Please 'splain this shirt to me

I've bought a few shirts from blipshift. So I get the e-mails every few weeks with a new groovy shirt. But this one, I just don't get it. Can you 'splain?

whew! thought i was the only one who didn't get it...

ditto

Hamilton. Tyre compounds Medium, Hard, Hard, Medium, Hard.

F1 tyre choices through the race.

yup.. F1 reference. http://www.f1pulse.com/news/2013051232/hamilton-lapped-in-spain-complains-i-cant-drive-any-slower

Hamilton lapped in Spain, complains 'I can't drive any slower'

I figured out the Hamilton bit, but missed the M H H M H meaning. Thanks.

http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2013/05/f1-report-hamilton-cant-drive-any-slower-alonso-cant-go-any-faster/

I think

That's the tire graphic that appears on the screen duering the race for the driers. Also proof that the stupid tire situation is really out of hand. 4 stops, 5 sets of tires and people (not just Hammy) were struggling at the end. Why can endurance racers who are supposed to play the long game run flat out for hours on end while F1, the flat out pinnacle of the sport has to play tire strategy and go through 5 sets in less than 200 miles. Dumb dumb dumb.

F1 racing? Hamilton and his "I can't drive any slower" quote?

foxtrapper wrote: F1 racing? Hamilton and his "I can't drive any slower" quote?

Yup, followed by th eclassic "I've been passed by a Williams now!" message, although he did re-pass. He was not a happy chappie on Sunday

Adrian_Thompson wrote: That's the tire graphic that appears on the screen duering the race for the driers. Also proof that the stupid tire situation is really out of hand. 4 stops, 5 sets of tires and people (not just Hammy) were struggling at the end. Why can endurance racers who are supposed to play the long game run flat out for hours on end while F1, the flat out pinnacle of the sport has to play tire strategy and go through 5 sets in less than 200 miles. Dumb dumb dumb.

Pirelli is doing what the FIA asked.

Making super durable tires will take it back to a parade with RBR leading the way.

Let's see how it goes the rest of the year, this is about the toughest track of the year on tires.

z31maniac wrote:

Adrian_Thompson wrote: That's the tire graphic that appears on the screen duering the race for the driers. Also proof that the stupid tire situation is really out of hand. 4 stops, 5 sets of tires and people (not just Hammy) were struggling at the end. Why can endurance racers who are supposed to play the long game run flat out for hours on end while F1, the flat out pinnacle of the sport has to play tire strategy and go through 5 sets in less than 200 miles. Dumb dumb dumb.

Pirelli is doing what the FIA asked.

100% agreed, but it's gone too far. I can handle a stratagy game of a conservatie 2 or flat out 3 stop race, but it's gone too far. It's a joke when people are making 4 stops, 5 sets of tires and still having to drive slow

z31maniac wrote: Making super durable tires will take it back to a parade with RBR leading the way. Let's see how it goes the rest of the year, this is about the toughest track of the year on tires.

Not sure I'd agree we'd be back to a RBR lock out (and I do like RBR) Ferrari seem to have really up'd the game this year with the basic pace of the car. If Renault (sorry Lotus) can get the funds to keep developing they are right in the chase too.

Monaco will be interesting. Mercedes are the fastest out there over one lap, but they overheat the tires way too fast, but if they lock up the front of the grid it could be an interesting procession as people line up to fight past. Also remember Her-Shoe-maker set the pole time last year before a (well earned) penalty moved him down the start grid.

Thanks.

Lewis and I were drunkin a bar over the weekend, and I told him to slow down. He said "I can't drink any slower". We laughed and laughed, it was funny, you had to be there.

pinchvalve wrote: Lewis and I were drunkin a bar over the weekend, and I told him to slow down. He said "I can't drink any slower". We laughed and laughed, it was funny, you had to be there.

Funny

Pirelli IS doing what they are asked, but can you imagine how this is playing out in the real world?

