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The results of the two challenges set last week.... we BROKE BOTH RECORDS!!!
We had a record breaking 13 video entries and a grand total of.... 32 entries in total!
Thank you to everybody who got involved and here is the biggest ever fanformula!! Enjoy and thanks again!
Grace x
We had a record breaking 13 video entries and a grand total of.... 32 entries in total!
Thank you to everybody who got involved and here is the biggest ever fanformula!! Enjoy and thanks again!
Grace x
question 1
There were lots of sloppy mistakes towards the latter part of the GP but who's mistake do you think was the biggest?
@RobLMyers : The biggest mistake was surely Schumacher's. That's the second time he's gone careering into the back of someone this season, after he hit Bruno Senna in the Spanish GP. This time Vergne was on the receiving end and Schumacher got a deserved 10 place grid penalty.
@multicooldude34 : I think the biggest mistake was Kovalainen hitting team-mate Petrov on the opening lap which could end-up costing Caterham 10th place in the constructors championship.
@MarussiaF1Will : I'd have to say the little battle with the two Saubers and Nico Hulkenberg.
@RobLMyers : The biggest mistake was surely Schumacher's. That's the second time he's gone careering into the back of someone this season, after he hit Bruno Senna in the Spanish GP. This time Vergne was on the receiving end and Schumacher got a deserved 10 place grid penalty.
@multicooldude34 : I think the biggest mistake was Kovalainen hitting team-mate Petrov on the opening lap which could end-up costing Caterham 10th place in the constructors championship.
@MarussiaF1Will : I'd have to say the little battle with the two Saubers and Nico Hulkenberg.
question 2
Who's performance most impressed you during the race and why?
@LouisSuddaby23 : Throughout the whole weekend, Paul Di Resta was outstanding. Qualifying inside the top six was good enough but to finish fourth in the race was special! Di Resta has always come across as a solid driver to me but on Sunday, he went up a level.
@Alonsomanso : Timo Glock and Pastor Maldonado. although Pastor did not finish the race he didn't crash, did a great race, Pastor it's growing up since Monza we are watching a kind of new Pastor. Timo Glock he didn't finished in the point standings but to be P12 with a not a great car in the technical point it's huge goal for the team.
@joshbohnf1 : Paul di resta! 4th! That's a great performance in a force India!
@F1_Fans_Updates : Paul Di Resta no question. Great result for him and Force India finishing 4th. Also I was very impressed with that spin save from Massa when he touched with Senna.
@JackLeslieF1 : Di Resta for sure! I was just hoping he could get Alonso but he was just pipped to the podium. He was by far my driver of the day.
@Iceladyy : I think Massa's performance was quite good. After dropping down to 24th after lap 1, he managed to fight his way back to 8th.. with a very entertaining move on Senna. Great performance from Timo Glock as well, finishing 12th surely meant a lot to him and the team.
@LouisSuddaby23 : Throughout the whole weekend, Paul Di Resta was outstanding. Qualifying inside the top six was good enough but to finish fourth in the race was special! Di Resta has always come across as a solid driver to me but on Sunday, he went up a level.
@Alonsomanso : Timo Glock and Pastor Maldonado. although Pastor did not finish the race he didn't crash, did a great race, Pastor it's growing up since Monza we are watching a kind of new Pastor. Timo Glock he didn't finished in the point standings but to be P12 with a not a great car in the technical point it's huge goal for the team.
@joshbohnf1 : Paul di resta! 4th! That's a great performance in a force India!
@F1_Fans_Updates : Paul Di Resta no question. Great result for him and Force India finishing 4th. Also I was very impressed with that spin save from Massa when he touched with Senna.
@JackLeslieF1 : Di Resta for sure! I was just hoping he could get Alonso but he was just pipped to the podium. He was by far my driver of the day.
@Iceladyy : I think Massa's performance was quite good. After dropping down to 24th after lap 1, he managed to fight his way back to 8th.. with a very entertaining move on Senna. Great performance from Timo Glock as well, finishing 12th surely meant a lot to him and the team.
question 3
The race ran to the 2 hour limit but was only 2 laps short of race distance. Do you think that the race should've been allowed to run to full race distance or was the 2 hour rule a good thing for the race?
