Jenson Button has won the Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang in mixed weather conditions. The race was stopped after only 33 of the planned 56 laps. Nick Heidfeld came in second, ahead of Timo Glock who completes the podium. Because less than 75% of the race was completed, only half of the points will be awarded for this race.
Man, how I miss Jean Alesi...DaveKillens wrote:One huge difference for rain situations is the change from grooved tires to slicks. The previous grooved tires were more forgiving when encountering damp conditions.
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But with slicks, they are absolutely unforgiving when water is involved.
http://fialive.fiacommunications.com/en ... iming.aspxNormanBates wrote:edit: by the way, does anybody know where to get this kind of information for today's practice?
Me too, I really liked him a lot. he was my favorite driver for many, many years.joseff wrote:Man, how I miss Jean Alesi...
Only Williams arn't running it at all.jddh1 wrote:We're talking about the KERS being a shocker (pun intended) if it's gonna be a wet race. Well, not for Williams because they're running a Flywheel KERS. So, why bother with these batteries, which are heavy, overheat easily, and simply are not liked too much around here? I recommend sticking to the flywheel KERS and develop that instead. Yes, it's not as efficient for quick bursts as a battery KERS is, but you gotta start somewhere.
Right, but when they do, they won't have overheating problems and stuff like that.axle wrote:Only Williams arn't running it at all.jddh1 wrote:We're talking about the KERS being a shocker (pun intended) if it's gonna be a wet race. Well, not for Williams because they're running a Flywheel KERS. So, why bother with these batteries, which are heavy, overheat easily, and simply are not liked too much around here? I recommend sticking to the flywheel KERS and develop that instead. Yes, it's not as efficient for quick bursts as a battery KERS is, but you gotta start somewhere.
No, they have a whole other world of problems I betjddh1 wrote:Right, but when they do, they won't have overheating problems and stuff like that.axle wrote:Only Williams arn't running it at all.jddh1 wrote:We're talking about the KERS being a shocker (pun intended) if it's gonna be a wet race. Well, not for Williams because they're running a Flywheel KERS. So, why bother with these batteries, which are heavy, overheat easily, and simply are not liked too much around here? I recommend sticking to the flywheel KERS and develop that instead. Yes, it's not as efficient for quick bursts as a battery KERS is, but you gotta start somewhere.
Thanks!!sstanescu wrote:http://fialive.fiacommunications.com/en ... iming.aspxNormanBates wrote:edit: by the way, does anybody know where to get this kind of information for today's practice?
Right, but when they do, they won't have overheating problems and stuff like that.Only Williams arn't running it at all.
They could end up with weird gyroscopic effects depending on how it’s mounted, that could affect the yaw and pitch of the car. Mount it in the nose and could end up with another Mass Damper fiasco.No, they have a whole other world of problems I bet
I'm in total agreement.Giblet wrote:Bernie has choses the time of day perfectly. The euro audience will be bigger, so more money for him. The potential danger of the rain will increase viewers as well and the potential for one of our our beloved drivers getting killed goes way up.
The man is a genius. At making his wallet deeper. I don't know if raw greed is good for the sport anymore. When he made paupers into millionaires nobody complained, but this is getting silly. I don't have a race in my country, Canada, because of his greed. one of the better actual RACES off the calendar.
BTW Bernie, you ass, you can hold a North American race and not foul up TV times anywhere in NA or Eu. When we banned Tobacco advertising we ponied up 30 million to FOM so the race could be justified. Then we get our race dropped from the calendar with no warning or talks.
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