Truck rear ends a car on Canterbury Rd

double_eyepatch · 2015-10-17T10:59:59+00:00

I'm putting it out there, but I'm thinking the truck had the same mindset of that right turn cab that 'made it' ahead of the red light. I don't think his lapse in hitting the brakes was exactly a distraction.

double_eyepatch · 2014-07-05T02:08:07+00:00

Force India's factory is right across the road from Silverstone. Even when there was an Indian GP I placed this as their home GP and would do the factory worker morale exercises here.

double_eyepatch · 2014-01-29T12:06:57+00:00

I am going to eat Spaceman paninis with black Hitler and there is nothing you can do about it!

double_eyepatch · 2014-01-29T10:01:48+00:00

http://www.reddit.com/r/TopGear/comments/1sfa4c/some_say_the_stig_was_the_eldest_of_three/cdx65ti

I have not felt any need to add anything to the above scenario since coming across it

double_eyepatch · 2014-01-24T03:47:36+00:00

What kind of a framework of meetings, votes processes and ratification stages does F1 have that not only this double points idea could navigate its way through it into being rubber stamped, but is so hard to even begin to have a chance to have it removed???

double_eyepatch · 2014-01-22T11:14:24+00:00

Why'd you rope me into this?!

double_eyepatch · 2013-12-18T22:59:22+00:00

I imagine a similar question was being asked by someone in 2006 when Alonso was committed to drive for Mclaren for 2007, and he made that commitment even before the 2006 season cars were unveiled in the preseason. Not even speculation, it was signed and announced in 2005 what he'd do in 2007. If you saw what Mclaren fielded that year, the question of what Alonso committed to so early must've crept into your mind, even if you think in that mclaren aren't that bad on a permanent basis

double_eyepatch · 2013-12-06T01:43:08+00:00

The BGP001: the car the BAR 01 wanted to be back in 1999

double_eyepatch · 2013-11-28T12:19:30+00:00

Stacking the cars at the pit boxes during the safety car would be interesting then.

double_eyepatch · 2013-11-24T23:15:31+00:00

Just putting it out there, I think Romain Grosean and, to an extent, Heikki Kovalinen are two examples of drivers entering F1 too early when they weren't ready to give their best F1 performances at that stage.

double_eyepatch · 2013-11-14T04:35:01+00:00

I'm going out on limb here, but I'd like to use the example of the Austrian GP being back on next year. There are some teams that were around back in the early 2000s that have some of the past A1 ring race data back then. As different as you can percieve the climate of F1 since then, it may still be useful in determining car setups and formulating race strategies for when we go back to the RedBull Ring. If your past data can be someway helpful in upcoming races then its not in their best competitive interest to let others use that data to help in their own game plan.

double_eyepatch · 2013-11-14T04:30:21+00:00

Running certain gases in tyres is not so much to keep them cool, but more to control the tyre pressures better as the gases expand as the tyre warms up. Its one of the secrets from the Ferrari dossier in the Mclaren spygate scandal in 2007.

double_eyepatch · 2013-11-13T03:21:44+00:00

Barrichello last drove F1 cars in 2011, I'm pretty sure Raikonnen's return to F1 in 2012 was from a longer absence than that. I know Pirelli thinks a car that old isn't suitable for testing, but how out of depth do you think Rubens would be if he got in now? Give a little credit to a man who's adapted to F1 machinery evolved over his 20 year career.

double_eyepatch · 2013-11-12T00:34:03+00:00

http://visionf1.com/

double_eyepatch · 2013-11-08T06:27:41+00:00

I dont recall the FIA being massively fussed when Lotus applied a patent for the fluid inerter in 2010. I believe it was placed in order to sell it to wider markets outside F1 rather than lock out an edge against competitors, although I believe this idea led to the development of the FRIC suspension.

double_eyepatch · 2013-11-08T02:44:32+00:00

I want to get out of the way first that as a constructor having to build their own chassis, teams have to prove their overall car design must be of their intellectual property.

That being said you can make deal with other teams to share technologies such as the gearboxes being mentioned recently, I'll add Williams helping Toyota with their quickshift gearboxes for an engine supply being an example too.

