Spanish Grand Prix 2012, Catalunya - Race 5/20

Jono8 said:
Do you know the reasoning for this?
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Maybe because the end of the race is the absolute last action of the GP weekend, whereas on Saturday there's still the race to compete in.. just a half-arsed guess :p

FAO Glaucus, regarding the pole bet:

Qualifying Betting

Markets on the qualifying performance will be settled according to the positions and times set during the final qualifying session. For the purposes of the Qualifying markets, any subsequent adjustments of grid positions shall be ignored.
 
A) there's no real way to tell race fuel levels
b) not all cars complete the same distance
C) we have had races with just enough cars left to fill points and broken cars coming back out the garage to try and get a few points.
 
Shimmy said:
Steady on, he's 2nd in the WDC by 4 pts isn't he?

That was his 3rd pole of the season and by nearly 6 tenths too at what is recognised as the first real benchmark circuit.
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True but i think now with him starting at the back, the chances of him gaining any points will be nil.

Meh i hope McLaren do something soon becauseif they dont, id recommend Hamilton moving to another team. Literally every single race this season they have messed up in some shape or form.
 
Jono8 said:
Do you know the reasoning for this?
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The actual reason, or the FIA reason?

The FIA reason is something about ensuring no changes are made to the car between quali and the race.

The actual reason is that if all 10 cars stopped dotted about the track the resulting time taken to recover them all would cause a massive delay in the post race press and any following track action.

But regardless, the rules are the rules, McLaren broke them.
 
Skeeter said:
The difference is the bit about needing to return to the pits under your own power. In qualifying you do, in the race you don't. Hamilton failed to and the reason for not making it back was not sufficient.
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aaahhh ok fair enough (apologies to the earlier poster who I disagreed with)


Still think its incredibly harsh to put him right at the back mind - even a 5 place grid drop would have been bad enough


I think Autosport said there is an average of 14 cars finishing this race, so if he can stay on the track LH still has a chance of getting some points
 
This puts Lotus 3rd and 4th on the grid. Surely they must be looking to win this now that Lewis is out of the way and the cars ahead are, at least in previous races, inferior...
 
Didnt JB state that Lewis had MORE sets of fresh tyres than most others? (I missed the end of quali so Im not sure) :confused:


Lucky for Alonso, starting on 1st row of the grid on his home race, even with the terrible ferrari he should get a decent amount of points

hmmm also means JB doesnt have a choice of tyres - surely he starts from 10th so wont get a choice? (and wrong /dirty side of the track too, two distinct disadvantages)
 
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DAnDan said:
Well Lewis will either go into stroppy give up mode, or we'll see him on a rage through the field.

I know which my money is on!
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Hoping for Hammy rage, where he just takes every one and leaves only himself to take the honours:p:D
 
Panzerbjorn said:
I'm hope Hamilton can fight his way into the points tomorrow — stripping his Q3 time would have been fair, starting from the back is ridiculous!
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Have to agree, start him as if he never ran in Q3, so ahead of Kobayashi I think it'd be... He would also have the disadvantage of using tyres for no benefit.

But that would be far too sensible a ruling :p
 
Pretty severe penalty. Championship wise lets hope for another winner out of Maldanado, Kimi and Grosjean. If Vettel comes through to win it will rub the salt in the wounds of McLaren even more.
 
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