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The Formula 1 2012 Season |OT| The Year of the...uh...Platypus?
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Edmond Dantès
Dantès the White
Preparation for the race during the week of the race weekend.
marvelharvey
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I seem to recall reading report a few years back (sorry, no link, it was in print and probably around 2001) where they took footballers, tennis players, marathon runners, body builders, F1 drivers, olympic athletes, rugby players etc and subjected them to a wide variety of physical tests. While never being top in any of the physical exercises, the F1 drivers were usually 2nd... and in the end, the F1 drivers were deemed to be the fittest overall.
lol
Yup. Fascinating to watch this play out.
brotkasten
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Bernie is like Berlusconi. I don't think anything will happen to him.
The teflon men. Should be a movie.
Well Murray Walker was very close to Damon Hill when he was racing and he had no problems with it, other than welling up when Hill won the title.
Stefano Domenicali is sure Fernando Alonso and Sebastian Vettel 'could coexist' at Ferrari
You guys seen the vettel to ferrari rumors?
Would be awesome to see Vettel at Ferrari in 2014. At the moment i love the RBR team and
christian horner is an awesome guy. I think he should stay with them for at least another year before the new regulations.
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/100512
You guys seen the vettel to ferrari rumors?
Would be awesome to see Vettel at Ferrari in 2014. At the moment i love the RBR team and
christian horner is an awesome guy. I think he should stay with them for at least another year before the new regulations.
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/100512
Edmond Dantès
Dantès the White
I see those two working together quite well.
Ah ok, that makes much more sense than having him do all that in just 2 days. Still freaking impressive.
Edmond Dantès
Dantès the White
What's to dislike about Vettel? One of the least offensive drivers on the grid.It's probably gonna happen but I'd hate to see Vettel come to FerrariI'd be so conflicted with support Ferrari but disliking Vettel.
Edmond Dantès
Dantès the White
Aerial tour of the Circuit of Americas.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Zn_susU3X4
Looking good.
Personally think that the USGP should have it's own thread so more of the general populace are aware of it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Zn_susU3X4
Looking good.
Personally think that the USGP should have it's own thread so more of the general populace are aware of it.
Not to derail the thread or anything, but I thought I'd poke my head in here and say that I just watched the 'Senna' documentary a few days ago and loved it. I know pretty much nothing about F1 racing but man...I was fascinated the whole time. His rivalry with Prost was something out of a fictional movie. I can't imagine what it must have been like to have been at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix...what a travesty of an event. I'm actually surprised 'Senna' didn't get any Oscar attention, it's one of the best documentaries I've seen in a long time, and I was almost in bitter, manly tears near the end.
The doc actually got me interested in learning more about Formula 1, so after I watched the movie I was glad to find out that no drivers have been killed since Senna and that his and Raztenberger's deaths brought out a bunch of new safety regulations. I also watched the tribute that Top Gear did to him two years ago...very touching stuff.
The doc actually got me interested in learning more about Formula 1, so after I watched the movie I was glad to find out that no drivers have been killed since Senna and that his and Raztenberger's deaths brought out a bunch of new safety regulations. I also watched the tribute that Top Gear did to him two years ago...very touching stuff.
'sup everyone.
Just thought I should point you all to this thread, as I need all you racing people to help me for next weekend!
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=479286
Just thought I should point you all to this thread, as I need all you racing people to help me for next weekend!
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=479286
Edmond Dantès
Dantès the White
Hey Loxley, nice to see another Tolkien gaffer here.
If you're looking for more F1 docs, I'd wholeheartedly recommend; Grand Prix: The Killer Years. Don't let the title put you off, it's a well made BBC documentary and very thought provoking.
That's because for the documentary, it was kind of represented as fiction. It was exceptionally one sided in terms of how that relationship was presented.
Edmond Dantès
Dantès the White
The extended cut is better in that regard.
Yep and the other big sponsor, Sibur.
Heikki does have a couple years on him in the Caterham so let's see what happens by the end of the season.
In other news...Bernie is in trouble for bribes...surprise, surprise! http://www.greaseandgears.com/bernie-ecclestone-corrupt-say-it-isnt-so/
I got Sky HD back again so I'll be able to watch the GP live this weekend
Pretty good deal too, 3 months free then £10.25 for the year after that, but £25 Quidco cashback (or Top Cashback if you prefer) and £100 of Marks and Spencer vouchers so essentially left around £35 better off with free HD for a year so not too shabby.
Just his finger celebration really grates with me and he's just come across as a bit of a whiny bitch to me.
He's fine for the most part out of the car (did warm to him when he was on Top Gear) but there is just something I don't like about him when he's in the car.
