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[Dead Man]

Nice! Definitely deserving of a pint/soda/coffee (depending on age and taste).

Crap, it looks like the stream I had been watching was taken down for copyright infringement! I'm not sure I would have still been up at 1am for qualy though. I guess I'll catch it tomorrow. Go Jenson, Webber and Kobayashi!

Indeed.

 

[Shaneus]

As much as I adore the current STR livery, I still want to see STR take on the sugar-free Red Bull one. Would easily be the best looking car on the grid if they did.

 

[moojito]

In the offseason thread someone posted a pic of the mp4 27 in the old style white with red. It looked really nice.

 

[kanugo]

Don't forget the first GP2 race of the season starts in 2h30m.

 

[Shaneus]

I remember that... but because (I think) it was just a straight swap b/w the chrome/silver and white, the white was too overbearing. Would need to have some black sponsors on there to complete the retro feel.

 

[Edmond Dantès]

Purest evil!

All he needs is a moustache.

 

[Edmond Dantès]

In the offseason thread someone posted a pic of the mp4 27 in the old style white with red. It looked really nice.

Does look lovely.

 

[mblitek]

Still can't believe this spawned this:

Also, saw this on a forum:

 

[olore]

Bruno Ganz from Der Untergang is driving for Mercedes these days...

 

[AcridMeat]

Does look lovely.

Wow that looks great.

Still can't believe this spawned this:

I can, they're both full of money. One in cash and the other in surgery.

 

[Edmond Dantès]

Still can't believe this spawned this:

Bernard was pretty suave in his day.

Guess who that is next to him.

 

[h3ro]

Max Mosley?

 

[Psychotext]

Paddy Ashdown!

 

[Edmond Dantès]

Max Mosley?

Yep, two of the most influential men in F1 in the past 20 or so years.

Whether that influence and power was a good or a bad thing is a different debate.

 

[mblitek]

Woooooop:

It’s now clear the Mercedes DRS-Duct system does in fact feed the front wing to stall the wing for better aero performance. Pictures have emerged showing how the system links the front wing to the rear wing.
Mercedes launched their 2012 car late, by missing out on the first test. It’s not clear if this delay was due to the need to repackage the car around the DRS duct, but clearly the Mercedes car needed some special adaptation to accommodate the car ducts along the car.[...]

ScarbsF1 explains their setup!

Such a smart guy!

 

[xptoxyz]

GP2 on formation lap. Two guys stalled or something, being rolled into the pits and an extra formation lap is going to happen.

 

[gutterboy44]

Does look lovely.

OK, you win McLaren, that picture finally does it for me. Lovely looking car. Forgot about when they ran the Macca Orange in tests a few years back, looked awesome!

 

[Shaneus]

GP2 on formation lap. Two guys stalled or something, being rolled into the pits and an extra formation lap is going to happen.

How to watch?

 

[gutterboy44]

How to watch?

Check PM

 

[DD]

<- best rookie!

YEY!

Amazing race by Luiz Razia too. Great win!

 

[Tempy]

No ice cream for Kimi it seems.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/98313

 

[nny]

Well, I'm up at 4:40 AM and I'm not going to see Practice 3 or Quali...I'm off to go see some WRC action live! Woo! \o/

Hope Quali is entertaining! Have fun F1-GAF, I know I will D

 

[brotkasten]

No ice cream for Kimi it seems.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/98313

Adrian Sutil strikes again.

 

[Mobius 1]

Yep, two of the most influential men in F1 in the past 20 or so years.

Whether that influence and power was a good or a bad thing is a different debate.

Fuck Mosley with a barbed cock. He let the WRC become the mess it is today.

 

[hobz360]

FP3 time!

 

[Dead Man]

Bernard was pretty suave in his day.

Joe Pesci, is that you?

 

[Myoclonic Jerk]

No rain?!

EDIT: LOL - Lotus hospitality unit destroyed in Malaysian Grand Prix paddock fire

Wild party last night?

AUTOSPORT understands that the team was able to save some of its drivers' kits - including overalls and boots - from the private rooms of Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean. One of Raikkonen's spare helmets was destroyed.

 

[Joseph Merrick]

hehe. ham rally

 

[Myoclonic Jerk]

Lotus fastest in first 2 sectors

Redbull in the last

 

[SunhiLegend]

 

[Joseph Merrick]

maldonado looking great

 

[SunhiLegend]

 

[Myoclonic Jerk]

did massa get his new chassis?

