Formula One 2012

[tweety bird]

The stepped nose is there to meet crash regulations

I cant remember the exact specs but all the teams noses raised at to shallow an angle to meet crash standards. Because the teams had already designed the cars, the stepped nose was the answer. Mclaren and Marussia were exempt because of the way there nose designs were, or they met the regs with a front end re-design

This was 9 months ago I dont remember properly lol

yep, they changed the rules because they feared the high noses might take a drivers head off in a crash.

[ctjet]

anybody got a stream link

my laptop is unavailable, thus no saved links

[MattR]

http://www.vipboxsports.eu/sports/formula-1.html

[Roy]

The stepped nose is there to meet crash regulations

I cant remember the exact specs but all the teams noses raised at to shallow an angle to meet crash standards. Because the teams had already designed the cars, the stepped nose was the answer. Mclaren and Marussia were exempt because of the way there nose designs were, or they met the regs with a front end re-design

This was 9 months ago I dont remember properly lol

All cars comply, including McLaren and Marussia. The rule change was to limit the height of the nose so that in an accident the nose cones were not going to go over the sidepod and hit drivers. Most teams lowered the noses and when they reached the area of nose where the height changed they simply put a step in it. McLaren, Marussia and HRT decided to use a countour others a step. But all cars comply

[ctjet]

is everybody else getting server not found

[Missileman]

anyone got a link to the practice session without the annoying audio commercial

[dezz]

above link works fine for me

[Missileman]

I keep getting the audio from the stupid I30 commercial periodically playing in the background, its driving me nuts just about to give up and only use the live timing.

[ctjet]

http://www.vipboxspo.../formula-1.html

all sorted thanks cuz

mate talked me though my stupidity on the phone

[sh@un]

http://f1zoom.fx1.nl/?year=2012&race=singapore&img=277&full=1

tricky little aero foils I'm noticing for the first time there

it's the little tweaks that matter

[89CAL]

tricky little aero foils I'm noticing for the first time there

it's the little tweaks that matter

Really?

They ran them in belgium I'm pretty sure. While watching the stream for practice they had a thing about them

[wolverine]

Those little aero bits have been there for at least one race.

[ctjet]

the top three teams (discounting lewis' mistake) are consistently within 6 tenths of each other

how is massa a full second slower... at least... is amazing

in any case, looks like its going to be tight, should be excellent

[mattie4270]

vettel VS ham

[wolverine]

Maldonado quick as the track cooled.

[Roy]

Season is over for Webber. He isn't a shadow of the guy that was racing at Valencia , Silverstone and Monaco

[Berk]

Needs to vacate for Daniel.

[Missileman]

did chin end up getting a grid penalty for his block on glock?

Edited September 22, 2012 by Missileman

[PN-Mad]

Nup.

Red Bull Racing's Mark Webber has been cleared by the stewards after it was alleged he impeded Timo Glock during the opening qualifying session for Sunday's Singapore Grand Prix, although he still picked up a reprimand for a separate incident.

The Aussie was exiting the pits in Q1 when it was deemed he might have held up Glock, something that could have landed the Aussie with a five-place grid penalty. However, after considering the matter, the stewards ruled that there was no case to answer.

The statement from the stewards read: “On the lap of the alleged impeding Timo Glock braked at T1 earlier than his previous best lap in that session. By the apex he was 0.105 seconds slower. At the apex of T3 where the alleged impeding occurred (where Webber was in front of Glock) Glock was 0.090 seconds slower than his previous best. Glock overtook Webber at the exit to T3 on the racing line, braking into T5 earlier than his previous best lap and was now 0.198 seconds slower. At the end of Sector 1 (i.e. after T6) Glock's delta time over his previous best was 0.380 seconds slower. Accordingly from the telemetry it is concluded there was no time lost whilst behind Webber - the time loss was before and after the alleged impeding. Therefore no impeding occurred.”

The stewards also added that 'Webber had no vision of Glock on exiting the pit lane', and 'a review of the GPS system showed Red Bull Racing did not have information that would have enabled them to warn Webber of Glock's approach'.

Meanwhile, Webber did get a reprimand, however, for twice leaving the track on his in-lap at the end of Q3 - a breach of Article 20.2 of the FIA Formula One Sporting Regulations.

“The driver could offer no justifiable reason for deliberately leaving the track,” the stewards added.

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[sh@un]

hope Hamo's ever-so-slight last lap sidewall buzz of the concrete doesn't manifest as a problem during the race