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The Formula 1 2012 Season |OT| The Year of the...uh...Platypus?
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AdventureRacing
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I was never a huge fan of Schumacher (even though i have a huge amount of respect for his talent) and in some ways his domination turned me off the sport. I would still love to see him get a win though.
Heh it was funny seeing that picture change
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Edmond Dantès;36084618 said:
This got very annoying in the end, but now, I'd love to see it again.
Heh it was funny seeing that picture change
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ReadingRambo
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My bad you're right. Just further shows that the driver has an impact above what some posters are saying. 80/20 split seems reasonable given that 20% of anything in F1 is a ton.
Opus Angelorum
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So hyped for this season!
When it was Schumacher vs Hill, I always support Damon, but now I think it's time for Michael to show the young crowd how it's done.
I think I was strange in that I liked them both. Was a real williams fan but Schumi was the king
Sorry, but there is no 'second place' in Formula 1. You either win, or you are forgotten.
Edmond Dantès
Dantès the White
In terms of pure statistics there's no denying the speed of the F2007.
12 fastest laps to 5 in favour of the F2007 as well as the pole count mentioned previously.
22 podiums compared to the McLaren's 24.
One non-points finish each in the races they actually finished in.
And 3 retirements and one DQ in comparison to McLaren's 2 retirements.
But for those retirements and the DQ, who's to say that F2007 wouldn't have been closer or even won outright, not to mention Felipe's terrible race in Hungary.
They were equally matched that year and both cars have a claim as the fastest car of 2007.
Adam Scott Aukerman
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So winning a race this year would undo all of his troubles and silly mistakes of the last couple of years would it? Nonsense.
Sorry what??
No it would show he still has it, then we might get eddit to shut up about his retiring etc etc, its boring and showed that most of them team last year really disliked schumi
What do you mean? We needed it in FP1.
Already been used! He span and beached it in the gravel in FP1.
Haha, yeah I was reading up on BBC F1 and read that he spun off and thought I'd post that. Went back a couple of pages and found that it's already been used again. And now we've got the 'Son I'm disappoint' too.
Awesome.
Myoclonic Jerk
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Edmond Dantès;36084618 said:
This got very annoying in the end, but now, I'd love to see it again.
I share the same feeling
Season is under way. Watched some Speed FP1 stream then fell asleep.
Tonight I am going to try and stay awake and watch quali. Then tomorrow night we are going to a birthday party/st patrick's day bash and I will have to stay awake for the race. Thank god I set the tivo to record because I have a feeling I will doze off here and there.
Good to see all the teams are doing well (sans HRT). It looks like we may actually have a lot more midpack battles and the top three look very strong.
Tonight I am going to try and stay awake and watch quali. Then tomorrow night we are going to a birthday party/st patrick's day bash and I will have to stay awake for the race. Thank god I set the tivo to record because I have a feeling I will doze off here and there.
Good to see all the teams are doing well (sans HRT). It looks like we may actually have a lot more midpack battles and the top three look very strong.
Finished watching the replay for FP1 & 2 - My conclusions
* Mercedes & Schumacher looking very good. Schumahcer also has that angry determined look on his face again like he had in his Ferrari days. The last 2 season he seemed alot laid back. I expect him to be fighting for poles/wins this season.
* The Ferrari doesnt look to have improved much since winter testing. Still looks very hard to drive
* I know red bulls are not knowing for blowing away everyone in Practice, but they didnt look too fast during these sessions. So looking good for a close season
* Nico Hulkenberg is awesome. Williams look silly for letting him go.
* All teams looking quite fast, even Marussia don't look too bad (all things considered)
* HRT are still a joke
* Kobayashi is insane
* Mercedes & Schumacher looking very good. Schumahcer also has that angry determined look on his face again like he had in his Ferrari days. The last 2 season he seemed alot laid back. I expect him to be fighting for poles/wins this season.
* The Ferrari doesnt look to have improved much since winter testing. Still looks very hard to drive
* I know red bulls are not knowing for blowing away everyone in Practice, but they didnt look too fast during these sessions. So looking good for a close season
* Nico Hulkenberg is awesome. Williams look silly for letting him go.
* All teams looking quite fast, even Marussia don't look too bad (all things considered)
* HRT are still a joke
* Kobayashi is insane
Waiting for First race will prove everything i just said wrong
Joseph Merrick
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Edmond Dantès;36074272 said:
ahahua. of course. working this weekend though. bu bu
add me to kimi creepy fan list
Did you guys notice the significant change in fuel points for the racemanager league this year?
http://www.f1racemanager.com/faqrules.asp
Huge reduction which makes fuel seemingly slightly less important or at least less bang for your buck. I think they realized last year that it was worth too much for too little money.
