Starving Drivers in Formula One Sparks a Quiet (?) Debate

[pete8314]

Great race. You'd think the whole thing was scripted, at this rate it'll come down to the last race.

 

[lolachampcar]

Me thinks MB showed a little of its true speed. Fantastic drive.

Why is it Fernando can pass while Kimi can not? Does coaching help that much

 

[NigelM]

Why is it Fernando can pass while Kimi can not? Does coaching help that much

ALO spent a lot of time following RIC around in circles yesterday; constantly less than 1 sec behind but couldn't pass even with DRS.

 

[lolachampcar]

True enough. I guess it is good to have a car that handles well on the straights.

I seem to remember an older wise gentleman saying something about aerodynamics being for those that can not build a good engine.

 

[NigelM]

Ferrari still lack downforce through the turns and you could see that they just couldn't accelerate out of the corners as fast as the RBs; effectively RIC had a head start every time he exited a corner onto a straight.

P.S. Watching the start of the race it did occur to me that Nico might have been on firmware v5.12.... ;-)

 

[pete8314]

Ferrari still lack downforce through the turns and you could see that they just couldn't accelerate out of the corners as fast as the RBs; effectively RIC had a head start every time he exited a corner onto a straight.

P.S. Watching the start of the race it did occur to me that Nico might have been on firmware v5.12.... ;-)

No kidding. It was interesting watching the reboots happening on Rosbergs' and Buttons' cars - just like our, the logo appears, then the important stuff, but the entire process just took a few seconds.

 

[redi]

This was the amusingly appropriate headline I saw: Mercedes weigh up how to punish Nico Rosberg following Lewis Hamilton collision



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From that same Independent article:



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Punishment: Nico has to beta test the latest firmware?

 

[NigelM]

Some amazing drives in Suzuka. Incredible win for HAM. After he was overtaken Nico seemed to give up like he knew he couldn't catch Lewis today.

Prayers for Jules Bianchi, that accident happened at exactly the wrong place and wrong time. Also just heard that Andrea De Cesaris died in a motorcycle accident in Rome; sad day.