F1 off season chat 2013-14

[sonnetpete]

The cameraman has a broken shoulder and cracked ribs but should be ok.......Apparently Eddie Jordan and Bernie Ecclestone were going to visit him in hospital but his consultant thought he was in enough pain already....

 

[Topper]

F1 is reacting quickly to the incident on Sunday that could have cost a television cameraman his life in the Nurburgring pitlane.
As it happens, the British cameraman for Bernie Ecclestone's company FOM, who was struck at high speed by the bouncing wheel of Mark Webber's Red Bull, is doing well.


http://paddocktalk.com/news/html/story-228065.html

 

[woborny]

Kamui Kobayashi crashes a Ferrari F1 at a demo in Moscow...

He was driving the team's 2009 F60 F1 car when he lost control on the wet surface hit barriers nearly head on.
But that did not end Kobayashi's participation in the day as Ferrari had brought a second car and was able to resume running within 20 minutes

 

[Lazarus]

Ah, "doing a Massa".

 

[Analoguesat]

Theres a new safety rule - if a wheel comes off you get a 10 place grid penalty

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/23454803

If such an incident happens in practice or qualifying, a grid penalty will be applied at that race. If it occurs during a race, the penalty will be applied at the following grand prix.

 

[Lazarus]

My old Triumph Spitfire would have never left the garage!

 

[Topper]

Well after a disasterous qualifying for me I am certain to lose the 'top spot' by tomorrow evening, i could not have chosen worse if I had tried

 

[Lazarus]

I was trying to bail out of all things Mercedes after FP 1 & 2, but had forgotten I'd already made changes straight after the last Race >> noticed just in time to avoid Penalty Points and fairly happy with the outcome.

Oh, and I've all but seen off the curse of the Option Tyre.

 

[Lazarus]

Superb race so far - really good entertainment and some excellent moves.

The last few Laps are going to be very telling.

 

[Topper]

Scraped it again thanks to a gutsy drive from Mark Webber and yes I can see storming Norman in my mirrors who gained an exceptional 121 points today well done

 

[Analoguesat]

Great stuff from start to finish. Shame about Grosjeans drive thru because that was a real daredevil overtake.

4 weeks till the next race as the season is on its summer break

 

[rolfw]

Great shame I believed what Hamilton said about his chances, don't know why I did, but cost me dearly.

 

[Agorima]

The summer break is almost ended, for our joy
In this weekend there is the most beautiful track of the championship

 

[Lazarus]

I had no idea Fuji had been added to the list!

 

[Agorima]

I had no idea Fuji had been added to the list!

It's not Fuji, it's Spa-Francorchamps

 

[Lazarus]

.......... errm, yes, I know!

 

[Analoguesat]

15 years since the biggest pile up in F1 history

 

[Agorima]

15 years since the biggest pile up in F1 history

I was ten when I viewed the biggest crash ever!
And the main commentator said, just before the crash, "everything is regular up to this moment"

 

[Lazarus]

Selfish moronic "Protesters" about to attempt to interfere with Race Start.

Let's hope they get run over!

 

[Lazarus]

Yaaaaaaaaawn.