LariatTom Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 It looks as though Mercedes had too much tyre wear on the mediums, as once they put the hard tyre on both Schumacher and Rosberg were on the sort of race pace that they'd showed during Friday...but by that point, they'd lost too much ground to be able to make an impact. The car is just puts far too much wear on the tyres to be able to make an impact during the race, and it often seems to be the case that once they switch to the harder compound, they're able to run without major problems. Â Kimi is still being incredibly consistent and putting in the results. He definitely needs a win if he wants to be a serious title contender, but one win could well be enough to make the difference. For me, Button is out of the running now and both Red Bulls need a string of top results otherwise they risk dropping out of the fight too. The alternator problems that RBR and Lotus have had are crazy since it's a fairly basic piece of kit on the car but it seems prone to failing. Renault could do with having a look at this before the flyaway races if Vettel is to have any chance of staying in contention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimufctna24 Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 Eddie Jordan does some further snooping  http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/19531426  I agree with the above that Button is out the running, its a shame because he has been on good form the past 3 or 4 races, its a shame he struggled with his car for so many races mid-season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
444 4444 Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 Kimi is the sleeper this season. He's managed to get one point behind Hamilton without a win yet and Lotus have still got their double DRS to unleash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windoesnot Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 (edited) RIP Prof Sid Watkins, one of the sports most unsung heros! Â http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/motorsport/19578977 Â Heres a great interview with the man: Â http://www.institutequarterly.com/IQ-ISSUE02-article-03.html Edited September 13, 2012 by windoesnot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimufctna24 Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 Sid Watkins can die knowing he truly made a difference in the world. Â The way he changed F1 after the Imola 94 tragedies is remarkable. Before that he is credited with saving Martin Donnely life and helped save Johnny Herbert's feet. Â His voice on the Senna film narrating when he arrived to tend to his friend after his fatal crash is bone-chilling stuff. The sport as a whole is a lot better of for having him around, for example the crash that shook up Alonso a few weeks back could have been a lot worse if it was not for his work on safety. Truly a life well served and lived. Â RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members WWFChilli Posted September 13, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted September 13, 2012 RIP Prof. He did wonders for the sport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BigJag Posted September 13, 2012 Author Paid Members Share Posted September 13, 2012 Saddened to hear of Sid Watkins passing. Remember seeing a recent grid walk interview where the Herbert story was told. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LariatTom Posted September 15, 2012 Share Posted September 15, 2012 The FIA World Endurance Championship begins a string of flyaway races over the next few weeks with the 1000km/6 Hours of Sao Paulo this evening. Toyota have managed to put their car on pole position for LMP1 ahead of the Audi cars. The Toyota have got the fastest car outright and it's only really fuel consumption which cost them at Silverstone. If they can manage their pace and not have to make an extra pit stop in the race, they're looking good for the win. Â If you're interested in catching that, the green flag is just over an hour away at 4pm (assuming my timings are correct) with full coverage available at fiawec.com and on Radio Le Mans. Â After that, if you're prepared to pull an all nighter the final round of the 2012 Indycar championship is at the 2 mile long Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Texas. Will Power has a 17 point lead over Ryan Hunter-Reay in the title race and with it being an oval race over 500 miles, anything can happen. That's live on Sky Sports 1 tonight and then there are highlight shows on Sunday at more sensible times throughout the day across the SS channels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimufctna24 Posted September 15, 2012 Share Posted September 15, 2012 Lariat Tom - You think Toyota will ever return to F1? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LariatTom Posted September 15, 2012 Share Posted September 15, 2012 Probably not. At least, not for the foreseeable future. Â They'd thrown hundreds of millions of dollars at that team since 2002 and had very little to show for it apart from a couple of pole positions and some podium finishes. I think they left the sport feeling that they should have won at least one race, but even one race win from 8 years of racing isn't much to shout about. Â They've entered LMP1 this year, and while they'll be the first to admit that they weren't expecting to have to perform much and use this as a learning year ahead of 2013, the loss of Peugeot at the beginning of the year forced them to be able to compete and take the fight to Audi. Remember, Le Mans was their first race and while both cars retired with mechanical problems, they were impressively quick. At Silverstone last month, they were once again very quick and probably ought to have won that race if they hadn't have been unlucky with the timing of a safety car and having higher fuel consumption. Being on pole today, they've got to be aiming for a win. Â Take it one step further to the new P1 regulations for 2014. That's going to be using technology that Toyota can take from the race track and implement on their road cars in the years to come with things like an increase in the allowance of energy recovery systems and hybrid power. They're seemingly very happy with their motorsport program at the moment, I can't see why they'd want to return to F1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimufctna24 Posted September 15, 2012 Share Posted September 15, 2012 Thanks for that, point taken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BigJag Posted September 16, 2012 Author Paid Members Share Posted September 16, 2012 (edited) Wales Rally GB is interesting. Purely because Loeb and Citroen aren't dominating. Ford and Latvala are having a great rally. Latvala is in love with his car at the moment. Â Premiere Sports are showing the NASCAR Geico 400 from Chicago today. The buildup is on now as freeview. Having an interesting discussion regarding the technology used by Hendricks Motorsports. NASCAR generally keeps things very simple. Hendricks had some sort of nifty rear steer system which allowed them extra downforce. By putting the rear of the car at an angle, it seems. Can't quite get my head round it at the moment. However it works it's been banned. The term used was "the science experiment has been ended". Which I thought was a very cool way of putting it. Edited September 16, 2012 by BigJag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamtheman Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 All over twitter at the minute and this from the telegraph that lewis hamilton to Mercedes will be announced at some point on friday.  not so sure this would be a good move myself   Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 All over twitter at the minute and this from the telegraph that lewis hamilton to Mercedes will be announced at some point on friday. not so sure this would be a good move myself  BBC Radio 5 Live has just reported that Lewis Hamilton is going to Mercedes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windoesnot Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 We could be in line to see the biggest driver shake up in many a year now.  Hamilton -> Merc Perez -> McLaren Schumacher -> retirement? Someone -> Sauber Massa -> Not Ferrari Someone -> Ferrari  Not since 1995-1996 can I recall so many big potential changes from one season to another with all the top teams bar Red Bull having at least 1 change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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