who will be the first victim?

sharkie17 · Post 16 Feb 2005, 03:23

for the upcoming Aussie GP, who will be the first victim of tire failure?

lets take some bets

j4kwan · Post 16 Feb 2005, 05:59

toyota - trulli - last stint - left rear

Mclaren11 · Post 17 Feb 2005, 02:29

Shumi's Engine will blow on the first lap (Knock on wood)

sharkie17 · Post 17 Feb 2005, 12:15

Mclaren11 wrote:Shumi's Engine will blow on the first lap (Knock on wood)

tire failure. read before you post. and why the hell would you want someones engine to blow on anything? did Shumi take your gf away?

guest · Post 17 Feb 2005, 13:53

JERRY!... JERRY!... JERRY!

Mclaren11 · Post 17 Feb 2005, 18:06

my fault, i meant to type tyre, i just made a mistake
how's this:
Shumi's tyre will blow on the first lap (Knock on wood)

And i picked shumi to blow to spice things up. if you have followed f1 for any amount of time you know that he has been winning just a few races recentally, and his car hasnt failed very often in the last couple years.

Lafora · Post 18 Feb 2005, 01:59

Mclaren11 wrote:my fault, i meant to type tyre, i just made a mistake
how's this:
Shumi's tyre will blow on the first lap (Knock on wood)

And i picked shumi to blow to spice things up. if you have followed f1 for any amount of time you know that he has been winning just a few races recentally, and his car hasnt failed very often in the last couple years.

maybe if the rest of the pack knew how to design a car, we won't have this issue.

why is it ever so popular to always pick on the winners instead of bitching about the losers to pick up their game.

sharkie17 · Post 18 Feb 2005, 02:02

hehe.. thats better...

my bet is on JPM... he sure likes to brake late.

Post 18 Feb 2005, 02:03

on topic here:

Sato's BAR, lap 32
but then again only if he doesn't blow his engine earlier in the race

West · Post 18 Feb 2005, 06:50

Lafora wrote:
Mclaren11 wrote:my fault, i meant to type tyre, i just made a mistake
how's this:
Shumi's tyre will blow on the first lap (Knock on wood)

And i picked shumi to blow to spice things up. if you have followed f1 for any amount of time you know that he has been winning just a few races recentally, and his car hasnt failed very often in the last couple years.
maybe if the rest of the pack knew how to design a car, we won't have this issue.

why is it ever so popular to always pick on the winners instead of bitching about the losers to pick up their game.

I agree with you. So many people complain about Michael and FErrari winning, when Williams and McLaren got very close in 2003. That year you knew that Montoya and Raikkonen are the men to take hte battle to Schumacher. This year, if their car is a WINNING development of last year's cars, then things will be intersting.

EDIT BY TOMBA: But that's not what this thread is about

DaveKillens · Post 18 Feb 2005, 17:47

Scuderia_Russ · Post 18 Feb 2005, 18:06

I agree with Dave.These new low downforce regs and low grip tyres will make overtaking precarious to say the least and i can see it hindering overtaking further, not improving it.

j4kwan · Post 18 Feb 2005, 23:19

when they hindered downforce this year - they should balanced it by legalizing slicks, that way overtaking would have been much easier

dcdabest · Post 19 Feb 2005, 10:22

Ron Dennis said recently that the Michelin's were very consistent (at least on the McLaren) and teams are actually picking up time as the fuel levels get lower.
This seems to suggest the tyres aren't degrading too much and there might not be too many tyre problems...

Guest · Post 19 Feb 2005, 13:04

Sato, waaaaaaaaayyyyyy toooo fiesty

JB will hold his tyres well, as will MS and Kimi and DC. and thats where Fizzy will advantage over Alonso