Formula 1: Round 7 - Canadian Grand Prix

Dcully

Sheeps wrote: »

this rain is ridiculous. things just keep happening for vettel

He keeps winning and keeps beating everyone else, sign of a true champion.

amacachi

Dcully wrote: »

Hamilton ****e talking as usual, if he thinks he was half a cars length alongside Button then he shouldnt be in motorsport let alone F1, the guy becomes a bigger tit every race :rolleyes:

As I said earlier if he'd debuted 20 years ago he would've been gone within a season. It seems that finally this year the other drivers aren't just getting scared off-line by him.

Charlie-Bravo

Thats a massive amount of standing water at turns 1 & 2

Dcully

amacachi wrote: »

As I said earlier if he'd debuted 20 years ago he would've been gone within a season. It seems that finally this year the other drivers aren't just getting scared off-line by him.

Agreed

freestyla

Monsoon or not they have full wet tires they should race. if cars designed for dry weather, thats not MY problem, I want to see racing despite weather.

Maybe taking in consideration AGAIN that fecking mechanical grip instead of aerodynamics while designing them!

They can drive 50kmh for sure if someone is overtaking on 51kmh thats how it works then! No accident can hurt drivers on 50kmh anyway if collide

Autosport

The surface water does look like swimming pools :eek:

Starting with the safety car was stupid tho

amacachi

smellslikeshoes wrote: »

The water being pushed around by that cleaning truck/ brush thing is unreal, couldn't see it starting for 30 mins + .

One wonders about the wisdom of doing that while the rain is still falling, can't imagine the grass will be able to absorb any more once the rain finishes which is when they'll need to have more water clear.

Charlie-Bravo

I want that red merc - gorgeous!

amacachi

LIGHTNING wrote: »

Modern F1 cars are safe but you can still get hurt (see Perez). Man its really falling down now, some of the curbs are completely hidden :pac:

When was the last time there was a serious injury in the wet? I'm struggling to think of any. I assume the greatly reduced speeds make a difference.

Shane732

The next thing they'll do it call it quits all together

mikemac

Man made island in the middle a lake
I'd imagine it's a nightmare for drainage, the water won't shift

cherryghost

They're almost in the clear for the rainfall

Shane732

LIGHTNING wrote: »

Modern F1 cars are safe but you can still get hurt (see Perez). Man its really falling down now, some of the curbs are completely hidden :pac:

Sorry but you compare F1 to other forms of motor racing and there's no comparison.

Autosport

Send Ken Block out and put on some sort of show for us drifting in the wet

freestyla

LIGHTNING wrote: »

Would you prefer that they poodle around at 50km/h in second gear for the best part of an hour?

yep would be more fun than this

Richard Hillman

I hope Bernie is up in his tower thinking up of new regulations to make these cars run in the wet. They can do everything else, they should be able to run in the rain.

amacachi

LIGHTNING wrote: »

That is true, any bikers on here that can give us the number of bike deaths this year? Its very easy to to become blasé about safety and think that modern F1 cars are invincible. Kubica was very lucky at this very track a couple of years ago, he nearly lost both his legs.

He would've been going about 80-100km/h slower in the wet though.

Shane732

LIGHTNING wrote: »

That is true, any bikers on here that can give us the number of bike deaths this year? Its very easy to to become blasé about safety and think that modern F1 cars are invincible. Kubica was very lucky at this very track a couple of years ago, he nearly lost both his legs.

Yeah very true.

Having said that, Kubica hasn't had any accidents in rally racing for instance has he?

I think Kubica would argue that his rally crash was a little worse than the F1 crash.

Glico Man

Richard Hillman wrote: »

I hope Bernie is up in his tower thinking up of new regulations to make these cars run in the wet. They can do everything else, they should be able to run in the rain.

Well, he wanted to make it rain artificially with sprinkler systems. I don't think he is the guy we should look to for a good idea

spiritcrusher

While there probably would be more accidents if they continued to race, surely they would be a lot less dangerous at the low speeds they'd be doing? Listening to all the teams agree with the decision, I reckon it's more of a case being afraid to lose points than afraid for the drivers safety.
I agree with the decision to stop, but not with the use of the safety car.

Autosport

Will the BBC continue with the race as on the guide it says until 815pm although i suppose its not a race

Cool_CM

Richard Hillman wrote: »

I hope Bernie is up in his tower thinking up of new regulations to make these cars run in the wet. They can do everything else, they should be able to run in the rain.

Fake rain during races ftw!

Oh wait....

Shane732

Cool_CM wrote: »

Fake rain during races ftw!

Oh wait....

Anyone willing to give me odds on this race not getting going again?

amacachi

LIGHTNING wrote: »

Speed isn't always the major factor in crashes (although it normally is), I have seen some low speed crashes where people have been badly hurt.

When was the last time a non-high speed crash caused a serious injury in F1 though?


Just on the last replay of the McLaren incident, Button was checking his mirrors alright but he took his main turn to the left while Hamilton was still directly behind him to force Hamilton to take the bad line into the first corner.

Richard Hillman

I dont think we are going to get a race today.

cherryghost

I'd say we'll get a restart in the next 20/30 mins

Ghost Train

Pity its so bad. Hopefully won't be too long till restart

IM0

hamilton gambled and lost whats the problem

lolie

Richard Hillman wrote: »

I hope Bernie is up in his tower thinking up of new regulations to make these cars run in the wet. They can do everything else, they should be able to run in the rain.

Thank god he didnt get his way with the track side sprinklers. At least there not wasting laps behind the safety car like few years ago. If thats not bad enough im watching bbc2

ScrubsfanChris

Does all this time under red flags count towards the 2 hour limit? Or has the clock stopped of sorts.

Most of the fans/crowd have left for the tented villages me thinks...