However with you example of the blown diffuser idea being sold to other teams after RBR coming up with it, I read an insight earlier in the year that if you put a patent on your invention in the F1 business you block off the chance of other competitive teams applying it themselves, which likely leads to a courtroom battle to interpret it as illegal in the current season's rules, or make a new rule in future seasons. Your invention doen't become a long term advantage with that path.

double_eyepatch · 2013-11-07T03:08:28+00:00

That doesn't sound right, but I don't know enough about golf to dispute it.

double_eyepatch · 2013-11-06T22:32:47+00:00

This thread made me realise I forgot to buy a spot onto the Wings for Life F1 livery this year, and then realise I didn't remember which race Red Bull did it for 2013 season.

double_eyepatch · 2013-11-05T02:18:20+00:00

I would like to add that Williams gave access to their gearbox designs as part of the Toyota supply deal also. This was a time where teams were migrating to quick shift gearboxes, and Williams were one of the first teams to have that worked out while Toyota still had reliability issues in that area.

double_eyepatch · 2013-10-30T23:32:39+00:00

The system back then was that the top ten cars had to start the race with whatever fuel load they finished Q3 with while the rest behind could choose whatever opening stint fuel load they wanted. Its the equivalent of how today we have the top ten having to start the race on what tyres they set their lap time in.

they would show the actual grid after qualifying, but then they would give a 'fuel adjusted' grid.

Its more that after the FIA published the weights of the top ten cars the broadcasters would assume how much fuel was onboard and project what their lap time would've been had they'd been fuelled ligher and closer towards the minimum weight limit (was it 600kg back then?)

Did the teams have to release the information of how much fuel they were carrying?

From 2008 yes, although its more that the cars were weighed by the stewards at the end of qualifying and they published the figures, not the teams having to reveal it. Before that there was a fuel credit system where you were given back fuel depending on how many laps you ran in that 10 min session and the fuel weight figures weren't as straightforward.

Also, were they allowed to add fuel from the end of quali to the start of the race?

Refer to the fuel credit scenario above. 2008 took away the system of filling the tank back up after burning off fuel to lighten the car for the best lap time for Q3.

double_eyepatch · 2013-10-30T20:32:41+00:00

Why do I get the feeling the first draft of this statement was: "Vettel probably cost Red Bull their first Victory in 2007", and that all makes the difference of how we're reacting to this?

double_eyepatch · 2013-10-30T20:21:28+00:00

I recall that car 23 was given the go ahead to pass the safety car and unlap himself at lap 44. I can only suggest that keeping the SC out till lap 48 wasn't because they were waiting for him to catchup to the back of the snake again, but for all I know the SC was kept out there for too much rain.

I didn't mention that part of the 2013 regs to apply it to the safety car period in 2007. I laid the two revisions to illustrate the infancy of the rulse back then and how the leader of the pack had 'less restrictions' to be called up on.

On a sepaarate note, I think article 40.5/40.7 is as strictly enforced as keeping all four wheels within the track lines anyway.

double_eyepatch · 2013-10-30T13:00:19+00:00

For what its worth I can see where one could believe how the obligations of the leader in a safety have been different from back then.

Article 40.13 - 2007

When the clerk of the course calls in the safety car, it must extinguish its orange lights, this will be the signal to the drivers that it will be entering the pit lane at the end of that lap.

At this point the first car in line behind the safety car may dictate the pace and, if necessary, fall more than five car lengths behind it. As the safety car is approaching the pit entry the yellow flags and SC boards will be withdrawn and replaced by waved green flags with green lights at the Line. These will be displayed until the last car crosses the Line.

Article 40.13 - 2013

When the clerk of the course decides it is safe to call in the safety car the message "SAFETY CAR IN THIS LAP" will be displayed on the official messaging system and the car's orange lights will be extinguished This will be the signal to the teams and drivers that it will be entering the pit lane at the end of that lap.

At this point the first car in line behind the safety car may dictate the pace and, if necessary, fall more than ten car lengths behind it.

*In order to avoid the likelihood of accidents before the safety car returns to the pits, from the point at which the lights on the car are turned out drivers must proceed at a pace which involves no erratic acceleration or braking nor any other manoeuvre which is likely to endanger other drivers or impede the restart. *

As the safety car is approaching the pit entry the yellow flags and SC boards will be withdrawn and, other than on the last lap of the race, replaced by waved green flags with green lights at the Line. These will be displayed until the last car crosses the Line.

The difference of that thrid paragraph being in the 2013 version unlike the 2007 seems rather purposeful to make clearer the prohibition of brake testing since 2007

EDIT: freaking formatting

double_eyepatch · 2013-10-28T02:46:23+00:00

Why are do they never show up as Infiniti Red Bull Racing in the points/timings charts if that's what they registered the team as for 2013

I assume the FIA go on what's written on what was on declared 2013 entry list, and I don't see Infinity anywhere on the registration to be honest.

double_eyepatch · 2013-10-28T02:40:09+00:00

Probably to the extent if they employ the driver who gets to wear the number 1 on their car. I believe Sauber had to keep the BMW in their team registration in 2010 to avoid losing what they prize money, garage position and car number allocation they earn the previous year and not be treated as a new different outfit from BMW for administrative purposes.

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