He might of been talking about Monza 11 when it looked like Lewis was going to "gain" an advantage when trying to overtake him on the grass at Curve Grande... At 1:15 [video=youtube;EdExBpCpukI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdExBpCpukI[/video] Tisk tisk Lewis, how unfair can you be to Schumacher lol!
Nope. Not foolish. (Ahem) that's a 'nope' from Flabio Vriatore's perspective: I'm sure it sounds like a fine idea to him! In all seriousness, only he could make it workâ¦
Really? Alonso was leading into the first corner here last year and finished a lap down and Kimi almost won from 11th in Bahrain, qualifying isnt that important these days as long as you're up there in the top 5 rows, its all about race pace it seems.
The relative importance of Pole is a reflection of how easy or difficult overtaking is, when compared with other circuits during the same season. I would like to stress the key word: the importance of Pole is necessarily 'relative' to the other circuits. Few people would argue that Monaco is not the most important Pole of all, regardless of wizardry and gimmickry. Barcelona has been another circuit which has built a reputation for being difficult to pass on, as in normal with the more 'technical' circuits – Hungary being another clear example.
Well that ace early on with getting into clean air looks to be very important this weekend, more so than the past GP's I reckon. Tyre wear looks to be quite an issue this time round, possible more than Malaysia I feel. Getting 1 full stint in clean air will be a huge benefit rather than being in the pack.
I don't often agree with what Vettel says; but fair play to him and the others for using common sense to apply discretion on racing incidents.
You can just imagine someone going off the track to avoid a crashed car or something and getting a penalty due to some badly thought up rule. Its the sort of thing that needs discretion, some times you just have to leave the track!
race online much? wrecked cars strewn across the track, you swerve off track to avoid them and get done for an illegal overtake. Pisses me right off.
Discretion will always be part of any refereeing decision, unless it is entirely dependant upon technology to oversee and regulate such decision making processes. Hawkeye works brilliantly for tennis, where the question is a simple, "was the ball in or out?". In tennis, there is no need for a consideration of the circumstances – especially no need to consider any risk to the players, who have no motivation to put the ball out deliberately and no motivation to put the ball out to gain advantage, avoid disadvantage, or save their own skin from a someone making unexpected moves at life-threatening speeds or who plays according to his own interpretation of rules! Discretion is essential in motor racing.
Big decision from Jenson to switch to the Carbon Industries breaking system used by Lewis, that tells me that McLaren think the hard tyre will be the optimal for the race.
I have the opposite problem in gaming. On F1 2009, cars always losing it at Spoon Curve in Suzuka, causing a yellow flag; I get given a stop-go penalty for overtaking under the yellow flag. Every time.