"I ain't buying none of those danged old Pirellis, they don't last worth a darn and everyone complains bout them."

carguy123 wrote: Pirelli IS doing what they are asked, but can you imagine how this is playing out in the real world? "I ain't buying none of those danged old Pirellis, they don't last worth a darn and everyone complains bout them."

I'm pretty sure GRM is the only place in the country where you'll here "danged old" used in a sentence by someone watching F1. For that matter, GRM may be the only place in this country you find someone watching F1...

ultraclyde wrote:

carguy123 wrote: Pirelli IS doing what they are asked, but can you imagine how this is playing out in the real world? "I ain't buying none of those danged old Pirellis, they don't last worth a darn and everyone complains bout them."

I'm pretty sure GRM is the only place in the country where you'll here "danged old" used in a sentence by someone watching F1. For that matter, GRM may be the only place in this country you find someone watching F1...

I was quoting a non GRM person on the street, but you're right it is tough to imagine someone who spoke like that watching F1. Isn't F1 for the elite and Nascar for the crackers?

But I get to watch the Aussie V8 Supercars starting this Friday so I guess I'll learn a new way to speak.

carguy123 wrote: I was quoting a non GRM person on the street, but you're right it is tough to imagine someone who spoke like that watching F1. Isn't F1 for the elite and Nascar for the crackers? But I get to watch the Aussie V8 Supercars starting this Friday so I guess I'll learn a new way to speak.

But in other parts of the world, F1 is NASCAR. When I still lived in England, you walked into work on a Monday after a race and everyone was talking about the race like people do with a NASCAR race, football games, March Madness etc. here. For every died in the wool F1 fan, there are MILLIONS of casual viewers. Don't forget, F1 is the biggest spectator sport in the world (By Bernie’s math, I think it's really Soccer). The number of viewers proves that F1 is not the elitist sport it’s perceived to be here, there simply isn’t enough bottles of Champaign to support if it was!

I got that one instantly, reference to Sunday's F1 event.

From Speed, today. Looks like you guys are psychic or sumthin.

Pirelli has now formally confirmed that it will change the construction of its tires in time for the Canadian GP.

Motor sport boss Paul Hembery had said after Spain that changes could come for the British GP, but the schedule has been moved forward by one race.

“Our aim is to provide the teams with a new range which mixes the stability of the 2012 tires and the performance of the current ones,” said Hembery. “As a company, we have always moved quickly to make improvements where we see them to be necessary.

“After evaluating data from the first few races this year, we’ve decided to introduce a further evolution as it became clear at the Spanish Grand Prix that the number of pit stops was too high. The Spanish Grand Prix was won with four pit stops, which has only happened once before in our history. These changes will also mean that the tires are not worked quite as hard, reducing the number of pit stops.

“With limited testing time, it’s clear now that our original 2013 tire range was probably too performance-orientated for the current regulations. However, having identified this issue, we’re determined to rapidly resolve it. It’s worth underlining that the current regulations for winter tests limit the opportunity to test the tires under the same conditions as the race season because of the lower temperature and restricted time.

“The Teams are of the same opinion as we are in wanting longer testing times and different locations for the next tests. We developed the 2013 tires on the basis of careful simulations that were, however, not sufficient, taking into account the improved speed of cars (up to 3 seconds per lap).”

Hembery confirmed that Pirelli had also stepped in to reduce the instances of delaminations caused by track debris.

“It’s important to point out that these delaminations, which occur when the tread comes off, do not compromise the safety of the tires as the core structure of the tire is not affected in any way, helping drivers to complete the lap and to change the damaged tires safely. These delaminations were due to damage from debris that overheated the tread.”

He added: “We’d like to thank all the teams for their continued and extremely valued support as we worked with them to identify the correct compromise between the pure speed that makes us the world leader in the Ultra High Performance sector and a global spectacle that is easy for Formula One fans to follow.”

Adam Cooper notched up his 28th season as a racing journalist in 2012. He has written about F1 for SPEED.com since 2005. Follow him on Twitter.

Poor Hammy, was painful to watch him filter further and further back.
F1 is one of the tops reasons I ever consider, however briefly, getting more than a barebones TeeVee package.