Formula 1 2014: Round 9 - British Grand Prix

Peanut Butter Jelly

I'd like to see Jenson do well today. Will be interesting if the Mercs split the strategy.

Glad to see McLaren go well but it pretty much guarantees a Rosberg win.

Peanut Butter Jelly

Holy crap. How did more people not get caught up in that

Itssoeasy

Lucky that wasn't worse and kimi looks a bit shaken up.

andyman

Red Flag, this should be great fun!

As much as I love Kimi it seems fairly obvious that Kimi's head just isn't in it this season.



Thought a red flag on the first lap meant a reformed original grid. Typical lucky Hamilton. :P

andyman

Hang on, Brundle is saying drivers have to go back to their original positions? Since when was this a rule?

Ah, understand now

dor83

Massa did very well not to have a big crash there, could have been much worse for both if he hadn't been so quick to react.

christy c

Massa seemed to be stopped on the grid and got going then

weekaizer

First red flag on first Lap since Monaco 2000! Wow! I remember it well!

andyman

andyman wrote: »

Hang on, Brundle is saying drivers have to go back to their original positions? Since when was this a rule?

Ah, understand now

Used to be the rule anyway, BBC reckon it's not now.


I criticise Massa a lot but he did well there to avoid a big incident.

Infoanon

Well done to Felipe Massa for his actions - if he had T-boned Kimi the resulting accident could have beeb catastrophic.

Hope Kimi is ok - that bump should not be there - lessons have not been learned.

Redo91

What was Kimi doing there? There's going wide and then there's that!

Jordan 199

A weekend to forget for Felipe.

Infoanon

Redo91 wrote: »

What was Kimi doing there? There's going wide and then there's that!

Looks like he was pushed out

edgy

Poor kimi, hope he's ok. I think it was
a bit like the crash kubica had in Canada.

Peanut Butter Jelly

This safety car only has to last a lap. No more.

weekaizer

Pity they can't do another standing start like they used to.

Infoanon

Peanut Butter Jelly wrote: »

This safety car only has to last a lap. No more.

That guardrail is badly damaged,

Update - 15 minute delay

Peanut Butter Jelly

Usually we keep track of pitstops, Ted is keeping track of toilet breaks.

Peanut Butter Jelly

Infoanon wrote: »

That guardrail is badly damaded

That will be repaired under the red flag. The race will be restarted when it is repaired. The safety car will lead them away and there is only a need for one lap under it.

Infoanon

weekaizer wrote: »

Pity they can't do another standing start like they used to.

Or indeed swap to spare cars - tough on Massa

Itssoeasy

Hope kimi is okay and credit to massa for avoiding something worse.

Peanut Butter Jelly

Itssoeasy wrote: »

Hope kimi is okay and credit to massa for avoiding something worse.

He was actually very unlucky. He locked the rears and it spun him. If he didn't lock the rears, he could have got away scot free.

Peanut Butter Jelly

Peanut Butter Jelly wrote: »

This safety car only has to last a lap. No more.

Could you stop posting in pink please?

NinjaTruncs

In terms of the 2 hour race time limit. I presume that clock stops under red flag, does it?

antodeco

NinjaTruncs wrote: »

In terms of the 2 hour race time limit. I presume that clock stops under red flag, does it?

I think it's 5 hours now after the debacle in Canada with 8 hours. Clock stops under red flag though, with max race time of 2 hours.

Grim.

Max Chilton a very lucky man today

Peanut Butter Jelly

NinjaTruncs wrote: »

In terms of the 2 hour race time limit. I presume that clock stops under red flag, does it?

In a sense, yes. What officially happens is the clocks keep running and the time the race is stopped is added onto the 2 hours

Slutmonkey57b

Not sure why the BBC are lauding Massa for his reactions. Two drivers in front of him had to take even quicker action and were able to avoid wrecking the car. Kobayashi had to skip out in the same direction the Ferrari was travelling and got away with it. Massa, if anything, was slow.

Mint Sauce

That barrier must have got some whack, another update in 15 minutes.

Deleted User wrote: »

Could you stop posting in pink please?

You do know why Peanut is posting in Pink?

35cent

Wonder if there will be rain at the end of the race now.

Grim.

F1 need to get the Le Mans armco repair guys in they could travel over from france and finish the job faster

CFlat

35cent wrote: »

Wonder if there will be rain at the end of the race now.

Yea I'd say so, cause there's rain predicted for Tuesday.

Peanut Butter Jelly

35cent wrote: »

Wonder if there will be rain at the end of the race now.

0-0.1mm of rain for 3 o'clock
0-0.9mm of rain for 4 o'clock

If there is anything, it will be minimal.

_rebelkid

Grim. wrote: »

F1 need to get the Le Mans armco repair guys in they could travel over from france and finish the job faster

At least it's not like 2002. Similar damage in Japan took 2 hours to repair.

35cent

CFlat wrote: »

Yea I'd say so, cause there's rain predicted for Tuesday.

Peanut Butter Jelly wrote: »

0-0.1mm of rain for 3 o'clock
0-0.9mm of rain for 4 o'clock

If there is anything, it will be minimal.

Cheers. I hoped that Button would get a podium but with no rain I think he's probably screwed.

lolie

Grim. wrote: »

Max Chilton a very lucky man today

Seeing that reminded me of the Henry Surtees accident a few years ago.
The longer this goes on the more chance of a shower later in the race.

dor83

Slutmonkey57b wrote: »

Not sure why the BBC are lauding Massa for his reactions. Two drivers in front of him had to take even quicker action and were able to avoid wrecking the car. Kobayashi had to skip out in the same direction the Ferrari was travelling and got away with it. Massa, if anything, was slow.

Massa was running very close to the back of Kobayashi and didn't have a clear view of Kimi, it also looked like Massa was shaping up to go past Kobayashi and move right so was committed to going that way when he saw Kimi. That's just the way it looked to me anyway.

Zico

How that barrier repair coming along?

There was one guy with a spanner initially, someone must have had a word because there seems to be about 20 lads working on it now.:)

_rebelkid

Next update at 16:50.

lolie

Them lads would get a job on cavan county council.
Hope they don't get paid by the hour.

Infoanon

dor83 wrote: »

Massa was running very close to the back of Kobayashi and didn't have a clear view of Kimi, it also looked like Massa was shaping up to go past Kobayashi and move right so was committed to going that way when he saw Kimi. That's just the way it looked to me anyway.

Looking at the replays its clear if Massa had not spun the car he would have T-boned Kimi.

Mint Sauce

Zico wrote: »

How that barrier repair coming along?

There was one guy with a spanner initially, someone must have had a word because there seems to be about 20 lads working on it now.:)

Just seen track being swept, cant be too far off.

Peanut Butter Jelly

Two McLarens in the top 3. Good start for them

_rebelkid

Next update at 13:55. That was the update at 13:50.

flazio

Why couldn't they just plump a tyre wall in front of the barriers and get going again?

Peanut Butter Jelly

Race to be resumed at 14:05

_rebelkid

flazio wrote: »

Why couldn't they just plump a tyre wall in front of the barriers and get going again?

Tyre barrier there would do more harm than good in a crash. It would have to be 3 tyres deep,. and would be then too close to teh track.

Peanut Butter Jelly

flazio wrote: »

Why couldn't they just plump a tyre wall in front of the barriers and get going again?

The cars could have torn through the barrier and a rough edge in the wrong place could have been fatal.