Comments on: Silverstone 2008: Lewis Hamilton Wins The British Grand Prix

By: Oliver White

Oliver White — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:01:00 +0000

Thing is seccotine, they were playing a game of chicken with each other and the weather. Team One won’t pit until Team Two does. Team Two won’t pit until Team One does. It’s happened in the past – in France one year, ‘97 maybe, Frentzen and Schumacher were in the dying stages of the race and it started to rain. Neither would come in unless the other did. Schumacher went on to win but only after a couple of offs. He couldn’t pit though; Frentzen would have continued and maybe kept ahead just about.

By: seccotine

seccotine — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:48:08 +0000

What puzzles me still is that the Hondas were the only cars to switch to full wets. I understand that teams were hoping that conditions would improve, but even if they did, you’d have to think that the advantage in the mean time would be worth it. After hearing reports that Barrichello was turning in laps 12s faster in an inferior car, and given the speed with which these cars can pit for new tires, it would only take a couple of laps to make up the lost time. The rain hadn’t let up yet, and Silverstone doesn’t drain well — the track couldn’t have dried that fast. I’m baffled.

By: Oliver White

Oliver White — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:58:48 +0000

I’ve probably missed lots of things from this write up so feel free to add to it via the comments.