flipdewaf From United Kingdom, joined Jul 2006, 1525 posts, RR: 1 Posted (10 months 3 weeks 12 hours ago) and read 1682 times:
Madame doesn't seem to have started one of these yet and I'm sure will get all the required info as soon as she gets here but untill then you'll have to stick with my info.
Circuit: Silverstone
Direction: Round and round
Corners: about 15?
Conditions: looks exciting in FP1
FP1 results: Grosjean went fastest ~25 seconds slower than normal pace.
Assessment so far:
WET WET WET! This means exciting.
MadameConcorde please come and update with the proper information.
GrahamHill From France, joined Mar 2007, 2515 posts, RR: 2 Reply 3, posted (10 months 3 weeks 9 hours ago) and read 1638 times:
Quoting larshjort (Reply 2): Is anything happening on the track?
Apparently, not a lot has happened today. There was even a period of 30 minutes with no car on track, just because teams had to save wet and intermediate tyres for Saturday and Sunday. How nice for the spectators who paid their Friday ticket for almost nothing....
I think it is time to revise that rule.
"A learned fool is more foolish than an ignorant one" - Moliere
larshjort From Denmark, joined Dec 2007, 1216 posts, RR: 0 Reply 4, posted (10 months 3 weeks 9 hours ago) and read 1633 times:
Quoting GrahamHill (Reply 3):
Apparently, not a lot has happened today. There was even a period of 30 minutes with no car on track, just because teams had to save wet and intermediate tyres for Saturday and Sunday. How nice for the spectators who paid their Friday ticket for almost nothing....
I think it is time to revise that rule.
The commentators said that Pirelli could get extra wet and intermidiate tires without problem if the teams agreed to that.
I agree the rules need to be revised, it need to be X amount of tires for qualification and race, and free tires for use in practise.
CXB77L From Australia, joined Feb 2009, 2186 posts, RR: 4 Reply 5, posted (10 months 2 weeks 6 days 10 hours ago) and read 1534 times:
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Where are all the F1 regulars on a.net?
Anyway, rather interesting qualifying session, albeit interrupted by the red flag. I was rather disappointed that these days, sessions seem to stop because of a bit of rain. Martin mentioned during the Sky coverage that there used to be a "monsoon" tyre a few years back. If so, let's bring it back.
Anyway, qualifying results:
Pos Driver Team Time Gap
1. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m51.746s
2. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m51.793s + 0.047
3. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1m52.020s + 0.274
4. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m52.199s + 0.453
5. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m53.065s + 1.319
6. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault 1m53.290s + 1.544
7. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1m53.539s + 1.793
8. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m53.543s + 1.797
9. Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1m54.382s + 2.636
10. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault no time
Q2 cut-off time: 1m56.931s Gap **
11. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m57.009s + 2.112
12. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1m57.071s + 2.174
13. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m57.108s + 2.211
14. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m57.132s + 2.235
15. Bruno Senna Williams-Renault 1m57.426s + 2.529
16. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m57.719s + 2.822
17. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1m57.895s + 2.998
Q1 cut-off time: 1m47.105s Gap *
18. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m48.044s + 1.765
19. Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 1m49.027s + 2.748
20. Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 1m49.477s + 3.198
21. Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 1m51.618s + 5.339
22. Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 1m52.742s + 6.463
23. Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 1m53.040s + 6.761
24. Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 1m54.143s + 7.864
QFA380 From Australia, joined Jul 2005, 2029 posts, RR: 1 Reply 10, posted (10 months 2 weeks 5 days 11 hours ago) and read 1409 times:
Incredible drive by Webber, fantastic overtaking move. Alonso still has a good few points on him in the championship though. Could be good if he moves to Ferrari next year.
CXB77L From Australia, joined Feb 2009, 2186 posts, RR: 4 Reply 12, posted (10 months 2 weeks 5 days 9 hours ago) and read 1379 times:
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Quoting MIAspotter (Reply 11): Maldonado... WTF? he needs to cool off a bit with the risky overtakes.
Yeah. I'm really annoyed that he has cost Williams some valuable points, twice in as many races. Personally, I don't think Williams should've ever signed Maldonado, but that's another story. I hope Williams will replace him with someone that can actually drive, e.g. Hulkenberg ...
Fantastic drive from Webber to bring home the victory, and I thought Vettel drove very well too.
Bill142 From Australia, joined Aug 2004, 8320 posts, RR: 9 Reply 14, posted (10 months 1 week 4 days 16 hours ago) and read 1055 times:
Quoting sudden (Reply 13):
Yeah, but he is a rising star who will be driving for one of the top teams one day. And that stunt secured his future with Ferrari, naturally.
Clearly the pit crew got in his way. Duh! Didn't you see that front wheel guy jump out and shout surprise? And he's risen so far so fast that he's still with the same team! If only here were backed by dirty North Korean petrol money. He'd have had that Ferrari drive years ago.
sudden From Sweden, joined Jul 2001, 4127 posts, RR: 6 Reply 15, posted (10 months 1 week 4 days 16 hours ago) and read 1052 times:
Quoting Bill142 (Reply 14): Clearly the pit crew got in his way. Duh! Didn't you see that front wheel guy jump out and shout surprise?
I am really really sorry! What was I thinking, if at all.
I mean, a star like him could for sure not be making a mistake and come in too fast and simply screw up his breaking point.
Maybe he just wanted to show off and let the top teams know that he can do stuff.
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