero. Only one straight plank for front and rear wing, with no other winglets or fins.
Oh and the film was amazing and if you can't remember that era, it's still a must watch.
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And if he had more fuel, he would be carrying more weight and he wouldn't of been the fastes. They simplupy messed up, they didn't have any dry testing time to figure out fuel weight and with the OTBD ban, they had very little idea what actual fuel usage would be.
Filling as light as possible is part of the sport, occasionally it goes wrong.
Filling as light as possible is part of the sport, occasionally it goes wrong.
Can't remember where I read it, probably on twitter. But it was meant to be a lot better. Possibly due to slower initial laps.
Trouble is you don't know whats going to happen, so how can you say it's ok if he wins by a couple of points.
There's only one issue and that was Horner squirming. Rather than saying what he finally managed to say, wen used orders for the benefit of the team.
Seems like usual we missed lots of on track action like normal.
Would it actually be worth delaying transmission by a couple of minutes so director has more time to choose shots.
There's only one issue and that was Horner squirming. Rather than saying what he finally managed to say, wen used orders for the benefit of the team.
Seems like usual we missed lots of on track action like normal.
Would it actually be worth delaying transmission by a couple of minutes so director has more time to choose shots.
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