Andy_Bangle Posted July 3, 2013 Report Share Posted July 3, 2013 Just days after an exciting and incident-strewn British Grand Prix at Silverstone, Formula One heads high into the Eiffel. The teams will regroup at another of the sport’s ancestral homes with F1 resuming at the Nürburgring and the German Grand Prix – round nine of the 2013 FIA F1 World Championship. Only place to see it Live is Sky F1. Extended highlights BBC One and BBC One HD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_Bangle Posted July 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2013 BBC Sport - German Grand Prix: Drivers' Association threatens to withdraw Surely if the tyres fail this weekend, they would have to think about stopping the race anyway, considering its a last minute change to the tyres that has very little testing compared to the tyre causing all the issue? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarMad Posted July 4, 2013 Report Share Posted July 4, 2013 The new tyres have had a trip out at Canada and Silverstone with no issues so I think everything will be fine. That and as the findings showed many of the issues weren't due to the construction at all they were fitted correctly and used on too low a pressure. The teams aren't allowed to do that anymore so again this is a storm in a teacup to get F1 into the spotlight again IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stooH Posted July 5, 2013 Report Share Posted July 5, 2013 Maybe i've missed it but the drivers all seem to have piped down once Pirelli came out with their findings that the tyres had been fitted the wrong way, run at too low pressure and at massive cambers. I know there were no rules against it but surely these engineering and technical geniuses might have realised they were labelled that way for a reason and there was the possibility of risk in swapping them around? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_Bangle Posted July 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2013 (edited) Ahead of FP1 at the Nurburgring, the FIA issued a note to the teams which said it must satisfy technical delegate Charlie Whiting that their cars comply with a set of conditions. The conditions include minimum starting pressures and stabilised running pressures, maximum cambers and a banning of swapping tyres from side-to-side. In an interview this morning, Lewis Hamilton said he had "been swapping tyres since I started Formula One, so it's been done for many years", but the practice has now been banned by the FIA. Apparently according to Sky, the GPDA voted that if there is one more tyre blowout then the drivers could boycott the race. They've actually voted not just suggesting it. Edited July 5, 2013 by Andy_Bangle FIA pic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tipex Posted July 5, 2013 Report Share Posted July 5, 2013 Apparently according to Sky, the GPDA voted that if there is one more tyre blowout then the drivers could boycott the race. They've actually voted not just suggesting it. 5 Live are reporting the same thing, it's all bollox though, can you see Vettel 'boycotting' on the last lap when he's in the lead because someone else has had a blowout? It's an empty threat imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_Bangle Posted July 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2013 Kimi and Hamilton are not GPDA members, so it could be a good race for them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patently Posted July 5, 2013 Report Share Posted July 5, 2013 5 Live are reporting the same thing, it's all bollox though, can you see Vettel 'boycotting' on the last lap when he's in the lead because someone else has had a blowout? Absolutely not, no. However, a few blowouts in the early laps might be a different matter. You need the adrenaline of the last few laps to overcome the knowledge that it's your own little pink body that is in the car and will get broken into little pieces if the car does, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuprabob Posted July 6, 2013 Report Share Posted July 6, 2013 Normally love Sue Barker but while watching Tennis, waiting for BBC Highlights of Qualifying she says, "Lewis Hamilton on Pole". That kind of takes the anticipation away a little. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_Bangle Posted July 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2013 BBC One / HD Highlights: Sun 7 July 2013 18:00 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuprabob Posted July 7, 2013 Report Share Posted July 7, 2013 Glad the guy that got hit with the wheel is OK. Conspiracists will think they were trying to slow Webber down to stop him getting out in front of Vettel. Marussia rolling backwards down the hill was funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_Bangle Posted July 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2013 Red Bull fined 30,000 Euro at German GP after cameraman injured in unsafe release Force India hit with 5000 Euro fine after unsafe release during the German GP Camera man incident: http://youtu.be/7tnN2XsJMXw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarMad Posted July 7, 2013 Report Share Posted July 7, 2013 The guy got pretty hurt though, broken shoulder and cracked ribs. He had his back to the wheel so didn't see it coming or hoped it wasn't coming his way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Posted July 7, 2013 Report Share Posted July 7, 2013 I'd hope he'd get a good chunk of the EU30k but he'll probably get feck all. Very nasty but could have broken his neck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazza_g Posted July 8, 2013 Report Share Posted July 8, 2013 The poor cameraman looks like a pin being knocked down in a bowling alley FIA have to do something about their fines - its pointless, 5k euros for Force India unsafe release. In a sport where a second makes the difference between failure and victory there will *always* be the temptation to try for a dodgy release if the only downside is a few euros fine.... no loss of points or grid penalty for the next race, which team wouldn't part with 5k euros for the chance of getting out in front of a rival?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Posted July 8, 2013 Report Share Posted July 8, 2013 Agreed. For financial penalties to work it's gotta be painful and those numbers just mean feck all to them. Unsafe release should at least mean a stop and go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_Bangle Posted July 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2013 Agreed. For financial penalties to work it's gotta be painful and those numbers just mean feck all to them. Should be Constructor Points deductions not Euro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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