FIA Formula One Championship 2013

[niky]

There was a failure for Perez in practice... but there's no way to simulate degradation on long runs except by doing long runs.

[CVT]

Five blowouts, right?

1. Hamilton
2. Massa
3. Ricciardo
4. Vergne
5. Perez

Left rear tyres ba lahat?

19.8K:sailor:

[Retz]

I'm glad that nobody got hurt during those tyre failures. Any official statement from Pirelli yet?

[Densker]

Five blowouts, right?

1. Hamilton
2. Massa
3. Ricciardo
4. Vergne
5. Perez

Left rear tyres ba lahat?

19.8K:sailor:

1. Hamilton
2. Massa
3. Vergne
4. Perez

[fourtheboys96]

I think one of the teams warned a driver about running over a kerb which allegedly has some sharp edges.

Hamilton blowing his tyres that early cannot be due to the tyre compounds or its design.

[Retz]

British GP: Lotus admits it got Kimi Raikkonen's strategy wrong



Lotus team principal Eric Boullier has admitted that his squad made a mistake by not calling Kimi Raikkonen into the pits when the safety car was deployed for the second time in the British Grand Prix.

Raikkonen, who started the race eighth on the grid, was running third when race leader Sebastian Vettel ground to a halt, causing the safety car to be sent out with 10 laps to go.

This meant he was running second when the race restarted, behind Nico Rosberg, who had stopped, with fellow non-stoppers Adrian Sutil and Daniel Ricciardo behind him.

But the pace of fresh rubber allowed Mark Webber, Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton to get ahead of Raikkonen in the closing stages, relegating the Lotus to fifth.

"The strategy worked perfectly until the last safety car," Boullier told AUTOSPORT.

"If you look at the three cars on two pitstops, Sutil, Ricciardo and us, nobody pitted.

"It was a mistake. We should have pitted but we were not expecting such a big gain with fresh tyres.

"We should have done it, but we didn't."

But Boullier was upbeat about the team's progress, particularly with a major aerodynamic upgrade package that worked well.

"If you take away the safety car and pitstop issues, the race was quite good," he said.

"We still have to look at the data, which takes a couple of days, but most of the upgrades are working, which is rewarding."

FORCE INDIA STANDS BY ITS STRATEGY

Force India deputy team principal, Bob Fernley, believes that his team was right to leave Sutil out rather than pitting for a third time.

Sutil was third at the restart and slid to seventh at the finish, but Fernley does not believe this decision cost the German any positions overall.

"You have got to remember that the only reason he got into third place was because he didn't pit," Fernley told AUTOSPORT.

"Had we all pitted, we would have been in the same situation anyway.

"The question was, how long would the safety car stay off and could we hang on to third, fourth or fifth and staying out was the only chance we had to get the higher positions.

"It was a gamble, but had we pitted we would have been in exactly the same position, so we didn't gain or lose anything."

Source: http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/108471

[niky]

I'm glad that nobody got hurt during those tyre failures. Any official statement from Pirelli yet?

19 psi pressures, extra heat during race versus practice sessions,so teams were dialled in incorrectly. Then abrasive kerbs (even Vettel had cuts on his tires).

After they raised the pressures to 21 psi, no problem. Perez doesn't count...

[Monseratto]

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[ClaNker]

Yerp Pirelli gets to blame the kerb.

[Monseratto]

Boom!

[Retz]

German GP - Live TV Schedule

July 5 (friday)
4pm - Practice 1 - FOX sports
8pm - Practice 2 - FOX sports

July 6 (saturday)
5pm - Practice 3 - FOX sports
8pm - Qualifying Race - FOX sports

July 7 (sunday)
7pm - Raceday show - FOX sports
8pm - Main Race - FOX sports

[Retz]

Boycott na ng mga drivers ang German GP kung hindi papalitan ang Pirelli.

[Retz]

19 psi pressures, extra heat during race versus practice sessions,so teams were dialled in incorrectly. Then abrasive kerbs (even Vettel had cuts on his tires).

