Thread: Brazilian GP (may contain spoilers)

Quote: Originally Posted by milehitom It's sunny and 80 here Kobayashi may be one of my new favorites. Let's see what Sebastien can do with now. Tom Kobayashi is a big surprise; he came from nowhere. Congrats on the weather in Denver. I am envious.

Wow! what a race! Everyone wants it today...not just Brawn!

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Quote: Originally Posted by ms355 In Denver? It's sunny and 80 here Kobayashi may be one of my new favorites. Let's see what Sebastien can do with now. Tom

Quote: Originally Posted by fitfan i am very pro for no refueling. it was a stupid thing to return to F1. they are sprint races ...no nead for refueling, focus on efficency - more engineering biased and driver discipline biased. adds more DRIVER strategy, conserve tires? changing car balance thoughout the race? pit for tires? or no stop? it will make the start less frantic, as drivers will have a more strategic race to unfold. i would even...

Quote: Originally Posted by macdady2424 I'm all for the advancement of technology in the cars. I say they should be able to do what ever they want to their cars, guess it's the engineer in me. To make it more fair, maybe just cap the overall budget of the teams, that way they can do what ever they want to a certain degree. As far as the fueling goes, refueling may have added danger to the sport, but it also added excitement. It...

I dunno, the refueling created a lot of strategy in terms of teams who go with more stops/lighter/faster vs. less stops/heavier/slower. The two types of tire compounds did make a difference in the speeds of cars, and it was also interesting to see some teams prefer one type of compound (i.e. Ferrari preferring the softer compound vs. MacLaren liking the harder compound). This was more evident this year when they skipped compounds to make the...

Removing refueling AGAIN is a good thing. It will enhance qualifying for true speed and certainly bring out some different strategies for the race. It will be fun to see how different chassis and drivers handle tire wear. It was alway's fun to watch Prost, Senna, Mansell and their different styles handle tire wear. Prost was alway's so smooth and easy on the car yet super quick! He would keep a quick pace and it seemed others would...

Quote: Originally Posted by flyscotUSA Great F1 season. Can't wait to see the new teams coming in next year and the chance for a visit to Montreal again. +1 We need to keep our fingers crossed. Montreal is not a done deal yet

It's been a great season. New faces and teams running up front. I guess the "car" is everything.