Awesome OP Leunam.
Well, we are finally here, the start of the F1 2011 season. While I feel for the people of Bahrain at this time I cannot be sad for the loss of the race as that track is abysmal!
So, onto Albert Park, onto Australia! F1 2011 brings us movable rear wings controlled by the might that is Charlie Whiting, the return of KERS and the re-birth of Michael Schumacher? Only two of those things is good and frankly those wings are a silly idea.
Anyway, I'm looking forward to Practice 1, which of course, is 1:30am in the UK, meaning that I will be dead on my feet at work tomorrow, yey! Still, it's worth it, if only to see if McLaren can close the gap the Ferrari and RBR.
Right, in the interests of full disclosure, and of course for new people to this thread (The regs know how I roll), I will states a few things about myself to make sure any misconceptions of particular bias is out of the window from the start:
1: I am a Jenson Button fan. When David Coulthard was racing, my loyalty went to him, and I welcome his inclusion in the BBC commentary team for 2011, but this means that my 2nd favourite British drive gets my attention. So when I say that this is Buttons's year etc, I may be hoping more than expecting this, even with the Pirelli tyres helping drivers like himself.
2: I like Red Bull Racing. This is due to Coulthard, again, and the impact he had on the team. While of course he is gone and they have become a serious outfit, the legacy of being the fun team of F1 remains.
3: I do not like Ferrari. This was not always so, back before the Schumacher/Brawn partnership, I liked the plucky red cars with Alesi and Berger at the helm. This all changed when Schumacher came along and started his ways, while Brawn kepts the FIA on side by staring at Mosley until he was too scared to say no, indeed upon the signing the Ferrari International Association" deal making Ferrari the main benefactor of the F1 coffers, I decided that they didn't deserve anything other than my contempt. oh, and having that whiny bastard driving for them doesn't help. I like Massa though, and I feel for the poor lad.
4: I have a...thing with avaya. We have an understanding on GAF, when either of us says something, the other one WILL call them wrong, no matter what. It just seems to be the case that we never seem to agree on anything, and don't have any issues making that abundantly clear. I have nothing personally against the guy, but if you ever see any randomly nasty posts from either of us, that's probably why!
Right, that's out of the way, onto the racing! For now, I invite you all to the F1 2010 GAF Steam Group, where chat about the racing would be very good to see, given the real-time nature of the sport.
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/F1GAF
I'll get round to making a F1 2011 Group at some point, if demand is there.
