A tribute to the heroic failures of Grand Prix racing
https://ftp.gprejects.com/forum/
The 31-year-old Scot has played an integral part in the development of the last three Williams cars, including the FW36 that will take to the track in Melbourne for the Australian Grand Prix in less than three weeks' time.
wsrgo wrote:Interlude...
Beitske Visser to test for AV Formula in Formula Renault 3.5 pre-season testing today.
That's one female driver who could make it to F1 on talent alone.
LeytonHouse wrote:I'm wondering, if one of the Williams drivers gets injured during Silverstone FP2, would Suzie be allowed to qualify and race??
LeytonHouse wrote:I'm wondering, if one of the Williams drivers gets injured during Silverstone FP2, would Suzie be allowed to qualify and race??
good_Ralf wrote:Rob Smedley to Williams (but not as Massa's radio engineer)
pi314159 wrote:LeytonHouse wrote:I'm wondering, if one of the Williams drivers gets injured during Silverstone FP2, would Suzie be allowed to qualify and race??
No, Nasr is their reserve driver. According to his uncle and manager Amir Nasr, Felipe Nasr will be present at all Grand Prix weekends, and the first choice as a replacement in case one of the Williams drivers is not able to race.
Backmarker wrote:I wouldn't be too surprised if Williams used a non-contracted driver such as Luca Badoer.
LeytonHouse wrote:I'm wondering, if one of the Williams drivers gets injured during Silverstone FP2, would Suzie be allowed to qualify and race??
Teams may use up to four drivers during a season, all of whom may score points in the championship. A driver change may be made with the permission of the stewards any time before the start of qualifying. The new driver must use the engine and tyres allocated to the original driver.
Backmarker wrote:pi314159 wrote:LeytonHouse wrote:I'm wondering, if one of the Williams drivers gets injured during Silverstone FP2, would Suzie be allowed to qualify and race??
No, Nasr is their reserve driver. According to his uncle and manager Amir Nasr, Felipe Nasr will be present at all Grand Prix weekends, and the first choice as a replacement in case one of the Williams drivers is not able to race.
If he's doing GP2 he'll be at all Grand Prix weekends as a GP2 driver. Given how little teams have liked to use rookie drivers as replacements in recent years (Heikki Kovalainen at Enstone 2013 over Davide Valsecchi, Pedro de la Rosa at Sauber 2011 over Esteban Gutiérrez) I wouldn't be too surprised if Williams used a non-contracted driver such as Paul di Resta. Unless Nasr's contract does specify that Williams have to use him in the event of the unavailability of Valtteri Bottas or Felipe Massa.
AndreaModa wrote:Here's a thought...
Could we end up in the interesting situation of Bottas moving on in 2015, to be replaced by Nasr so Williams would have a line-up of two drivers with almost identical names, in an attempted imitation of an early 90s Ligier with Japanese commentators all simultaneously face-palming at the prospect of dealing with another teammate pronunciation headache?
Aerospeed wrote:AndreaModa wrote:Here's a thought...
Could we end up in the interesting situation of Bottas moving on in 2015, to be replaced by Nasr so Williams would have a line-up of two drivers with almost identical names, in an attempted imitation of an early 90s Ligier with Japanese commentators all simultaneously face-palming at the prospect of dealing with another teammate pronunciation headache?
Only if Bottas goes to a better team such as Sauber.
AndreaModa wrote:Here's a thought...
Could we end up in the interesting situation of Bottas moving on in 2015, to be replaced by Nasr so Williams would have a line-up of two drivers with almost identical names, in an attempted imitation of an early 90s Ligier with Japanese commentators all simultaneously face-palming at the prospect of dealing with another teammate pronunciation headache?
UgncreativeUsergname wrote:Aerospeed wrote:AndreaModa wrote:Here's a thought...
Could we end up in the interesting situation of Bottas moving on in 2015, to be replaced by Nasr so Williams would have a line-up of two drivers with almost identical names, in an attempted imitation of an early 90s Ligier with Japanese commentators all simultaneously face-palming at the prospect of dealing with another teammate pronunciation headache?
Only if Bottas goes to a better team such as Sauber.
I don't see your point.
Aerospeed wrote:UgncreativeUsergname wrote:I don't see your point.
Well, Bottas goes to a more consistent team (since Williams seem to have a roller-coaster development, given their good 2010, their crappy 2011, their good 2012, and their crappy 2013), and Andrea's theory on having Nasr and Massa race together on Williams...
