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The Formula 1 2012 Season |OT| The Year of the...uh...Platypus?
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Myoclonic Jerk
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nice to see teams doing some running in the wet.
It's going to be interesting. Especially if one of the lower teams decides to gamble with a dry weather setup
It's going to be interesting. Especially if one of the lower teams decides to gamble with a dry weather setup
Is it because I is (part) black?
SunhiLegend
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Wax Free Vanilla
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like all helmet cams this season it's poorly positioned and the quality is crap
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3DY7HIjXMc
surely there's a camera small enough to make this possible during race conditions? a built in camera just above the visor would be better than the shit they have now.
Ok I'm stoked now.
Cool!
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
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Is that a puddle in the track? Damn!!
Nah it's just off the edge
brotkasten
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like all helmet cams this season it's poorly positioned and the quality is crap
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7UilRk_s6A
surely there's a camera small enough to make this possible in the future?
The problem with this cam was that it covers one eye, iirc.
Psychotext
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You know, I hope the people under the infinity logo are somewhere else too. That would sort of suck.
Diablohead
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Taking the corner kobi style
SunhiLegend
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Myoclonic Jerk
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boooorrrriiinnngggggg
Myoclonic Jerk
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What's this nonsense about saving wet tyres??
Rules are really so restrictive sometimes they forget that they have to produce a show for the fans!!
Rules are really so restrictive sometimes they forget that they have to produce a show for the fans!!
RomanticHeroX
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The track looks abysmal. How are the conditions for the rest of the weekend?
This is how it will stay
Maybe. It will probably be dry from time to time but it doesn't look so bad right now anyway. With 24 cars, the racing line would be "dry" pretty quickly.
The Super Bob
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Wouldn't surprise me to see someone else have an incident as the track dries a little and everyone goes a bit faster.
Worse.
Psychotext
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Anyone have any press contacts? Would love to get my hands on some very high resolution pics of the Red Bull.
PA. Don't know if it's anything more. https://twitter.com/#!/MelGrevatt
SunhiLegend
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Myoclonic Jerk
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That will be majestic if it ended with "I love you"
OMG this is so amazing hahahahaha. I like how the BBC actually change focus from Grosjean laughing to Boullier super pissed in the back haha.
Business
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Pro-tip: Go to the F1 official site, right hand side you can see the time of the qualify, race and what-not. Click on convert to my local time and voilà. Should be 14.00 btw.
It's annoying, but not as annoying as no cars on track due to the limited amount of tyres.
Both the Red Bull drivers have yet to be tested against what many consider to be top rated talent. Hamilton spent an entire year eating shit yet for some reason everyone still considers him a top talent. He has 1 championship, has always had a top 3 car and Even according to McLaren Red bull didn't have the fastest car on the grid from Suzuka onward last year.
Watch Vettel's pole laps, every single one, because there's more of them than any other driver except schumi. When they nail it it's with millimeter precision. Shortening lines to cut off thousandths of a second.
Watching Vettel at Turkey last year engage DRS partway through the turn 8 section and catching a drift at 160, full throttle. His Pole lap last year at Suzuka. Slower car, better driver, getting pole at Suzuka. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKTelG0Ir8g
It's fucking ridiculous to think that he isn't a top tier driver. He holds a shit ton of records and at 25 years of age only has Senna and Schumacher to compete with when it comes to a potential legacy he'll leave behind.
Psychotext
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Not entirely true, he won his very first race in the wet (and in a Torro Rosso no less).
Should be much closer if everyone is setup for the wet, and I imagine they will be.
McLaren in 2009 was fucking terrible. Vettel's top tier, but not the best of the grid. I'd be really surprised if Alonso or Hamilton (whilst he's not imploding emotionally) wouldn't have done the same with the Red Bull car for the last 2 years.
I would hate it if he already had 3 WC's at his age, I'd love to see him go to Ferrari to see how he copes with a car that's not the best whilst still having pressure to win WC's. At least that's more interesting to see than him coasting off in the sunset every race.
Wouldn't really say Alonso excels in the wet either.
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http://hrtf1team.com/es/noticias/entrenamientos-libres-del-gran-premio-de-gran-bretana.html
Someone notify HRT that Silverstone has changed a few seasons ago, or else Narain is going to get lost.
Alonso likes to spin in the wet. Vettel's first win in a sub par car was in wet conditions. Being "good in the wet" has a lot to do with how the vehicle is set up. If your team makes the wrong call you look like a loser. If you are the only team that makes the right call you end up a hero.
Psychotext
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Just think... that's with the upgraded links too!
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