Motorsport Off Topic Thread

Shimmy · 20 Mar 2013 at 21:17

utajoker said:
Am imagining it or did i read a story on eurosport earlier that Bernie claims Hamilton was willing to take a year out of f1 rather than re sign for mclaren?

No I briefly glanced at that too on twitter recently, link was to the Sun. So I didn't bother opening it

I'll see if I can find it for a nosey.

Edit: found it http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepag...wis-Hamilton-was-ready-to-quit-Formula-1.html Doesn't really reveal anything.

Shimmy · 21 Mar 2013 at 17:34

Rear mounted view of those 458 Hot laps with Alonso and Massa

Shimmy · 24 Mar 2013 at 13:48

Mad_Jay said:
Bit of a Deja Vu moment for Kubica.

Onboard:
http://www.fiaerc.com/videogallery/detail/id_event/3/id/76/t/ERC-CANARIAS-

Glad he's ok, he was thrashing everyone.

Shimmy · 3 Apr 2013 at 09:49

No chance.

Shimmy · 3 Apr 2013 at 22:49

Rumours that Toyota will return under their Lexus brand come 2015.

Shimmy · 4 Apr 2013 at 10:07

tummelv said:
Any more on this?

Westyfield2 said:
Saw that posted on Club Lexus forums earlier this week... on April 1st .

Can't find where I read it now, was an obscure site I'd not heard of before so I didn't post a link at the time. Wouldn't surprise me if it stemmed from the April fools!

Going OT here, compilation of Di Resta's moods/expressions:
http://imgur.com/a/7wIXy

Shimmy · 4 Apr 2013 at 10:46

New Sauber cutaway series.

Shimmy · 18 Apr 2013 at 20:32

McLaren updates for Spain: FW, RW, sidepods, deflectors, exhaust, floor, engine cover. Nose stays high & they keep pullrod-front. So basically everything

McLaren's updates for China weren't tested in the wind tunnel, but the Barcelona bits will be thoroughly tested.

Shimmy · 18 Apr 2013 at 20:50

auto motor und sport, proven reliable in the past.

Shimmy · 25 Apr 2013 at 14:38

FIA sticking with current telemetry supplier Riedel, not returning to EM.
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/107049

Shimmy · 28 Apr 2013 at 09:15

Kubica confirms he was in the Mercedes F1 simulator recently.
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/107081#F1

Shimmy · 28 Apr 2013 at 19:39

Vettel and Helmut Marko double dating.

Shimmy · 29 Apr 2013 at 22:55

McLaren GT3 Paul Ricard Onboard

Shimmy · 10 May 2013 at 08:41

Murmurings that Kimi's move to RBR might be done already.

Shimmy · 21 May 2013 at 15:14

Check this gem out.

Colour video of Fangio onboard at Monaco.

No seatbelt, t-shirt and a leather helmet. Nails.

Shimmy · 21 May 2013 at 17:00

Shimmy · 22 May 2013 at 15:54

Shimmy · 29 May 2013 at 09:20

Really interesting article from Adam Cooper here on swapping the rear Pirelli tyres during this season.
http://adamcooperf1.com/2013/05/28/...eal-change-will-handicap-tyre-swapping-teams/

Seems some teams found out as early as winter testing that swapping the rear left and right tyres gave a performance advantage. Mercedes only tried this for the first time in Monaco.

Pirelli are set to bring in the new kevlar belted spec tyres in Montreal which will make this practice futile. Could see a change of fortunes at the next race, which will make the Mercedes test even more controversial.

Edit: photo evidence.

And an update. https://twitter.com/adamcooperf1/status/339660473811230720

Shimmy · 29 May 2013 at 10:09

Mr Men said:
Hmmm I wonder if this swapping tyres could also be to blame for the failures?

Certainly possible.

Some further speculation that some teams have been experimenting swapping of tyres in previous seasons. But it's very hard to spot as many teams haven't marked their tyres like Mercedes have.

Shimmy · 29 May 2013 at 10:31

Nismo said:
Can someone explain the swapping of tyres to me? Do they wear in a different way to normal because of the opposite rotation, and therefore degrade less, or is it just purely for more grip?

I haven't seen any in depth analysis, just noted as 'performance' improvement.

Seems it's been practiced for a while, some reports of people experimenting this technique with Bridgestone tyres.

Update on Pirelli tyres for Montreal, new spec tyres will be used in FP only.