F1 World Championship 2010 Thread

[Richard Hammond]

Bloody hell, MY stomach heaved let alone Mark Webber at seeing that crash, very lucky guy.

[deuz]

**** off, hekkei just said he was trying to block. For once i actually agree with what coulthard said. GG to webber :(

[enigma-penguin Veteran]

Not a view you want to see from a cockpit.

[Buio]

Kobayashi is back!

Great passing of Alonso and Buemi on the last 5 laps. I know he got new fresh tires, but his passings were great even so.

[Kralik]

Just saw the Webber crash..

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=Q5EDfCvhnQQ

It was his own fault.. why did he expect Kovalainen to just get out of the way? It's a race..

[KiHu]

Nicholas-C posted on IRC.

[.mcman]

Mark's crash was scary. Glad he's ok. It did spiced things up a bit though. And Kobayashi was great in the end of the race! :D

[Unimatrix Xero]

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Nicholas-C posted on IRC.

Have some bloody dignaty, what if webber had died or more hurt than he actully was, do you think that picture would be as funny then?

jesus some people

[Nicholas-c Veteran]

Have some bloody dignaty, what if webber had died or more hurt than he actully was, do you think that picture would be as funny then?

jesus some people

Fact of the matter is that no body got injured. The cars are designed to take impacts and forces like that before they even think about adding on an engine etc. Safety is key in F1.

Either way. GREAT race. Best race of the season thus far. Well done Kobayashi (Y)

[Unimatrix Xero]

dont call me an idiot, i just dont find a crash like that funny, but im guessing you do, so go ahead and laugh your socks off at a crash that COULD have ended in webber loosing his live.

[enigma-penguin Veteran]

Gotta agree here, context is everything and the cars are designed to let drivers survive. This was a bad one, but he walked away. Webber is an easy enough man to joke about it himself, so I don't see the issue. Well done to Koby, that was an AWESOME race for Sauber and Peter Sauber should be pleased as punch.

[simonlang]

has someone heard alonso whining on the pitradio and after the race? gosh, this guy has reached another low. totally lame. :laugh:

[Buio]

Five second penalty to nine drivers for exceeding safety car in-lap time.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/84857

No big changes, Alonso moves up before Buemi and Rosberg gets the final point as he moves up before De La Rosa.

[san.W10]

stupid overly complicated p.o.s saftey car rules

Now if this was not enough, thy've added tons of complicated rules for next year, just to improve overtaking :\

they could've just killed Double diffuser, F-duct, & KERS.

btw, that was a massive crash :p

[Buio]

they could've just killed Double diffuser, F-duct, & KERS.

Disagree on KERS, if every car had the same KERS system it would give all drivers an option to boost during a lap, which increases strategy (when to boost) and possible overtaking (at least on circuits with at least two overtaking possibilities or more).

[brentaal]

[ahmz]

The results and lack of penalties for today's race was definitely shameful.

[philcruicks]

Well that was once hell of a crash by Webber, glad he's OK

he's flipped a car before as well (1999 Le Mans), looks identical just nose of the car the other way. Tho circumstances were slightly different in Le Mans he didn't go into the back of anyone just not enough down-force at top speed.

[simonlang]

The results and lack of penalties for today's race was definitely shameful.

lack of penalties? i cant remember the last time when 9 cars got a penalty.

[brentaal]

They got a 5 second penalty. What the cars behind the safety car lost was more than 20 seconds.

[simonlang]

They got a 5 second penalty. What the cars behind the safety car lost was more than 20 seconds.

lost 20 seconds to whom? safetycar went on track and had to wait for the leader. all cars had to drive at a certain speed, calculated by computers and their current track position. its crystal clear i think. the team manager of the sauber team said that cars who got the 5 second penalty gained earlier only 2 or 3 seconds by speeding. so the penalty was fair and balanced.

if there was a problem at this race it was that the safetycar went out a little bit too late, therefore missed the leading car and had to wait and slow down the field for nearly a lap. but its not something which has never happend before. thats racing i think.

[Kerm]

dont call me an idiot, i just dont find a crash like that funny, but im guessing you do, so go ahead and laugh your socks off at a crash that COULD have ended in webber loosing his live.

Thanks, we will.

That picture rocks.

Go Kobayashi!

I do think Hammy would of been on top of the podium if if wasn't for his drive through.

[simonlang]

lost 20 seconds to whom? safetycar went on track and had to wait for the leader. all cars had to drive at a certain speed, calculated by computers and their current track position. its crystal clear i think. the team manager of the sauber team said that cars who got the 5 second penalty gained earlier only 2 or 3 seconds by speeding. so the penalty was fair and balanced.

if there was a problem at this race it was that the safetycar went out a little bit too late, therefore missed the leading car and had to wait and slow down the field for nearly a lap. but its not something which has never happend before. thats racing i think.

to add, thats what the fia said:

The FIA also pointed out that the speeding penalties for cars during their pit stop laps under the Safety Car were relatively lenient because many of them were doing 180mph plus within a couple of hundred metres of the Safety Car line when the car was deployed and could do little about it. They may have broken the letter of the law but not its spirit.

[Buio]

lost 20 seconds to whom? safetycar went on track and had to wait for the leader. all cars had to drive at a certain speed, calculated by computers and their current track position. its crystal clear i think. the team manager of the sauber team said that cars who got the 5 second penalty gained earlier only 2 or 3 seconds by speeding. so the penalty was fair and balanced.

Basically a bunch of cars behind Massa slowed down so much that they could enter the pits on the same lap safety car came out, whereas the Ferrari drivers had to pit the next lap by following the rules. And as Hamilton raced pass the safety car, only Ferrari (and the two cars that didn't stop) was behind the safety car at that time.

According to Autosport the penalty was "failing to stay above the minimum time set by the FIA ECU when the Safety Car was deployed.".

[S.Arthur]

US will win the Constructors Cup. and Michael Schumacher will be the world champion this year.