Formula 1 - 2010 Season

Bridgestone being the only tyre supplier will only receive PR when something goes wrong. I think F1 needs a tyre war.
 
Not sure. It could go the wrong way. When we still had the tire ware I remember the Mclaren vs Ferrari days that even before the race we already knew who was going to win because the michelins or bridgestones would perform better in certain conditions.
 
Did they ever say what caused Kabayashi to lose his front wing like that ? Was it contact or did it just decided to come off ? Those side impact crashes are the most scary.
 
V3 said:
Did they ever say what caused Kabayashi to lose his front wing like that ? Was it contact or did it just decided to come off ? Those side impact crashes are the most scary.
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No, haven't read anything. It has happened too much with the Sauber. If it's a fundamental problem with the mounting columns of the wing, they need to fix it asap because that shit is crazy dangerous.
 
Hmm than the car is not fit for race, how did that get through safety ? Kobayashi collided with the wall first taking some of his speed, if he had hit the cars in front at full speed, it could have been another sad day in Aus GP.
 
V3 said:
Hmm than the car is not fit for race, how did that get through safety ? Kobayashi collided with the wall first taking some of his speed, if he had hit the cars in front at full speed, it could have been another sad day in Aus GP.
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Peter Sauber said during the race that the telemetry showed that Kobayashi had received a bump before he crashed... In anycase, this is not good news for Sauber. They're lacking speed and results that is costing them the chance of important sponsors...
 
What a crazy quali ... Ferrari and McLaren mess up royally, what a huge mistake not getting a banker lap at the beginning of Q1.

Webber did a super pole lap in wet conditions, he was braving it out on inters. Rosberg outqualified Vettel who is P3.

Tomorrow is going to be great.

Edit: I presume that since all cars in top 10 were on wet tyres, they are not obliged to start on them for the race if it is not wet. Anyone have a definitive answer? I cannot push myself to look at the regs.
 
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Last race they could change to wet so my guess is that there is a rule that said you can change to dry too.

I think Alonso and Hamilton will be battling out from the back. I hope to see awsome driving from those two. I hope Webber wins though that was some pole.
 
I think both Ferraris and McLarens are going to storm through. It is going to be interesting.
 
I was wondering, why didn't Webber get penalised for hitting Hamilton from back when Hamilton and Rosberg were penalised for same thing (but in pits) in Canada 2008?

I know race isn't same thing as pit lane instructions (which is more wrong obviously) but surely Webber did ruin Hamilton's races?
 
RBR one and two, congrat to Vettel and Webber. Nico too. Hamilton was fun to watch in that race. Too bad for Alonso but it was spectacular.
 
Yeah looked like one of the good 'ol Honda ones when they seemed to make a habbit of it to blow up atleast 1 engine every race weekend. Not the pussy style turn it off before it goes totally FUBAR that we usually get to see nowdays.
 
Excellent race!

Looks like from now on the true season will start! 7 drivers split by 9 points :cool:

I know Kubica is not in the hunt (at least yet) but still ...
I would like to see Massa wins drivers championship on his last year in Ferrari, but I don't mind Alonso either!
TBH there isn't a driver I would mind winning, it's just I prefer some of them more than others.
 
Great work by Vettel. Webber should have defended more in the first corner. They were cruising this race, Rosberg couldn't attack at all.

Alonso had a down-shift problem and then his engine went. For the next race, he HAS to get ahead of Massa at the start and stay ahead. Hamilton overtook really well but couldn't take the Force India which has a Mercedes engine too and is a slippery car down the straits.
 
There's one thing that went really wrong with last race - Hamilton was only given a warning.
I mean, he switched lanes some 4-5 times when Petrov was trying to overtake him, while you're only allowed to do it once
 
Kaotik said:
There's one thing that went really wrong with last race - Hamilton was only given a warning.
I mean, he switched lanes some 4-5 times when Petrov was trying to overtake him, while you're only allowed to do it once
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I personally can't believe he got a warning for it. The lane switching rule is about blocking the other car, when it was clear as day that Hamilton was only trying to break the slipstream. Hamilton wasn't reacting to Petrov's moves, it was the other way around!! Petrov let Hamilton pass him two times on purpose to get the slipstream benefit and get his position back. It is a really stupid rule if it also applies to this instead of only to blocking. Nobody forced Petrov to follow... It's the same thing if Hamilton was driving there by himself.

All in all this was also pretty good race, although the Reb Bulls had it real easy. I hope Massa keeps doing great.
 
Dr Evil said:
I personally can't believe he got a warning for it. The lane switching rule is about blocking the other car, when it was clear as day that Hamilton was only trying to break the slipstream. Hamilton wasn't reacting to Petrov's moves, it was the other way around!! Petrov let Hamilton pass him two times on purpose to get the slipstream benefit and get his position back. It is a really stupid rule if it also applies to this instead of only to blocking. Nobody forced Petrov to follow... It's the same thing if Hamilton was driving there by himself.

All in all this was also pretty good race, although the Reb Bulls had it real easy. I hope Massa keeps doing great.
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Slipstreaming is essential part of overtaking, the little they can do it, trying to "break slipstreaming off" is part of blocking overtaking, and once is all you get, not 4-5 times.
 
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