Kimi missed today's press conference due flu. What a timing for that, with him being the most talked about driver of the summer break.
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| Author: | NVirkkula [ Thu Aug 22, 2013 4:50 pm ] |
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Kimi missed today's press conference due flu. What a timing for that, with him being the most talked about driver of the summer break.
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| Author: | Tobias [ Thu Aug 22, 2013 4:54 pm ] |
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ryan86 wrote: I'm sure I've read a story about a sports car race in Spa where one driver when passing to the other mentioned to the other to watch out for pieces of body out the back. The other driver went out expecting to find the remains of a crashed car, but instead it was the remains of a marshal. May be an urban myth. that's amazingly horrendous 
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| Author: | StefMeister [ Thu Aug 22, 2013 5:09 pm ] |
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Drainage grooves have been cut across the track on the starting grid, But only for the 1st 11 grid places. Drivers have requested they be allowed to do practice starts at the end of the practice sessions. http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2013/08/22/d ... d-grooves/ |
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| Author: | phil1993 [ Thu Aug 22, 2013 5:38 pm ] |
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I asked Perez about that & he said he had no idea about it. I guess it'll come up in the drivers' briefing. It's quite a substantial groove so I expect it'll be talked about. |
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| Author: | kals [ Thu Aug 22, 2013 5:42 pm ] |
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Maybe I'm way off, but surely those grooves could affect tyre wear for drivers starting in positions 1-11? For drivers who spin up the rear wheels off the start (which will be the majority) the edges of the grooves could increase the wear rate. I could be wrong however. |
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| Author: | ryan86 [ Thu Aug 22, 2013 6:38 pm ] |
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If it's damp, they may be an advantage. |
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| Author: | Artur Craft [ Thu Aug 22, 2013 8:47 pm ] |
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Quote: William Brierty (@william-brierty) said on 22nd August 2013, 18:51 I’ve just been on the grid in question and I can certainly see what drivers are talking about. The disparity in surface type is immediately apparent, and although there is less tyre in contact with the track, I can confirm, via the industry standard “trainer test” that the is more grip on the grooved surface. The surface is difficult to describe, but it lacks the shiny lesin sheen of the rest of the track and is visibly greyer and presumably grippier. No wonder Vettel wasn’t worried… phil, after reading this comment, on the link Stef posted, I wonder if you have the means to photograph it so we can have an idea Also, if you could do it, maybe it will give quite some visitors to f1zone if you post it on places like autosport forum and etc |
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| Author: | codename_47 [ Thu Aug 22, 2013 9:01 pm ] |
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Dr Hartstien was just on 5Live saying the FIA have invested a heavy amount of resources into making sure the cars will not be launched into the air next year during crashes like we had at Spa last year... He seemed to indicate the majority of the work has been done on the noses of the car for the 2014 regulations.... Not quite sure why they'd go for the noses when it's wheel to wheel contact that launches more than anything, but they're much cleverer men than I, so hopefully there'll be a feature or article on this in the future to explain the changes... |
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| Author: | Stoegi [ Thu Aug 22, 2013 9:15 pm ] |
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IMO nose to wheel contact has created much more horrible airborne crashes than wheel to wheel contact. |
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| Author: | J.Morelli [ Thu Aug 22, 2013 11:57 pm ] |
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So, finally F1 back to a RACING TRACK |
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| Author: | phil1993 [ Fri Aug 23, 2013 4:35 am ] |
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Artur Craft wrote: Quote: William Brierty (@william-brierty) said on 22nd August 2013, 18:51 I’ve just been on the grid in question and I can certainly see what drivers are talking about. The disparity in surface type is immediately apparent, and although there is less tyre in contact with the track, I can confirm, via the industry standard “trainer test” that the is more grip on the grooved surface. The surface is difficult to describe, but it lacks the shiny lesin sheen of the rest of the track and is visibly greyer and presumably grippier. No wonder Vettel wasn’t worried… phil, after reading this comment, on the link Stef posted, I wonder if you have the means to photograph it so we can have an idea Also, if you could do it, maybe it will give quite some visitors to f1zone if you post it on places like autosport forum and etc Already did - walked a long way just for it! http://t.co/nk0tRSfyby That's with me looking straight down, so the grooves are sort of at an angle to the grid slots. |
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| Author: | Fabs [ Fri Aug 23, 2013 6:57 am ] |
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100% chance of rain on Saturday, the question is when and how much. Sunday is still uncertain |
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| Author: | phil1993 [ Fri Aug 23, 2013 7:51 am ] |
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It's raining now. |
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| Author: | JJ [ Fri Aug 23, 2013 8:15 am ] |
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It shouldn't rain today at all? Fabs wrote: 100% chance of rain on Saturday, the question is when and how much. Sunday is still uncertain It's better to have heavier rain on Saturday than Sunday, as they're still allowed to use wets in qualifying but in the race wet tyres would automatically mean SC. |
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| Author: | Fish88 [ Fri Aug 23, 2013 8:55 am ] |
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Woot I love mixed up qualifying races. |
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| Author: | mclaren2008 [ Fri Aug 23, 2013 8:57 am ] |
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FP1 about to go green. F1 is back 
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| Author: | JJ [ Fri Aug 23, 2013 9:00 am ] |
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Damp track. They probably have to save inters and wet tyres. Do no expect much driving before the track dries up. |
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| Author: | ryan86 [ Fri Aug 23, 2013 9:10 am ] |
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Paul di Resta smiled. 
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| Author: | mclaren2008 [ Fri Aug 23, 2013 9:38 am ] |
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something up with Kimi's car |
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| Author: | webbsy [ Fri Aug 23, 2013 9:55 am ] |
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Any streams? |
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