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It should be interesting. I'm not sure it will help him. But he likes this track,Quote:
Originally Posted by BDunnell
and I think the smooth surface plays into his hand a little if he runs heavy!
It could work against him if he has to start on intermediates,
and have to deal with a rapidly drying line. He has a tendency to torture his fronts in those conditions!
I really am impressed with his patience, and perspective. Love him, or hate him, he is a driver to be admired.
To take a leaf out of Tinchote's book...
Stupid Rules = Stupid Consequences.
Dang... :\Quote:
Originally Posted by Dr. Krogshöj
Regardless of whether that was intentional, that was both negligent and extremely dangerous. For that, both drivers should be rightly penalised... drivers in the past have been dumped down the grid for much lesser incidents.
They should both get 5 place penalties at the very least. To cruise round at such a slow speed when other cars are on fast laps is bad enough, to do so on the racing line is just stupid. I'd actually send them to the back of the grid, whilst the FIA should create a rule which means the cars have to run at a sensible speed back to the pits after there qualy lap.
The potential for this kind of thing to happen was there from the moment Q3 was changed, and it would have made sense to include some sort of rule within the changes about drivers on the cooling down laps - perhaps they should lap within 110% of their quickest lap time or something like that.
Still, even if that happened, they'd be lapping slower than someone on a qualy lap and the risk of a quick car coming across a slow car at the wrong time would still be there, as it always has been.
The only way to eliminate this kind of thing entirely is to have one car/one lap 'shoot-out' qualifying again.
Now we shall see how fair the rules will be applied this year. In the past years, minimal "blocking" cost ten grid places (and at Monza one year, i would have not called it blocking, but a penalty was imposed anyway), and last year, doing it to your team mate, while safely parked in the pits cost five grid places, and this was far worse, especially from the safety standpoint, so.......
meanwhile the replacement for RD was like, blocking, what blocking, why they got over as far as they could.....and there were those who thought things might change with RD not being around.....
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/66021
Both drivers penalised 5 places.
Maybe the rule should be changed now.
So it's clear!
The grid will look like that: 3 Trulli, 4 Kubica, 5 Heidfeld, 6 Webber, 7 Alonso, 8 Kovalainen, 9 Hamilton, 10 Glock.
Jarno and Toyota, please try to make it to the finish without troubles! This may be the best chance to fight for a podium position in this season.
Maybe, but with previous qualifying rules there wasn't the neccessity to milk the cool down lap for all it was worth. It's a dumb rule.Quote:
Originally Posted by ArrowsFA1
In other news, Trulli starting third! Wow! And Webbers sixth place looks pretty handy...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/moto...ne/7309337.stm
Aye, is on BBC as well now. This is a good decision from the FIA.