Formula 1 - 2013 Season

[itsmydamnation]

Red Bull radio suggests there must be something with the track - it's left rear for everyone and Vettels rear left had cuts in it too.

like they would know, its likely a guess, if it was that they would have been blowing all weekend

 

[Kaotik]

like they would know, its likely a guess, if it was that they would have been blowing all weekend

The kerb could have been slightly damaged in one of the GP2 or GP3 starts for example

edit:
Safety car in

 

[itsmydamnation]

The kerb could have been slightly damaged in one of the GP2 or GP3 starts for example

seriously...... humm

1. its caused by the track that's never had an issue like this before

2. its caused by the tires that have been having issues all year.........


i'm willing to actually bet tire.

 

[Kaotik]

seriously...... humm

1. its caused by the track that's never had an issue like this before

2. its caused by the tires that have been having issues all year.........


i'm willing to actually bet tire.

The tires breaking before this season haven't been going in the same manner aka exploding like they have here.

 

[Kaotik]

YAY! Vettels gearbox is done!

ROSBERG PITS, KIMI WINS!

edit: WTF, Rosberg pits and is still in the lead?

f'in Lotus and not pitting like the rest

 

[Kaotik]

Lotus does what it does best - screw up on tactics

 

[Billy Idol]

Great race. Good job Ros and Ham, also Web very good drive. Alonso great drive. Bad that Lotus don't know race tactics and didn't change tires. Overall nice race.

 

[cjo]

There was just something on the BBC coverage where they had someone down at turn 4, and pointed out that at the transition between the red/white kerb and the green concrete just beyond it is about a 2" drop, the top corner of which is just about the right height to slice open the inner wall of the tyre if a driver clipped it at the wrong angle. Obviously, tyres shouldn't fail like that but it seems like there were issues with the track + tyre together which caused the problems.

 

[jimbo75]

Great race. Hamilton could now be the best chance of a non-Vettel championship win (if he can get a little change of luck) because that Merc has now arrived as a real race winning car.

 

[Kaotik]

This is the claimed kerb edge that caused the tires to blow up

 

[Bludd]

Holy crap what a race

 

[Pete]

Yeah, that was a crazy exciting race for all sorts of reasons: mechanical failures, wheel to wheel racing (Hamilton and Di Riesta were swapping positions every other corner for half a lap), muffed strategy, another feel-good Webber story.

This is the claimed kerb edge that caused the tires to blow up

Haven't seen the BBC coverage, but aren't those kerb( edge)s the same at every track?

I wonder if this has anything to do with the teams swapping the L and R steel-belted rears for performance reasons? I also wonder if Pirelli takes the track into account and alters the tires for each circuit (e.g., make the L stronger for a circuit that loads it more than the R), which may tighten the tolerances for swapping tires.

It didn't seem like all the tires split from the inside corner. IIRC the Toro Rosso was left with the inside tire wall and some tread, while the Mercedes kept the outside wall and some tread. Dunno if that's even an indication of what part of the tire failed.

 

[Kaotik]

As far as I know kerbs or their edges aren't the same at every track, not by a long shot, and even on same track you might have different ones, that particular is apparently very high

 

[Bludd]

Todt calls emergency meeting

 

[jimbo75]

Just watched the full race again and there were some fantastic drives today throughout the field. The level of skill is just mind-boggling with Webber narrowly driver of the day for me.

 

[Simon F]

He is a middle-class driver at best.

Clearly demonstrated by the end of that race.

 

[UniversalTruth]

Clearly demonstrated by the end of that race

This remark... we wouldn't neglect it only if he hadn't been in the fastest car...

 

[jimbo75]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/23138397

Race drivers will be able to take part in the young driver test. I wonder if this includes the Mercedes drivers...

 

[Tahir2]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/23138397

Race drivers will be able to take part in the young driver test. I wonder if this includes the Mercedes drivers...

No.

 

[itsmydamnation]

This remark... we wouldn't neglect it only if he hadn't been in the fastest car...

except the merc was the fastest car