Formula 1 The F1 jibber jabber thread.

[caLLous]

Oh, he's been called to the stewards. They left that a bit late but I guess maybe he didn't lift enough. I bet he's getting chummy with the stewards, they're seeing a lot of each other.

 

[Moriath]

Interesting cause it was double waved yellows.

 

[ECA]

No further action on rosberg, but arguing ensuing because of the 107% rule affecting drivers in q1.

 

[Moriath]

Would that matter with the conditions of the track?

 

[Raven]

Great race that. Hopefully Hamilton can crack on now.

 

[ECA]

Palmers spin was a $10million dollar mistake.

Ouch.

 

[Raven]

Rosberg is such a cock knocker.

 

[Jupitus]

Rosberg is such a cock knocker.

He's absolutely perfect for Mercedes in Germany though....

 

[sayward]

Has someone really kidnapped Bernie Ecclestone's mother in law?

 

[Moriath]

Seems thats what was reported. But not a big suprise in brasiL. Used to be the kidnap capital of the world and as he is worth a couple billion.

 

[caLLous]

It must be odd to be ~20 years older than your mother-in-law.

 

[ECA]

Has someone really kidnapped Bernie Ecclestone's mother in law?

Yes, they're offering $20mill if he takes her back, but he's insisting they pay $25 mill.

 

[ECA]

There's a dramatisation of the call as it played out:

 

[caLLous]

Maurizio Arrivabene: It would be 'crazy' for Ferrari to shift focus to 2017

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[DaGaffer]

There's a dramatisation of the call as it played out:

Literally the best thing Tom Cruise has ever done.

 

[caLLous]

Hah, -43 to +19 in the space of 7 races.

 

[Raven]

and another slapped wrist for Rosberg.

 

[caLLous]

...by his own team, who decided to extend his penalty to 8 seconds.



It's difficult not to feel for Kvyat, nothing has gone his way since being demoted to Toro Rosso.

 

[ECA]

The end of this season is gonna be good, lewis has to take 2 new engines and start from the back in spa which will let rosberg catch u p a bit and then it's game on.

 

[Moriath]

Why does he have to take two new engines?

 

[ECA]

Why does he have to take two new engines?

We have 9 races left and one engine wouldn't make it, he needs 2 so he's gonna double up the penalties for the same race.
If he changed one engine he'd get a 20 place drop, might as well take 2 at the same time and be 40 places down. rather than 2x20 at separate races.

Remember Mclaren did it last year and alonso/button had 100+ place grid drops each? Same deal.

 

[caLLous]

 

[caLLous]

It's happening at this race.


Should be a good one!

 

[Jupitus]

It's happening at this race.


Should be a good one!

These are not surprises at all - we have known some of the mech failures he had earlier in the season would likely mean using more than his allocation for the season so Merc are getting all of the pain squared away in one go. In fact, they're making this an engine swap training session for the crew and changing the new parts over and over to up his pool of available parts.

Edit - I echo that it should be good fun seeing him start from the back too, though

 

[caLLous]

I would not be at all surprised if he's still leading the championship after the race on Sunday.

 

[Jupitus]

I would not be at all surprised if he's still leading the championship after the race on Sunday.

I'm expecting it, to be honest...

 

[Anastasia]

As long as he keeps it on the road...

 

[caLLous]

As Mr. Brundle keeps saying, "to finish first, you first have to finish."

 

[Jupitus]

As Mr. Brundle keeps saying, "to finish first, you first have to finish."

... as Mr Walker said before him ...

 

[ECA]

I'm not so sure.

He's 19 points ahead and nico is likely to pick up 25.

Lewis thus needs 7 points to retain the lead - meaning a 6th place finish ( 8 pts ) , a 7th place would be 6 points so -1 if rosberg wins.

The red bulls/ferraris seem a lot closer than they have previously - imo because they're running a really high tyre pressure at spa ( 23? ish ), where they'd really want to be running 16, and I think most tracks pirelli wants around 18-19 minimum psi.

If we have some incidents of course it's possible. 6th maybe doable, 7th-10th seem more likely.