F1 Official Thread - Grand Prix of Britain

[Sinner]

Kinda didn't expect this, but happy for Kimi.

http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/raikkonen-retains-ferrari-f1-seat-for-2016

 

[kookcle]

Kimi

....Thanks Seb

 

[Sinner]

https://vid.me/YBHi

 

[Thierry Henry]

https://vid.me/YBHi

great car control though

still the fastest through FP2

 

[Sinner]

Not really!  The second his tire exploded, he was a passenger!  It was a high-speed section, and on 3 wheels, there is no car control!

Crazy scary! 

He later admitted that he was very lucky to have not hit anything. 

 

[D Double]

Guess Hamilton stole Nico's setup then

 

[Sinner]

^ Imagine if it was the other way around!  Some of the Hammy-fanboys woulda gone ballistic!  

105 grid penalties FTW! 

  All intentional!  Take the hit now and get a few extra engines in return!  Makes sense!

 

[Sinner]

A somewhat eventful race, but this tops it... never seen anything like it.

 

[Sinner]

Some closed-cockpit concept renders... they look amazing... and if it saves lives and doesn't hinder driver-extraction, then why not?

http://andriesvanoverbeeke.com/3994...n-honda-formula-1-concept-with-closed-cockpit

And Mercedes' solution...

 

[D Double]

Those look beautiful.

I think it will be a long while before we see closed cockpits.

Isn't it already 50 degrees in there and especially worse in races like Singapore and Malaysia?

 

[D Double]

http://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/f1/9970059/what-will-2017-bring-for-f1

I'm liking what I see so far and I agree with them about the front wing.
Loved the wings of the pre 2009 era.

MP4-23

 

[Sinner]

Oh.

 

[D Double]

Oh dear

It might actually suit him but something is telling me on the podium after the race, it's going to look real bad

 

[Sinner]

Teams are making 2016 driver announcements left & right and all they can talk about his his hair. 

 

[rolaholic]

That chain though 

 

[D Double]

Teams are making 2016 driver announcements left & right and all they can talk about his his hair. 

Exactly.

I didn't even know about his holiday in Barbados till it was mentioned everywhere in Spa.

 

[Thierry Henry]

Scuderia Ferrari

 

[D Double]

7 in a row for Hamilton. Big turnaround from last year.

With the new starts I expect some Ferrari shenanigans and even if they don't jump Lewis then the inter team battle should be good.

Unlucky for Nico but knowing that it's the new engine with problems nows the time to have it and not the race so Lewis could be in trouble.

Happy to see Force India up there as well.

 

[Sinner]

Nico was only 3/10ths off... I'd like to think the engine-spec differential accounted for most of it... but damn, Ferrari power!  Damn! 

 

[Sinner]

I didn't even know about his holiday in Barbados till it was mentioned everywhere in Spa.

Yeah, it was all over my F1-feeds... him grinding Rihanna and whatnot... LOLZ

 

[D Double]

 

[Thierry Henry]

One of the lower Formula divisions?

 

[Sinner]

Holy sh-crap... 

Yep, that's the World Series by Renault... WSR... a lower division like GP2. 

That's the thing with open-wheel racing... once two wheels come in contact, the car behind will usually be launched! 

 

[D Double]

 

[eiddyfouw]

@ the Italian fans cheering when Rosberg's engine blew out...