Italian Grand Prix 2014, Monza - Race 13/19

[Skeeter]

Has Lewis had 44 tattooed behind his ear?

 

[Kenai]

High wing is OK when your up front. This year McLaren need a spec they can use to overtake, yet they have kept their relatively high wing levels, which feels a bit odd.

And are all the cars really nowhere near the rev limiter? That's a mistake. This is the highest speed track of the year, the entire set of fixed 8 ratios would be based around an 8th gear that juuuuust tops out under DRS at Monza. If there's headroom left then they have been too conservative with their gears.

I thought they were all running well below the stipulated rev limits just because that's how the engines worked optimally. So in theory they would be geared to hit their theoretical peaks at Monza but that isn't necessarily at the regulation rev limit still...

Edit - a quick read around suggests it's something to do with not making any more power past 12k or so due to fuel flow limits

 

[Merlin5]

Is this F1 or the poor man's Top Gear

 

[Kamerad]

The two Mercedes will take each other out and Alonso will win the race

 

[Skeeter]

I thought they were all running well below the stipulated rev limits just because that's how the engines worked optimally. So in theory they would be geared to hit their theoretical peaks at Monza but that isn't necessarily at the regulation rev limit still...

Edit - a quick read around suggests it's something to do with not making any more power past 12k or so due to fuel flow limits

Yeah twigged that later when Ant mentioned it, so I retract my previous comment .

I have the upmost respect for that helicopter pilot. At Spa he drops below the tree line to get views of the fans. And the corners he pulls are amazing. Such skills.

 

[Guerrilla]

Not loving this 'gridwalk'

 

[Merlin5]

Eddy loves the sound of his own voice too much instead of pushing in and getting the interviews.

 

[mmj_uk]

Eddie Jordan's grid walks are so cringeworthy.

 

[PinkFloyd]

Headed here to say "what a rubbish grid walk" only to find I've been beaten by a mile!

 

[Muban]

I didn't think anyone could do a worse grid walk than Johnny Herbert and Damon Hill, I was wrong!

 

[Merlin5]

In eddys ear from BBC: "very nice monologues eddie but please stfu and move faster"

 

[maun]

He needs to stop grid walks, bloody awful!

 

[el_dazza]

Lets have a Williams win

 

[smr]

Gday brilliant build up show and grid walk on sky today. Class!

Great news for Button looks like he is signing for mclaren next year.

Bottas signed for williams. Alonso staying at ferrari. Hamilton wont leave merc so only vettel left and he wont leave red bull.

 

[mmj_uk]

New game guys, guess how many cars will make no attempt to make and just bomb over the chicane at the first corner?

I'll go with 5.

 

[Vertigo]

Haha, love Symonds walking away from Eddie as he continues rambling on

 

[el_dazza]

New game guys, guess how many cars will make no attempt to make and just bomb over the chicane at the first corner?

I'll go with 5.

Was just saying to the missus the same thing

4.

 

[Skeeter]

Oopse. Someone from Mercedes just wasted £200k!

 

[Jonnycoupe]

Wow I rarely watch F1 recently... It's like it's eddies first grid walk. Cringe.

 

[Vertigo]

Might want to actually clip that iPad into its case Allan before it falls out