Baku 2016

[Tazio]

"The Honey Badger" I like it!

[steveaki13]

Looks a really testing track. Just hope they are pro active marshalls and we dont spend 7 laps in a row under SC and it not being much of a race.

Anyway Lewis has a mountain to climb and Nico has the chance again..... swings and roundabouts this season.

[steveaki13]

"The Honey Badger" I like it!

so do i.......

[Tazio]

Boss getting tire to replace flat spotted one.

[Bagwan]

Mornin' Tazzy .

That replacement is from another set that ran the same number of laps .
You've got to wonder , if they are letting him replace it , how worried they are about anyone else who flat spots a tire .
Full throttle for 23 seconds has them edgy about standing waves , apparently , which , I guess , was the big issue way back when Michelin couldn't run the Indy track .
2km of straight might just be too much .

[steveaki13]

Mornin' Tazzy .

That replacement is from another set that ran the same number of laps .
You've got to wonder , if they are letting him replace it , how worried they are about anyone else who flat spots a tire .
Full throttle for 23 seconds has them edgy about standing waves , apparently , which , I guess , was the big issue way back when Michelin couldn't run the Indy track .
2km of straight might just be too much .

Morning guys

I think there seems to be a fascination with longer and longer straights. I guess it is pretty tough on tyres. However there is little gradient so that should ease that concern slightly. On the other hand remember Kimi in 2005 having his blow out along the straight because he had pushed that flat spot too far. I guess if it was a bad one and that long straight could finish it off. Albeit those 2005 tyres had to last a whole race.

Anyway I am finishing Le Mans, ready to start the Baku GP at the same time. Busy busy

[Tazio]

Morning Baggy, Morning Steve, I think that move had a certain level of safety consideration. I wouldn't compare it with Indy, Their were plenty of signs that they had a problem there. No failures in Baku in four sessions, although I know there has been some concern about it. I'm more concerned about the royal carambalage we have on lap one!

[Whyzars]

2km of straight might just be too much .

This track reminds me so much of Adelaide. The infamous Mansell blowout sprang to mind when I read your post.

They will thankfully be staying within the white lines on this track and racing without the "safe spaces" that are so fashionable in universities and motorsport these days.

Lets hope Trigglypuff doesn't make an appearance lest Tazio's comment about it getting ugly comes true.

[Bagwan]

This track reminds me so much of Adelaide. The infamous Mansell blowout sprang to mind when I read your post.

They will thankfully be staying within the white lines on this track and racing without the "safe spaces" that are so fashionable in universities and motorsport these days.

Lets hope Trigglypuff doesn't make an appearance lest Tazio's comment about it getting ugly comes true.

Good mornin' .

Lost on the "trigglypuff" reference .

[Bagwan]

Hey , happy father's day to all the dads out there who get to lie on the couch to watch the GP like me .