2011 British Grand Prix Thread

[steveaki13]

Thought it was about time this thread was launched.

[steveaki13]

BBC Weather | Silverstone Circuit (http://news.bbc.co.uk/weather/forecast/5000)

Looks like we are in for a mixed bag of weather this weekend.

Lets hope if it rains, they let them race.

[555-04Q2]

Silverstone is one of my favourite tracks. Looking forward to a good race :)

[Big Ben]

Another race I'm going to miss.... not on purpose but still no regrets. I keep my finger crossed of barry & co. to see another 'epic' race. I just wonder how many epic races can one season have?

[Retro Formula 1]

Looks like wet in practice, damp for qualifying and dry for the race at the moment.

[Sarah]

If you can get it BBC Look East are going to be live at Silverstone tomorrow 6.30pm with Martin Brundle.

[steveaki13]

If you can get it BBC Look East are going to be live at Silverstone tomorrow 6.30pm with Martin Brundle.

Thanks for that.

I will watch it.

[555-04Q2]

Practice 1:

Pos No Driver Team Time/Retired Gap Laps

1 2 Mark Webber RBR-Renault 1:46.603 19
2 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1:47.263 0.660 20
3 11 Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1:47.347 0.744 23
4 17 Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1:47.422 0.819 22
5 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:47.562 0.959 13
6 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:47.758 1.155 23
7 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:48.161 1.558 16
8 3 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:48.549 1.946 21
9 14 Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1:48.598 1.995 19
10 19 Jaime Alguersuari STR-Ferrari 1:48.678 2.075 22
11 15 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1:48.730 2.127 18
12 18 Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari 1:48.778 2.175 18
13 1 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault 1:48.794 2.191 21
14 12 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth 1:48.809 2.206 17
15 4 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:48.841 2.238 23
16 9 Nick Heidfeld Renault 1:48.941 2.338 20
17 10 Vitaly Petrov Renault 1:49.603 3.000 15
18 16 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1:50.133 3.530 17
19 21 Jarno Trulli Lotus-Renault 1:50.222 3.619 14
20 20 Karun Chandhok Lotus-Renault 1:51.119 4.516 17
21 24 Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1:52.470 5.867 17
22 23 Vitantonio Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth 1:53.143 6.540 20
23 25 Jerome d'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth 1:53.469 6.866 26
24 22 Daniel Ricciardo HRT-Cosworth 1:54.334 7.731 24

[555-04Q2]

Quite a mixed session. RBR still top the time sheets.

[pino]

Practice 2 :

1 Felipe Massa 6 Ferrari 1:49.967
2 Nico Rosberg 8 Mercedes GP 1:50.744
3 Kamui Kobayashi 16 Sauber 1:51.395
4 Lewis Hamilton 3 McLaren-Mercedes 1:51.438
5 Jenson Button 4 McLaren-Mercedes 1:51.518
6 Adrian Sutil 14 Force India-Mercedes 1:51.738
7 Paul Di Resta 15 Force India-Mercedes 1:51.781
8 Rubens Barrichello 11 Williams-Cosworth 1:51.992
9 Sergio Perez 17 Sauber 1:52.169
10 Sebastien Buemi 18 Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:52.189
11 Vitaly Petrov 10 Renault 1:52.198
12 Michael Schumacher 7 Mercedes GP 1:52.325
13 Heikki Kovalainen 20 Lotus-Renault 1:52.578
14 Mark Webber 2 Red Bull-Renault 1:52.587
15 Fernando Alonso 5 Ferrari 1:52.869
16 Nick Heidfeld 9 Renault 1:54.023
17 Jaime Alguersuari 19 Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:54.274
18 Sebastian Vettel 1 Red Bull-Renault 1:54.545
19 Jerome d'Ambrosio 25 Virgin-Cosworth 1:54.714
20 Pastor Maldonado 12 Williams-Cosworth 1:55.155
21 Jarno Trulli 21 Lotus-Renault 1:55.155
22 Timo Glock 24 Virgin-Cosworth 1:55.549
23 Daniel Ricciardo 22 Hispania-Cosworth 1:55.828
24 Vitantonio Liuzzi 23 Hispania-Cosworth 1:56.037


Source Formula1.com

[Dave B]

Prepare for an incoming storm as teams argue about precise interpretation of blown diffuser ban. It's going to get complicated!

[ioan]

Well it seems that the FIA had brew up a nice sh!t storm with this rule change by giving some engine manufacturer(s) special dispensation to continue running some degree of off throttle blowing due to 'reliability issues'.

Why oh why couldn't they just wait for the end of the season?!

This season will be remembered for all the wrong reasons: crappy tires, idiotic DRS, shambolic mid season rule changes and 2 tier rules on top of it!

[steveaki13]

I was at Silverstone today.

