What the hell is Giancarlo Fisichella doing on pole? Everyone’s surprised. Even me. Although less so, when you consider he’s always gone well in shit cars at Spa. 2nd in 1997 driving the Jordan-Peugeot. 3rd in 2001 driving the Benetton. Either way you cut it, Vijay Mallya is still a douche.
Jenson Button is over the [...]
I just thought I’d snap these pics, showing the commentary provided by F1 during Sunday’s Hungarian Grand Prix.
Just going through Sunday’s race, I noticed the lack of calling each tire “prime” or “option”, and rather referring to them as “hard” and “soft”. Clearly this goes right against what the F1 is promoting at the moment [...]
With all the downforce created by the wings, it really sticks the car to the ground through the tires. Extreme amounts of pressure. And taking corners at high speeds because of so much downforce. When turned, at such high speeds, at such friction levels, the rubber just scrubs away.
It scrubs away at 1.x, maybe twice [...]