Here you go Forza: Renault Sport F1's deputy managing director and technical chief Rob White said that the French manufacturer was not sure of the causes of the failures - or even if they were identical problems. "We don't yet know whether it was the same incident on both cars, but it is very, very suspicious to all of us that it happened to both cars at such a similar point in the race," he told AUTOSPORT. "We need to get the engines, and of course the alternator is on the engines, back to the factory." White said that there was no indication that the alternator failures were triggered by the safety car period interfering with the operations of the engine. "We don't think there is any reason to think the safety was involved," he said. "We have seen the consequences of the alternator stopping, but we don't know what caused the alternator to stop. "So we don't know whether we have had this kind of failure before. We need to get back to the factory to work it out; and obviously we will not dodge the question. When we have an answer we will give it to you." Cyril Dumont, Renault track support to Red Bull “Today was a real disappointment as Sebastian was well ahead and seemed to have the race in his pocket. Then the alternator overheated, stopped supplying electrical power and the engine shut down.# The engine for Seb at Valencia sounds fine to me, the engine just cut off as a safety measure. And both Seb and Grosjeans engines were sent back to try and investigate the actual problem and see if they could stop it so they had to use a new engine on the next race while those two were getting checked over properly.
I voted Schumacher, if I win (which is highly impossible), it would be a hall of fame moment on here.
Doesn't really matter, as Seb's engine for Brazil will be old -- Taffin: "The engines are subjected to less stress to which we come to the last race of the season using a V8 engine that is capable of withstanding the third race." http://www.omnicorse.it/magazine/23...ault-a-interlagos-si-perdono-circa-60-cavalli
Ian Fergusson ‏@fergieweather #F1 #INTERLAGOS Only 25% chance showers for quali but torrential downpours later Sat eve into Sun AM; conditions by race could still be dire
They won't stop the race, the publicity and expectation is too high for that. The FIA would be ripped to shreds.
Its diffiuclt to read with Lewis, Jenson, Alonso & Massa setting their best times on the TEST tires. Red Bull set their times on the standard compound so they look quick but that was expected. But is any of this relevant with weather variables?
Test tires shouldnt be allowed in my opinion. If anybody hasnt noticed we are still in season 2012. Its like football teams showing off a new shirt before the season is out.
your late with everything today. As its the last GP of the year and christmas is coming up, I wil give you half a point if Vettel wins ok
