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Actually they do have a mobile weather radar installed on a hilltop close to the circuits. But then predicting rain is not an exact science. They were trying to predict rainfall in terms of minutes whereas the super-duper Weather Channel, using satellites, stations, simulations and whatnot sometimes fails miserably to foresee anything. So, I am ok with the F1 weather team making occasional mistakes. Besides it's more funRedhead wrote:You would think with all their gazillions they coud buy themselves a superduper weather radar that could tell them exactly how much rain was falling and where and when. Instead Christian Horner rocks back in his seat and looks up at the sky.
Even the V8 boys were smart enough to log on the the BOM rain radar down at winton.
Waddaya mean "Even"Redhead wrote:You would think with all their gazillions they coud buy themselves a superduper weather radar that could tell them exactly how much rain was falling and where and when. Instead Christian Horner rocks back in his seat and looks up at the sky.
Even the V8 boys were smart enough to log on the the BOM rain radar down at winton.
He said his tyres were great during the post race interview if I remember correctly.JayVee wrote:Last year it was the Michelin wets being 'superior' to the Bridgestone wets hence what Alonso did in Hungary wasn't really that amazing, it was the Michelins.
This year they run the same Bridgestone wets but no, the same tyre doesn't really mean the same compound mould or something fancy hence again Alonso wasn't amazing he was just lucky to get a good compound!!!
Get the drift .....
People, how do you know that Alonso didn't have 'vibrations'. As Jim said, he would have also had 'vibrations' but he is just that good at managing that.
That is what separates the really good drivers from the good drivers ? Simple really.
Oh, and drivers will always look for excuses to justify their relative poor performance (Alonso included BTW).
And I am being a bit defensive
RUN!!!!!!!!Julian Mayo wrote:Waddaya mean "Even"Redhead wrote:You would think with all their gazillions they coud buy themselves a superduper weather radar that could tell them exactly how much rain was falling and where and when. Instead Christian Horner rocks back in his seat and looks up at the sky.
Even the V8 boys were smart enough to log on the the BOM rain radar down at winton.
She can run, but she can't hidejacfan wrote:RUN!!!!!!!!Julian Mayo wrote:Waddaya mean "Even"Redhead wrote:You would think with all their gazillions they coud buy themselves a superduper weather radar that could tell them exactly how much rain was falling and where and when. Instead Christian Horner rocks back in his seat and looks up at the sky.
Even the V8 boys were smart enough to log on the the BOM rain radar down at winton.
Redhead wrote:What did Felipe to deserve all this sh&^%t, is it just because he's in a red car?
Everyone instantly assumed it was Felipe having a go at sweet FA after the race. In fact it was the big-headed sweet FA having a go at Felipe. Sweet FA even apologised for the incident, but you're all having a go at Felipe, too busy typing the work pouting to ascertain the facts.
Felipe had no trouble keeping sweet FA at bay in the earlier wet period, but nobody talks about this, when it was dry he easily built a comfortable lead over sweet FA, but nobody talks about this. Then when the final rain comes and sweet FA has an obvious car advantage suddenly Felipe is a loser.
Frankly I think its the other way around. Sweet FA had a clear performance advantage once they were on inters in that final period, and if he wasnt so busy showing us how clever he is (which he is) by driving on different parts on the track than everybody else when it is wet, he shouldve got by him sooner. I think Felipe heroically and aggressively kept him behind him far longer than he should have been able to, when a lot of other drivers would've just rolled over.
