I agree with Steve, Porsche like Ferrari has the chops to entice any of the top drivers to their effort, and already have quite a good crop of talent driving their cars in other series, including previous LMP2 or LMP"lite" - or whatever they called it - efforts. I'm sure Mark will do well for them if he doesn't crash out, like he's done sooooo many times in his F1 career. But lead driver? huh? :confused5: But here's the real question, who's going to be paired with Alonso next year at Ferrari?
After reading jnky's comment I realize I don't think I've read anything from either Porsche or Webber about him leading their efforts. I did see it, more than once, but I'm sure that word is coming from media sensationalizing, per usual. Back to F1, after qualifying this morning someone wrote "good RBR job application from Ricciardo." Given Vettel and Webber came 4th and 5th, respectively, 6th for Ricciardo looks pretty good (his teammate JEV is 13th). In fact, I assume the penalty for Di Resta's car being found underweight means he'll be bumped from his excellent 5th place qualifying position and Ricciardo will start 5th, right behind Webber. Once is not enough but it's great timing given how closely Horner and Mateschitz are watching these days.
There is a big difference in"Webber will lead," and "Webber will help lead Porsche back to the top level of Sports Car racing." ...
But MB gets by with an in season three day test with this year's cars and drivers...who by they way are P1 and P2 for tommorows race.....
Wow, the tire saga just moved to a new level! Just, wow! That is all, don't want to spoil for those recording the race.
That was an amazing race. Bernie's idea of salting the field with exploding tires was a great one. Round & round they go whose tire will blow nobody knows. All kidding aside, glad no one was hurt. Could have been bad taking a retread in the face at 190 mph. Turned out to be a one cracker of a race. Oh how I wish there were 2 more laps for Webber. Wonder if anyone caught a pic of Webber adding a handful of sand to Vettel's gear box oil. Do you figure Pirrelli will get some more tire tests?? Hmmm..... :smilewinkgrin:
Epic indeed, so many stories, so much great driving, enjoyed it immensely!! Note: Since Spain and MB's illegal test, they have three wins and a third in as many races....
They said the cuts were on the inside of the tire, that the guys were going so far over the curbs that it was cutting them as they came back across. If that's really the case and not an inherent construction issue, I say fair's fair. Don't go over the curbs...problem fixed. If....... And how the heck does a guy go from 4th to 15th on the start? And then finish 2nd?
Agree, but isn't that sort of like trying to get a rally driver to not cut corners? Webber wants to know as well, said he wants a full investigation by RB.
Charlie Whiting says he thought of red flagging the race at one point. Not just because of the cars and drivers but safety of marshalls as well. Big problems like we saw today at Silverstone can produce knee jerk reactions, sometimes that's a good thing. F1 teams want young driver test replaced with full-on session (autosport.com)
Well, I'm sorry Mock Weeba, but I do not believe Red Bull - who's in a constructors championship fight - would purposely sabotage one of their cars so that it consistantly can't get off the starting line. It's so unlikely as to be laughable. On top of that, he has a history of not being able to get going at the start - I mean, even the announcers consider it his normal start anymore - to lose a bunch of places at lights out - while Vettel smokes off into the distance. However, his drive thru the field today was something to watch! Well done there, Mark. Just think of where you could have been had you not gone backwards 11 places to start the race. Seabass was just stroking along, no way Rosbug could have caught him by the end....