2011 Random F1 Discussion

spekktrum · PostPosted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 4:51 pm

amq55 wrote:

FIA were testing what happens when you throw a wheel at 225kph at a thermoplastic windshield and a jet fighter canopy:

http://vimeo.com/26098946

Quite stunning results.

wow, if FIA is testing this (with great results), that means, that this could become mandatory on openwheels in the near future...

...

Bleu · PostPosted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 6:18 pm

Omega wrote:

again Grosjean, with no experience in the car, will fail to deliver.
Let him become champ in GP2, much better for his carreer

There are still quite a lot of races left after GP2 season has ended but I agree that he should get F1 drive only after good amount of testing which isn't possible mid-season.

Artur Craft · PostPosted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 7:44 pm

I would love to see Grosjean in F1 again. He's the recipe for the big pile ups I'm looking for

ellis · PostPosted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 9:09 pm

Magnifico wrote:

Mclaren should be more worried why they haven't got Jenson Button tied down in a new contract yet. Give Lewis a good car next season and he'll stop moaning, although from all I've read Mclaren do have a ridiculous amount of sponsorship days/adverts and crap compared to the rest of the grid.

And Red Bull has 4 drivers to spread it accross (Remember it was Buemi who was doing the promo stuff in an RBR when the moron ran in front of him), McLaren tend to use both Jenson and Lewis for theres. That's a lot of work.

bigears · PostPosted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 9:21 pm

Why they can't use Paffett and de la Rosa?

Guess it is about marketability (sp?)

RtN · PostPosted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 10:17 pm

bigears wrote:

Why they can't use Paffett and de la Rosa?

Guess it is about marketability (sp?)

More or less.

Paffett is completely unknown and PdlR doesn't have much awareness associated to him in this country.

And of course the McLaren and Vodafone brands are far weaker than Red Bull, so while they can get away with using Buemi and Jaime (and Ricciardo), McLaren can't.

De Cesaris fan · PostPosted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 10:44 pm

StefMeister wrote:

Renault are said to be considering giving Grosjean another shot at F1 later this year if Heidfeld doesn't improve:
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/93071

Quote:

Sources have also revealed that the outfit is giving serious consideration to handing Romain Grosjean another F1 chance later this year if he continues to impress in GP2 and Nick Heidfeld does not deliver stronger results.

Nick Heidfeld that outscored Petrov again at the weekend?

I'd like to see Grosjean given another shot at F1 but I'm confident in saying that he will not do any better than Heidfeld.

Philthy82 · PostPosted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 1:54 am

They should be looking at replacing someone on the engineering team first. It's astonishing how nowhere they are now considering at the beginning of the season they were looking like 4th best team on pace, with a shot at Mclaren and Ferrari.

Scirocco · PostPosted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 8:07 am

Give it to Senna. Let Grosjean finish his GP2 campaign.

Scorpio · PostPosted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 4:28 pm

http://www.lotusrenaultgp.com/5888-Robe ... fan-s.html

Robert is answering fan's question. There is also second part but it isn't very interesting. There were many questions about his hand, health and taking part in rally but none of them were answered.

De Cesaris fan · PostPosted: Sun Jul 17, 2011 10:17 am

Oh yay. There's tarmac run off at Rivage now as well.

Gaara · PostPosted: Sun Jul 17, 2011 12:01 pm

Tarmac will take over the world.

Beezle · PostPosted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 8:12 am

Gaara wrote:

Tarmac will take over the world.

I still doubt that tarmac has advantages over gravel when it comes to crashes that rip the wheels of the cars.

mclaren2008 · PostPosted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 8:30 am

but it does prevent rollovers at high speed

Stoegi · PostPosted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 9:13 am

I'd rather have someone roll over 8 times in the gravel trap than smashing the wall with 160mph to be honest.

Beezle · PostPosted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 9:48 am

Yes, rolling sideway is not a bad thing as long as the driver doesnt hit the barriers "head"-on. A normal roll doesnt hurt the drivers.

Shaddix · PostPosted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 9:52 am

ShaneC wrote:

I'd rather have someone roll over 8 times in the gravel trap than smashing the wall with 160mph to be honest.

yes, but the FIA is afraid the car will dig in to the gravel while rolling, which could make the anti rollbar useless

Philthy82 · PostPosted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 9:57 am

Shaddix wrote:

ShaneC wrote:

I'd rather have someone roll over 8 times in the gravel trap than smashing the wall with 160mph to be honest.

yes, but the FIA is afraid the car will dig in to the gravel while rolling, which could make the anti rollbar useless

As well as present greater risk of the car or parts of it flying over the fence and injuring a marshall or spectator.

I'm not defending it, but they don't do this stuff completely without reason.

micha · PostPosted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 10:22 am

So both have its disadvantages.

how about tarmac with a small layer of gravel on it? Deep enough to make it a problem but shallow enough to prevent the cars from digging in.

bigears · PostPosted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 11:51 am

If the BBC decides not to cover F1 then Bernie would go to Channel 5.

I am not sure what to expect to be honest!

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