F1 off season chat 2013-14

[Lazarus]

Excellent - damp/wet Monaco Qualifying.

Unipart on standby ....................

 

[Lazarus]

This first phase is like doing a Conga. Dreary, though but.

 

[Analoguesat]

I rather enjoyed todays mayhem.

here the start of the GP2 race which turned into mayhem at the first corner

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfRRlg8vgRc

 

[Lazarus]

Canadian Grand Prix Timetable:

All times BST

And covered FTA by the BBC (More or less!)

Friday (Today!)

FP1 15.00 (Beware, BBC has truncated coverage from 15.45)
FP2 19.00

Saturday

FP3 15.00
Qualifying 18.00

Sunday

Race 19.00

 

[rolfw]

Crumbs, it's a Burnin' Rubber front row lockout.

 

[Agorima]

FP1 15.00 (Beware, BBC has truncated coverage from 15.45)

It's strange to read this, especially from the BBC.
Rai Sport 1 showed the FP1 entirely.

By the way, yesterday Bottas did a great perfomance

 

[Topper]

Courtesy Paddock Talk

http://paddocktalk.com/news/html/story-226188.html


Renault on Friday revealed a sneak-preview of the sound of its 2014 engine.
There have been fears the noise produced by next year's turbo V6s will be a mere shadow of the current normally-aspirated V8s.
"Overall," admitted the French marque's engine boss Rob White, "the sound pressure level (volume) is lower and the nature of the sound reflects the new architecture.
"Fundamentally the engine noise will still be loud. It will wake you from sleep, and circuit neighbours will still complain," he said.
White admitted some people will miss the screaming tones of today, "but the sound of the new generation power units is just different".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MPearYsHwY

 

[Lazarus]

Ah, Moulinex.

 

[Topper]

Bex Bissell monsieur

 

[woborny]

Merc and Pirelli got a "slap on the wrists" for their in season testing...with Merc stopped from taking part in the young drivers test after Silverstone.

 

[Analoguesat]

That new engine is a bit weedy isnt it?

 

[Lazarus]

Interesting to not that Horner (OBE) turned up at the Hearing ................. perhaps he was familiarising himself with the Process in anticipation of any nefarious "interpretations" of design parameters come to light?

 

[woborny]

Just remembered that it is Le Mans 24 hours this weekend - coverage on eurosport....

Hopefully Ant Davidson does not do what he did last year....which put him out of action for a few weeks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8jJB6viADM

or mcnish two years ago - which was probably more scary for the press with all the debris

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW3NDGk6YQE

 

[Topper]

Allan Simonsen the Danish driver has died in hospital after a crash on lap 3 of this year's Le Mans

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/le-mans-24-hours-safety-car-leads-le-153901940.html

 

[woborny]

Always sad.

On board footage from the car behind shows he lost control on the corner, going over the rumble strips and heading off course at speed - the footage does not show the crash itself, just moments before.

 

[woborny]

Rain with less than 75 minutes to go causing havoc in le mans!

 

[woborny]

Webber is leaving F1 at the end of this season...

 

[sonnetpete]

Yes, saw that on the BBC this morning, to drive for Porsche in sports cars...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/23074108

Shame as I'll have to think of another strategy for Fantasy League next season LOL.....What odds on Riccardio replacing him?...Can't see Vettle being ok with someone like Raikonnen or Di Resta....

 

[Agorima]

Yes, saw that on the BBC this morning, to drive for Porsche in sports cars...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/23074108

Shame as I'll have to think of another strategy for Fantasy League next season LOL.....What odds on Riccardio replacing him?...Can't see Vettle being ok with someone like Raikonnen or Di Resta....

Otherwise Vettel would say again "Get him out of the way!"

 

[Lazarus]

@British GP: This is dangerous - somebody is going to get hurt.


Edit: Charlie agrees ................. Safety Car.