Silverstone bumps
Discussion
I doubt many bikers on here will be watching any F1 stuff.
I watch it periodically if there is not much else on.
You may remember last year the MotoGP race was cancelled completely after awful track conditions caused incidents and the riders basically refused to race on it.
Well they surfaced it again and guys like Danny Ricc are saying it's still very bumpy and the MotoGP riders are not gong to like it?
Question has to be, how hard is it really to make a surface that is not covered in bumps, other tracks can seem to manage it? Why can't Silverstone?
I watch it periodically if there is not much else on.
You may remember last year the MotoGP race was cancelled completely after awful track conditions caused incidents and the riders basically refused to race on it.
Well they surfaced it again and guys like Danny Ricc are saying it's still very bumpy and the MotoGP riders are not gong to like it?
Question has to be, how hard is it really to make a surface that is not covered in bumps, other tracks can seem to manage it? Why can't Silverstone?
He actually said its decent overall but there are still bumps at Brooklands (one corner).
https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/144757/silversto...
https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/144757/silversto...
It was cancelled last year after it flooded following constant and torrential rain. It was nothing to do with the bumps. Bumps are part of a circuit. All vehicles create them when braking. You’ll see it on roads at the bottom of steep hills so it’s obvious it’ll happen on tracks with the heavy braking carried out.
Stop bleating about nothing.
Stop bleating about nothing.
chunder27 said:
I doubt many bikers on here will be watching any F1 stuff.
I watch it periodically if there is not much else on.
You may remember last year the MotoGP race was cancelled completely after awful track conditions caused incidents and the riders basically refused to race on it.
Well they surfaced it again and guys like Danny Ricc are saying it's still very bumpy and the MotoGP riders are not gong to like it?
Question has to be, how hard is it really to make a surface that is not covered in bumps, other tracks can seem to manage it? Why can't Silverstone?
As Ant Davidson (or was it Brundle) said over the weekend on Sky...... That's why car's have suspension!!I watch it periodically if there is not much else on.
You may remember last year the MotoGP race was cancelled completely after awful track conditions caused incidents and the riders basically refused to race on it.
Well they surfaced it again and guys like Danny Ricc are saying it's still very bumpy and the MotoGP riders are not gong to like it?
Question has to be, how hard is it really to make a surface that is not covered in bumps, other tracks can seem to manage it? Why can't Silverstone?
chunder27 said:
Erm, bleating about nothing?
The RIDERS said no last year. That was the point.
Yes. Bleating. The RIDERS said no last year. That was the point.
You’ve made up a situation to suit your scenario. Rain and lack of drainage was the problem last year not the bumps. All tracks have bumps. All riders complain about them. It’s never caused a race to be cancelled but rain has. Like it did last year.
The company laying the new surface said that they were removing the top surface and therefore the old bumps too, and re-laying. He said that running F1 before MotoGP isn't an issue, as the new material would prevent the bumps forming.
I could only picture in my mind, the F1 cars standing on the brakes, in the recent heat, and pushing the tarmac into ridges like a rolling pin.
We'll have to wait until the MotoGP boys get there and see what they say.
I could only picture in my mind, the F1 cars standing on the brakes, in the recent heat, and pushing the tarmac into ridges like a rolling pin.
We'll have to wait until the MotoGP boys get there and see what they say.
the tribester said:
The company laying the new surface said that they were removing the top surface and therefore the old bumps too, and re-laying. He said that running F1 before MotoGP isn't an issue, as the new material would prevent the bumps forming.
I could only picture in my mind, the F1 cars standing on the brakes, in the recent heat, and pushing the tarmac into ridges like a rolling pin.
We'll have to wait until the MotoGP boys get there and see what they say.
No need, I'm there in a couple of weeks and will report back then ... I'm only a % off MotoGP times .... a large % but a % none the less !!!I could only picture in my mind, the F1 cars standing on the brakes, in the recent heat, and pushing the tarmac into ridges like a rolling pin.
We'll have to wait until the MotoGP boys get there and see what they say.
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