Formula 1 - 2008 Season

[Tokelil]

Link?

http://en.f1-live.com/f1/en/headlines/news/detail/080714103230.shtml

A bit of topic, but I thought some Dutch newspaper had pictures of The Stig without the helmet a week or so ago. Can't find the page now though...

 

[Bludd]

Thanks.

 

[Zaphod]

A bit of topic, but I thought some Dutch newspaper had pictures of The Stig without the helmet a week or so ago. Can't find the page now though...

Google image search to the rescue...

They seem to think it was one of the cousin Stigs rather than The Stig.

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[Mendel]

By the way there was a formula one race just now. People still interested?

Hamilton takes brilliant win in Germany

Lewis Hamilton charged from behind to pass shock leader Nelson Piquet and take a remarkable victory at Hockenheim in a race turned inside out by a safety car period.

Felipe Massa had to settle for third, ahead of Nick Heidfeld, Heikki Kovalainen and Kimi Raikkonen.

Go to http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/69332 for the full article.

 

[Davros]

Is it just me or was maasa very passive when defending his position against lewis

 

[DJ12]

It's just you.

He's not Schumacher so wasn't going to take him off the track which is the only thing he could've done.

Might've seemed like delaying the inevitable and he thought the better option was to follow Lewis to Pique and get second.

 

[Mendel]

It's not that massa was passive. He did the one active change of line that he could do according to the rules. But that was a huge mistake, why would he take the outer line to that hairpin. It boggles the mind.

 

[Dave Baumann]

By the way there was a formula one race just now. People still interested?

I don't think there is much "luck" that the winner can be fingered with!

 

[Bludd]

Hamilton seems to have the momentum now and he was unstoppable today. I am delighted with Nelsinho's result but disappointed with Fernando's drive. I think he made too many mistakes under pressure.

Hammy managed to win despite the team's strategic error.

 

[DuckThor Evil]

Hamilton had Incredible pace! Kovalainen was upset for having to let Hamilton Past him, but it was the only right thing to do imo, Hamilton had the chance to win, whereas Kovalainen wasn't able to gain a single position after that. Team orders are one thing when the drivers are equally fast, but today that wasn't the case.

Kimi seems like he's not very hungry anymore... Only after the safety car he showed some interest to do some racing, but before that he was very bland... I hope Ferrari gets their act together and don't let Hamilton just to cruise for the title.

LOL at how lucky Piquet got :smile: good for him.

 

[Bludd]

I think Kimi will retire after this season.

 

[tongue_of_colicab]

Is it just me or was maasa very passive when defending his position against lewis

No he made the mistake to go back to the racing line while he should have just forced Hamilton to take the outside. Now Hamilton did exactly what massa should have done.

 

[Tahir2]

Nice race and I think if Massa had successfully blocked Hamilton on that lap then Hamilton simply would have found another corner to outmanouever Massa a little later on.

All in all a nice race with a bit of drama - me likes!

 

[tongue_of_colicab]

Yeah it was pretty obvious hamilton was the fastest on the track.

 

[dizietsma]

McLaren were a bit stuck for strategy there whether Hamilton could have gone the good end of 30 laps on softs would have been interesting. Worked out well in the end though.

Kimi's Ferrari looked very bad this weekend

 

[infinity4]

Disappointed by BMW though. 4th and 7th is would bring them nowhere near 2nd constructors though better than what qualifying suggested.

 

[Kaotik]

Secret behind McLarens recent success?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2008/07/21/smpoin121.xml

McLaren's four-paddle steering wheel for traction:

McLaren's steering wheel features four paddle levers rather than the usual two. The upper two are conventional gear-change paddles, one for upshifting, one for down. The lower two allow different engine torque settings to be chosen. Using two fingers at the same time allows the car always to have the most favourable engine torque setting for each gear, thus giving the driver a tool for limiting wheelspin out of slow corners without then suffering a reduction in power in the higher gears, where wheelspin is not an issue. The rules stipulate that any change in torque settings cannot be triggered by the same driver input as a gear change. Having two separate levers gets around that rule, while still allowing the change of gear and torque setting to take place simultaneously. This is part of McLaren's current performance superiority over Ferrari.

 

[Davros]

well if its so good ferrari will no doubt have it within a week...

 

[_xxx_]

I don't get it. You can do it all in software, why would you need paddles for that? Hell you can even control it from the box.

 

[DJ12]

It sys you cannot do it with the same mechanism that changes gear, so I guess if they did it automatically that would rule it out as it would happen with a gear change input.

Anyway, I don't see it as that great an advantage as Hekki still isn't getting anywhere near Lewis or leading Ferrari (Massa in recent races), if it was that much difference he would.