marcush. wrote:Ferrari has stated in public that "hot" stops are slower by half a second due to inconsistencies in the race and mental pressure on the crew...so the pitstop process is more or less a random happening and you are flirting with disaster every time you bring in your guy.
Or to put things straight:you can optimise as long as you want ,a hot wheelchange stop is not a safe proceedure with the current technology in use.End of story.
I see a case for FIA to react and install a rule for the teams to provide a process description that takes all the risks involved into account and shows the possible results of process steps not completed ,e.g mishaps. and action to be taken to prevent further damage= unsafe release of the car.
Button did not finish the race last week ..he had some rearend defect after a tyre problem ....any comment from Mclaren side about the reasons or the underlying problems that led to the dnf?
Overly damaging their rear tyres, loss of pressure in his rear left. Stopped for a new tyre. Smoke is seen coming from the central cooling exhaust in front of the beam wing.
Cracked exhaust making the car sound like that annoying ford fiesta that sounds like it's going 100mph, but you look out the window and it's going about 20.
Kind of weird about the loss of pressure in the tyre. Wasn't a "blown" tyre like Maldonados. The air just "came out".
Wonder where the damage would have been? The tyre tread? Failure of the wall?
Wheel nut working its way loose, Jenson feeling his wheel coming off and shooting into the pits. Avoiding a fine from the FIA by calling it a puncture?