It was very wet alot of the time, and not much useful running if Quali is bone dry.

I have a question.

Has the Luffield and woodcote section been changed this year or last when the new section was bought in. I came home from being there and watched the session and something around that area looked different.

[steveaki13]

I sat at Vale and watched the exit of Stowe, Vale and Club and the new pit entry. Of all the cars I saw going into the pits in Session 2, it was Schumacher who attacked the pit line to its maximum. Like the old days he seemed to be the only one learning the limit of braking into the pits. So he is still always leanring and experimenting.

[Mia 01]

ferrai is looking good, rbr cloose. Maclaren, off, lost, hamiltoun.

We will se.

[ioan]

Well done RBR!

McLaren looks to get some payback for the crap they brewed over the last 2 days.

[Hawkmoon]

I think we should have a poll. How many laps will there be behind the safety car in the event of a wet start? I figure about 10. :(

[ioan]

I think we should have a poll. How many laps will there be behind the safety car in the event of a wet start? I figure about 10. :(

Did they ditch Charlie meanwhile or are you just being overoptimistic?! ;)

[Dave B]

Interesting Mansell moment, saying that some teams have taken NASA's cf technology and done some very clever things with it. Hmmm.

[ioan]

I think we should have a poll. How many laps will there be behind the safety car in the event of a wet start? I figure about 10. :(

Did they ditch Charlie meanwhile or you are being overoptimistic?! ;)

[Robinho]

Interesting Mansell moment, saying that some teams have taken NASA's cf technology and done some very clever things with it. Hmmm.

i did wonder what exactly he was getting at, any clues?

[Brown, Jon Brow]

It was a great lap by Webber after he had spent most of FP3 out of the car and had only managed 6 dry laps before qualifying.

[Mia 01]

ferrari is gaining track, maclaren has lost the plot and is now out. RBR have to be careful.

[Sonic]

Highlight of the weekend, nay year - MUZZA! :)

Infectiously excitable on Five Live this morning, and just like old times with Martin this afternoon. Brilliant.

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[Hawkmoon]

Raining... Woo hoo!!! :)

By "woo hoo" I take it you mean ****ing hell, half the race behind the safety car! ;)

[christophulus]

This should be great, half wet and half dry!

[Hawkmoon]

I thought Red Bull didn't use team orders? ;)

[christophulus]

I thought Red Bull didn't use team orders? ;)

What a shame, Webber confirming he's a number 2 driver then?

[ioan]

I thought Red Bull didn't use team orders? ;)

Thanks to Ferrari there are no rules anymore against team orders. Well done Ferrari, the rule writes! :D

[ioan]

What a shame, Webber confirming he's a number 2 driver then?

He might want to get another season in RBR afterall.
Also thanks to Ferrari the team order rules were deleted last season! :D

[Dave B]

Last year Mark said "not bad for a #2 driver". This year they showed him...

[RJL25]

Webber looks fairly pissed off doesn't he... might be the final straw that will see him leave RBR, which is probably Marko's intention as it was no doubt his decision to send that message to Mark on the final lap.

[Rollo]

Channel 10, you've truly outdone yourself. Not only did the OneHD website crash before the start of the race, but the Channel 10 coverage on Freeview was delayed by TWO hours, including being delayed half an hour delayed for a delayed telecast.

People in South Sudan saw the British GP live, and we've only just started our coverage after the race ended because of NCIS and Hawaii-Five-****ing-O.

[Robinho]

i'm not sure he was actually observing that instruction anyway

[ioan]

Webber looks fairly pissed off doesn't he... might be the final straw that will see him leave RBR, which is probably Marko's intention as it was no doubt his decision to send that message to Mark on the final lap.

The message was sent by Horner himself, so quit talking rubbish about people you hate, for whatever reason.

[ioan]

i'm not sure he was actually observing that instruction anyway

He was, only that he kept very close and showed himself to make a point.

[RJL25]

The message was sent by Horner himself, so quit talking rubbish about people you hate, for whatever reason.

Do you know me do you? You know who I hate and don't hate? Horner has been saying publically how they want to keep webber, and Marko has been saying how Webber isn't good enough, so its fairly easy to conclude that the anti-webber vibe within the team comes from Marko and not Horner.

Ofcourse this is just my opinion, which is not any more right or wrong then yours ioan, you arrogant .............

[ioan]

Do you know me do you? You know who I hate and don't hate? Horner has been saying publically how they want to keep webber, and Marko has been saying how Webber isn't good enough, so its fairly easy to conclude that the anti-webber vibe within the team comes from Marko and not Horner.

Ofcourse this is just my opinion, which is not any more right or wrong then yours ioan, you arrogant .............

All Webber die hard fans hate Marko for last year's British GP, no secret there, isn't it?
I might be arrogant but why is that a problem for you? Do you know me do you?! LOL

[Brown, Jon Brow]

A question about the LED rain lights on the cars.

