Formula 1 - 2011 Season

[gumball]

Yay!........

Oh bo**ox..

[nakamichi]

I can see Vettel running away with the championship this year.He was never in any danger of not winning.
Interesting race though.Far more exciting than the turgid boredom of the England v Wales football match yesterday.
Seriously,I have never understood the fanatical appeal of football.I watched the 1st half yesterday and just could not be bothered to watch the 2nd half.
I went out for a drive instead

[gumball]

Easy to fall into the trap of judging a season on just the opening race. The first race last year everyone was yawning saying it's going to be a Ferrari walkover after their one two finish in a processional race, but there are always many many twists.

[jaytip]

Lets wait and see at weekend, I can't wait!

I wouldn't mind JB & MB with MS doing well.

Ok i gotta ask,who's MB?????

[Senninha]

Ok i gotta ask,who's MB?????

Maybe he thinks that with Coulthard going into the commentary box, Martin Brundle will start racing again ....

[TheSebringOne]

Sorry guys. MB = Mercedes Benz, just me being quirky.

[gumball]

So what did you think? the new tyres seem to be having the desired effect. Another points finish for Kamui but trying to save tyres clearly doesn't work, just come in more for fresh boots


Come on, we can get this thread to page five by the end of the season.

[TheSebringOne]

Tyres, KERS & adjustable rear wing thingy = Great racing !!

F1 now has all the ingredients for more exciting races.

[Senninha]

Well I've just watched the China race and Wow! That brought back memories of the racing of old with multiple overtakes, strategy muck ups and some great on track action with the guys actually showing why they are rewarded so well!

Lewis was clear driver of the day for me for the race distance, Marks gets the vote for the best 2nd half of a race .... 16th to 3rd has to be some kind of record.

Given the renault performance it just seems more painful each race to the team for them not to have Robert at the helm.

I do have a couple of questions to which I cant find the answers ...

1) Why are drivers allowed to deploy DRS during practive but have it limited to restricted parts of the track for the race? Surely if the driver is confident in his ability and 'feels' his car has grip then surely he should be allowed to deploy wherever on the track. Get it wrong and he puts it in the kitty litter, get it rigth and you'd see more ovetakes in less obvious and controlled areas of the race track.

2) The one second rule allows the second of two cars to deploy DRS. What happens to the the 3rd or 5th car as we saw today. With close racing is it only the 2nd car that can open or do they all get to open apart from the lead car in such circumstances?

Thanx ... looking forward to Europe!

regards, Paul

[jaytip]

Well I've just watched the China race and Wow! That brought back memories of the racing of old with multiple overtakes, strategy muck ups and some great on track action with the guys actually showing why they are rewarded so well!

Lewis was clear driver of the day for me for the race distance, Marks gets the vote for the best 2nd half of a race .... 16th to 3rd has to be some kind of record.

Given the renault performance it just seems more painful each race to the team for them not to have Robert at the helm.

I do have a couple of questions to which I cant find the answers ...

1) Why are drivers allowed to deploy DRS during practive but have it limited to restricted parts of the track for the race? Surely if the driver is confident in his ability and 'feels' his car has grip then surely he should be allowed to deploy wherever on the track. Get it wrong and he puts it in the kitty litter, get it rigth and you'd see more ovetakes in less obvious and controlled areas of the race track.

2) The one second rule allows the second of two cars to deploy DRS. What happens to the the 3rd or 5th car as we saw today. With close racing is it only the 2nd car that can open or do they all get to open apart from the lead car in such circumstances?

Thanx ... looking forward to Europe!

regards, Paul

Hi Paul,i can't help with the first answer,but i believe that if the following car is within 1 second of the car it is chasing,then the DRS system will activate,so therefor,if the third car is within 1 second of the second car then their system will activate,and so on.

Regards,

Ivor.