Brundle & Verstappen driving the DBS on the F1 programme .

[Buster73]

Had the discs glowing red , then when stationary they were smoking then one of the red bull guys was trying to cool them with water , can one of you point out if that’s a normal reaction for track use ?

A bit surprised to see it to be honest, certainly wasn’t expecting to see that.

[cayman-black]

IMO its a heavy car and for sure the ceramics will not last long with that sort of abuse.

Its a road car and driven fast on the road the brakes will be perfect and long-lasting.

[Gettoff]

Heavy car + multiple quick laps from F1 drivers trying to scare their passengers = smoking brakes.

Throwing water over them ain't the smartest move I suspect, but they'll be swapped out along with tyres and anything else abused when it gets back to the factory or dealer. Bung a KX plate on it and Bob's ya Dad's brother.

[F1NDW]

And Brundle & Verstappen arent your average driver are they?

[Gettoff]

F1NDW said:

And Brundle & Verstappen arent your average driver are they?

Borderline useful

[raceboy]

It was about the best bit of the weekends F1 coverage, would have loved to have seen a bit more outside car footage, it looked like they were very close to binning it a couple of times.

[Bincenzo]

raceboy said:

It was about the best bit of the weekends F1 coverage, would have loved to have seen a bit more outside car footage, it looked like they were very close to binning it a couple of times.

Steve, you're not wrong there, Max almost had a major moment which was very evident in Martin Brundle's face as they got very close to the wall. Excellent coverage all season and the extra content is often more entertaining than the races. That said, a phenomenal season and I'm looking forward to next year with Jenson Button joining the team.

[Gettoff]

Bincenzo said:

That said, a phenomenal season and I'm looking forward to next year with Jenson Button joining the team.

As long as it's not another Mercedes bore-fest then I'll agree, hopefully a few more teams capable of winning, but I think that's more in hope than expectation.

[RichB]

Gettoff said:

Bincenzo said:

That said, a phenomenal season and I'm looking forward to next year with Jenson Button joining the team.

As long as it's not another Mercedes bore-fest then I'll agree, hopefully a few more teams capable of winning, but I think that's more in hope than expectation.

I would disagree with that summation. There were other teams capable of winning as Seb demonstrated in the first half of the season but his frailties surfaced and Hamilton capitalised on them with an almost perfect season. It was certainly not a bore-fest, as you describe it, and I, for one, found it one of the best for a long time.

[Gettoff]

RichB said:

would disagree with that summation. There were other teams capable of winning as Seb demonstrated in the first half of the season but his frailties surfaced and Hamilton capitalised on them with an almost perfect season. It was certainly not a bore-fest, as you describe it, and I, for one, found it one of the best for a long time.

We'll have to agree to disagree. It was more a comment on Mercedes winning everything in the hybrid era, something like 80% of races? bore-fest of outcome IMO.

[RobDown]

I agree with Rich, my sense this year was that Ferrari for a large part of the season had the better car. Certainly I think if Hamilton had been in a Ferrari he would have still won the championship. But it made for some good racing

And hopefully Red Bull will close the gap further next season

But longer term the cliff edge down to Force India et al is problematic. Braun et al need to do something to limit the expenditure otherwise it will only ever be 2/3 teams truly competing. Unfortunately I can’t see Ferrari letting those rule changes happen