brotkasten
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And this is why everyone secretly wishes that you'd leave this thread. You're a terrible loser.
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The Formula 1 2012 Season |OT| The Year of the...uh...Platypus?
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And this is why everyone secretly wishes that you'd leave this thread. You're a terrible loser.
SunhiLegend
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I hope Ferrari still think they need to drastically improve the car.
Honestly, indifferent about Hamilton but otherwise pretty happy with how the results panned out. Stoked, in fact! No Webs on podium, but at least his start wasn't to blame 
False sense of security. Guarantee it.
Lewis still isn't "right" on a Sunday; Perez and Senna had great drives today - no bonus this year for the Sauber guy shouting in Perez' ear at the critical moment.
Massa was awful again and McLaren seemed to hamstring Button "you have to stay on these tyres" ... pits 5 laps later ... instantly fastest man on track at that time; then not switchng him to slicks a couple of laps earlier than Ricciardo eventually did.
Perez to replace Massa before or after the Italian GP?
Massa was awful again and McLaren seemed to hamstring Button "you have to stay on these tyres" ... pits 5 laps later ... instantly fastest man on track at that time; then not switchng him to slicks a couple of laps earlier than Ricciardo eventually did.
Perez to replace Massa before or after the Italian GP?
lol wut im pissed at that end to the race, vettel was pushing and was withing 2.6 second to hamilton.
a podium was within grasp.
anyhow no doubt it was an amazing race by perez and you cant denie alonso was flying when he took the lead.
Perez would surely still be contracted with Sauber until the end of the season, yes?
Lol....so bitter. Get over it
I missed it when Perez went off. What did his pit say to him?
Too bad we didn't get to see Alonso try to defend against Perez (or did I miss that as well??). Would be interesting to see if he could hold him off to the end of the race. (Though with DRS and all, probably not a chance.)
Too bad we didn't get to see Alonso try to defend against Perez (or did I miss that as well??). Would be interesting to see if he could hold him off to the end of the race. (Though with DRS and all, probably not a chance.)
Psychotext
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His team shouldn't have said a thing at that point. Everyone knows that, especially them.
I really do think that the only reason they did is because Ferrari were onto Sauber telling them to tell Perez not to risk a crash. That he made a mistake is down to lack of experience, but the message never should have happened.
As it goes, I really wanted Alonso to win (see earlier in thread).
brotkasten
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They just need to look at the lap times to see how much they still have to do. They're supplying engines to a team that is faster than them. This should not happen.
Ferrari have those dollar dollar bills to pay everyone off though.
I wouldn't be surprised if there is a clause which allows Ferrari to take him at any time though.
wonderkins
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Wow. Great race. :bow Alonso :bow, :bow:bow Checo :bow:bow
I'm contemplating posting my f1racemanager picks early so you all can avoid my horrible decisions. A kind of, if you've picked what I've picked, run far away.
Maldonado strikes again. fffuuuu...
I'm contemplating posting my f1racemanager picks early so you all can avoid my horrible decisions. A kind of, if you've picked what I've picked, run far away.
Maldonado strikes again. fffuuuu...
Naturally. If Ferrari want him they'll find the cash to make it happen though. Nothing is impossible with F1 contracts
Is it? Does that mean I can watch it at a godly hour? Webber is my countryman AND I can watch the F1 without losing sleep. Woo!!
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This was the first time I followed a F1 race from start to finish. Great stuff, I might keep up with it for Checo.
brotkasten
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Massa should be man enough and just step down. This race was incredibly embarrassing. I wish it would've gone a lap longer, so Fernando could've lapped him.
So, is he to Ferrari as (essentially) Ricciardo/Vergne are to RBR?
McLaren had this in the bag until Button hit the HRT and the team messed up Hamilton's pit stop.
Alonso's a beast in any car. Perez in the Sauber was fast all day - a damned shame he didn't manage to win (I read that message as a a warning to an inexperienced driver to not risk the valuable points with a reckless overtake, rather than any conspiracy).
Alonso's a beast in any car. Perez in the Sauber was fast all day - a damned shame he didn't manage to win (I read that message as a a warning to an inexperienced driver to not risk the valuable points with a reckless overtake, rather than any conspiracy).
Salacious Crumb
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Pretty much.
Pretty much.
criesofthepast
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Omg yes please. Wait, they could theoretically replace Massa in the middle of the season? What happens to Massa? Is it like a trade? He goes to Sauber? lol
I don't know much about how contracts work in F1. Two races back watching F1 and I already starting to dislike Massa a lot.
Massa would've found a way to take him out.
Edit: Cheers guys. PS. This Aussie ad. LOLOLOL.
Edit: Fosters? You fucking kidding me? God dam, you British are just fucking weird.
That was pretty incredible. What a mixed up top ten and so great to se Sauber and Williams doing well again. I hope Perez stays for the season at least; I feel sorry for Maldonado, but his points will come, v. happy for Senna. So McLaren isn't as dominant as RBR was, and everything seems up in the air, which is fantastic for now.
And Massa is a desperate desperate man.
And Massa is a desperate desperate man.
Contracts don't really mean much, if a team wants rid of a driver they will be able to do it. Sauber wouldn't want Massa. They'd probably take Bianchi, another Ferrari young driver.
brotkasten
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The thing with Mclaren as a team is even if they had a dominant car that had say 5 seconds pace advantage they still would find a way to snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory, it's a talent.
Heh I switched Sky off soon as the race finished. I'll be waiting for the BBCs post race show later
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World Championship standings, round 2:
Drivers: Constructors:
1. Alonso 35 1. McLaren-Mercedes 55
2. Hamilton 30 2. Red Bull-Renault 42
3. Button 25 3. Ferrari 35
4. Webber 24 4. Sauber-Ferrari 30
5. Perez 22 5. Lotus-Renault 16
6. Vettel 18 6. Force India-Mercedes 9
7. Raikkonen 16 7. Williams-Renault 8
8. Senna 8 8. Toro Rosso-Ferrari 6
9. Kobayashi 8 9. Mercedes 1
10. Di Resta 7
11. Vergne 4
12. Hulkenberg 2
13. Ricciardo 2
14. Schumacher 1Sadly, this.
Yeah did he really call HRT / Indian driver a "Gurke" or did i miss hear that?
brotkasten
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This win changed nothing. Great response by Fernando.
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