Motorsports Thread

[Deleted member 26715]

They had to back off yesterday when one car broke it's rear spoiler as they were using the same type .

This part of the secretive nature of F1, Perez's wing was not flexing & only Max has issues opening & closing it, which leads me to think they are using 2 different systems on the cars. I new lighter but currently more problematic one on Verstappen & the heavier more reliable on Perez's, we might be only talking grams here, but moving that from the top of the wing to below COG could make a difference. I'm quite surprised that other teams didn't ask the FIA to investigate the amount of flex, normally it's millimetres, his was flapping all over the place.

Reports from Baku suggest the movie will be produced by Joseph Kosinski and Jerry Bruckheimer, who were behind the popular Top Gun sequel."

I didn't know there was a sequel, have to see how bad it is.

 

[Alex321]

I didn't know there was a sequel, have to see how bad it is.

It's only been out a couple of weeks. Called Top Gun:Maverick

 

[icowden]

It's only been out a couple of weeks. Called Top Gun:Maverick

For what it's worth, it's an excellent sequel. Not too much Hollywood silliness, but just enough. Some irritations - like the "enemy country" is never named, and enemy planes are unidentifiable as belonging to any country...

 

[icowden]

I think that the "break in the racing" has come just at the right time for Hamilton. He can focus on his role as producer in the latest Brad Pitt film.

What break in the racing? The summer break is always there, and of course he will have planned stuff to do during it.

 

[classic33]

What break in the racing? The summer break is always there, and of course he will have planned stuff to do during it.

He may not be in the car this weekend, in Canada. Wolff said as much after Sundays race.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

He may not be in the car this weekend, in Canada. Wolff said as much after Sundays race.

Hamilton has said he will be, I suspect that was Toto just being Toto & trying to stack the cards in Mercedes favour, but the pantomime Dame Horner has said no to any rule changes.

 

[classic33]

And Mercedes could be in more trouble for "helping" Hamilton out of the car, under parc fermé. Drivers must exit the car unaided, Hamilton didn't and its been noted.

 

[classic33]

Hamilton has said he will be, I suspect that was Toto just being Toto & trying to stack the cards in Mercedes favour, but the pantomime Dame Horner has said no to any rule changes.

T'was said in a post race interview, on Sunday, which showed Hamilton struggling to get out of the car and then "walking" away to be weighed.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

And Mercedes could be in more trouble for "helping" Hamilton out of the car, under parc fermé. Drivers must exit the car unaided, Hamilton didn't and its been noted.

Seems an odd rule.

What if he can’t get out without assistance?

 

[classic33]

Seems an odd rule.

What if he can’t get out without assistance?

He'd have been disqualified.
And now there's a picture circulating, showing him being helped out. A mechanic who removed part of the cockpit, U-shaped piece that goes in place after the driver is in the car, was told to stop.

 

[Alex321]

Seems an odd rule.

What if he can’t get out without assistance?

That is one of those rules that is there for safety. The driver MUST be able to get out of the car by himself if he has to do so in an emergency, so is required to do so in normal circumstances.

 

[icowden]

Seems an odd rule.

What if he can’t get out without assistance?

It's also there because the driver has to be weighed at the end of the race and there are penalties if car+driver is under the minimum required race weight. If the driver is helped out of the car, there is the possibility for cheating by the assistant secretly adding some weight into the drivers clothing - thus the driver has to be unaided until they have been weighed.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

That is one of those rules that is there for safety. The driver MUST be able to get out of the car by himself if he has to do so in an emergency, so is required to do so in normal circumstances.

No I think you're mixing up the rules, there are 2, the first is the safety rule that a driver must be able to exit the car in X seconds, but his in not in play here, this is because the car is still in Parc Ferme, it is to stop the mechanic handing over pieces of lead to make the car within limits.

Edit:- @icowden beat me to the punchline

 

[glasgowcyclist]

It's also there because the driver has to be weighed at the end of the race and there are penalties if car+driver is under the minimum required race weight. If the driver is helped out of the car, there is the possibility for cheating by the assistant secretly adding some weight into the drivers clothing - thus the driver has to be unaided until they have been weighed.

Doesn’t seem fair then that they’re not penalised for jumping into a crowd of their own pit crew before weigh-in.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Doesn’t seem fair then that they’re not penalised for jumping into a crowd of their own pit crew before weigh-in.

I do believe that is strictly against the rules & you often see a FIA official trying to get them to come & get weighed