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The Formula 1 2012 Season |OT| The Year of the...uh...Platypus?
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Merc are insanely fast in a straight line and the huge straights at Sepang will definitely suit them even in the race , especially since they will be able to use the DRS once they are within a second down the 2 biggest straights.
They are gonna be insanely fast at Canada, but by then most of the teams would have caught up with them and their duct
Their tyres are shit though. I'd be happy to be wrong but the cars has its weaknesses as well as strengths.
Goldrusher
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More on Lotus fire
Sounds like Kimi left the fridge open.
On Friday night, the Lotus F1 Team hospitality unit here at the Sepang International Circuit was the victim of a fire, causing the team to abandon ship for the rest of the weekend and seek refuge elsewhere in the paddock.
At around 03:00 local time, smoke began to fill the Lotus F1 Team hospitality unit as one of the kitchen refrigerators blew a fuse setting the ground floor alight.
Thankfully nobody was present in the temporary structure at the time, and so no injuries were incurred. The team did however lose catering equipment, food and drink, and some marketing materials. One of Kimi’s helmets also perished in the blaze, and although the rest of the driver’s equipment was rescued it is now covered in soot.
http://www.lotusf1team.com/We-Didn-t-Start-the-Fire.html?lang=en
This is a joke right?
thread is filled with both hamilton haters and supports. 9 out of 10 conversations involve the guy.
Actually, yes, Schumacher has been the quickest through the speed traps, but not by much at all. They're probably running with comparatively more rear wing this weekend, sacrificing some of the straight line speed to have a steadier car and keep out of too much wheel-spin. The rest of the setup, too, seems to have a bigger focus on the race this weekend, so I wouldn't be surprised if tire degradation isn't all that big of an issue.
what is our record?
Foliorum Viridum
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Massa really is a useless twat. The car is embarrassing enough for Ferarri, but the fact they haven't fired him is the most ridiculous thing.
Webber is showing his experience, I think. Vettel may be the better driver with a great car, but now Red Bull aren't on top Webber is using his years of experience with lesser cars to get more out of it. Nice to see.
Quali is SO exciting this year so far. Nice to see everything so close. It's going to be a great season.
Webber is showing his experience, I think. Vettel may be the better driver with a great car, but now Red Bull aren't on top Webber is using his years of experience with lesser cars to get more out of it. Nice to see.
Quali is SO exciting this year so far. Nice to see everything so close. It's going to be a great season.
yup, i´m also looking forward to a great season of racing. Today was nice with just 0.4s covering pole to eighth place.
I just hope the other teams can fight the Mclaren on the track. Last weekend it looked as if they were just controlling it steady and fast as the needed to. Vettel´s second place was a bit of bad luck plus SC phase.
I was surprised that he could not take his second place back..
I just hope the other teams can fight the Mclaren on the track. Last weekend it looked as if they were just controlling it steady and fast as the needed to. Vettel´s second place was a bit of bad luck plus SC phase.
I was surprised that he could not take his second place back..
zomgbbqftw
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Vettel was on the hards so Webber's slightly faster lap on softs isn't a sign that he is getting more out of the car.
Psychotext
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To be fair Webber has looked better than Vettel through qualifying... there were a few laps in there that Vettel just couldn't seem to match.
I don't know if it was a case of Red Bull still experimenting or not though. We'll certainly see what they've got in the race (unless Webber goes backwards at the start and then angrily takes Vettel out when he goes past him).
zomgbbqftw
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True, but I have yet to see evidence that Webber is getting more out of the car yet, in fact in race trim Vettel looked very good last weekend, and though his second place had a huge slice of luck with the SC he still managed to do it.
Also, Webber fantastically terrible starts will see him end up 12th at the end of the first lap while Seb will probably be third ahead of Lewis with Button and Schumacher in 1st/2nd.
Foliorum Viridum
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I know the tyre difference etc, I just think Webber seems more comfortable.
Looking forward to the race tomorrow, great qualifying all round Mclaren, Mercedes. Schumi driving fantastic, think he should do well tomorrow, I think they've sacrificed some speed for improved tyre wear, but Nico against flat spotted his tyre for tomorrows race. Sad to see Ferrari scapping around car is not good at all, we need to have a collection so that Ferrari can pay off massa to go and have a holiday a long holiday. Someone tell me whats georgie job supposed to be, a cross between jordan and jodie marsh???
