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First practice over; the usual suspects at the front. McLaren seem off the pace though.
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And not just Button.
Altogether not the best "package" at this moment in time.
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Rum? At this time of the morning?
Wild man!
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From the country I come from, its in the contract mate.....citizenship revoked for lack of ability to hold your drink. Nothing I can do about that. Oh yes, and day off landing on a Friday for total win. Anyway, I never drink to get drunk, unless I'm visiting my sis, then its a competition. :-)
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Hamilton comes across to me as a sulky arsed spoilt bratt, the incident where he was secretly giving the finger at the post race interviews, is one example.
His none stop excuses when it goes bad and his constant fakery about being a team player...he clearly isn't so why spout?
My favourite f1 driver for attitude is Irvin...he really didn't give toss.
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Serious question.
Will Massa be a real challenge to Alonso this year, and the others at the top? He's looking really speedy - a real racer again, not a makeweight.
I hope so, and credit to Ferrari for standing by him.
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Serious question.
Will Massa be a real challenge to Alonso this year, and the others at the top? He's looking really speedy - a real racer again, not a makeweight.
I hope that he's not only a challenge for Fernando. I hope he sticks it to all of 'em.
F1 Law states that there has to be a Brazilian in the mix.
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That's sad. I was looking through the Guardian's interactive circuit guide earlier and found myself getting annoyed at all the soulless Hermann Tilke tracks we have today. I watched two on-board videos of Hamilton from last season, one at Monza and one at the chinese GP. Monza was great to watch. Fast sweeping corners, long straights and chicanes. The other one just didn't have any flow. Annoying stop-start twisty section with corners that tighten further after the apex and then a monstrous straight. After Melbourne there's Malaysia, China and Bahrain. How long before more of the classic tracks are ditched for more tedious safety-first circuits. If Spa or Monza go I might write an angry letter to someone
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I like Webber, and would love to see him find the pace to outshine Vettel....
Tragically, I believe the simplest reason for Vettel's continued dominance over Webber in terms of speed, comes down to something as simple as weight. The cars weigh the same, and the power output is the same. But for all the horsepower available, its straight physics (well, biology and physics) that since Webber is taller than Vettel, if of the same approximate fitness levels and fat percentages, he will weigh more. He does therefore weighs more, and that, to me is what makes Vettel look good against him. I think Webber works harder than anyone to keep his weight down to the barest minimum, but he can't shrink bone, and will always be heavier.
Poor guy, he always looks gaunt, with his cheeks deeply sunken in, whereas the other drivers look normal. They haven't got the weight disadvantage to battle that he does.
Shorter, lighter drivers favoured by use of KERS.
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Ha!
"...an absolute shower (shaaaaaa)..."
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Tragically, I believe the simplest reason for Vettel's continued dominance over Webber in terms of speed, comes down to something as simple as weight. The cars weigh the same, and the power output is the same. But for all the horsepower available, its straight physics (well, biology and physics) that since Webber is taller than Vettel, if of the same approximate fitness levels and fat percentages, he will weigh more. He does therefore weighs more, and that, to me is what makes Vettel look good against him. I think Webber works harder than anyone to keep his weight down to the barest minimum, but he can't shrink bone, and will always be heavier.
Poor guy, he always looks gaunt, with his cheeks deeply sunken in, whereas the other drivers look normal. They haven't got the weight disadvantage to battle that he does.
Shorter, lighter drivers favoured by use of KERS.
Car + driver weights are all the same though. It does mean that Vettel get a bit more ballast to play with.
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Car + driver weights are all the same though. It does mean that Vettel get a bit more ballast to play with.
It's the ballast placement that's the advantage they claim in that article. If they set a minimum weight for driver/helmet plus the seat, this could even it out. If it gets Webber looking a bit healthier, that would be nice.
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Yeah I just read the article after posting that. It's not like go karts where the driver weight has a direct effect on power/weight ratio. It's definitely a factor but quite far down the list I would wager. Especially considering the car's weight drops by about 180kg throughout the race.
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