Why did the Saubers still have their lights flashing after they had put slicks on?

[christophulus]

A question about the LED rain lights on the cars.

Why did the Saubers still have their lights flashing after they had put slicks on?

They had an interview with Anthony Davidson on Silverstone TV yesterday explaining the Mercedes steering wheel. Basically the driver has to change a "mode" on the wheel depending on whether they're on slicks/inters/wet tyres as they have different radii, so the pit lane limiter can be calibrated correctly. If the driver selects the inter or wet option the flashing light automatically comes on, so I guess they forgot to change the mode back when they put slicks on?

[PSfan]

I thought Red Bull didn't use team orders? ;)

I haven't decided which is funnier, alot of people on here equating hold position as a team order when most teams do it to prevent their drivers from either crashing into each other, or to conserve their cars/engines for future races when there is nothing for the team to gain other then possibly their drivers swapping positions

Or Webber being told to hold position, ignoring the order and STILL finishing behind Vettel.... HAHAHA

[PSfan]

It was exxciting stuff by both of them. Although Webber lost his lead at the start which was gamble considering starting with intermediate tyres on a bone dry track was hard for all, I would say he put in a great performance today. Vettel defended well but was under alot of pressure from a faster Mark. I certainly wouldn't laugh at Marks performance today. :)

Wasn't laughing at his performance today, But when your told 4 times by your team to not race your team-mate at the end of the race, and you choose ignore the order, still finish behind your team-mate, and then tell the world in an interview that you ignored the order, considering the post race debrief he will have to go to afterwards, I think that's darn funny...

[PSfan]

I can't believe they told him 4 times in two laps!! :eek:
I hadn't been aware of that.




Webber: How did you feel about being told to hold gap? 'Not fine with it. If Fernando retired on last lap, we were fighting for a win.' Webber says there were about four radio conversations about this 'but I didn't say a lot back. I decided to ignore it' http://twitter.com/#!/mauricehamilton (http://twitter.com/#%21/mauricehamilton)

Ahem....

[F1boat]

Fun race. I am happy that Ferrari finally won - Alonso deserved it, a great, great driver. Vettel drove very well too and despite the team orders deserved 2nd, as Webber ignored them anyway. Mark is on his way out of the team, maybe.

[tfp]

Formula 1 (http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2011/7/12294.html)
Just read this :p It made me laugh, I wonder if mclaren would be able to afford the fuel for the next race with that massive fine! ;)

[00steven]

Fun race. I am happy that Ferrari finally won - Alonso deserved it, a great, great driver. Vettel drove very well too and despite the team orders deserved 2nd, as Webber ignored them anyway. Mark is on his way out of the team, maybe.

Yes, it seems to me Mark is all but gone.

[The Black Knight]

Yes, it seems to me Mark is all but gone.

I doubt that. I reckon he'll be at RBR next year. If he isn't though, I really do believe that Hammy should consider a move to RBR if it is on the cards, then we'd see how good Vettel truly is.

What a wet weekend. I thoroughly enjoyed it though.

[SGWilko]

I thought Red Bull didn't use team orders? ;)

Monday through Saturday that applies - Sunday - day of worship for their God (Vettel)!!! :laugh:

[SGWilko]

Channel 10, you've truly outdone yourself. Not only did the OneHD website crash before the start of the race, but the Channel 10 coverage on Freeview was delayed by TWO hours, including being delayed half an hour delayed for a delayed telecast.

People in South Sudan saw the British GP live, and we've only just started our coverage after the race ended because of NCIS and Hawaii-Five-****ing-O.

Book 'em Danno!

[SGWilko]

All Webber die hard fans hate Marko for last year's British GP

When Red Bull's tag line became;

Red Bull Takes Away your Wings..... ;)

[F1boat]

I doubt that. I reckon he'll be at RBR next year. If he isn't though, I really do believe that Hammy should consider a move to RBR if it is on the cards, then we'd see how good Vettel truly is.


Why? It is better to have one very good driver, a team leader, and a solid second driver. I can see combo between Vettel and Buemi, for example.

[The Black Knight]

Why? It is better to have one very good driver, a team leader, and a solid second driver. I can see combo between Vettel and Buemi, for example.

:p ROFL

[F1boat]

That's what happens when English is not your first language and you play too much videogames :D

[Mia 01]

I think I will remember this race as one where Fernando took a deserved win with a car that looks sharp.

And a race where RBR extended the lead in both championchips.

[steveaki13]

I think I will remember this race as one where Fernando took a deserved win with a car that looks sharp.

And a race where RBR extended the lead in both championchips.

Seems fair. That is exactly how it happened. :p

I will remember it as a race where Button was robbed, Schumi was cheated and HRT were the true victors. :D