Plus Bottas has the potential of having F1 experience and having shown pace. His debut season was masked by the inconsistency of the car.
watka wrote:good_Ralf wrote:Rob Smedley to Williams (but not as Massa's radio engineer)
Least surprising news of the year so far! Obviously makes sense not to rattle Massa with a new race engineer, could you imagine Smedley working with the humourless Kimi Raikkonen?
roblomas52 wrote:AndreaModa wrote:Here's a thought...
Could we end up in the interesting situation of Bottas moving on in 2015, to be replaced by Nasr so Williams would have a line-up of two drivers with almost identical names, in an attempted imitation of an early 90s Ligier with Japanese commentators all simultaneously face-palming at the prospect of dealing with another teammate pronunciation headache?
IIRC, that was Mark Blundell and Martin Brundle!
andrew2209 wrote:roblomas52 wrote:AndreaModa wrote:Here's a thought...
Could we end up in the interesting situation of Bottas moving on in 2015, to be replaced by Nasr so Williams would have a line-up of two drivers with almost identical names, in an attempted imitation of an early 90s Ligier with Japanese commentators all simultaneously face-palming at the prospect of dealing with another teammate pronunciation headache?
IIRC, that was Mark Blundell and Martin Brundle!
Yes, it was. The problem was exaggerated by the Japanese pronunciation of "r" and "l"
andrew2209 wrote:roblomas52 wrote:AndreaModa wrote:Here's a thought...
Could we end up in the interesting situation of Bottas moving on in 2015, to be replaced by Nasr so Williams would have a line-up of two drivers with almost identical names, in an attempted imitation of an early 90s Ligier with Japanese commentators all simultaneously face-palming at the prospect of dealing with another teammate pronunciation headache?
IIRC, that was Mark Blundell and Martin Brundle!
Yes, it was. The problem was exaggerated by the Japanese pronunciation of "r" and "l"
Samster wrote:andrew2209 wrote:roblomas52 wrote:IIRC, that was Mark Blundell and Martin Brundle!
Yes, it was. The problem was exaggerated by the Japanese pronunciation of "r" and "l"
Made even worse when they were both at Brabham. '''Blundell and Blundle at Blabham''
The BBC wrote:Formula 1's bosses decide against extending the controversial double points scheme to the final three races of the season. F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone wanted to extend the double points scheme from just the final race of the season. But after a meeting of the strategy group - which comprises Ecclestone, FIA president Jean Todt and six of the teams - the proposal was rejected.
The meeting also decided to make no changes to the engine homologation rules after some of the teams supplied by Renault raised the idea of amendments. Full story coming soon.
good_Ralf wrote:Guess what!The BBC wrote:Formula 1's bosses decide against extending the controversial double points scheme to the final three races of the season. F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone wanted to extend the double points scheme from just the final race of the season. But after a meeting of the strategy group - which comprises Ecclestone, FIA president Jean Todt and six of the teams - the proposal was rejected.
The meeting also decided to make no changes to the engine homologation rules after some of the teams supplied by Renault raised the idea of amendments. Full story coming soon.
go_Rubens wrote:http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/112707
I don't know, 50-50 on this one. It's nowhere near as bad as double points though.
watka wrote:go_Rubens wrote:http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/112707
I don't know, 50-50 on this one. It's nowhere near as bad as double points though.
I think they are reasonable suggestions. I think qualifying, even more so than the race, should be about pure speed, so the closer we can get to that (i.e. fresh rubber and running on fumes) the better.
watka wrote:go_Rubens wrote:http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/112707
I don't know, 50-50 on this one. It's nowhere near as bad as double points though.
I think they are reasonable suggestions. I think qualifying, even more so than the race, should be about pure speed, so the closer we can get to that (i.e. fresh rubber and running on fumes) the better.
DanielPT wrote:watka wrote:go_Rubens wrote:http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/112707
I don't know, 50-50 on this one. It's nowhere near as bad as double points though.
I think they are reasonable suggestions. I think qualifying, even more so than the race, should be about pure speed, so the closer we can get to that (i.e. fresh rubber and running on fumes) the better.
