The 2012 Season

[ExtremeNinja]

Late braking, use of kerbs and tight apex lines are examples of "aggressive" driving which Lewis displays in abundance. You could say that someone with a aggressive driving style is someone who attacks a circuit rather than caressing it. I think Lewis is capable of driving in both styles but can only really adopt the latter when he's out in front.

 

[Mephistopheles]

Short and sweet today...
I think Hamilton got too distracted by stuff outside the racing last year.
Comments from McLaren and on here seemed to show that Hamilton was not significantly harder on tyres than Button. My gut feeling is that the car set-up has more impact on tyre degredation than the driver.

So it probably wont help now he's back with miss Shitsinger.

 

[steveg]

So it probably wont help now he's back with miss Shitsinger.

Yep there is that. There must be a million stunning birds in this world that he could have pulled at the type of parties he must go to (if Carlsberg did parties...) and he picks a high profile, pop career, must jet 10,000 miles across the world every week to see type. I mean wheres the attraction ?

 

[Andyoak]

Should've got a nice girl from the valleys; nice hot meal when he gets home a hug in front of the fire... Tidy.

 

[FB]

Should've got a nice girl from the valleys; nice hot meal when he gets home a hug in front of the fire... Tidy.

Not to stray off topic but why do Welshmen marry women?

It's been nice knowing you all 'cos it's banning time

Because sheep can't cook

 

[Viscount]

We all talk about Hamilton's aggressive driving style but I wondered if he really is that aggressive compared to everyone else. I know his style differs from Button's Granny in the back stick to the line style but he's just as quick on the slower circuits that require that sort of thing. I just wonder if their is a way we can a driver is driving more aggressivly than another stats wise.

This long but interesting article about telemetry by scarbs gives some insight to how aggressive one driver is compared to another as it shows the little differences in driving technique. He compares the braking, throttle & steering input of the fastest laps 2 drivers from an unnamed team in a practice session at Monaco last year. I won't say which team I think it is though.

http://scarbsf1.wordpress.com/2011/08/18/telemetry-and-data-analysis-introduction/

 

[ExtremeNinja]

http://scarbsf1.wordpress.com/2011/08/18/telemetry-and-data-analysis-introduction/

Fascinating. Thanks.

 

[Brogan]

Q&A with Charlie Whiting on the new rules this season: http://www.fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre/pressreleases/f1releases/2012/Pages/f1-cw-qa.aspx

 

[Brogan]

Aarghh!!!!!

HRT are already at it - swapping the driver numbers.
So that means updating every page in the Race Hub and the season hasn't even started!

How I loathe this fucking shoddy outfit!

 

[Kamui-FastestChefInTheWorld]

So who is #22 and who is #23?

 

[Brogan]

I'm trying to confirm.
It was tweeted a while ago but I haven't seen anything else about it yet.

I guess we'll find out in P1.

Although knowing HRT they'll probably have changed both drivers by then

 

[Brogan]

Has anyone seen Heikki's helmet design for this year?

For those of you who don't get it, see this thread: http://cliptheapex.com/threads/angry-birds.4374/

 

[mjo]

 

[teabagyokel]

I hope there isn't a visible pig-farm from Silverstone racetrack...

 

[Brogan]

The Race Hub has been updated: http://cliptheapex.com/pages/2012-standings/

It's been a long time since it wasn't Red Bull at the top of the standings.

 

[RasputinLives]

isn't it the first time since October 2011 that Vettel hasn't been at the top of the Championship standings?

 

[Brogan]

October 2010 you mean.

He never lost the lead in 2011, neither did Red Bull in the constructors: http://cliptheapex.com/pages/2011-standings/

 

[RasputinLives]

Yes my typo bad!

 

[Brogan]

It's worth noting that McLaren have already equalled the number of pole positions they had in the whole of 2010 and 2011.

 

[mjo]

Great Stat