Brazilian GP Chat

[Chrissie]

Pretty boring PC this week...

Thursday, November 4, 1100 hours local time (1300 GMT):
Rubens Barrichello (Williams), Lucas di Grassi (Virgin), Felipe Massa (Ferrari) and Bruno Senna (HRT).

Friday, November 5, 1600 hours local time (1800 GMT):
John Booth (Virgin), Ross Brawn (Mercedes), Mike Gascoyne (Lotus), Timo Glock (Virgin), Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) and Jarno Trulli (Lotus)


I'm a little confused about the weather though....BBC is reporting thunder showers for Friday and Saturday (they're not reporting Sunday's weather yet) but the official F1 site is predicting sunshine throughout the weekend

Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace 5 day weather forecast

I don't know which one I would prefer.....a dry race would be more predictable with less risk though it's possible that Red Bull would just run away with it, whereas a wet race would be a little less predictable, overtaking would be very possible and it would mean Fernando's last engine would not have to be worked as hard but there's the risk that this time it could go all wrong for us like it did for Webber in Korea


I give up......

[icegirljenni]

Hamilton eyeing title shot in Abu Dhabi

He still have hope? He just need another few more Glock... So in Abu dhabi we will see some show down . Ya perhaps by that he can win it

[ali786]

Ferrari Updates for Brazil

"As far as the F10 is concerned, there will be a few small updates on the aerodynamic front, but nothing really significant, because the difference will come from reliability, from finishing the races without losing points and having the right mindset.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/87876

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In Britain charged against Alonso http://www.aragonsport.com/noticia.asp?I...emaGrupo=1
01/11/2010 | Motor
Editorial Zaragoza

Media, former pilots and ex direigentes bind to campaign against the Spanish driver. Ferrari accused of cheating in Korea.

They can not track with Fernando Alonso and the two remaining races will be there from the offices.

In Britain say Ferrari cheated at the last Grand Prix when Fernando Korea had problems with a nut in the pits, Massa stopped referring to those who came behind as Button and Schumacher to avoid ahead of Fernando. I live in the UK and I did not hear about this!

They also remember the career of Germany in which he allegedly Ferrari team orders to let Massa overtake the Spaniard, current championship leader.

[alonso 4ever]

i really don't care about all the bla bla blas any more!!

let the best driver win (i really hope fernando win!)

what i really love about brazil gp is the timing, haha
sooooooooooooo perfect and also my husband will be home to watch it with me :)

i hate weather forcast (u all know that by now!!haha)

all the best fernando

[ali786]

Ferrari should bring more upgrades. "small updates on the aerodynamic front" is not going to be enough, the Red Bulls pace is one second faster than anyone else. I think Fernando will start 3rd in Brazil.

[icegirljenni]

There are only 2 more races, I suspect they wont bring much major upgrades. Mostly would have focus on next season. RBR were haunted only by one thing "bad luck" else no one could ever close to Mark in championship. We all know tracks after Singapore are all suits for RBR. Am actually more concern with Fernando engine prob. I dont really wish to see them bring upgrade am more eager to see how they going to solve engine problem.

[Chrissie]

(11-02-2010 05:41 PM)icegirljenni Wrote:  Am actually more concern with Fernando engine prob. I dont really wish to see them bring upgrade am more eager to see how they going to solve engine problem.

I don't think this is as big an issue as most people make out.....I mean engines are designed to do 3 races right? Well, the one he's using has only done 1 race - granted it was Monza, but still - I'm hoping maybe that might bring a bit of luck, lol Obviously it would be better if he had another engine in reserve but, well, most people would have thought that Vettel's engine situation was looking good before Korea and we saw what happened there - I think sometimes it's better to have quality over quantity, lol

[icegirljenni]

Classic reply. Your "quality over quantity" remind me of this boss who interviewed me several years ago

[ali786]

Yamamoto has been replaced by Klien because he is apparently "not been paying HRT" and owes them €20Mill.

