Not strictly an F1 video, but it does have the Redbull in it..... [ame=http://youtu.be/cHtVg8PiTTQ]DOUGIE DOES RED BULL RACING - YouTube[/ame]
Dougie Lampkin was one of those guys, like Senna, that took a sport (trials riding - not trail riding) to an entirely new level. But even so, I bet that was an old Red Bull that they let him jump across....
Every time I hear Bernie wanting to have a race someplace I think there are 19 races now and the teams don't want more than 20. So who is going to loose a race. We have the one in Texas and next year in New Jersey. Even I don't think the US can support a 3rd race at Long Beach. My guess is Bernie doesn't like Texas, too conservative and cowboy, and prefers the left coast.
I don't even know how he could justify having three races in one country. He'd have to drop something. I'm betting he'd drop Jersey though, rather than COTA. By all accounts COTA was a great success last year and all the teams loved it. Money motivates Bernie more than anything else.
Yup, and the Long Beach option is pure speculation at this point but both Russia and New Jersey are expected on the 2014 calendar plus I've read that Mexico and Thailand are both working on new tracks, with Thailand predicted by many to join the club in 2015. Which venues will go away? That's easy to answer - at least in concept - the venues least able to pay for the privilege and/or which drum up the lowest broadcast figures (and other any other factor that drives revenue). Like Zapski says, money comes first, everything else follows.
Great race. It's about time a team said lets run this balls to the wall and stop trying to nurse tires.
Indeed. Spoilers below: Plus since Alonso won on that strategy it made an unusual and important point in the endless tire durability conversation. Pirelli usually point to stats after a race showing nearly everyone stopped 2-3 times and then pat themselves on the back because that's what they're aiming for. Whatever you think of intentionally building for that level of degradation, it's artificial "proof of success" when those numbers are achieved by babying the tires. This time the winning driver pushed throughout (apparently) and had to change tires four times, as did his team mate who came 3rd. Pirelli were therefore forced to say they're planning to make changes to compounds and/or construction to bring the numbers down by Silverstone (late June). I don't expect big changes though since Hembery already made a point of saying Barcelona is a high degradation track and that any significant changes will make Red Bull happy and disappoint everyone else. :rolleyes5:
Pirelli is only doing what Bernie asked them too......I hope they don't change the formulations....at other tracks there have been teams that could run 2 or even 1 stoppers. If they change now all the information the teams have goes out the window - a bad idea unless they're going to allow another test session.... but even if they do then they will increase the distance between the teams that can afford to test and those that can't. I say leave them alone and let the teams get on with it. This race showed that you can run hard and still win, even with lots of stops. Poor Mercedes, they have a huge advantage in performance - for one lap or two - then they just start marching to the rear. I don't know what they can do to fix it, nor McLaren either.... their last year's car was quicker and easier to drive than this years, but they can't go backwards now. But to be this far behind Lotus, Mercedes and Force India in the constructor's at this point of the season has to be frustrating and even embarrassing. $900 million dollar facility to run 6th? Yikes! At first I thought the Hamster's move to Mercedes was going to be a brilliant stroke of timing and good fortune, now I'm not so sure. I wonder if Mercedes will adopt Ferrari's idea and just go for it, let the tire stops fall where they may, or if they're going to try and run this same conservative pace approach? I know the Hamster would like to be cut loose, and allowed to just go for it...... Going to be an interesting season, that's for sure.
In the old days they nursed gearboxes, or engines, or fuel. Now they nurse tires. It's better than lining them up, fastest to slowest, giving them tires that last all race and acting surprised when the finishing order is the same as the start. There'd be no reason to watch anything other than qualies if that were the case.
They already said they are going to change construction because of the delamination. This will screw up the data anyway.
No, I think mrntd is right, if they change the carcass it will affect the performance across the board...... But I read they weren't going to do it after all....
Not to forget Kimi and Lotus ran the protect the tires strategy and finished second....Kinda cool that there may be two ways to skin the cat.. My preference is the Scuderia's balls to the wall approach of course!! On a side note; maybe Schumacher was doing a much better Job last year than he was given credit for.....Because this year they define suck.:screwy:
BBC Sport - Red Bull boss on Pirelli tyres: 'F1 nothing to do with racing any more' With commentary. Emphases are mine. Translation: "WHAAAA! :cryin: We're only 4 points ahead in the driver's championship! :cryin: Question: :confused5: Then why don't you step up, do the work, figure out what that problem is with your car, and fix it? Answer: :idea: Because it's easier to cry about a problem we don't know how to solve than to look for a real solution. Translation: Lotus made a better car than Red Bull in this respect, and Kimi's a better driver than Vettel. (ducks) opcorn: And yet Alonso won. ut: Anyone? Anyone? Beuller? Red Bull? :crazy: So stop paying attention to the spoiled brat crybabies in the corner, who are still winning the drivers and constructors championships, but not by as wide a margin as they think they deserve. :mad2: :rolleyes5:rrr: