2013 United States Grand Prix

[Jonnycraig]

Judging by the practice times i'm glad i'm missing this one. Hoping next years formula will bring back some real racing.

Cool.

[Hail22]

Judging by the practice times i'm glad i'm missing this one. Hoping next years formula will bring back some real racing.

I'm slightly inclined to agree with you on that, I just focus on everyone other than car #Finger.

[Manoah2u]

what was the deal with the helicopter? how did it suddenly go missing?

[oT v1]

I don't understand how you can possibly be confused. He didn't take a penalty for going at dangerous speed, he took a penalty for overtaking. While red flags were out.

what position did he go up to? 8th? 1st? my point is there is no running order in a practice and he's not messing up the dummy grid that they would go to in a race.

If Button (hypothetically) is at corner......X, and on his own would come back to the pits in....35 seconds, thats ok, but if he is at corner X with another car, overtakes slow as hell and comes back even slower in 50 seconds, he gets penalised!

[Manoah2u]

I don't understand how you can possibly be confused. He didn't take a penalty for going at dangerous speed, he took a penalty for overtaking. While red flags were out.

what position did he go up to? 8th? 1st? my point is there is no running order in a practice and he's not messing up the dummy grid that they would go to in a race.

If Button (hypothetically) is at corner......X, and on his own would come back to the pits in....35 seconds, thats ok, but if he is at corner X with another car, overtakes slow as hell and comes back even slower in 50 seconds, he gets penalised!

it's not about what's the opinion on a penalty for passing during a red flag, the rules are clear and the rules should be followed. button breached a clear rule, and the result is a penalty.

The above belongs to a discussion regarding what exactly are the rules during a redflag situation and if perhaps there are unnecesary rules.
he may not mess up any grid, but he doesn't gain anything from overtaking either way, so why overtake? if you allow overtaking during red flag, the result could potentially be dangerous if you get drivers that have the desire to be in the pit before others, perhaps during qualy for example. and the drivers may or may not know why there is a red flag. the rules are clear and simple.
that's all, nothing more nothing less

[Mika1]

I think we have to accept that Lewis won't shine in this car during the last two races. He is struggling with the brakes all season long.

[theblackangus]

what position did he go up to? 8th? 1st? my point is there is no running order in a practice and he's not messing up the dummy grid that they would go to in a race.

If Button (hypothetically) is at corner......X, and on his own would come back to the pits in....35 seconds, thats ok, but if he is at corner X with another car, overtakes slow as hell and comes back even slower in 50 seconds, he gets penalised!

Huh?? Isn't passing after a red flag like passing after the checkered flag? What's wrong with that? Nobody's racing.

I believe in most forms of racing the red flag indicates dangerous conditions that have caused the flag to be thrown.
At this point no driver should be passing another moving vehicle to ensure everyones safety.

[slimfitcasual]

what was the deal with the helicopter? how did it suddenly go missing?

I was at the track. The helo turned back due to radio difficulties, COTA red flagged the track when it didn't show.

[gray41]

Before the weekend, I thought Heikki was set for 5-10 points over the two races, now I think he could score that in each round. =D>

[Richard]

what was the deal with the helicopter? how did it suddenly go missing?

I was at the track. The helo turned back due to radio difficulties, COTA red flagged the track when it didn't show.

Why did they start if it hadn't arrived?

[Mika1]

what was the deal with the helicopter? how did it suddenly go missing?

I was at the track. The helo turned back due to radio difficulties, COTA red flagged the track when it didn't show.

Why did they start if it hadn't arrived?

They didn't know that.

[SectorOne]

I think we have to accept that Lewis won't shine in this car during the last two races. He is struggling with the brakes all season long.

And still has beaten Rosberg in Qualifying and has more points.
Things aren´t that bad when you look at the season as a whole.

He´s just had a bit of a slump with car breaking, bad luck, and some poor racing while Rosberg has woken up just recently.
As long as the car don´t break and he´s ahead or right behind Rosberg it should be a fairly good race with decent points for Mercedes as a whole.

The good thing is that both are right up there.

[SectorOne]

Rosberg seems to have honed in on the setup as well unlike Hamilton.

This afternoon we had a very good session. The car felt like it was on rails and I was very happy with the balance.

It was a pretty straightforward day although we still have some work to do to nail the set-up because it's not quite there yet.

http://pitpass.com/50450/United-States- ... s-Mercedes

[Mika1]

Rosberg seems to have honed in on the setup as well unlike Hamilton.

This afternoon we had a very good session. The car felt like it was on rails and I was very happy with the balance.

It was a pretty straightforward day although we still have some work to do to nail the set-up because it's not quite there yet.

http://pitpass.com/50450/United-States- ... s-Mercedes

Andrew Benson ‏@andrewbensonf1 2h
Correction race sims (medium): VET 1:43.13 (15); WEB 43.78 (11); ROS 43.88 (10); GRO 43.93 (10); ALO 43.99 (7); HUL 44.17 (12); HAM 44.2 (10

[SectorOne]

Rosberg seems to have honed in on the setup as well unlike Hamilton.

This afternoon we had a very good session. The car felt like it was on rails and I was very happy with the balance.

It was a pretty straightforward day although we still have some work to do to nail the set-up because it's not quite there yet.

http://pitpass.com/50450/United-States- ... s-Mercedes

Andrew Benson ‏@andrewbensonf1 2h
Correction race sims (medium): VET 1:43.13 (15); WEB 43.78 (11); ROS 43.88 (10); GRO 43.93 (10); ALO 43.99 (7); HUL 44.17 (12); HAM 44.2 (10

It was a pretty straightforward day although we still have some work to do to nail the set-up because it's not quite there yet.