British GP - Picture Thread

**Forzi** · 8th July 2011, 18:38

**Hornet** · 8th July 2011, 18:41

Whats Eddie doing in an ice cream truck

**scuderiafan** · 8th July 2011, 18:43

picture of the weekend so far.

**Forzi** · 8th July 2011, 19:26

Originally Posted by Hornet

Whats Eddie doing in an ice cream truck

Not sure, read somewhere that they were rising money for some reason.

**Rishu** · 9th July 2011, 04:26

Originally Posted by scuderiafan

picture of the weekend so far.

Q: Just going back also to the diffuser effect. How much did you learn today?
MW: Well we learnt half-way through the session that Christian hadn't lost as much as we expected as obviously the rules are slightly fluid and appear to change by the hour at the moment, so we are still learning is the answer.

Q: Is that what the conversation with Stefano (Domenicali) was about?
MW: Yeah, I think, again, it is not a criticism of Red Bull. They have got to try to get the best they can out of the situation. I think we were all a little bit surprised when it appeared from whatever we'd been told that the regulations changed half-way through P1 and I am sure that put many teams this weekend a little bit on the back foot, so we are trying to cope with that at the moment.

Q: Can you explain in what way they have changed?
MW: Well, I think the expectation is that when you are off the throttle the engine throttles would be closed but there has been a negotiation and as I understand Renault's throttles are 50 per cent open under braking and I think that is probably not what most of us expected coming into this event. That's been a little bit of a revelation that we gathered during the course of the sessions today and we are trying to understand what we have to do.

Q: Like your own lobbying?
MW: Well, like our own lobbying, I am just trying to understand. Again in fairness to Red Bull, their view is as I understand, but Christian can answer better than I can that this is a reliability issue and they need to blow air through their engines for reliability purposes. I am not familiar with that particular precedent, presumable Charlie (Whiting) is.

Q: Christian, can we just get an answer on this?
CH: I mean Martin's interpretation is interesting. My understanding is that Mercedes are firing on over-run. There has been a series of technical directives that have happened since Valencia and the latest technical directive is quite clear in that engines that have been run in previous configurations the FIA would take into account on an equitable basis. Mercedes argued that they're over-running that they currently do was permitted, which was granted I believe on certain handling characteristics that if offered on a historical basis, and Renault is no different to that. Renault is in a situation as an engine supplier, not just to Red Bull but to two other teams as well, where again precedents have been set in 2009 and 2010. That data has been openly available to the FIA and the primary purpose of opening the throttle and, for want of a better word, cold-blowing as it has become known has been because of two purposes. The primary purpose being the blip on the down-shift and the second being a reliability issue. I think there was an expectation that coming here obviously a lot of focus has been placed on Red Bull. Do Red Bull have a silver bullet ion their car? We don't but at the same time we expect the FIA to regulate in a fair and proper manner and that's exactly what they have done in this case. They are the only ones with all the facts. They are the only ones with the data. They have looked at it. They have listened to Mercedes case and allowed Mercedes certain parameters. They have looked at Renault's case and they have allowed Renault certain parameters based on an historical content, if you like, on what is a very, very complex subject that perhaps would have been better dealt with at the end of the season when the exhausts move to a completely different location which will remove an awful lot of the emotion that seems to surround this topic. I think the FIA have responded in a right and correct and equitable manner as all the engines aren't the same. They operate in different ways. They have different control codes. They are the only ones that are privy to all that information.

**kurski** · 9th July 2011, 04:52

**bkircher** · 9th July 2011, 05:44

I want that freaking hat!!!!!!!!!!!

**Rishu** · 9th July 2011, 07:19

Originally Posted by kurski

Fantastic Pic

**Hornet** · 9th July 2011, 07:27

yeah. Saw that scene during the start of FP2 yesterday, looks like they were joking about something and Massa was having a good laugh.

**Stormsearcher** · 9th July 2011, 07:32

is stefano a giant or is alonso a midget? lol.. he looks so much bigger standing next to nando.

**Hermann** · 9th July 2011, 07:54

Originally Posted by Stormsearcher

is stefano a giant or is alonso a midget? lol.. he looks so much bigger standing next to nando.

Fernando is 1,70 or something- a bit taller than Massa, actually.

**EL NANO** · 9th July 2011, 08:25

Originally Posted by Hermann

Fernando is 1,70 or something- a bit taller than Massa, actually.

I was in the Ferrari garage in AUS and Massa is very little indeed.. ALO is much taller but they do look like 12 yo.. Lol

**Stormsearcher** · 9th July 2011, 08:27

Originally Posted by Hermann

Fernando is 1,70 or something- a bit taller than Massa, actually.

lol.. he is small then. guess F1 drivers need to be.

**kurski** · 9th July 2011, 20:14

**NanoTheQuickest** · 9th July 2011, 21:17

Love the very last photo... that's the spirit boys!

NOW GO GET THEM

**scuderiafan** · 9th July 2011, 22:52

i hate Alonso now. so lucky

**F2008** · 10th July 2011, 00:03

Felipe 1.66 m Fernando 1.71 m

They are the best

**sagi58** · 10th July 2011, 04:31

Originally Posted by F2008

Felipe 1.66 m Fernando 1.71 m...

Hey, who said they're short?
That's tall from where I stand!!

p.s. I LOVE that last picture, too!!!

**Hornet** · 10th July 2011, 04:59

Is that car Alonso driving a replica with modern hardware inside, or do they actually have a working version of the original car with the original engine and all?

**M.K** · 10th July 2011, 07:47

Originally Posted by Rishu

Fantastic Pic

Probably moment when they discuss Maccas pace...

**Brakefade** · 10th July 2011, 08:14

Originally Posted by M.K

Probably moment when they discuss Maccas pace...

Or when they saw the video of Newey and Horner storming out of the FIA offices.

=

**scuderiafan** · 10th July 2011, 08:32

Originally Posted by Hornet

Is that car Alonso driving a replica with modern hardware inside, or do they actually have a working version of the original car with the original engine and all?

its bernies car. i think it is the one that won the 1951 british gp

**Greig** · 10th July 2011, 08:44

**Stormsearcher** · 10th July 2011, 09:23

Originally Posted by sagi58

Hey, who said they're short?
That's tall from where I stand!!

p.s. I LOVE that last picture, too!!!

lol...
I was just saying from point of view of sportsmen in general. 6ft tall is almost a given. Tennis, Basketball, cricket.. etc., I think the only 6 footer in F1 was Anthony Davidson.

**Kyss4k** · 10th July 2011, 10:16

**Katu** · 10th July 2011, 10:21

Originally Posted by Stormsearcher

lol...
I was just saying from point of view of sportsmen in general. 6ft tall is almost a given. Tennis, Basketball, cricket.. etc., I think the only 6 footer in F1 was Anthony Davidson.

maybe you mix up Anthony with Justin Wilson, Anthony is pretty short