The F1 Thread 2011 Season

Ole's_toe_poke said:
How are the Pirelli wets? Do they degrade at the same rate?
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Don't think anyone really knows do they

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BBC Sport's Andrew Benson in Montreal: "In the likely event of a wet race, F1 is entering the unknown. 'I don't think we've done any running in the wet on the Pirelli,' Lewis Hamilton said. 'Maybe a couple of laps in winter testing.' McLaren missed the only wet running this year, choosing not to go out at all in the soaking first practice session in Turkey, when Sebastian Vettel crashed exploring the limits of the intermediate tyres. Michael Schumacher was another of those who did run in Istanbul - having a couple of spins - and he said he had no recollection of the comparative pace of the cars."
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So the expectation regarding tyre choice is as follows: Forget the "prime" and "option" Pirellis, which are both types of slicks tyres designed for dry-weather racing; today, it looks like being a straight choice between wet tyres and intermediates. The drivers have not been very impressed with the intermediates so they may want to go exclusively with the wets, though they will bear in mind they only have three sets of wets each.
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Only 3 sets of wets. Could get interesting.
 
Backed Schumi to finish in the top 6 @ 9/4 and laid Massa in the same market @ 1.68
 
Safety Car start fecking bollocks, what happened to the days of letting them race.
 
MotoGP bikes started today with no issues in similar conditions, on bikes that can do 200 Mph. F1 is in danger of becoming too safe to the point its fecking up the actual racing, its really no worse than we used to see. Korea was spot on to start with the SC, this is just stupid.
 
Leg-End said:
MotoGP bikes started today with no issues in similar conditions, on bikes that can do 200 Mph. F1 is in danger of becoming too safe to the point its fecking up the actual racing, its really no worse than we used to see. Korea was spot on to start with the SC, this is just stupid.
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Martin Brundle agrees....

BBC F1 commentator Martin Brundle: "These are the finest drivers on the world and I think they're capable of dealing with these conditions." He's not too thrilled with this decision to take out the drama of the start by deploying the safety car.
 
Jesus christ I have seen more wet at every other race weekend in Britain. Get it in now!
 
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