The Official Not606 British GP Predictions & Chat

Again, can't see anything other than a Red Bull win, and that will be the Red Bull of Sebastian Vettel.

 

Soft and Hard compounds being used for Silverstone:

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/92720

 

A circuit with high speed corners? I can't see this being anything other than a Red Bull victory either. And as someone said above, by Red Bull I mean Vettel.

 

I thought Ferrari had claimed to have got over their hard tyre issues.

What's the big problem with five stops? I enjoyed all that undercuttery and not knowing what the bloody hell was going on.

 

They did, and brought a new rear suspension to deal with the tyre better. Massa's comments are worrying, but I guess he can only make comments based on the last time they had the hard tyres.

Although, I don't see how the hard tyres are any good - they increase the gap between prime and option, they don't last much longer than the old hard tyre, they give very little grip and teams lacking downforce can't get the tyres to work.


Also, I don't know if this was in the Valencia Chat thread, but the Ferrari drivers were running 2 different front wings, with Massa's FW being the higher downforce option.

 

It's rumorued that Ferrari will bring a new floor, exhaust (obviously), diffuser and DRS to Silverstone. These will be tested on the 1st and 2nd of July in a test at Vairano - the last test of the 4 allocated by the FIA. That in itself is quite significant. It shows that by using their final testing session so early in the season, Ferrari are on the verge of giving up on the 2011 car. Looking at it from a positive way, you could say that by using their final test on 2011 parts show that Ferrari are going to bring one mother of an upgrade in Silverstone, because if they were going to give up on 2011, they would use their final test on 2012 spec experimental parts and new radical concepts to see if they work.

Even though the ban will likely hurt Red Bull more than their rivals, I think Vettel will win it. I doubt McLaren will be able to challenge them. Hamilton's comments (before talking to his PR boys) suggested that McLaren will struggle in Silverstone, might even have the 3rd fastest car. If Webber continues to struggle with the tyres, Alonso becomes the only realistic challenger to Vettel.

Just out of curiousity, how long is the run to the first corner?

 

Hello, I'm back (wheres the welcome back banners peeps )

Seems I'm not going to Silverstone this year which is a shame, but at least I get to actually have a clue whats going on in the midfield this year.

I'm hoping for a interesting race as teams adapt to the updated rules. Yes they have computers to work out how the regs will affect their cars but nothing beats real testing. As always hoping for a McLaren 1-2 and a di Resta 3, but realistically I see this as a Red Bull track with Ferrari being the second best. I can see a McLaren dip for a month or so before a resurgence after the summer break. All in all A vettel win and step towards the 2nd WDC.

 

lol same. I havnt watched a british GP on the TV for a while lol

 

For those of us who have never visited a Grand Prix, perhaps those who have might enlighten us to the experience beings as Silverstone is the one most likely to be attended by us Grand Prix virgins?

- Is it worth getting Grandstand seats as opposed to wandering ones?
- Do you usually watch from the same place each year?
- Do you usually go for the whole weekend?
- How does it compare to the TV viewing experience, do you miss things that happen in other parts of the track?
- Is there a commentary provided over PA speakers?
- Are there other attractions there to fill your team when there's no action on track?

Cheers

 

- Is it worth getting Grandstand seats as opposed to wandering ones? Only ever got general admission, I tend to wander around afterwards and sit in the stands for the follow on formulae
- Do you usually watch from the same place each year? Yes/No (sorry)
- Do you usually go for the whole weekend? Not yet but am next time, hopefully
- How does it compare to the TV viewing experience, do you miss things that happen in other parts of the track? You miss a fair bit but you also gain a fair bit which is a massive plus
- Is there a commentary provided over PA speakers? Theres the local radio broadcast
- Are there other attractions there to fill your team when there's no action on track? All the shops, fair and banter between fans

 

- nope, grandstands are free entry on friday so saturday and sunday you can look around the circuit and prop up a deck chair on a hill (maggots )
- yes for the race (maggots )
- yes the camping is part of the experiance! (hopefully no maggots )
- so so so much better. You wouldnt believe how more butiful those cars are in person and the NOICE!!
- silverstone radio. tune in and they have big screens that they relate too!
- the e zones and cars placed about. the shops autograph signings. LH and FA are usually doing interviews or something at the santander section.

hope this helps

 

You have to go back to 2004 to the last time the race didn't have a first-time winner, and even that was Schumacher in one of the most dominant cars of all time. Vettel is in a similarly dominant car and will rightfully start as favourite, but I've gone for Button, the only realistic contender who has yet to win one.

I was however tempted to go for "other". Nick Heidfeld and Vitaly Petrov are decent little drivers in a decent little car, but both are about as likely to secure their maiden victories as Narain Karthikeyan.

 

BLS - who are you? - anyway WELCOME.

 

we did miss you - well someone did......

 

El Bando...

Camping well lets hope there's no maggots...

 

El Bando. e zones? did you mean erogenous zones?
I thought you were going to watch motor racing!

 

After a quick scan I didn't find this anywhere else so here you go:

Pirelli confirm tyre allocations for Silverstone and beyond

Basically:

Great Britain (Silverstone) - hard (prime), soft (option)
Germany (Nurburgring) - medium (prime), soft (option)
Hungary (Hungaroring) - soft (prime), super-soft (option)

 

Supersoft and Soft for Hungary....

That might spice things up....

 

well here we go, all the entertainment facilities. The after show is usually pretty good

http://www.silverstone.co.uk/events/2011-Formula-1-Santander-British-Grand-Prix1/?tab=the-cars