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chrcoluk

Why was the virtual safety car changed to a safety car? a virtual safety car should have been fine as it bans overtaking and forces driving to delta's the idea been it protects gaps built up and has faster restarts. I think the cars must have been too spread out for the recovery crew to get Verstap...

chrcoluk

I was very angry earlier and have now calmed down a bit. I have issues with the following. Why was the virtual safety car changed to a safety car? a virtual safety car should have been fine as it bans overtaking and forces driving to delta's the idea been it protects gaps built up and has faster res...

chrcoluk

all they need to do is this.

half points for quali
reverse grid
no FP before race, only FP after race.
remove beeps for changing gear
remove delta times
bring all 4 compounds to each race
no SC or red flag in wet tire conditions
bring back refueling and race fuel in Q3

chrcoluk

I totally agree with the OP. I think it's obvious to anyone with at least one cynical bone in their body. F1 has been heading in this direction for years though (Red Bull hid their full dominance in 2011, though it was never in the same league as that enjoyed by Merc). What's worse is the complexit...

chrcoluk

I dont recall brundle saying it tho, anyone got a video clip?

chrcoluk

this guy is the real deal, reminds me of lewis in his first few years.

chrcoluk

refueling was definitely better, especially as it added more tactics to Q3.

they never should have ditched it.

chrcoluk

ironically they claim softer tires have better racing but both rosberg and vettel said the tires were too weak to close up and try to overtake. so harder tires do give better racing. Whilst I think merc's tire issue never went away, I am not convinced pirelli have softened them again this year, I th...

chrcoluk

to be fair lewis overtook rosberg multiple times last year in the same machinery.

rosberg is just crying.

chrcoluk

since FRIC ban merc have lost pace, and in hungary they seemed to struggle against red bull pace as well. I think the gap is already much closer and I be surprised if its over 0.5s come the last race. So given lewis's reliability ricciardo may well finish 2nd, but I Cannot see him managing to beat b...

chrcoluk

Short answer is: Mercedes Domination. People want a close fight between several drivers AND several teams. They do not want to see a couple of cars get away from the rest. Also yes, maybe the sound change played some part on it, but I dont think its that important. I mean if that would be the case,...

chrcoluk

where is the loss of viewers? uk obviously with paytv move. germany due to vettell success stemmed? everywhere due to artifical tinkering of rules etc? sky now are going on about how they want a close race, why? Most british watching sky wont want the teams close they will want a easy win for hamilt...

chrcoluk

tv just suggest 1.9s loss for merc without FRIC compared to previous races.

chrcoluk

what is the evidence of saying FRIC wont make much difference, noone here has a clue of the affect of it, just guessing.

But its logical to assume the FIA wouldnt go to the trouble of banning a device that only gives 1 tenth lap time.

chrcoluk

they did in race when pushing.

chrcoluk

what was mercs times vs rest of field in silverstone FP2?

looks to me the 2sec advantage is lost.
(race pace not fastest lap)

chrcoluk

What was stopping them stating its allowed now but not in 2015? Take this quote. Although the timing of the FIA intervention - mid-season - has been viewed as strange, announcing the plan any later would have compromised work that teams are already doing on their 2015 design. Teams will not want to ...

chrcoluk

my impression is that the ferrari is just hard to drive. back when kimi and massa were in it, they were both having spin out issues particurly in the rain. massa continued to struggle after alonso joined. alonso seems to hold it together but onboards show constant corrections. he seems to be perform...

chrcoluk

these times dont bode well for any team tbh. F1 test this week http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2014/7/16071.html Silverstone Qualification Times http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2014/924/7364/ high fuel use or not it shows they might not have the pace Testing is a completely different ...

chrcoluk

If it is Horner and Red Bull, they have every right, considering some of the stuff that was suddenly changed in an attempt to slow them down. However, it does look like they've searched too far to find... not a lot. If they do get this through and ban it, that's crazy. Like Bernie's sprinklers craz...

chrcoluk

sky first did it split screen was great. shows the tech is there for split screen.

