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Scuderia Ferrari have been fined €50000 by the stewards after the technical delegate reported that the team had put nearly 5kg more fuel into the car than reported by the team.
I know a couple of ex-F1 guys. The constant travelling is hard on them. It's easier these days with the parc ferme rules, of course. Seldom do the mechanics have to do all-nighters like they did back in the day.
Brand new PU with no restrictions is probably more to do with it...
Yet with the slower tyre, some PU that.....Just_a_fan wrote: ↑29 Nov 2019, 13:28Brand new PU with no restrictions is probably more to do with it...
because the others doesn't run that high PU at FP1 maybe..... it isn't that the merc PU is now suddenly that far ahead.... the others haven't turned their PU up yet....
It's so intense, you can imagine partners feeling excluded can't you.Just_a_fan wrote: ↑29 Nov 2019, 13:27I know a couple of ex-F1 guys. The constant travelling is hard on them. It's easier these days with the parc ferme rules, of course. Seldom do the mechanics have to do all-nighters like they did back in the day.
How could Grosjean have possibly predicted that Bottas would divebomb from 0.4-0.5 behind, even more in free practice? I think it was Bottas who should have created a distance, similar to how Vettel slowed down by around 2 seconds to avoid dirty air from the Torro Rosso.El Scorchio wrote: ↑29 Nov 2019, 16:32They were both a bit stupid. It's awareness for both of them. Bottas should have been aware that (as Hamilton intimated over the radio) it was Grosjean so to be careful as he might do something dense, so pick a better spot.
Grosjean just should have been aware there was a car coming up behind/beside him. There's surely no way he'd have not seen Bottas. Should have anticipated he might go up the inside. It's a practice session FFS. Nothing is at stake so just play it cool and let the guy have the corner, Do Haas still not bother telling their drivers when someone is behind them? You'd think after all the incidents it's caused that they'd change this practice.
plus, Romain clearly looked in his left mirror, twice! So at the very least he knew the Mercedes had mysteriously vanished to somewhere. So yes as you say it was a joint effort reallyEl Scorchio wrote: ↑29 Nov 2019, 16:32They were both a bit stupid. It's awareness for both of them. Bottas should have been aware that (as Hamilton intimated over the radio) it was Grosjean so to be careful as he might do something dense, so pick a better spot.
Grosjean just should have been aware there was a car coming up behind/beside him. There's surely no way he'd have not seen Bottas. Should have anticipated he might go up the inside. It's a practice session FFS. Nothing is at stake so just play it cool and let the guy have the corner, Do Haas still not bother telling their drivers when someone is behind them? You'd think after all the incidents it's caused that they'd change this practice.
They still work hard, these power units aren't easy to work with. The biggest issue imo is that it is a regular job, f1 mechanics are paid well for what they do but they're far from rich. They can't afford homes in different countries like drivers and team bosses can. So for the mechanics and staff they are leaving home, they aren't world citizens like some other team personnel.Just_a_fan wrote: ↑29 Nov 2019, 13:27I know a couple of ex-F1 guys. The constant travelling is hard on them. It's easier these days with the parc ferme rules, of course. Seldom do the mechanics have to do all-nighters like they did back in the day.
