Motorsports Thread

[Deleted member 26715]

(if you value Rosberg's opinion!)

That's a No from me.

Why could it be a cover story? He seemed to be annoyed with himself during the interview.

Because they are all big kids playing games, they don't want the other big boys to know they have a problem, or more possibly Binotto has promised the Exec board that the problem had been resolved but it hasn't.

 

[figbat]

There was a suggestion that the wind shifts to behind the car at that corner, which would lead to a loss of rear downforce, especially if there was a gust or change from a previous lap.

Or there was a car problem but Ferrari have invoked the “thou shalt never cast aspersions on a Ferrari” commandment and Leclerc has taken the fall.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

That's a No from me.

Because they are all big kids playing games, they don't want the other big boys to know they have a problem, or more possibly Binotto has promised the Exec board that the problem had been resolved but it hasn't.

I recon it was just a mistake and people are reading things into it that aint there.

 

[classic33]

I recon it was just a mistake and people are reading things into it that aint there.

He sounded very subdued in the media pen interview, then looked like someone who'd been told off when they showed the interview.

In the race highlights, the spin and the radio transmission were almost in sync in contrast to the live race.

Main thing is he got out, unaided.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

I recon it was just a mistake and people are reading things into it that aint there.

Hopefully you are right & he just misjudged the loud pedal, hate to think I was hammering round in a 800Kgs 1000HP car with a sticking/non responsive throttle, that's like an accident waiting to happen.

Just another conspiracist thought, maybe it's not his bosses (Binotto) he''s frightened of, it's the FIA again I'm sure they'd not take too kindly having a throttle issue.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

He sounded very subdued in the media pen interview, then looked like someone who'd been told off when they showed the interview.

In the race highlights, the spin and the radio transmission were almost in sync in contrast to the live race.

Main thing is he got out, unaided.

On his way back to the garage afterwards he looked like a driver that didn't want to talk to anybody, helmet firmly in place and not looking at anybody, usual behaviour for a driver thats just cocked it up.

 

[classic33]

On his way back to the garage afterwards he looked like a driver that didn't want to talk to anybody, helmet firmly in place and not looking at anybody, usual behaviour for a driver thats just cocked it up.

Or under orders not to.

The previous race Brindle said that the FIA wouldn't want to hear that sort of thing(Car has a mechanical problem, that required a driver operating the pedal in both directions, because it wouldn't/couldn't do it as it should) over the radio.

Live broadcast never showed the spin, which will have reduced the speed, just the car at rest in the barrier. "Throttle is stuck", was clear over the radio. Nothing about reversing out.

I'd rather see a driver go off, recover and continue, than end up in the barriers.


Race engineer: “Are you OK?"
Leclerc, shouted back: "I cannot go off throttle! NOOOOOOOO!"

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Or under orders not to.

The previous race Brindle said that the FIA wouldn't want to hear that sort of thing(Car has a mechanical problem, that required a driver operating the pedal in both directions, because it wouldn't/couldn't do it as it should) over the radio.

Live broadcast never showed the spin, which will have reduced the speed, just the car at rest in the barrier. "Throttle is stuck", was clear over the radio. Nothing about reversing out.

I'd rather see a driver go off, recover and continue, than end up in the barriers.


Race engineer: “Are you OK?"
Leclerc, shouted back: "I cannot go off throttle! NOOOOOOOO!"

They showed the spin on the highlights, the back of the car got a away from him and it swapped ends twice then buried itself in the barrier thats all that happened.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

They showed the spin on the highlights, the back of the car got a away from him and it swapped ends twice then buried itself in the barrier thats all that happened.

You are a Ferrari employee in disguise you're just trying to throw us off the scent

 

[Reynard]

Or there was a car problem but Ferrari have invoked the “thou shalt never cast aspersions on a Ferrari” commandment and Leclerc has taken the fall.

Alain Prost (then a three times World Champion) got sacked in 1990 after telling the team their car was a heap of manure.

Nothing new to see. Move along...

 

[Reynard]

I think that is why they introduced the plank of wood .
My recent Motor Sport magazine shows a picture of the underside of Perez Red Bull car showing the plank set between the carbon floor .
I too am not sure how the sprung plank works as there must be a limit as to how low the floor can go before it grounds away on the race track . The old ground effect cars had nylon type sealing strips attached to the sides of the bodywork which could slide up and down .

Nope, plank of wood was introduced well over a decade later (1994).

It's a given that the plank will wear during the race due to the effect of downforce, acceleration and braking, but there are limits on the acceptable amounts of wear.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

You are a Ferrari employee in disguise you're just trying to throw us off the scent

No, I'm retired and don't work for anybody, and when I was working i was nothing more than a factory labourer/ forklift driver working in the local factories. I'm not reading into something something thats not there.

 

[figbat]

Alain Prost (then a three times World Champion) got sacked in 1990 after telling the team their car was a heap of manure.

Nothing new to see. Move along...

This was in mind as I replied. You don’t ever criticise a Ferrari.

 

[Reynard]

This was in mind as I replied. You don’t ever criticise a Ferrari.

Great minds and all that...

If I were a racing driver, that would be the one team I wouldn't ever drive for. I'd much rather drive for a team that actually knew what they were doing.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

I'm not reading into something something thats not there.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f844AqLxrW0


Peter Windsor agrees with you, first 8 minutes.