British Grand Prix

pRo · Post 06 Jul 2007, 19:05

siskue2005 wrote:was he doing long runs with that, or just did one lap?

I don't know. They were just showing him pitting and getting the mixed tyres. Then they cut to another camera just when he was leaving and they didn't show him again for a while.

Often the tv-direction is a bit weird during practices. Must be another guy who does the race.

mahesh248 · Post 06 Jul 2007, 19:38

surprised to see toyota 3rd in practise ... any one know anything abt it ..?

Saribro · Post 06 Jul 2007, 20:32

mahesh248 wrote:surprised to see toyota 3rd in practise ... any one know anything abt it ..?

low fuel load? :)

wazojugs · Post 06 Jul 2007, 21:28

Some pics that i took on friday of Nigel Mansell in the BMW F1 car doing donuts. The demo finished early as he stalled the car and ran out of room to manouver.

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wazojugs · Post 06 Jul 2007, 21:39

And some recordings at luffield

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=QTBUNFI1
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=PSFU2ZTD

wazojugs · Post 06 Jul 2007, 21:45

I was totally entertained watching the worlds 3rd best driver finish 3rd in second free practice, the hairs really stood up on my arms as the lap was electricfying!

siskue2005 · Post 06 Jul 2007, 21:55

pRo wrote:
siskue2005 wrote:was he doing long runs with that, or just did one lap?
I don't know. They were just showing him pitting and getting the mixed tyres. Then they cut to another camera just when he was leaving and they didn't show him again for a while.

Often the tv-direction is a bit weird during practices. Must be another guy who does the race.

now i get it, i was watching it at FP2..... It was indeed Wet tyres, but they where practicing Pit stops, Coz with the new front rims...they use different rims for Wet tyres ( and also different guns ).thats why they where practicing with wet tyres

waynes · Post 06 Jul 2007, 22:51

siskue2005 wrote:was he doing long runs with that, or just did one lap?

thats illegal for a start!!! all 4 tyres have to be the same compound/dry or wet

waynes · Post 07 Jul 2007, 15:26

just when i thought kimi had slapped in the pole lap, lewis came up with an absolute stonker of a lap!!

awesome lap

chasefreak · Post 07 Jul 2007, 15:27

the most amazing part of qualifying is that alonso was fastest on hard tyres ... unlike the ferraris on soft ones ....hmmmmm
mclaren was surely sandbagging looks like

FLC · Post 07 Jul 2007, 15:51

Not to underrate LH's job, but I was the only one who saw KR's mistake in the last sector? If it wasn't for that he would definitely be on pole. I hope he can make up for it tomorrow.

C/\D · Post 07 Jul 2007, 16:11

Alonso was fastest all seassons this weekend. And he has the fastest lap of this weekend. So i think he has a better setup than hamilton. Also some people say he was on a tactic, in the practise seassons and was trying not to drop any benefical data to telemetry. Inorder to make hamilton avoid using his datas. And it was crucial for him to make a technicall war with alonso. Also being a 'lighter' man he should win the pole of course. If alonso takes raikonen over in the start cuz he will start from the clean part of the track. He can win silverstone gp.

siskue2005 · Post 07 Jul 2007, 16:24

chasefreak wrote:the most amazing part of qualifying is that alonso was fastest on hard tyres ... unlike the ferraris on soft ones ....hmmmmm
mclaren was surely sandbagging looks like

Sorry to disappoint , He was on used or a soft tyre which picked up rubber, and the lines where cleaned off.... So infact it was Soft tyres

vyselegend · Post 07 Jul 2007, 16:25

Yes it seems Fernando's prime choice is the hardest compound. It was strange indeed for him to use a set of medium in Q1, then top the Q2 with the hard...
Surprising also is the third best driver, who overpaced his team mate for once! However, I'm betting he'll be the shortest first stint of the top ten.
Heidfeld is probably heavy, and Renault confirmed their progress, but they're not yet at BMWs level.

We can say all we want about the chances of Lewis, the factors explaining his "easy" adaptation etc, but even with the best of machinery you've got to be a hell of a good driver to achieve such consistant performance.
He hasn't an Irvine or a Barichello to play the 2nd for him, neither he have a tyre manufacturer dedicaced to his own succes. I feel we have a true prodigy there! He's not only credible for title win in his rookie ear, he's THE most credible one!

Cyco · Post 07 Jul 2007, 16:38

A very Senna style move by Hamilton to start his last lap with only seconds left. That he got pole because Kimi made a mistake is why he is on pole - he didn't.

I was totally shocked to see the 3rd best driver on top of the time sheets with 5 minutes to go, but thankfully that was soon rectified and the emergency services didn't need to be called out to 10 million heart attack victims