After an eventful British Grand Prix last weekend, the Formula 1 teams quickly pack up and head to Germany for round 9 out of 19 at the legendary Nurburgring circuit! Lets talk a look at whats being spoken about going into this weekend's race!
Tires tires tires!
After 4 major blow outs during the race, and atleast two slow punctures that some drivers reported after the race, Pirelli came under a lot of criticism for such an incident which hasn't been seen in the recent past! The FIA and Pirelli were quick to react and changed the rules for this month's young drivers test, where teams can now test the cars with their race drivers. All in a hope to make sure such dangerous incidents do not occur again. The safety of the drivers is of the atmost importance to teams and the FIA. This is a great move in order to solve the tyre crises.
Pirelli claim that there were many reasons that caused the blow outs including low tyre pressures, sharp kerbs and high loads and putting tires on the wrong side of the car. Pirelli have put together a plan to solve such incidents. The first of this involves bringing tires with Kevlar belts that were tested during the Canadian Grand Prix rather than the tires that used steel structures at the Silverstone circuit.
From Hungary onwards, Pirelli will be bringing newer tires that combine the characteristics of the 2012 tires along with the performance of the 2013 tires.
Sebastian Vettel's July Jinx:
Three time World Champion Sebastian Vettel has never won a Grand Prix in the month of July. Coincidentally he celebrates his birthday on the 3rd of July! Also he hasn't won him home GP. This weekend Vettel will be looking to end this jinx just like he did by winning the Canadian Grand Prix for the first time last month.
Track:
The new Nurburgring track has 16 turns in total. It has a great combination of slow to medium speed corners and quite a few high speed straights! Drivers spend 60 percent of the lap on full throttle. To get in a good lap teams need to have the right speed with high downforce that will let their drivers push to the limit.
Pirelli will be bringing the modified Medium and Soft tires this weekend.
This weekend there will be two DRS zones, one on the start/finish straight and the other on the fast right hander between turns 11 and 13. The NGK Chicane at the end of the second DRS zones will give drivers the best opportunity to overtake
The weather this weekend looks warmer than it was at last weekend's British GP. There is a chance of a wet Friday as showers are predicted. Temperatures predicted for the rest of the weekend are around 25 degrees Celsius!
4 drivers namely Vettel, Rosberg, Sutil and Hulkenburg will be racing at home this weekend. Two of them surely have a good chance of winning so the German fans are in for a treat! The Mercedes team will surely have a lot of support after this being their home race of some sorts!
Sunday's race will be run over 60 laps and for sure will be a treat to watch! Have a great weekend!
Tires tires tires!
After 4 major blow outs during the race, and atleast two slow punctures that some drivers reported after the race, Pirelli came under a lot of criticism for such an incident which hasn't been seen in the recent past! The FIA and Pirelli were quick to react and changed the rules for this month's young drivers test, where teams can now test the cars with their race drivers. All in a hope to make sure such dangerous incidents do not occur again. The safety of the drivers is of the atmost importance to teams and the FIA. This is a great move in order to solve the tyre crises.
Pirelli claim that there were many reasons that caused the blow outs including low tyre pressures, sharp kerbs and high loads and putting tires on the wrong side of the car. Pirelli have put together a plan to solve such incidents. The first of this involves bringing tires with Kevlar belts that were tested during the Canadian Grand Prix rather than the tires that used steel structures at the Silverstone circuit.
From Hungary onwards, Pirelli will be bringing newer tires that combine the characteristics of the 2012 tires along with the performance of the 2013 tires.
Sebastian Vettel's July Jinx:
Three time World Champion Sebastian Vettel has never won a Grand Prix in the month of July. Coincidentally he celebrates his birthday on the 3rd of July! Also he hasn't won him home GP. This weekend Vettel will be looking to end this jinx just like he did by winning the Canadian Grand Prix for the first time last month.Track:
The new Nurburgring track has 16 turns in total. It has a great combination of slow to medium speed corners and quite a few high speed straights! Drivers spend 60 percent of the lap on full throttle. To get in a good lap teams need to have the right speed with high downforce that will let their drivers push to the limit.
This weekend there will be two DRS zones, one on the start/finish straight and the other on the fast right hander between turns 11 and 13. The NGK Chicane at the end of the second DRS zones will give drivers the best opportunity to overtake
The weather this weekend looks warmer than it was at last weekend's British GP. There is a chance of a wet Friday as showers are predicted. Temperatures predicted for the rest of the weekend are around 25 degrees Celsius!
4 drivers namely Vettel, Rosberg, Sutil and Hulkenburg will be racing at home this weekend. Two of them surely have a good chance of winning so the German fans are in for a treat! The Mercedes team will surely have a lot of support after this being their home race of some sorts!
Sunday's race will be run over 60 laps and for sure will be a treat to watch! Have a great weekend!
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