[WiTcH]

Just some Ferrari news before the weekend starts...

Quote:Fernando Alonso is happy for Ferrari team-mate Felipe Massa to win the Brazilian Grand Prix this weekend.

Massa has been under pressure to help Alonso's title challenge in the second half of the season and Ferrari came under intense scrutiny after he let Alonso take victory at the German Grand Prix. However, Alonso insists that the best way for Massa to help him in the final two races would be to win both.

"I think Felipe is normally very strong here [in Brazil]," he told reporters. "I think the best thing for us will be to have Felipe winning the race because he takes 25 points from everybody else. That is the biggest points difference this year - from 25 points for winning to 18 for second.

"Then for second to third and third to fourth is a very small difference in points, which may allow me to keep the advantage that I have. The worry for me is the 25 points, and if one of the contenders takes these 25 points. Hopefully Felipe can win both races, that will be the best thing for me."

Massa is targeting a win this weekend and, despite media backlash after Hockenheim, said he still feels support from his home crowd.

"I will do the best I can to win the race for the people," he said on Thursday. "It's also true that even after the race in Germany, when I arrived in Brazil, the people were very nice to me, very fantastic and keen to push me forward. The real people they are great, journalists are much more difficult."

Earlier this week, Ferrari boss Stefano Domenicali said he expects Massa to be on top form and put up a serious fight in front of his home fans.

"He [Massa] will want to show his fans what he can do so I expect him to be very much up for the fight," Domenicali said. "He will be very quick, which is exactly what we need right now to reach our goals."

[icegirljenni]

They got rid of chandhok who was doing well for this yammamoto... pathetic !

[funkyfish]

I really liked Chandhok, he always comes across as a genuinely nice guy and he seemed to be quite a good driver so it was disappointing to see him dropped, I hope he finds a drive for next year. Also today Mark Webber has been moaning about Red Bull favouring Vettel http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/87915 and in this article sticking up for Fernando over the team orders issue http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/87916

[icegirljenni]

(11-04-2010 11:33 PM)funkyfish Wrote:  I really liked Chandhok, he always comes across as a genuinely nice guy and he seemed to be quite a good driver so it was disappointing to see him dropped, I hope he finds a drive for next year. Also today Mark Webber has been moaning about Red Bull favouring Vettel http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/87915 and in this article sticking up for Fernando over the team orders issue http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/87916

I am actually quite surprise that RBR still divided their support. I mean look at the current table, they shouldn't fight within team mate, they should fight others team. They want to win right? The team construction and the driver title. I really don't know what they want.

[Chrissie]

Quote:On Saturday evening on the way from the Interlagos circuit to his hotel in Morumbi, Jenson Button and the other occupants in the car in which was travelling were attacked by armed assailants.

Button under attack (literally)


Glad to hear no-one was hurt but what a crazy thing to happen...

[icegirljenni]

Oh my god! Luckily no one hurt, i wonder who would do that though... poor Button and the gang

[Chrissie]

Quote:Button said: "We were going back from the track and were outside a shanty town and moving slowly on a busy road.

"I saw a dog come out, which was very cute. The next thing I saw was a man with a gun. I said 'isn't that a gun?' and as soon as I said that, the driver angled the car and floored it.

"That's when we saw six men, all of them brandishing machine guns. My driver was a legend. He bounced off about five cars. We were driving over the top of them. It was very scary."

planetf1.com

Jeez it was lucky that Jenson just happened to be looking out the window - if it had been much later, well it could have been too late......scary stuff...

[icegirljenni]

I read the similar news on Yahoo and apparently 4 years ago the same thing happen to one of the F1 crew. No one hurt though but thank god nothing happened to anyone

[alonso 4ever]

oh my god!!

if the place is dangerous, then better not to go there (maybe we can tell mr.ecclestone that!!)

thank god no one got hurt...

[ashyxt]

Fantastic Fernando! damage limitation at the max!