After they raised the pressures to 21 psi, no problem. Perez doesn't count...

grabe sir niky just a difference of 2psi and it is a matter of life and possible death.

[niky]

Probably greater than that... someone on another forum mentioned those teams were running 15 psi... which is a far cry from 21...

[Retz]

Pirelli given chance to test after Silverstone failures



Pirelli has been given six days of testing in order to sort out the problems witnessed during last weekends British Grand Prix.

Two separate test sessions lasting three days each have been allocated to the Italian manufacturer in order for them to prevent the tyre delaminations seen during the Silverstone round.

Lewis Hamilton, Jean-Eric Vergne, Felipe Massa and Sergio Perez all suffered high-speed failures to their left-rear tyre during the 52 lap race. The surprising failures have caused for urgent and immediate action as the German Grand Prix is just days away.

Bernie Ecclestone claimed on Monday to The Guardian that Jean Todt – head of the FIA – had allocated Pirelli time to test the troubled compounds: “They (Pirelli) have complained in the past when these tyres have delaminated – which is certainly nothing to do with it (what happened yesterday),”

“They’ve said they’d like to sort it out, but they don’t have a chance to do any testing because of these bloody silly restrictions we have. But I spoke to Jean Todt over the weekend and he has said ‘Let them test’.

“So he has allowed them to run two three-day tests between now and…well, when they want, to try to do something for next year, as well as this year, so that’s exactly what’s going to happen.”

They are already being summoned to the pre-arranged Sporting Committee meeting at the Nurburgring on Wednesday to discuss the tyres and safety.

The failures were extremely worrying and drivers have claimed that it is “unacceptable.” Pirelli are allowed to test mid-season as shown in the International Tribunal last month but there has been some uncertainty on the specification of car that they can use. However Ecclestone revealed that they can use whatever they want: “They can use what they like. No restrictions. None at all, so they can do what they want,”

There had been suggestions that this months Young Driver Test would be turned into a full-on tyre test but there has been no official word or confirmation on this. The teams want answers over what happened at Silverstone but Pirelli have said that it is a new issue that they have never seen before.

Speaking in a statement from Pirelli released on Sunday evening, Paul Hembery said: “There have obviously been some issues with rear-left tyre failures which we have not seen before. We are taking the situation very seriously and we are currently investigating all tyres to determine the cause as soon as possible, ahead of the next Grand Prix in Germany. At the moment, we can’t really say much more until we have fully investigated and analysed all of these incidents, which is our top priority.”

He did exclude the recent changes to the bonding process which were made to help prevent failures from occurring. He added: “There might be some aspect to this circuit that impacts specifically on the latest version of our 2013 specification tyres but at this point we do not want to speculate but will now put together all the evidence to find out what happened and then take appropriate next steps should these be required.”

Source: Pirelli given chance to test after Silverstone failures

[niky]

Meanwhile, new photographic evidence surfaces...

[Retz]

^

haha, I knew it!

[ClaNker]

Taken from Retz post.

He added: “There might be some aspect to this circuit that impacts specifically on the latest version of our 2013 specification tyres but at this point we do not want to speculate but will now put together all the evidence to find out what happened and then take appropriate next steps should these be required.

Excerpt from Pirelli switch to kevlar belts in tyres after drivers' threat to boycott German Grand Prix - Telegraph

Pirelli is not thought to be attaching any blame to the Silverstone track, so much as saying the kerbs exacerbated an underlying issue. Derek Warwick, president of Silverstone’s owner the British Racing Drivers Club, dismissed as “absolute rubbish” any suggestion the circuit’s kerbs were to blame.

“These kerbs have been in since 2009 and we have had thousands and thousands of cars go over them and they weer absolutely fine,” Warwick told Sky Sports News. “We have had them checked by the FIA and they conform fully. For me, Bernie, the FIA and Pirelli are bringing the sport into disrepute and they need to have a serious look at themselves.”

Idiot cheese tire ordered by Bernie/FIA courtesy of Red Bull hating Paul.

[Retz]