2013 Formula 1 Santander British Grand Prix

Schumifan · PostPosted: Sat Jun 29, 2013 6:41 pm

Bringing hard tyres to Silverstone is fair enough, but they've already announced that they're taking mediums and hards to Hungary (as opposed to softs and mediums last year). I can understand Lotus and Ferrari's frustation, but at the end of the day that's just the way the current system is. If Pirelli are going to be criticised by pretty much everyone in F1 after every race (despite teams/drivers originally saying that they wouldn't criticise Pirelli), can you really blame them?

There's so many flaws in the way things are run at the moment that this shit is always going to come up.

ellis · PostPosted: Sat Jun 29, 2013 6:50 pm

Schumifan wrote:

There's so many flaws in the way things are run at the moment that this shit is always going to come up.

And not only that, no matter who is unhappy, it ALWAYS gets blamed on Pirelli.

phil1993 · PostPosted: Sat Jun 29, 2013 6:54 pm

ellis wrote:

Paul di Restas car has been found to be 1.5Kg underweight. Good job Force India. That's not even fucking close.

Perhaps curry was on the lunch menu...

MaTT · PostPosted: Sat Jun 29, 2013 7:08 pm

Best solution would be to bring sets of all compounds (perhaps two of each per car) and just let the teams decided what the heck they want to do by themselves like it was about two decades ago. Interesting mix of strategies ahoy.

Good day at the track yesterday. Bit damp but no traffic issues at all. Lots of cheers for Button, Lewis, Webber and the Ferraris as they went round.

Oh, and I saw a Paul di Resta fan! He looked a bit lonely.

NVirkkula · PostPosted: Sat Jun 29, 2013 7:08 pm

I feel sorry for di Resta, he had a good run and would have been strong in the race. On the other hand, this makes the grid even more interesting for tomorrow's race. He probably can't make his way back to the top10, but he'll sure going to climb up the field.

kals · PostPosted: Sat Jun 29, 2013 7:43 pm

MaTT wrote:

Oh, and I saw a Paul di Resta fan! He looked a bit lonely.

Are you sure you weren't just looking at Paul di Resta?

ellis · PostPosted: Sat Jun 29, 2013 7:50 pm

That fan has now killed himself due to Force India's incompetence.

kals · PostPosted: Sat Jun 29, 2013 8:00 pm

Probably tied a 1.5kgs to his feet and jumped in the nearest lake.

MaTT · PostPosted: Sat Jun 29, 2013 8:04 pm

Shame really as he did put in a cracking lap - Autosport reporting that the car was 0.5 underweight, not 1.5.

To lighten the mood, here's a fun Paul di Resta fact: one day he sent back some pasta at the Force India factory to the kitchen because, apparently, the cheese had been 'grated the wrong way'.

I wish I was making that up.

ellis · PostPosted: Sat Jun 29, 2013 8:36 pm

Knowing FI they probably grated it with a knife made of asbestos.

webbsy · PostPosted: Sun Jun 30, 2013 2:35 am

StefMeister wrote:

An easy solution to the teams bitching about what tyre compounds Pirelli opt to take to each race is to allow each team to select which 2 compounds they want to run at each race 2-3 weeks before each race.

If Ferrari think the Soft/Medium are right for Silverstone they could run them, If Mercedes want to run Medium/Hard's let them run them.

Would end bitching about Pirelli's choices benefiting some teams over others, Would also then be 100% the teams fault if they went with the Super-Soft at an abrasive track like Barcelona & ended up making 4-5 stops while someone on Hard's could do 1-2.

Having said all that I'd still rather the rules & restrictions about what compounds are available & what teams have to run be removed, Giving teams/driver full freedom over what tyres they run & what strategy they decide to run, Like the good old days before refueling screwed everything up

Just go 'old school' and have the teams use what ever compounds they want on the car. Super Soft on front and Medium on back. Would be a logistical and development nightmare for Pirelli, but they would have to weigh that against all the negative publicity they are receiving. Might not be a bad idea. It would sort the wheat from the chaff that's for sure and eliminate bitching.

RtN · PostPosted: Sun Jun 30, 2013 2:42 am

Even easier (and much cheaper) would be to walk away and leave the sport drowning in its own shit.

Pierrot · PostPosted: Sun Jun 30, 2013 11:15 am

Hi guys,
Will there be any stream for the race and grid walk ?

Bleu · PostPosted: Sun Jun 30, 2013 11:54 am

Williams screwed up setup work for Bottas. It was asked to raise the ride height at the rear, instead they lowered it...by a centimetre.

Schumifan · PostPosted: Sun Jun 30, 2013 12:12 pm

HMMM

WHERE HAVE I SEEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS BBC INTRO BEFORE

Jason · PostPosted: Sun Jun 30, 2013 12:22 pm

Good double strength smoke that.

Jason · PostPosted: Sun Jun 30, 2013 12:36 pm

They didn't show DC being sick

I know from my super elite top secret military mega sources that DC filled a sick bag.

Brooney · PostPosted: Sun Jun 30, 2013 12:41 pm

Missed most of the weekend.

But when did Alonso turn into Pablo Escobar?

viXious · PostPosted: Sun Jun 30, 2013 12:41 pm

Pierrot wrote:

Hi guys,
Will there be any stream for the race and grid walk ?

A bit late, but www.watchF1forfree.com

Pierrot · PostPosted: Sun Jun 30, 2013 12:44 pm

Cool, thanks ! :thumbsup:

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