Probably cos only part of the grid will be run dry?

 

It occurs to me that by Nico asking for guidance and the answer confirming, it was marginally judged as driver-coaching. If he had just said something like "What do you mean?" and they'd replied "If you leave it in 7th the gearbox will break" that would have clarified the risk to the car without coaching the driver. Instead he said “What does that mean? I have to shift through it?" and they replied: “Affirm, Nico, affirm. You have to shift through it.” Semantics?

 

Absolutely. This whole radio farce is yet another distraction that the sport doesn't need. Race engineers coaching drivers became a nonsense, and was rightly outlawed, but the cars are sufficiently complex that a driver cannot be expected to diagnose and remedy a problem while concentrating on racing. And there's an added dimension for the viewer if the conversations between driver and pit wall are broadcast.

Whatever the FIA do, they'll be in the wrong.

 

I have to agree with Sebastian here-

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/formu...cid=spartandhp

There's a world of difference between a solution to a technical problem and helping a driver with race tactics. If a car were to come to a sudden halt in the middle of the track due to a known technical issue and caused a fatal pile up who would be responsible? the team the driver or the FAI? "Austria, Force India could not inform Sergio Perez of a brake issue which led to the Mexican crashing out on the penultimate lap". That could have ended in a far worse way.
Fine you don't report to a driver the status of other drivers, but this is just stupid.
Nice though it was to see Lewis close up in the championship, but not this way.

 

Can someone explain how you can set fastest time whilst slowing down (and be prepared to stop) under a yellow? Hungarian GP: Nico Rosberg keeps pole after investigation as Red Bulls also cleared http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/36876625

 

http://www.skysports.com/f1/news/124...an-gp-pole-lap

 

Still defies my logic - I don't recall the commentary saying he was that far ahead on his previous sector time.

 

It's quite simple, he only had to slow for one corner, which he did, and was then faster round all the others than anyone else. Admittedly, it was very opportunistic, but he's a racing driver and that's what they do.

 

He lifted briefly and lost 0.1 secs. How this is being prepared to stop has sort of slipped off the radar. I think that the stewards bottled it to avoid further Hamilton/Rosberg controversy.
All IMO of course.

 

exactly the point I was alluding to