Poll: British Grand Prix 2020, Silverstone - Race 4/?

[mmj_uk]

Is there a reason why Ferrari don’t have a main sponsor any more?

Nobody wants to be associated with a team that cheats?

 

[Mr Jack]

Wonder how close Merc run to minimum weight limit.

They'll probably have food left due to the safety cars?

Tyre has to weigh a fair amount, tyre destroyed and possibly worn wheel and undertray, must mean car is lighter now than it should be when finishing a race.

Pretty sure there's a damage exception to the weight rules, isn't there?

 

[Slam62]

Is there a reason why Ferrari don’t have a main sponsor any more?

They do, phillip Morris

 

[Merlin5]

Broken tyres matter.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Hamilton can even win on 3 wheels

 

[Flibster]

That would be delicious if Hamilton’s car came up underweight.

They can replace broken parts with parts of an identical spec for weighing. Includes the tyres.

 

[SoliD]

What was pirellis predictions of tyre life? Safety car killed about 45 laps of that race but made those last few laps happen.

 

[Locky]

All those failures were within the expected lifespan of the hard tyres. Pirelli should get dry bummed for this.

Not to mention plenty of those laps behind a safety car... Thats a poor show Pirelli..

 

[Flibster]

Anyone notice that it's the PIRELLI British Grand Prix?

 

[vanpeebles]

That was as good as when Takumi Fujiwara won in reverse.

 

[KiNgPiN83]

What was pirellis predictions of tyre life? Safety car killed about 45 laps of that race but made those last few laps happen.

I think they’ll be studying all the tyres this week to fix any possible issues for next week. Or tyre pressure adjustments for them or something.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Red bull could be in with a shout next weekend.

 

[Kenai]

If they stick with going softer next week, possibly a few teams may opt for three stopping to be safe? But would they even have enough tyres to do that after using FP and Q tyres?

 

[Jono8]

All those failures were within the expected lifespan of the hard tyres. Pirelli should get dry bummed for this.

yeh, pretty poor show.

 

[Junglist]

Was it also Silverstone this happened a few years ago?

 

[mmj_uk]

It happened a few years ago didn't it? wasn't there a Silverstone GP where Pirelli tyres kept failing and they tried to blame curbs or some such nonsense?

 

[vanpeebles]

Was it also Silverstone this happened a few years ago?

What did you have for sunday din dins?

 

[UTmaniac]

Was it also Silverstone this happened a few years ago?

Yep, cannot recall exact year, failing post-Covid memory.

 

[timmeh]

Ah, you’re one of those people . I’ll take that post as you acknowledging you made a mistake but can’t actually admit it .

Obviously Bottas isn’t at fault for his tyre delaminating, very unfortunate for him. However my point stands, he is “tragic“ (bit harsh but I meant in tongue in cheek). He’s one of those sportsman who never quite made it to the very top. In another sport someone with his talent is in a lower division. In F1 driving for Mercedes the car carries him and flatters him. He’s a decent reliable driver, nothing else.

I think you’ll find I did. Pipe down.

 

[englishpremier]

might not be a one stopper next week, unless Pirelli/FIA bottle it.

All the tyre failures were well handled by the drivers and didn't look like causing anyone a bad accident. So there's not reason to do anything.

When they have the softer compounds next week just say you must stop within Pirellis tyre life limit, or must make 2, 3, 4 stops, whatever it takes. They do this in Motogp when they have a series of tyre failures, of course in MotoGP a failure is much more serious.