It is not all wrong coming from the FIA there. They had to stop the farce that was Q3, as we were having with always two or three, sometimes half of the drivers not bothering to post a time or posting a time in an harder compound just to make sure they started the race in that compound. One extra tyre assures people will go out at least once. About the Q2 starting tyre thing, I think that renders the rule mute. It was supposed to allow more flexibility to drivers beyond top 10 when choosing their strategy. That way they allowed the chance to threaten top-10 guys in the race. While this still presents an advantage to those beyond top-18, the truth is that, for points scoring position, I am afraid that it is a bit irrelevant.
go_Rubens wrote:
I thought it was only the top 10 that started on Q2 tyres?
If not, and the top 17 have to start on Q2 tyres, they may as well scrap the rule alltogether for reasons you've pointed out.
roblomas52 wrote:good_Ralf wrote:Guess what!The BBC wrote:Formula 1's bosses decide against extending the controversial double points scheme to the final three races of the season. F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone wanted to extend the double points scheme from just the final race of the season. But after a meeting of the strategy group - which comprises Ecclestone, FIA president Jean Todt and six of the teams - the proposal was rejected.
The meeting also decided to make no changes to the engine homologation rules after some of the teams supplied by Renault raised the idea of amendments. Full story coming soon.
I am not surprised one bit by this latest decision because it seems the teams have actually listened to what the fans want!
Breaking news
Sauber's female driver to make F1 test debut
Simona de Silvestro will drive a few-year-old Ferrari at the Italian marque's Fiorano test track.
Added: 9 hours ago
Apr.11 (GMM) Simona de Silvestro will shortly make her Formula One test debut.
The 25-year-old female Swiss driver, best known for her Indycar exploits, recently became "affiliated" with the Ferrari-powered Sauber team.
It emerged early this week that she underwent a seat fitting at Sauber's Hinwil factory, and Speed Week now reports that she will make her test debut at the end of this month.
The report said de Silvestro will drive a few-year-old Ferrari at the Italian marque's Fiorano test track.
Jocke1 wrote:Breaking news
Sauber's female driver to make F1 test debut
Simona de Silvestro will drive a few-year-old Ferrari at the Italian marque's Fiorano test track.
Added: 9 hours ago
Apr.11 (GMM) Simona de Silvestro will shortly make her Formula One test debut.
The 25-year-old female Swiss driver, best known for her Indycar exploits, recently became "affiliated" with the Ferrari-powered Sauber team.
It emerged early this week that she underwent a seat fitting at Sauber's Hinwil factory, and Speed Week now reports that she will make her test debut at the end of this month.
The report said de Silvestro will drive a few-year-old Ferrari at the Italian marque's Fiorano test track.
CoopsII wrote:Ross Prawn wrote:I'd be interested in a double points last GP, if the grid was formed up in reverse championship order. That might be fun.
Shush damn you! Bernie's probably got his own PRISM program sifting through these threads for ideas as we speak.
In fact, if you have the time, I'm sure this double-points-for-the-last-race-because-we-want-to-look-like-knobheads idea could be found archived somewhere. I'm sure the Hemogoblin came up with it (god rest his/her internet soul).
UgncreativeUsergname wrote:CoopsII wrote:Ross Prawn wrote:I'd be interested in a double points last GP, if the grid was formed up in reverse championship order. That might be fun.
Shush damn you! Bernie's probably got his own PRISM program sifting through these threads for ideas as we speak.
In fact, if you have the time, I'm sure this double-points-for-the-last-race-because-we-want-to-look-like-knobheads idea could be found archived somewhere. I'm sure the Hemogoblin came up with it (god rest his/her internet soul).
I finally found it! Remember? The 2012 F1RWRS Indy 500 was worth double points!
viewtopic.php?f=13&t=3654&p=85731#p85731
dr-baker wrote:Jocke1 wrote:Breaking news
Sauber's female driver to make F1 test debut
Simona de Silvestro will drive a few-year-old Ferrari at the Italian marque's Fiorano test track.
Added: 9 hours ago
Apr.11 (GMM) Simona de Silvestro will shortly make her Formula One test debut.
The 25-year-old female Swiss driver, best known for her Indycar exploits, recently became "affiliated" with the Ferrari-powered Sauber team.
It emerged early this week that she underwent a seat fitting at Sauber's Hinwil factory, and Speed Week now reports that she will make her test debut at the end of this month.
The report said de Silvestro will drive a few-year-old Ferrari at the Italian marque's Fiorano test track.
I am not sad or disappointed by this. One more step along the world she goes...
mario wrote:However, given that Sauber are currently in very poor form right now, actually getting to drive one of Sauber's cars could prove to be something of a poisoned chalice - it is going to be hard to stand out and easy to look like a poor driver.