Nico Hulkenberg has also been given a 20-second penalty by the stewards for gaining an advantage in turn 7 in the first lap of the Singapore GP. This drops the Williams driver one spot, moving Felipe Massa up to 8th.
Well williams can throw a spanner in the works for the top teams.auto saibot wrote:fp2 is clearing the air. those who used to be at top are at top, in mid are at mid, but the lower order remains the same...............boring
beyond doubt it is financial, a --- play by themfreedom_honda wrote:I would not question the team if they put Chandhok back in the car. Chandhok has so much more experience with the car than Klien. If HRT wants good results, Chandhok would most likely be the person to deliver. The fact that they have been switching drivers all year seems like just a financial thing rather than performance issues.Byronrhys wrote:Why would they have to do that, he signed as a reserve they knew this so this would most likely be a genuine sickness no mirrors behind it. Nick just seems to be getting familiar with the car and its characteristics right now.
don't want williams doing that, but vettel is dominatingringo wrote:Well williams can throw a spanner in the works for the top teams.auto saibot wrote:fp2 is clearing the air. those who used to be at top are at top, in mid are at mid, but the lower order remains the same...............boring
Redbull looks superior here as well. Either webber or Vettel can win this, but it's looking like Vettel's race to lose.
The redbul also seems to be softly sprung, funny that Mclaren still have a stiff car.
Funny you should mention WB, I sent him a PM for that very reason!marcush. wrote:we are praying for WB ..... [-o<
I think what you saw is the floor getting closer to the ground due to downforce when getting up to speed.forty-two wrote:Probably a question more for the "Flexible wings controversy" thread, but since it relates to this race I shall post here.
During the FP2 coverage, they showed a shot of a rear facing FOM camera on the nose of the RB6, showing clearly the splitter. I don't know if it was my eyes, but the thing did seem to be moving relative to the underside of the tub.
Does anyone have any footage or stills which could be looked at in more detail?
I knew heidfeld was going to be quicker right away.marcush. wrote:Kobayashi spent a lot of time off track ...but did not damage anything yet....the chap is stretching himself with good measure methinks.
Good move by Peter Sauber.
No, that is not what I saw. At least it isn't what I think I saw. I'm not talking about movement relative to the ground, rather movement relative to the car.Moanlower wrote:I think what you saw is the floor getting closer to the ground due to downforce when getting up to speed.forty-two wrote:Probably a question more for the "Flexible wings controversy" thread, but since it relates to this race I shall post here.
During the FP2 coverage, they showed a shot of a rear facing FOM camera on the nose of the RB6, showing clearly the splitter. I don't know if it was my eyes, but the thing did seem to be moving relative to the underside of the tub.
Does anyone have any footage or stills which could be looked at in more detail?
It's worth noting that both Lewis and Jenson seemed very optimistic with their cars. Lewis went as far as saying they should be gith up there tomorrow.vall wrote:RBRs seem quite ahead, but if Alonso did not do a mistake, he would have beaten Vettel for P1. He set faster times in both controls.....
Here you go:MikeFromCanada wrote:It's worth noting that both Lewis and Jenson seemed very optimistic with their cars. Lewis went as far as saying they should be gith up there tomorrow.vall wrote:RBRs seem quite ahead, but if Alonso did not do a mistake, he would have beaten Vettel for P1. He set faster times in both controls.....
Will be interesting to see what Alonso has to say. I'm really expecting this to be a lot closer than the practice times show...
Did the RB's even run the options on their quick laps?I think we are close to them. We were more or less close with the hard tyre and then I didn't complete the lap with the soft tyre, so I guess they are in front.
"They are still a little bit in front of us, a couple of tenths, but hopefully we can fight with them and are close enough tomorrow."
Alonso said his error late in second practice was simply the result of driver error.
"I braked late for Turn 18," he said. "Then I put reverse to get back on the track and, when I put first gear to rejoin the circuit, the engine stopped. So I finished the session there.
"Unfortunately we lost the last 20 minutes when we were ready to try something else – but no big problem."
Alonso experimented both with and without the F-duct during Friday's free practice session, and he said he expected the team to decide to stick with the blown wing from Saturday.
"We were trying some different parts of the car in the first session," he said. "But we were concentrating on the F-duct, trying to see what the best solution is.
"At the moment there isn't a clear picture. We need to analyse more data but I think first plan a) is to use it. It was okay, it was working fine, so normally we should use it tomorrow definitely."
