Indian Grand Prix 2013, New Delhi - Race 16/19

PinkFloyd · 29 Oct 2013 at 21:22

Yeh I'd take Button without any issues. Would love to see him in a quick car again and challenge for the title. Loved the Brawn season

Ceryndrion · 29 Oct 2013 at 21:50

Hmmm on the subject of McLaren, they could always drop Perez in favour of Heiki. Doubt they will.. but it'd be amusing..

While I like Perez, he's still too inconsistent.

Rybo89 · 29 Oct 2013 at 22:02

Button and Hulk would be a nice combo. Hulk will show him how to drive that Mclaren properly

smr will have a mental breakdown at his dream boyfriend being beaten by a young'n.

Win win.

Slam62 · 29 Oct 2013 at 22:02

Alonso and Kimi would be fantastic, but there would be no communication across the garages at all.

Maybe it will happen, but the India incident makes it less likely.

Straight swap with Perez, or Hulk to fezza.

Spitfir3 · 29 Oct 2013 at 23:13

Mr Men said:
I would imagine Webber's and Vettel's car both weigh the same, as the cars are underweight anyway and they have to add ballast to bring it up to the minimum weight, so Webber would probably just lose out on a little bit of ballast.

Not sure about that but yeah, net effect = higher CoG.

The_Abyss · 29 Oct 2013 at 23:17

All the current talk of the size and weight of drivers, anyone notice that Button and Hulkenberg are remarkably similar? Just saying.

Reaper 392 · 30 Oct 2013 at 01:02

The_Abyss said:
All the current talk of the size and weight of drivers, anyone notice that Button and Hulkenberg are remarkably similar? Just saying.

It does make you worry that such a simple problem to solve as a driver weight allowance that is too small is being completely ignored by the FIA. Why can they just have a much higher driver weight allowance (90kg?) and then say that whatever the difference between the drivers weight and the weight allowance must be made up by adding weights at the same height as the driver's CoG and as close as is practically possible (perhaps in the back of their seat, or in the side pods)

The_Abyss · 30 Oct 2013 at 01:14

It isn't just weight though, it is the dimension.

I agree that the current restrictions, thanks to the new specifications, are discriminatory and poor.

Skeeter · 30 Oct 2013 at 10:17

I wonder if the weight limit was based on I4 engines and not V6's? I can't imagine they thought that downsizing the engines would see such an increase in weight either.

FrankJH · 30 Oct 2013 at 18:16

MooMoo444 said:
He's done well despite the lesser experience and adjusting to a new team/car. Purely IMO of course. I think he will be amazing next year if Mc can deliver him a good car.

Im sure you are dating J-Lo as well in that fantasy land of yours

Dave M · 30 Oct 2013 at 18:28

Skeeter said:
I wonder if the weight limit was based on I4 engines and not V6's? I can't imagine they thought that downsizing the engines would see such an increase in weight either.

Moew kers and a turbo afaik.

Reaper 392 · 30 Oct 2013 at 22:57

The_Abyss said:
It isn't just weight though, it is the dimension.

I agree that the current restrictions, thanks to the new specifications, are discriminatory and poor.

The dimensions could be a bit harder to sort out, but surely it cant be impossible. Perhaps there could be a defined area where the only things allowed are the driver, the controls and the seat (to stop the teams from filling up the empty space with anything they can cram in there). If you define this space as being suitable for someone that is big and tall then it would mostly solve the driver size problems. I'm not sure exactly how they would implement it, but there are far cleverer guys than me in the FIA so I'm sure they could manage it

Sparky · 31 Oct 2013 at 07:06

The_Abyss said:
It isn't just weight though, it is the dimension.

I agree that the current restrictions, thanks to the new specifications, are discriminatory and poor.

It is what it is. No different to a jockey not making the grade because he grew to much

MooMoo444 · 31 Oct 2013 at 09:48

FrankJH said:
Im sure you are dating J-Lo as well in that fantasy land of yours

She ran off with the milkman

Perez will domin8 next year