The Official 2016 Austrian Grand Prix Thread **Spoilers**

[Eric Mc]

Drive Blind said:

I'd be very surprised if it did happen.
Modern F1 doesn't do high speed sweeping corners.

It would be great if they did - but I won't hold my breath.

The old circuit was fantastic.

[Superbad]

Gearbox change means 5 place grid penalty for Rosberg

[cgt2]

Superbad said:

Gearbox change means 5 place grid penalty for Rosberg

And he has never been able to fight through the field so if Hamilton continues to struggle this is an easy win for Vettel.

[thegreenhell]

cgt2 said:

And he has never been able to fight through the field so if Hamilton continues to struggle this is an easy win for Vettel.

Vettel also has a 5 place grid penalty for a gearbox change before FP1.

[tin duck dave]

Why is that out of touch relic Charlie whiting not enforcing track limits yet again. Last corner 4 wheels off is almost universal.

[Bristol spark]

This could be Kimi's golden opportunity to win a race?

[cgt2]

thegreenhell said:

Vettel also has a 5 place grid penalty for a gearbox change before FP1.

Didn't know that. Go Kimi!

[Crafty_]

Mercs are going to be told to keep off kerbs I suspect, so that will cost then a bit of time too.

That said, Lewis needs to get his st sorted out and grab the opportunity with both hands, he needs every point he can claw back on Nico whilst the going is good.

I reckon the RBs might be in with a shot if he doesn't.

[VolvoT5]

Bristol spark said:

This could be Kimi's golden opportunity to win a race?

Yes. It will be interesting to see how he handles the pressure as given the issues with Rosberg's car, Lewis' tyres and Vettel's penalty he really ought to be qualifying 3rd at worst today, with pole being a realistic possibility assuming Merc haven't been sandbagging in practice.

[Flooble]

tin duck dave said:

Why is that out of touch relic Charlie whiting not enforcing track limits yet again. Last corner 4 wheels off is almost universal.

It's practice? What's he going to do - give them a stop-go penalty?

[Crafty_]

Flooble said:

tin duck dave said:

Why is that out of touch relic Charlie whiting not enforcing track limits yet again. Last corner 4 wheels off is almost universal.

It's practice? What's he going to do - give them a stop-go penalty?

Stewards could reprimand, fine, I *think* they could give a grid penalty for continued abuse.

[MartG]

Slomo video of Rosberg's suspension failure

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6QyOF_5xgg

[deadslow]

merc doing a great job with Nico's car. Fast.

[TheInternet]

Ooops...more broken suspension.

[ukaskew]

TheInternet said:

Ooops...more broken suspension.

Self inflicted, somewhat, in this case.

[anonymous-user]

3rd car to have suspension break today. Time to remove those big curbs. The cars aren't up to it. Yes, they shouldn't run wide, but this is silly. At least give the teams a chance to develop the cars to withstand the oscillation from them.

They might as well just build walls around the track limits at this point.

Edited by RenOHH on Saturday 2nd July 13:24

[PhillipM]

What was strange was it was the inside rear suspension that failed, not the outside one.

Which makes me think it's more of problem with inerter tuning than the suspension strength in itself.

[Crafty_]

This is daft.

Instead of having stupid kerbs that break cars just penalise if a car is all four wheels off track, job done, no need for stupid kerbs.

Charlie needs to grow a pair and enforce the rules.

[rscott]

RenOHH said:

3rd car to have suspension break today. Time to remove those big curbs. The cars aren't up to it. Yes, they shouldn't run wide, but this is silly. At least give the teams a chance to develop the cars to withstand the oscillation from them.

Why? The kerbs aren't on the track. If the drivers stuck to the track it shouldn't cause them any issues.

[Trabi601]

RenOHH said:

3rd car to have suspension break today. Time to remove those big curbs. The cars aren't up to it. Yes, they shouldn't run wide, but this is silly. At least give the teams a chance to develop the cars to withstand the oscillation from them.

The answer is to respect track limits.