I thought that sitting in the pits is exactly what cooked Hamiltons brakes last time?
British Grand Prix 2014, Silverstone - Race 9/19
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I thought that sitting in the pits is exactly what cooked Hamiltons brakes last time?
Now that is BS.
Brakes not getting cool air while sat still at a pit stop suffer with serious heatsoak and the temp will rise before going down.
I can't believe people are still discussing that and Monaco in the British GP thread. They've got their own threads, go discuss them in there.
Came in here expecting this place to be all sunshine and rainbows given that Hamilton won. Instead, we've got the term 'hater' being tossed around for no good reason and people still wittering on about previous races this year.
God bless this forum....'cause no other bugger would
Half decent race. Still think they shouldn't have redesigned the track. Wouldn't have minded seeing a straight fight between the Mercs. Glad Kimi's okay. Shame the race wasn't another lap longer, could have had Button right up on Ricciardo's rear wing. Driver of the race - maybe Bottas, maybe Ricciardo.
God bless this forum....'cause no other bugger would
Half decent race. Still think they shouldn't have redesigned the track. Wouldn't have minded seeing a straight fight between the Mercs. Glad Kimi's okay. Shame the race wasn't another lap longer, could have had Button right up on Ricciardo's rear wing. Driver of the race - maybe Bottas, maybe Ricciardo.
I think it's nice that people feel very passionately about their favourite driver(s)/team but some do seem to take it way too far.
I guess it's unlikely to change any time soon, which is unfortunate as it seems to put others off from posting.
I guess it's unlikely to change any time soon, which is unfortunate as it seems to put others off from posting.
Autosport have done a huge write up but I think it might be subscription only so I won't paste it all here, however I'll give you the conclusion - this is an article on "who would have won if Rosberg didn't have problems"...
"There's no way of saying with any certainty whether Rosberg would have held on, or whether Hamilton would have found a way past. All we can be sure of is that it would have been close and likely down to a very simple equation: would Hamilton have proved better in attack than Rosberg was in defence, or would it be the other way round?
The only thing that we can be confident of is that track position has always conferred an advantage and that to win, Hamilton would have had to be at the top of his game. And for the home fans, while grateful to see Hamilton prevail, the tantalising possibility of him doing so with a genuine overtaking move in the final few laps tells you what F1 missed out on when Rosberg's gearbox went sick.
The bottom line is that both drivers left Silverstone able to tell themselves that they would have won anyway. And it was close enough that it's impossible to say that either is wrong.
If you were fond of a bet, you'd probably set the odds as being slightly in Rosberg's favour because Hamilton still had a lot to do, but you'd probably then put your money down on Hamilton.
But one thing is certain. Had Hamilton not made his qualifying misjudgement and started on pole position or at least on the front row, he had all the tools he needed to win with relative ease."
http://plus.autosport.com/premium/f...p-anyway?_ga=1.142072314.999844245.1401805620
"There's no way of saying with any certainty whether Rosberg would have held on, or whether Hamilton would have found a way past. All we can be sure of is that it would have been close and likely down to a very simple equation: would Hamilton have proved better in attack than Rosberg was in defence, or would it be the other way round?
The only thing that we can be confident of is that track position has always conferred an advantage and that to win, Hamilton would have had to be at the top of his game. And for the home fans, while grateful to see Hamilton prevail, the tantalising possibility of him doing so with a genuine overtaking move in the final few laps tells you what F1 missed out on when Rosberg's gearbox went sick.
The bottom line is that both drivers left Silverstone able to tell themselves that they would have won anyway. And it was close enough that it's impossible to say that either is wrong.
If you were fond of a bet, you'd probably set the odds as being slightly in Rosberg's favour because Hamilton still had a lot to do, but you'd probably then put your money down on Hamilton.
But one thing is certain. Had Hamilton not made his qualifying misjudgement and started on pole position or at least on the front row, he had all the tools he needed to win with relative ease."
http://plus.autosport.com/premium/f...p-anyway?_ga=1.142072314.999844245.1401805620
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Murray Walker - "F1 is IF spelled backwards." Therefore, I do not care about "What if scenarios". What's done is done and now I'm looking forward to Germany where Lewis will win again.
Just got back, what a fantastic weekend! 
The new cars are really quiet from a distance but when we stood right up against the fence at Maggots with them ~10m away they sound like an angry brass section of an orchestra, whistling, honking and generating all sorts of alternating tones. Anything with a Ferrari engine was particularly musical. They also smell great too, kind of like a gas hob mixed with fuel and hot rubber.
We're definitely going next year too
Also...ALAN!?!
The new cars are really quiet from a distance but when we stood right up against the fence at Maggots with them ~10m away they sound like an angry brass section of an orchestra, whistling, honking and generating all sorts of alternating tones. Anything with a Ferrari engine was particularly musical. They also smell great too, kind of like a gas hob mixed with fuel and hot rubber.
We're definitely going next year too
Also...ALAN!?!
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Well I enjoyed that, switch off right after Lewis messed up Qually and just went about my Sunday thinking Nico will win Lewis will come 2nd and have a right pet lip on. Well how wrong was I? lol.
An hour to change the barrier wasn't bad imo. (They did actually have a cordless impact wrench) it needed to be done and at the end of the day.. it's an hour, not like it was raining on the fans.
Lets see what Germany brings.
An hour to change the barrier wasn't bad imo. (They did actually have a cordless impact wrench) it needed to be done and at the end of the day.. it's an hour, not like it was raining on the fans.
Lets see what Germany brings.
Yes it did need to be done, the chances of people winning the lottery are slimmer than a car going off into that exact part of the barrier again - yet people do win the lottery.
If there's a chance it could happen then it definitely needs to be addressed before anymore racing commences so I completely disagree with Lauda. I actually found his comments a bit surprising considering the era he came from the fact that he's seen F1 morph into a much safer Sport throughout the years.
If there's a chance it could happen then it definitely needs to be addressed before anymore racing commences so I completely disagree with Lauda. I actually found his comments a bit surprising considering the era he came from the fact that he's seen F1 morph into a much safer Sport throughout the years.
It's the same in every forum, on every topic, all over the world.
The barrier was located in the middle of the straight, the chance of another driver hitting it head on was higher than me winning the lottery, and even if they did miraculously hit it full on it was a dent not some sort of protruding spike, they could have just stacked some tyres up there in the space of about 5mins instead of replacing the whole barrier.
It's a bit hyprocritical to be championing safety in an event involving 180mph cars and Kimi would never have hit that spot anyway if there were gravel traps to slow cars down or if the FIA would actually enforce the out of track limits, which drivers today are not even braking on.
There's less grip on the run off areas but drivers are keeping the accelerator floored so as not to lose time so if anything the FIA's safety attempts are making things more dangerous, if gravel traps still existed they would be slowed down automatically.
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Neither circuit insurance nor FIA regulations would allow that.
I agree that the chances of another car crashing there are almost impossibly slim, and it was painful watching Suzi Perry trying to bluster her way through the unexpected delay, but Imola 1994 was full of freakish events which had plenty of freakish sub-events, many of which could never be anticipated, and I hope I never have to see another weekend like that, so for me, safety comes first and without compromise.