Comments on: Alonso fastest in second practice at Interlagos

By: VicWeir

VicWeir — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 11:34:20 +0000

I quite agree – bring back testing, not just good for rookies but for fans too!

By: MikeW

MikeW — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 01:32:23 +0000

Well, Rubens looks to be on a low-fuel strategy out front, but was lucky to get through to Q3.

Appalling show from Button’s engineers to not get him onto inters though.

By: Brace

Brace — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 18:48:05 +0000

wrong!

By: James Allen

James Allen — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 14:52:54 +0000

I think both Red Bulls will fight for pole today

By: Cliff

Cliff — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 09:14:01 +0000

James,
Listening to the free practice sessions yesterday it looks like Mark Webber was ‘on the pace’ straight away. Do you think that RBR will send Webber out on light fuel during qualifying to control the race from the front?

By: Cliff

Cliff — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 09:06:12 +0000

James, hindsight is 20/20, but it does confirm what a stupid and pointless act the whole crashgate affair was. Grosjean has been no better than Piquet jnr. On a wider point, bearing in mind how the Roookies have performed especially on fly-away tracks, do you think that the teams & the FIA will rethink the testing ban? At some stage, simulators or not, other teams wishing to bring on new drivers will have similar problems.

By: Patrickl

Patrickl — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 08:30:11 +0000

Sorry, forgot a bit:

“What happened to the overtaking working groups and the aesthetically displeasing but possibly workable Central Downdraft Wing? With proper regulation F1 can have it all.”

How about this one:

http://www.nextautos.com/geneva-2009-fioravanti-fl1-concept-extends-beyond-car-and-future-formula-one

I think it looks stunning. Although not really like an F1 car.

By: Patrickl

Patrickl — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 08:27:14 +0000

The OWG set out to allow cars to overtake if they were about a second faster than the car they were chasing.

So, if the cars are really closely matched, then that will mean that they will not be able to overtake.

Of course by now the effect of the OWG changes is largely ‘corrected’ by aero updates, so now it’s even worse.

By: Patrickl

Patrickl — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 08:24:53 +0000

Alonso still thinks that he can beat Massa easily. If that turns out not to be the case, shit will start hitting fans.

AS Martin Whitmarsh said “I’m sure as long as Fernando is winning everything will be fine.”

By: Patrickl

Patrickl — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 08:22:54 +0000

At least it’s good they replaced Piquet so they could try Grosjean out before signing him for next year.