Hungarian Grand Prix

[Collective]

That race was total chaos. Loved it!

BTW, Pastor Maldonado got 3 penalties in the same race, including one for speeding in the pitlane while serving one of the other penalties.

[PNW-type-gal]

Originally Posted by Collective

I'm intrigued by the new rules that forbid communicating clutch settings to the driver on the way to the grid, they will have to figure out the setup for the start on their own, making starts more interesting and maybe allowing for some mixup at the start...

I keep hearing that F1 wants to ban driver coaching - and yet I keep hearing it, race after race. I guess they mean info about car settings only and I really don't see the point. The clutch settings, for instance - they practice standing starts during all the practice runs. The roll out from the garage to the grid doesn't really get them any new info that they didn't have prior.

[cmptrwlt]

Originally Posted by Collective

That race was total chaos. Loved it!

BTW, Pastor Maldonado got 3 penalties in the same race, including one for speeding in the pitlane while serving one of the other penalties.

At least he is good at something

[DavidRaonic]

That was one hell of a race. If only we got to see that on an ongoing basis.

[Hollywood]

Originally Posted by PNW-type-gal

I keep hearing that F1 wants to ban driver coaching - and yet I keep hearing it, race after race. I guess they mean info about car settings only and I really don't see the point. The clutch settings, for instance - they practice standing starts during all the practice runs. The roll out from the garage to the grid doesn't really get them any new info that they didn't have prior.

To be the "premier" racing series in the world, they try to ban a lot of crap that doesn't matter. F1 would do better to let the guys race and concentrate on going to good venues with large crowds (and catering to their fanbase), and less on number of engines used, or type of engine, or what's being said over the radio between a driver and his engineer.