chrcoluk

None of us want tyres that'll last race distances though right? please stop pretending you talking for everyone because you not. eg. There is claims races were processional, titles were predictable etc. ,before pirelli, yet 2008 was a great season, 2007 as well. There is claims its more entertainin...

chrcoluk

I have no doubt Hamilton is a better driver than Button. Jenson produces far too many excuses for his poor performances for my liking. Funny how his inferior driving and "poor perfomances" brought him more points than Lewis... To come to that conclusion one has to combine their three seasons togeth...

chrcoluk

-Mercedes screwed their partner Mclaren by taking Hamilton & Lowe (unhappy backstabbing can be hinted!!) -Mclaren bided their time and now have repaid Mercedes with a kick up their balls.... they get Honda as Works, while happily playing around with the 'Merc engines' for a whole season in 2014. Mc...

chrcoluk

Kevin McDonald wrote:Does anyone not realise that it was meant as humour when he said: "It was my call, I am claiming that one".

I bet if Hamilton said the same most would be praising him to high heavens by now...

its clear hes not a good team player, at least in public.

what has hamilton and if's got to do with it?

chrcoluk

I fixed that to be slightly more accurate for you since we have no proof Hamilton is the best driver on the grid. As for the MP4-24, in it's B spec it was not a bad car. It was a really quite good car actually. McLaren would never have won a race with the car the way it was pre Germany, Hamilton wo...

chrcoluk

Hamilton might be the best so wouldn't be surprised if he did manage to get pole with McLaren. I fixed that to be slightly more accurate for you since we have no proof Hamilton is the best driver on the grid. As for the MP4-24, in it's B spec it was not a bad car. It was a really quite good car act...

chrcoluk

Hamilton would probably have qualified better than Jenson or Perez have. He may even have made Q3 every race if he'd stayed at McLaren but poles and wins are asking for too much. The MP4-28 simply isn't as competitive as the RBR, Merc, Ferrari or Lotus. That's a lot of cars to think that Hamilton c...

chrcoluk

Hamilton might be the best so wouldn't be surprised if he did manage to get pole with McLaren. I fixed that to be slightly more accurate for you since we have no proof Hamilton is the best driver on the grid. As for the MP4-24, in it's B spec it was not a bad car. It was a really quite good car act...

chrcoluk

william hill wouldnt take my bet on it, make of that what you will.

chrcoluk

1 - give points for quali, the points are voided if dont do a timed lap thats within 105% of pole.
12,10,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 points for Q3 from 1st to 10th.
2 - extra set of tryes available for Q3 seperate from race allocation.
3 - Bring back refueling so we add fuel load to variance.

chrcoluk

well since merc have no pace here, tryes useless in hot weather is a get out of jail card for nico as I think lewis be finishing behind lotus, alonso and vettel anyway.

chrcoluk

Adaemus wrote:Can't be too angry at Nico, but he could have made it a little easier, this is costing the team a result.

could have made it a lot easier.

1.38.4 lewis last lap
1.41.7 rosberg.

x by number of laps held up.

rosberg lost 7+ seconds easy for lewis.

chrcoluk

rosberg needs a disciplanary, lewis pullign away fast without his team mate holding him up and he thought less hard against kimi. what a mupper.

chrcoluk

rosberg won the race for vettel.

chrcoluk

neek wrote:Merc's have no answer for the redbulls today

especially when his teammate costinh im nearly sec a lap and no team order.

brawn failure here.

chrcoluk

what merc doing rosberg needs to let lewis by.

chrcoluk

I was going to start a thread what will break for lewis today, seems set for brake failure

chrcoluk

I think they done the right move. All year we have seen how the tryes are so important and new softs vs used hards end of race its not even proper overtaking as its so easy. Also if there is a safety car which bunches the field up then alonso eg. could be 5 or so secs behind leader with much better ...

chrcoluk

I agree that it would be closer to fair if all teams (other than Merc) were given FIA permission to use their current drivers to 'test' the Pirelli tyres. Hopefully it would benefit Pirelli enormously to get such a large amount of testing data, and it would help even the field for the other teams i...

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