Checo!!!!
Sainz out.
The other Ferrari has just blown up as well.
Leclerc out.
Did I hear right on the R5 commentary earlier that Toto/Merc is now pushing for a minimum ride height rule change, saying it's a safety issue?
Merc want the rules changed because they cannot fix the porpoising? Ridiculous.
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There you go Lewis. Job jobbed
Did I hear right on the R5 commentary earlier that Toto/Merc is now pushing for a minimum ride height rule change, saying it’s a safety issue?
Arguably coming into a corner and the car bottoms out because of the road surface double be seen as a safety issue.
Bring back active suspension!
LOL at the gaffer tape fix on Tsunoda's car.
Bring back active suspension!
Yep. I think they should just use spec active suspension hardware and sort the porpoising and bouncing problems for once and for all.
Apparently some teams realized last year that it was going to be a problem and asked for a minimum ride height but some teams refused. It's not a new issue that Merc just raised this week.
Driver of the day
Duct tape will get the "honorary honour mention" on the chequered flag podcast later.
LeClerc must be wondering what the hell he's got to do to catch a break at the minute.
Sad to see Leclerc retire, he may have had a chance with that strategy
I am loving the irony of Horner saying teams are using porposing to get an advantage only a few weeks after he was moaning about running out of budget.
I mean Reb bull have never released multiple soundbites and quote to who ever will listen to push there agenda.....
Poor race on sunday, even son turned it off which is unheard of.
South African GP: F1 closes in on deal for return of race - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/61786715
Looks like the South African Grand Prix might be making a return, possibly at the expense of Spa in Belgium.
This track is before my time, does anyone know it? Is it a good track? It will def be good to have some representation in Africa. I'll be sad to see Spa go though!!
I can think of about 10 races to lose before Spa - seems like a strange choice of a race to cut from the calendar but maybe they're scared of another rain-soaked farce.
This track is before my time, does anyone know it? Is it a good track?
It's supposed to be very good. Last race was early 90's the cars were very different though.
seems like a strange choice
Have you been there? The infrastructure creaks at the best of times, when the GP comes to town it really struggles, and it's cold and wet, and I think they've been trying to get it off the calendar for decades now
I can think of about 10 races to lose before Spa
Yeah I wouldn't miss any of the desert snooze-fests, of even Hungary if we needed to lose a European GP
Have you been there?
All true - but it's consistently produced some of the best races in F1 for years, so that will drive up TV viewing far more than any hyped up new track like Miami. Liberty are trying to sell a spectacle, and Spa will usually give them plenty for the highlights reel.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyalami
Looks like the track has been heavily revised since the 80s anyway
Kyalami is very narrow, IMHO its not suited to modern F1 cars.
Another crazy decision if Spa has to make way for it. Get rid of Paul Ricard, Barcelona, Monaco or Miami first.
I am rapidly running out of interest in F1, they are trashing it at the minute.
All true – but it’s consistently produced some of the best races in F1 for years
Has it? I can't think of any. I'd rate Germany 2019, Hungary in 2014, Brazil 2012? Canadian 2011 as maybe my top races. All Spa does is either rain so hard it can't hold a race, or there are loads of crashes that look super dangerous. Hubert - French F2 driver supposedly better than both Leclerc and Gasley was killed there a few years back and Norris last year? had that horrendous crash at the top of Eau Rouge.
I like Spa but I wouldn't be that sad to see it go, Plus Zandvoort is on the programme and that has a corner called Tarzan! What's not to like?
Kyalami is very narrow
Hasn't the new circuit been built especially for F1 though?
Hasn’t the new circuit been built especially for F1 though?
A quick google shows Silverstone has an average width of 15 meters, Kyalami has an average width of 12 meters. The track was reprofiled is 2015 I believe, a lot has changed in F1 since then.
and yet these so called top drivers can't stop going over the kerbs.......
Aren't the current cars 2m wide? A 12 metre wide track on the face of it, seems plenty,
and yet these so called top drivers can’t stop going over the kerbs……
Haha exactly. They can't even stay on the left! Idiots!!
Aren’t the current cars 2m wide? A 12 metre wide track on the face of it, seems plenty,
You would think so wouldn't you? I remember watching Ford Galaxies (the big old Mercan things not people carriers) racing and overtaking at Brands Hatch in the late 60s.
bigdean
Poor race on sunday, even son turned it off which is unheard of.
It was, I enjoyed vettels drive, it was like the vettel of old. Also magnussen and zhou until they retired. Boring up front though.
I think the repair to Yukis wing was the most entertaining bit of the race.
FIA are going to implement a porpoising/bouncing limit, no specifics yet
Similar to the gymnasts thread, the drivers shouldn't be made to suffer physical damage just because the team managers aren't willing to compromise on ride height.
multi21
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, it was like the vettel of old.
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FIA are going to implement a porpoising/bouncing limit, no specifics yet
hmmm, given that the Constructors, the F1 organisers and the FIA are closer to open warfare as they've been, I don't think the FIA simple stating "we're going to rule on porpoising based on driver safety" is going to go down well. Even Russell, who's currently the head of the drivers organisation has said that "It's not something that Mercedes are keen on" and the two Mercedes drivers (along with the Sainz) have been complaining the loudest about the pain they're suffering.
andrewh
multi21
, it was like the vettel of old.
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The new regulation is going to make it harder for the likes of Merc who haven’t got the problem under control.
multi21 wins the internet with that response.
A wet FP3 has certainly made things a bit more interesting. Alonso and Vettel at the top of the time sheets and Verstappen no time set with only 10 mins left. Really hope it continues raining until qually and we get a mixed up grid for the GP.
Really hope it continues raining until qually and we get a mixed up grid for the GP.
That would be amazing! Only a couple of hours to go...
I can think of nothing worse than rain at a GP, I'm off to Silverstone here's hoping it stays well away even BTCC is ruined with rain. I want to see them flat out
Looks a tad damp out there...