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What is the virtual safety car there for? Did they really need a physical car to lead them through the pits in a bunch when it could have been done keeping the time positions of the cars as they were at the time of the incident.
By putting the safety car on the circuit you can then keep all cars in a smaller "packet", thereby allowing marshals/medics access to a specific part of the track for longer per lap than under the "virtual" safety car Bill Boddy.
But by going through the pit lane the area of the debris was totally bypassed so there was access all the time.
True.
This is another one in the curious case of Charlie Whiting. Going through the pits accomplished next to nothing. The debris field was concentrated at about the 100 meter board, well, well after the pit exit. Maybe it did keep the cars further to the right though.
The Virtual safety car was a real head-scratcher though. I think everyone knew instantly that was going to require a full on Safety Car to clean up.
I've got a feeling that we will now see a virtual safety car at every incident regardless of the need for a full safety car. It's a bit like getting nearer to an accident on a motorway where they reduce the speed gradually. The virtual safety car is a quick method of slowing all the cars down to a safe speed and then a decision can be made. Crash, virtual safety car, think, full safety car yes or no.
Why does Nico Rosberg have a jagged windscreen on his car?
Not sure if it was new for his car on Spa, but I've only ever seen drivers with a low curved windscreen (as his teammate had in Spa) or none at all and this looks too consistent to be a break in the windscreen
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Not sure if it was new for his car on Spa, but I've only ever seen drivers with a low curved windscreen (as his teammate had in Spa) or none at all and this looks too consistent to be a break in the windscreen
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That jagged one would reduce buffeting vs. a straight one, in case you wondered how they'd perform.
With Haas coming in next year. Got me thinking.
When was the last all new team (name changes not included) to come in and be competitive in year 1?
When was the last all new team (name changes not included) to come in and be competitive in year 1?
It depends how you define competitive. Sauber scored points at their first race. Stewart were pretty hot out the box and Toyota were straight into the midfield.
Jordan were out of pre-qualifying pretty sharpish too.
- oh wait no name changes
Stewart are the last brand new team from scratch to win a Grand Prix.
So I'm guess Stewart is the answer.
So I'm guess Stewart is the answer.
Stewart had 25 retirements in their first year and one points finish (albeit a second place).
I'm leaning towards Tyrrell with Stewart as driver this time as opposed to team principle. As a customer team they took 3 wins (with Stewart) and 9 points finishes out of a 12 race calendar in 1968. Stewart was second in the WDC, he won it with them the following year.
At the back end of 1970 they had developed their own car, Stewart retired in each of the three races it entered, but qualified 1,2,2 before mechanical breakdowns. In the US, Stewart lead by up to half a minute before the Cosworth dumped it's oil and ate itself. The following year with their new chassis, Tyrrell would win 7 of 11 races and achieve double the points of their nearest challenger, BRM.
There is still an argument to say they weren't new though. How do you even define "new"? Haas are buying into Ferrari's parts bin and technology know how and no doubt they'll recruit from the 5000 strong existing F1 engineer pool. Is that really new?
I'm leaning towards Tyrrell with Stewart as driver this time as opposed to team principle. As a customer team they took 3 wins (with Stewart) and 9 points finishes out of a 12 race calendar in 1968. Stewart was second in the WDC, he won it with them the following year.
At the back end of 1970 they had developed their own car, Stewart retired in each of the three races it entered, but qualified 1,2,2 before mechanical breakdowns. In the US, Stewart lead by up to half a minute before the Cosworth dumped it's oil and ate itself. The following year with their new chassis, Tyrrell would win 7 of 11 races and achieve double the points of their nearest challenger, BRM.
There is still an argument to say they weren't new though. How do you even define "new"? Haas are buying into Ferrari's parts bin and technology know how and no doubt they'll recruit from the 5000 strong existing F1 engineer pool. Is that really new?
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