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The Formula 1 2012 Season |OT| The Year of the...uh...Platypus?

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Nolan.

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Adamm said:
Im gonna miss the early starts - I kind of enjoy waking up at 6am to watch a race.

But i suppose 1pm isnt too bad
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Same here the 1pm ones are OK but I end up feeling like it's more of a wait so I get a bit restless, whereas with the earlier ones you wake up and it's time for some track action.
 
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navanman

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Hamilton fastest with least amount of laps run. The car seems to be quick without trying too hard on each circuit.

Word is that Force India will skip FP2 so they can get back to hotels before it gets dark.
Its the reason they used soft tyre in FP1.
 
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Aegus

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Adamm said:
What are they going to do if the race or qualifying runs late?
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I imagine it'll be like that scene in Starship Troopers with the base being overrun and then Denise Richards flies in for evac.

Vijay Mallya will take the Michael Ironside role and DiResta will shoot him in the heart rather than leaving him to suffer.
 
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navanman

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Word on Twitter is that some members of the Sauber team were caught up in an incident on the way back from the circuit last night.
 
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Adamm

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Apparently Bernie Ecclestone offered to stay at the track with the force india team & travel back unescorted at any time.

Bernie is trying to his best to convince people its safe
 
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NHale

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Edmond Dantès;37120528 said:
The circuit is in the middle of know where. The closest hotels are in Manama which is 40 miles away.
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IRC there is a resort 3 km away from the circuit and Red Bull, McLaren and Mercedes are staying there this weekend. The rest of the teams are in Manama.
 
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SunhiLegend

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The Mercedes is a beast, Rosberg goes 7 tenth faster.

The Ferrari seems to get worse with each race.

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Foliorum Viridum

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-17781138

That's the TOP STORY on BBC News. Pretty mental.

There is a slightly tense, nervous and uneasy atmosphere at the Bahrain International Circuit - a cocoon in the middle of the desert south of Manama. The security is significant. On the way to the track, there were around five different checkpoints along the motorway, car searches, armed military personnel and police.

However, the Force India team - some of whose members witnessed a firebomb explode off next to their car - has just announced it is considering pulling out of Friday second practice session. Their team members are not comfortable travelling back to Manama after dark. It is highly unusual for a team to jeopardise its chances in a race by forgoing an opportunity to practice.

Bernie Ecclestone, the Formula 1 supremo, arrived at the track earlier. He has been in talks with teams, trying to reassure them. However, after what happened to Force India those reassurances may seem a little hollow.

Publicly, the drivers say the right things and get on with their business. But it is clear when you speak to them privately that there is a sense of unease, and they feel slightly let down by the authorities.
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Lach

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I'm making this post only so we get one step closer to a new page. Because I every time I open this topic and that creepy Webberheadgif pops up.......I can't take it anymore....It's that weird shaking....
 
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Seems to me the press are trying their hardest to make this seem a lot worse than it is. Headlines like"force India flee fire bomb attack" is a whole lot more incendiary than anything those dudes in the van saw, I'm sure.
 
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Foliorum Viridum

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I think you can always expect hyperbole from the press, even the BBC, but I don't think it's to the disgusting extent that Bernie claimed when he said they needed an earthquake to distract from the issue because they just wanted a juicy story.

How much of a disgusting cunt can one person be?
 
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NHale

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moojito said:
Seems to me the press are trying their hardest to make this seem a lot worse than it is. Headlines like"force India flee fire bomb attack" is a whole lot more incendiary than anything those dudes in the van saw, I'm sure.
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Yeah it's definitely the press. Those guys probably saw rainbows and candy instead of a fire bomb landing a couple feet away from them. It was such a small incident that Force India decided to withdraw from Free Practice 2 due to fear of leaving the circuit at night...
 
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ANDY_098

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F1RM bets are up:

Will Kobayashi qualify in the top 6?
Will Vettel finish in the top 5?
Will Maldonado score more than 1 point?

The correct answer to the bonus Q was 'John Love'.
 
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Shaneus

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God bless image blocking addons. :)
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Edit: Ah shitballs, I missed out on the bonus question. Fucking fuck.
 
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