@RachThukral : I guess this is the first time we've hit the limit in normal dry, so FIA aren't aware of all possible scenarios. Yes, I think if a 0-3 laps are left, they should allow drivers to go full distance.
@cbeSudha : Given the heat and how tough the Marina Bay Street Circuit is , I think having a race for more than 2 hours is too much of an endurance test on the drivers. They should reconfigure the circuit, get rid of Turn 10, make the race a little shorter next year. That way the time limit wont come into play.
@NigelBeechey : It didnt harm the race -everyone knows at the start that there is a 2hr limit if there are laps remaining however, I dont think -especially at a night race that there would have been an issue with finishing the full race distance.
@maygobabe : Yes. Should have let it run.
@DarshanChokhani : Think if there is a rule of 2 hours, it should be run till 2 hours whether there was only 1 lap to go as well. This is a basic rule of FIA and it should be strictly followed. Rtaher, I feel the organisers in consultation with FIA should reduce the number of laps of Singapore GP to have it finished well before the 2 hour time limit.
@EmTheEmu : It was right to cut it off. The rule's there to stop things over-running and to keep some sense of order, and I think the drivers would've been glad of the earlier finish in what's one of the toughest races, in terms of physical fitness.
@RachThukral : I guess this is the first time we've hit the limit in normal dry, so FIA aren't aware of all possible scenarios. Yes, I think if a 0-3 laps are left, they should allow drivers to go full distance.
@cbeSudha : Given the heat and how tough the Marina Bay Street Circuit is , I think having a race for more than 2 hours is too much of an endurance test on the drivers. They should reconfigure the circuit, get rid of Turn 10, make the race a little shorter next year. That way the time limit wont come into play.
@NigelBeechey : It didnt harm the race -everyone knows at the start that there is a 2hr limit if there are laps remaining however, I dont think -especially at a night race that there would have been an issue with finishing the full race distance.
@maygobabe : Yes. Should have let it run.
@DarshanChokhani : Think if there is a rule of 2 hours, it should be run till 2 hours whether there was only 1 lap to go as well. This is a basic rule of FIA and it should be strictly followed. Rtaher, I feel the organisers in consultation with FIA should reduce the number of laps of Singapore GP to have it finished well before the 2 hour time limit.
@EmTheEmu : It was right to cut it off. The rule's there to stop things over-running and to keep some sense of order, and I think the drivers would've been glad of the earlier finish in what's one of the toughest races, in terms of physical fitness.
bonus question
Charles Pic received a post race 20 second penalty and a days 'community service' after his FP3 incident. If you were a steward what other Community Service penalties would you have given to the drivers at the Singapore GP?
@jo_johnson63 : You could make the naughty boys paint the kerbs on the chicaines or brush away the marbles after a GP2 race. Haha! I know what he did was wrong and very dangerous but community service? Seriously?
@hedgeryhoops: A couple of my 'alternative' penalties would be Schumacher personally rebuilding the rear wing of Vergne's Toro Rosso and Senna repainting the wall that he kept hitting all weekend!
@GeorgeHDavies : I'd make Kobayashi clean ALL of the lights for driving into the back of Hulkenberg.
@tyres2u : They could have drivers wash the Safety car and doctors car as punishment or letting the 3rd driver drive FP1 for the next race
@jo_johnson63 : You could make the naughty boys paint the kerbs on the chicaines or brush away the marbles after a GP2 race. Haha! I know what he did was wrong and very dangerous but community service? Seriously?
@hedgeryhoops: A couple of my 'alternative' penalties would be Schumacher personally rebuilding the rear wing of Vergne's Toro Rosso and Senna repainting the wall that he kept hitting all weekend!
@GeorgeHDavies : I'd make Kobayashi clean ALL of the lights for driving into the back of Hulkenberg.
@tyres2u : They could have drivers wash the Safety car and doctors car as punishment or letting the 3rd driver drive FP1 for the next race