Jul 10 2011

F1: Silverstone

Scuderia Marlboro UPC has a hissy fit

You know it’s nothing unusual for the boys from Maranello to fail to engineer a competitive car and use their influence with the FIA to change the rules in their favor, but their days of influence may be over.  There’s no doubt at this point that they’re behind the mid season Off Throttle Blown Diffuser rule change and they’re looking pretty sad and pathetic when only Sauber (who uses their engines) supports them.

Things are not happy in the Formula One Teams Association, there’s also the fact the Concorde Agreement has expired and is extended only through a letter, not a contract, through 2012 following a heated dispute that led many teams to threaten to go CART.  While nominally guided by Martin Whitmarsh of McLaren and Ross Brawn of Mercedes the FOTA is widely viewed as a tool of Bernie Ecclestone who has a distinct conflict of interest and a hazy history of influence on the FIA itself with his cozy relationship to Max Mosley the fifth columnist Nazi’s son who got the boot for his sexcapades.

Interestingly enough this was the scoop of the recently deceased and unlamented News of the World who published sick Nazi Sex Orgy by Neville Thurlbeck so who knows what to think?

It’s a small world after all, it’s a small, small world.

Sometimes it helps if you sing.

There will be another meeting before Nürburgring (did I mention I like irony?) which probably won’t help much since the FIA is insisting on unanimous consent.

Oh, car racing.  Haven’t the foggiest.  No spoilers you know.

Eventually I’ll have pretty tables, stay tuned.

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    • on 07/10/2011 at 17:53
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    • on 07/10/2011 at 18:15
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    Starting in Inters.  Could start raining in ernest any time.

    • on 07/10/2011 at 18:16
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    Some cars smoking.

    • on 07/10/2011 at 18:20
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    • on 07/10/2011 at 18:30
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    Hadn’t tried the Speed Racecast button where I usually get my standings.

    Race over dude.

    • on 07/10/2011 at 18:31
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    • on 07/10/2011 at 18:32
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    Not that dry yet and rain still forecast.

    • on 07/10/2011 at 18:33
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    His Inters were off anyway.

    • on 07/10/2011 at 18:38
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    Schumacher was right.

    Everyone in.

    • on 07/10/2011 at 18:39
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    • on 07/10/2011 at 18:43
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    Schumacher gets a stop and go from tagging Kobayashi

    Sauber under investigation for a pit lane incident.

    • on 07/10/2011 at 18:53
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    Kobayashi stop and go for unsafe release.

    • on 07/10/2011 at 19:02
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    You can’t use your team mate’s.

    • on 07/10/2011 at 19:05
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    Alonso

    Hamilton

    Vettel

    • on 07/10/2011 at 19:08
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    My connection is working like a slug.

    • on 07/10/2011 at 19:10
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    Two blow engines.  A Ferrari and a Renault.

    • on 07/10/2011 at 19:25
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    Final stop.

    • on 07/10/2011 at 19:29
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    • on 07/10/2011 at 19:31
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    Chief’s fault.

    • on 07/10/2011 at 19:37
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    10 laps to go.

    • on 07/10/2011 at 19:40
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    Somebody should be with another team.

    • on 07/10/2011 at 19:41
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    • on 07/10/2011 at 19:48
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    • on 07/10/2011 at 19:50
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    Alonso

    Vettel

    Webber

    Hamilton

    Massa

    Rosberg

    Perez

    Heidfeld

    Schumacher

    Alguersuari

    • on 07/10/2011 at 19:54
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    It’s IndyCar Toronto instead, which you’re welcome to talk about here or there.

    • on 07/10/2011 at 20:04
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    Vettel’s pit crew for his loss.

    Sebastian Vettel’s domination took a little dip on Sunday at the British Grand Prix, but this time it had nothing to do with a weakness of the driver or the car.

    After leading more that half of the race, the German driver made a pit stop in his Red Bull, and his crew ran into a problem putting on a wheel. That held up Vettel just long enough for the man immediately behind him, Fernando Alonso, to pass him in the pits and take the lead. Vettel had won six of eight races this season.

    Mr. Alonso, in a Ferrari, drove on to dominate the last third of the race. It was Alsono and his Ferrari team’s first victory this season, and it was the 27th victory of Alonso’s career. It was also the 60th anniversary of Ferrari’s first victory in Formula One, which happened here at Silverstone in 1951 with José Froilán González driving.

    I wonder how much of a factor were all the last minute rule changes that might have favored a Ferrari win for the anniversary?

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