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[kngrsll]

"I know that in some other categories they don't have tyre blankets like IndyCars, but they don't have any corners either, they go around."

I love Alonso.

was that from the thursday press conference?! i missed it...

[draobpi]

Thursday's Press Conference.

Here is the whole thing in context: still funny.




Q. (Dan Knutson – National Speed Sport News) After the test here there was a lot of discussion about the coming ban of tyre warming blankets. A lot of series don't have tyre-warming blankets and have pit stops. Is that going to be a problem for F1, to have this ban?

PdlR: My personal point of view is that obviously it's a matter of safety. Running without tyre warmers, tyre blankets, obviously increases the chances… or makes the speed difference between the car that comes out of the pit lane and the car that is on a flying lap much greater, so the possibility of an accident is higher.

We have seen the bigger accidents over the past few years happen when one car is slower than another, not necessarily a car is stopped on the track. The speed difference is a safety issue for me, that's my point of view, so that's what I am saying.

I've raced all my career without tyre warmers but it's quite different in Formula One, mainly because the compounds or the compound-operating window is very narrow in Formula One. So until they are at a very high temperature, they do not work at all. In other categories you have a much more progressive build-up of temperature and grip, so it's easier. I find it more difficult here.

RB: Well, I think there are good and bad points to be honest. On the one hand people want to see some overtaking which is fair. We all want to see that, but the problem is that I think Formula One could become quite boring.

People will invent a car that has a big tank again and whoever stays on the track gains the advantage of that one pit stop. I think at the end of the day it will become a little bit too much like IndyCars or something like that which is fine, but I think Formula One is about the competitiveness of what's going on on the track. To add to that, I've also raced throughout my whole career before Formula One without tyre blankets but I never saw something like this.

You go out of the pits and you already have a chance to spin out of the garage, and when you get to the first corner, it's like an ice rink and so with that, if you get conditions like we've had at Nurburgring in the past or any race that is very cold and we take the wrong tyres, then it's going to be very, very dangerous.

FA: Yes, same thing. I think it's dangerous. As Pedro says, the speed difference between the cars and as Rubens said, the races will become boring because you need to stay on the track. When you pit, over the next two laps you will be eight seconds slower, so you cannot be creative with the strategy or anything like that, so it will become more boring.

I know that in some other categories they don't have tyre blankets like IndyCars, but they don't have any corners either, they go around. I think Formula One is different, the compounds are different and as Rubens said, we should look for the maximum performance in the car. We are in Formula One, so it needs to be the peak of motor sports. And (the notion of) saving costs is a little bit ridiculous.

KR: I haven't run the tyres at all, so I don't really have any idea how it will be but I heard that, as Rubens and everybody else said, it's going to be very difficult, so I'm not really in the right place to say. But if it's purely for saving money, it's the wrong place to save money. It's not much and they are going to spend the same money somewhere else anyhow, so…

[More&Faster]

"I know that in some other categories they don't have tyre blankets like IndyCars, but they don't have any corners either, they go around."

I love Alonso.

[yonson]

:biggthumb: thanks! any idea what car that is in the original you posted?? i see its a renault, but what year, etc?

I didn't post the original pic

Q: (Jerome Bourret – L'Equipe) To Kimi and Fernando, can you imagine, during your career, racing two hundred and sixty GPs or will you be fed up with the PR etc before that point?
KR: What, whether I will do two hundred and sixty something races? I don't even know how many I have now but probably not.

FA: I don't know, I don't know. I don't think so either. I don't know how many I have at the moment either, but 260 seems too many years.

RB: By the time that I finish I will have three hundred anyway, so…

FA: The problem is Rubens. Without Rubens you can go for the record but with him it will be tough.

RB: Back in '98, when I first tested the tyre, I had a crash that I really thought I was going to stop, but because of the lack of mechanical grip caused by the tyre, I kept on spinning and crashed. So I think we depend a lot on the grip level of the tyre. If we have the whole tyre on the ground, it's going to help a lot on the safety side as well.

Q: (Carlos Miquel – Diario AS) Kimi, do you agree with Montezemolo when he says it might not be good for Ferrari to have Fernando Alonso as your team-mate?
KR: (Laughs) It's better that I don't say anything.

Kimi knows when to keep his mouf shut

First time I've seen Emonso bring teh funny

Honda should bring Panis back into F1. Rubens and Panis. Great sponsoring opportunity for Viagra, AARP and Ensure

"I know that in some other categories they don't have tyre blankets like IndyCars, but they don't have any corners either, they go around."

I love Alonso.

[vietlol]

"I know that in some other categories they don't have tyre blankets like IndyCars, but they don't have any corners either, they go around."

I love Alonso.

[mads]

[Redliner]

"I know that in some other categories they don't have tyre blankets like IndyCars, but they don't have any corners either, they go around."

I love Alonso.

Well, I can't hate Alonso anymore

[_R_]

couple more hours

[DocGolem]

It's about 4 hours from now! I can't decide to stay up and watch it, or go to bed. I have class early in the morning..

[yonson]

meh, FP1 isn't on Speed, so I'll just get up and watch FP2 at 7AM

[Alicante]

wakey wakey eggs and bakey

[kngrsll]

wakey wakey eggs and bakey

love that movie....

[chiuey]

Between that and vanilla ice, 6th grade was a bad year for music

you're preaching to the choir....


Yeah shortly after the MC Hammer concert, I switched over to rock and started learning to play the guitar. Which was followed by yrs of wearing all black, listening and playing to grunge and alternative rock. Kirk Cobain saved my dignity (not by much).

[chiuey]

Honda should bring Panis back into F1. Rubens and Panis. Great sponsoring opportunity for Viagra, AARP and Ensure

actually that's what SA should do. have Rubens and Panis in the Super Viagra F1 team. Sale would increase to epic amounts! :biggthumb:

but ofcourse, send Sato back to Honda where he belongs (in a better car, even though not by much)!

[HighTachPres]

Well, I can't hate Alonso anymore

lolz, when he's on a mid-range team and makes teh funny he's liked again :biggthumb:

[mads]

whats the ITV link again

[_R_]

meh, FP1 isn't on Speed, so I'll just get up and watch FP2 at 7AM

i have my alarm set for 5:30, get 30 minutes into FP2 before starting to watch... fast forward through the commercials...

[Redliner]

whats the ITV link again

http://mad-max.coolp...z/f1player.html

the last working one that I knew of...

[mads]

Kimi to p1.








npjr is overthrottling the corners

[mads]

kovy 1.1 secs of pase

[mads]

i forgot honda existed

[mads]

massa spun out

[mads]

kimi still p1, faster

massa ultra fail on replay

[mads]

.245 seconds off pace massar

[mads]

and massuck aborts.