 

[Joseph Merrick]

dlr with an ok lap for hrt. both hrt cars inside 107% of the current nico lap

 

[Myoclonic Jerk]

dlr with an ok lap for hrt. both hrt cars inside 107% of the current nico lap

they'll be fine then.

 

[Joseph Merrick]

director's cut of msch wink

 

[AcridMeat]

Man, I hope I made the right choice in race manager. Could have gone many different routes, hoping this one has the best payoff in the long run.

 

[Myoclonic Jerk]

More on Lotus fire

"Thankfully a security guard was able to save the drivers' race suits which are currently being dry cleaned as they were affected by smoke. They were a bit smelly.

"Everything else has been lost - a couple of laptops, along with everything required to carry out our marketing and PR this weekend.

"The comms team are maybe going to try to work in the media centre, certainly for this morning at least."

So Kimi and Romain were literally smokin' today

 

[ClassyPenguin]

ooh, I just came.

oh, wait this isn't Webber, my mistake.

And wow at that fire.

 

[Wax Free Vanilla]

Massa should just give it up - the guy is done.

 

[Myoclonic Jerk]

Massa should just give it up - the guy is done.

I feel sorry for him.

EDIT: 50min till quali

Kimi on pole

 

[Salacious Crumb]

How's the weather looking? I missed P3.

 

[Myoclonic Jerk]

How's the weather looking? I missed P3.

almost dry

Pos Driver                Team                  Time               Laps
 1. Nico Rosberg          Mercedes              1m36.877             16
 2. Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault      1m37.320s  + 0.443   15
 3. Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault      1m37.338s  + 0.461   12
 4. Kimi Raikkonen        Lotus-Renault         1m37.356s  + 0.479   13
 5. Romain Grosjean       Lotus-Renault         1m37.382s  + 0.505   13
 6. Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes      1m37.404s  + 0.527   12
 7. Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Renault      1m37.455s  + 0.578   13
 8. Michael Schumacher    Mercedes              1m37.663s  + 0.786   15
 9. Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes      1m37.776s  + 0.899    8
10. Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari        1m37.977s  + 1.100   17
11. Bruno Senna           Williams-Renault      1m38.091s  + 1.214   20
12. Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari        1m38.178s  + 1.301   15
13. Fernando Alonso       Ferrari               1m38.246s  + 1.369   17
14. Nico Hulkenberg       Force India-Mercedes  1m38.285s  + 1.408   16
15. Daniel Ricciardo      Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m38.423s  + 1.546   13
16. Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m38.640s  + 1.763   11
17. Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes  1m38.794s  + 1.917   18
18. Felipe Massa          Ferrari               1m39.20$s  + 2.332   16
19. Vitaly Petrov         Caterham-Renault      1m39.704s  + 2.827   15
20. Heikki Kovalainen     Caterham-Renault      1m40.189s  + 3.312   14
21. Charles Pic           Marussia-Cosworth     1m41.901s  + 5.024   14
22. Timo Glock            Marussia-Cosworth     1m42.007s  + 5.130   14
23. Pedro de la Rosa      HRT-Cosworth          1m42.464s  + 5.587   14
24. Narain Karthikeyan    HRT-Cosworth          1m43.378s  + 6.501   17

 

[Omiee]

How's the weather looking? I missed P3.

dry =(

 

[Septimius]

So, my viewing options of Sky have been restricted to not so high quality. Has anyone found a remedy to this? *couch*

 

[ClassyPenguin]

Yeah, that chrome livery is wearing thin these days.

The following would do nicely when the eventual livery change happens:

Pumpkins!

 

[Joseph Merrick]

had a little rain at the end of the first gp2 race

 

[Omiee]

i dont care if qualy is dry but there has to be some rain in the race.

2010 race was pretty nice.

 

[Nolan.]

'Hostory lit the flame...which the team keeps alight' jeeze sky can be so cheesy with their coverage sometimes

 

[Septimius]

Wow. Just read "Red Bull boss Christian Horner wants more talks on Mercedes's rear wing" - they're just really not gonna back down until either Mercedes can't use it, or they know how they do it. I'm getting annoyed by this behaviour.