Psychotext
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Eye candy for the lads, and that's it.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/17498497
LH describes his pole lap.
Found it interesting that he says was slower on both Malaysia and Aus 2nd run in Q3, cause he nails it on the first run and it gives him an opportunity to do something crazy on the 2nd run. Like brake 5 metres later.
LH describes his pole lap.
Found it interesting that he says was slower on both Malaysia and Aus 2nd run in Q3, cause he nails it on the first run and it gives him an opportunity to do something crazy on the 2nd run. Like brake 5 metres later.
I think the car characteristics with ban on EBD have suited Webber again. The car setup is similar to 2010 where he and Vettel were evenly matched at most races.
thats exactly what i was thinking. It shouldent take vettel that long though to adjust to the car.
i predit he will be out performing webber in qualy by the next race.
There's like 3-4 of us here. Still confident about a win this Sunday.
Oh I'll hold the fan for my engineer
Wow fan feels good on my face
I'll blow some in this guys face, Oh yeah, open that mouth
Oh God my balls
Oh shit the camera!!
Don't mind me, I'm just holding this fan, you know pointed in a random direction, not cooling my balls at all, nothing to see here.
Wow fan feels good on my face
I'll blow some in this guys face, Oh yeah, open that mouth
Oh God my balls
Oh shit the camera!!
Don't mind me, I'm just holding this fan, you know pointed in a random direction, not cooling my balls at all, nothing to see here.
Foliorum Viridum
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Ahahah that's quality.
I'm not going to say I called it, but I totally fucking did. Knew that with the changes, Vettel would at least take time to adapt while Webber would come to grips fairly quickly. Not just from a fanboy point of view, but it's just common sense that his experience would come into play, especially with his run of shit teams where he had to wring the hell out of the cars he was given. Similar could be said of Button and Hamilton.
Webber's time in Q1 on hards was pretty fucking close to Vettel's in Q3. Moreso considering that Q1 wasn't even for any starting position and could've just arsed in a top 10 time.
Hey Orgun, that podcast any good? I wouldn't mind giving it a listen, but with how fast news develops in F1, unless you're listening to something that's less than a day old, it'd struggle to be too relevant, I'd think.
Myoclonic Jerk
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sexe!
Oh I'll hold the fan for my engineer
Wow fan feels good on my face
I'll blow some in this guys face, Oh yeah, open that mouth
Oh God my balls
Oh shit the camera!!
Don't mind me, I'm just holding this fan, you know pointed in a random direction, not cooling my balls at all, nothing to see here.
Nothing beats this
off to reading some news now.
Kimi did a wonderful job, he's practically 4th with Webber, so He kinda beat Redbulls!
If its raining all the way tomorrow, Kimi is gonna win it. Yes even from 10th on the grid
zomgbbqftw
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Also, can I just add that Massa is fucking shite. I mean completely fucking shite. The sooner Ferrari get KK in the better. They also need to get in season testing back quick or start investing heavily in a decent simulator like McLaren.
Diablohead
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Ferrari needs an actual working nose on that car.
Myoclonic Jerk
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Kimi Raikkonen believes Lotus pace was strong enough for Malaysian GP front row
He was a tenth away that's right. Hamilton's lap was so perfect its illegal .. Great job from Lewis for the second race in a row
I can't wait for tomorrow's race.
Ferrari needs to fire Dominicali.
He was a tenth away that's right. Hamilton's lap was so perfect its illegal
.. Great job from Lewis for the second race in a rowI can't wait for tomorrow's race.
Ferrari needs to fire Dominicali.
Yes, he did. It would have cost him a few tenths.
Goldrusher
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Damn, Red Bull is slow! Only Marussia is slower.
And look at Schumacher, lol.
http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2012/865/7088/speed_trap.html
They were slow in Melbourne as well, but now even HRT is faster. Maybe they should switch wings with HRT.
And look at Schumacher, lol.
http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2012/865/7088/speed_trap.html
They were slow in Melbourne as well, but now even HRT is faster. Maybe they should switch wings with HRT.
Am I the only one seeing his hand trembling?
Diablohead
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lead foot schumi, wow
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