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The Formula 1 2012 Season |OT| The Year of the...uh...Platypus?
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Foliorum Viridum
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Yup.
mclaren777
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More or less tiresome than the Webber fanboys?
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Difference between the Webber banter is it's ironic/tongue-in-cheek.
i wonder
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Well, don't get me wrong, I would suck on Webber's balls, but that's more because at this point I'd be contradicting myself if I turned him down.
mclaren777
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Hurry up, guys, you're running out of time!
I never understood the meaning of being a 'fan', until now.
Anyway like all of you I can't wait for the weekend and watch this season start.
Our obsession is adorable, funny and, well, justified. A Kimi obsession is just weird. I mean, look at the guy! No discernable physical attributes to make him stand out other than the fact that he hardly ever smiles.
Anyway, you guys will be glad to know that *finally*, the GP fever is starting the media. Other people are finally excited! Woo! I've had two bacon and egg McMuffins, I'm ready to finally see some sexy F1 beasts on the track (and their cars)
Probably still searching for manual, how to put all together
brotkasten
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It's kinda funny how there's a difference between funny-creepy and creepy-creepy.
Hurry up, guys, you're running out of time!
If that photo was taken in the last hour or two they have no chance of being ready for FP1.
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Is it still raining there now?
Hurry up, guys, you're running out of time!
Holy crap, that thing isn't even half built.
Hilarious Racing Team again confirmed.
Has anyone seen how the
Haven't heard anything to suggest they won't be ready.
That's not the only bad thing as its been rumoured to Total Motorsport that HRT has failed chassis homologization due to incorrect use of material to pass the roll bar crash tests and may be prevented from racing.
http://www.motorsport-total.com/f1/news/2012/03/HRT_Start_in_Melbourne_gefaehrdet_12031527.html
oipic
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Taking a look through the window, and at the radar, it looks like the track will definitely see another shower or two before or during FP1. Fingers crossed it passes over beforehand, but the track will be damp regardless, I think.
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Marussia should be fine albeit slow. From my understanding they get their "windtunnel" car when the Euro races start, the current launch car is still cfd only
Sounds like they passed a test using an Aluminium part coated in Nomex, and they have now removed the Nomex coating without FIA approval?
The translation from Google is a bit rubbish. Can anyone provide a better one?
Far more tiresome because the Webber stuff is actually quite amusing, the Kimi stuff just screams fanboy.
The season hasn't even started yet and it's grown very tiresome and tedious already. Even Omiee would be shocked
The article isn't very well written, even in German I have a hard time understanding what they are actually saying.
It lacks some explanation why that exchange of bodywork is illegal now and wasn't before.
Apparently they had some bodywork made of carbon fiber with aluminum combs. They sent it in in advance for scrutineering and it passed(?).
They exchanged that for Nomex heat resistant material and when they crash tested the tub as a whole the Nomex bodywork deformed too much. Now they switched back to the Aluminum part that passed, but they need permission for that or so it seems and it could be ruled illegal.
Sounds like it passed the crash tests then. They just didn't get permission from the FIA to switch from the Nomex back to the Aluminium part.
Probably unfair if they were excluded from this race, but I would understand if they were on the grounds of safety.
Pre-recorded. Practice starts in 90mins.
yeah, but it sounds like they haven't done the crash test with the whole tub and the carbon-aluminum part from the sound of it. Just the part on it's own, or so it seems.
Yeah, I would've answered my own question if I had waited more. Just asked because at the time they were interviewing Force India guys in front of the pit.
I thought that to start with, but if the whole tub hadn't passed its crash test it wouldn't have been homologated, in which case HRT wouldn't have wasted the cost transporting everything out to Melbourne.
My guess is the tub (with Nomex parts) passed its test, but to be safe they changed the Nomex parts back to the Aluminium ones. Albeit without permission from the FIA.
E: There is apparently a AusV8s race on at Melbourne now, any Aussies know what TV channel it's on?
I'm guessing there's very little knowledge to be had from running in rain - well, umh, I guess there's actually knowledge about how the car works in rain to be gained. Well, the preshow starts soon. I'll check it out and see how it unfolds.
I take it they're only going to show the practices?
CurlySaysX
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F1s are back! Fuck Yeah!
1HD at 12PM in Australia btw.
1HD at 12PM in Australia btw.
installation laps don't count
Beggars can't be choosers...
If the track is good enough for inters then I reckon cars will still go out as normal. Too wet and they won't risk it.
http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDR022.loop.shtml
Looks like that rain will pass over Melbourne in about 30 mins. Gives around 20mins to dry off for the start of FP2?
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