And the bets are now 600k a piece not 400k. Big change there as well.
http://www.f1racemanager.com/faqrules.asp
Huge reduction which makes fuel seemingly slightly less important or at least less bang for your buck. I think they realized last year that it was worth too much for too little money.
And the bets are now 600k a piece not 400k. Big change there as well.
mclaren777
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This thread doesn't have enough technical pictures in it.
the hardcore kimi fans are bloody mad
i have this image of them sitting in a dark room, wearing sunglasses, pouring coca cola* over themselves while putting a magnum* somewhere no magnum should EVER go, and self fellating
*other good brands of cola and ice creams are available
*other good brands of cola and ice creams are available
Gareth Bale
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You forgot the hat
Edmond Dantès;36084618 said:
This got very annoying in the end, but now, I'd love to see it again.
It never got annoying. His Teutonic greatness was awe inspiring. When you see him in his element with the car it was truly exciting. Only Hamilton and Raikkonen invoke that same feeling these days.
But this is practice and the old man has suffered the ignominy of being beaten by Britney. He has clearly lost the advantage he had before, he is now just a mere mortal like the others.
This thread doesn't have enough technical pictures in it.
I didn't notice that the treads of the inters are painted green last night. Looks pretty cool. It is the same on the wets?
Don't know on the wets, since even the intermediates weren't coloured on the official images.
Myoclonic Jerk
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Finished watching the replay for FP1 & 2 - My conclusions
* Mercedes & Schumacher looking very good. Schumahcer also has that angry determined look on his face again like he had in his Ferrari days. The last 2 season he seemed alot laid back. I expect him to be fighting for poles/wins this season.
* The Ferrari doesnt look to have improved much since winter testing. Still looks very hard to drive
* I know red bulls are not knowing for blowing away everyone in Practice, but they didnt look too fast during these sessions. So looking good for a close season
* Nico Hulkenberg is awesome. Williams look silly for letting him go.
* All teams looking quite fast, even Marussia don't look too bad (all things considered)
* HRT are still a joke
* Kobayashi is insane
Waiting for First race will prove everything i just said wrong
Yes he is, he's my next Kimi
JM, I'm MJ.. ummm .. creepy..
This thread doesn't have enough pics that make me LOL.
hahaha.. you're so evil
I've noticed that only the front right one was, can't remember on which car. I could be wrong though
The wets are blue, as you can see from the pic above.
I'm liking the new way the tires are painted, much more easy to make out.
Myoclonic Jerk
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Nice. I skipped the 2011. at last an F1 game where Kimi is in the right team hehe
mclaren777
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It's only the front right you can see in that pic. Maybe it is just flow vis in the tread I can see then and it's coincidence that it is the same colour as the tyre markings?
I know this sound crazy, but it almost looks like flowviz to me.
Thought so. Thanks.
Not WiiU, or just not announcing yet? I'm thinking the various bits of steering wheel hardware could work quite nicely on the pad.
Myoclonic Jerk
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Would've been cool though, especially for the full wets
EDIT: so Redbull still using flow viz? things aren't looking good
Foliorum Viridum
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Nintendo don't want WiiU versions of games announced yet. It'll certainly be a WiiU title, unless Codies hate money.
Would've been cool though, especially for the full wets
EDIT: so Redbull still using flow viz? things aren't looking good
Flow vis isn't a sign of things going wrong. Just a check to validate wind tunnel results.
Myoclonic Jerk
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WiiU's gonna get it for sure.. which reminds me. I can't wait for Pikmin
so they are still not sure if the wind tunnel is fully collaborated or not. That means they're not happy with they're results
Myoclonic Jerk
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HRT confirms that Myoclonic Jerk's prediction is highly likely to happy
For the sake of Ark not going bananas here's the actual title "HRT admits qualifying for the race will be difficult"
For the sake of Ark not going bananas here's the actual title "HRT admits qualifying for the race will be difficult"
All the teams do this each race weekend most of the time. The wind tunnel can never fully replicate the effect of being in the real world, totally evident from Ferrari's poor wind tunnel results and they use the old Toyota wind tunnel, which iirc is the most advanced.
Changing the titles is fine, just don't make blind assumptions about the article you post. I love you really though <3
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