Pretty good deal too, 3 months free then £10.25 for the year after that, but £25 Quidco cashback (or Top Cashback if you prefer) and £100 of Marks and Spencer vouchers so essentially left around £35 better off with free HD for a year so not too shabby.
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Just his finger celebration really grates with me and he's just come across as a bit of a whiny bitch to me.
He's fine for the most part out of the car (did warm to him when he was on Top Gear) but there is just something I don't like about him when he's in the car.
brotkasten
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Press conferences or interviews always seem so incredibly long with him. It's like he's the extreme opposite of Kimi.
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This is what I "hate" about Vettel. He's such a funny likeable guy but I have something against him because he's at Red Bull. If he went to Ferrari I'd be more enraged haha.
Petrov seems to be a cool down to Earth guy but I think his English lets him down and his somewhat different cultural values. I really liked watching the Caterham F1 interview with him.
Not sure why you'd have something against him just because he's at RBR. Unless it's because he's in the same team as Webber... then I understand
That reminds me, I have to watch that interview still. Even going from the start of the year, he's still a guy I want to see do well along with Heikki. Caterham's roster doesn't really come across as a team to be mixing with the backmarkers, so I hope they can pull away from that sooner rather than later. I do predict big(gish) things for them, though... mainly because you CAN see that they have potential, whereas Virgin and HRT don't ever look like coming off the back rows of the grid.
Always nice to lie in bed and check up on F1 Gaf before falling asleep. You guys do a great job of posting good content. I'm always up for a watch of that TG Senna film and the Rosberg training video was great.
Fantastic news about the extra seats in Austin. I hope we end up with some kind of support schedule and look forward to hopefully meeting up with some of you and drinking lots of beer.
Fantastic news about the extra seats in Austin. I hope we end up with some kind of support schedule and look forward to hopefully meeting up with some of you and drinking lots of beer.
Not sure why you'd have something against him just because he's at RBR. Unless it's because he's in the same team as Webber... then I understand
That reminds me, I have to watch that interview still. Even going from the start of the year, he's still a guy I want to see do well along with Heikki. Caterham's roster doesn't really come across as a team to be mixing with the backmarkers, so I hope they can pull away from that sooner rather than later. I do predict big(gish) things for them, though... mainly because you CAN see that they have potential, whereas Virgin and HRT don't ever look like coming off the back rows of the grid.
I don't actually have anything against him, I like the guy and his approach. But, Dietrich Mateschitz is a douche. I liked Red Bull as the underdogs with Coulthard & Webber. If only Coulthard stayed one more year...
Yeah if anything Heikki has raised his game and status as a F1 driver. Plus, add Petrov who certainly has skill but needs a bit of refinement and you have two great drivers who can outperform the car. Don't forget Giedo van der Gaarde the GP2 driver. He's equally talented.
As much as I dislike it the signs do indeed seem like Vettel will be heading to Ferrari. On a separate note after watching the press conference Lewis confirmed that they haven't had an upgrade since Barcelona, which makes me wonder if Mclaren is focusing more on the way they set up the car now. It will be interesting to see how the whole development race turns out because Ferrari seems on a charge and Redbull seems to be making gains too, I still expect Lotus to fall behind at some point.
Yeah I felt it was interesting that he seems to have a say about team-mate at Ferrari, though the 'No problem' relating to whether he wouldn't mind either is pure diplomacy. I don't think Fernando would mind Vettel because judging by his comments and seemingly his recent relationship with Lewis he thinks he has the upper hand. However if Lewis was to head for Ferrari and say he had similar issues like Jenson is having now at Mclaren I doubt Fernando would like to share his set-up info etc, i'm sure there is mutual respect but I dunno...
I think what is kind of sad though is just how freely all of this talk is now which obviously suggests that Massa is out already.
fu3lfr3nzy
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Yeah, "no problem" meaning as long Alonso is the focus on Ferrari and Hamilton/Vettel bump down to #2 driver status and race for constructor points only
I cant see any of those 3 drivers being comfortable having each other as team mates fighting for the WDC.
Yeah, "no problem" meaning as long Alonso is the focus on Ferrari and Hamilton/Vettel bump down to #2 driver status and race for constructor points only
This.
He would be quite jumpy if Massa offered him some true resistance.
Yeah, "no problem" meaning as long Alonso is the focus on Ferrari and Hamilton/Vettel bump down to #2 driver status and race for constructor points only
I cant see any of those 3 drivers being comfortable having each other as team mates fighting for the WDC.
I think Vettel would be fine having either and to some extent Lewis and Fernando would probably be fine with Vettel as a team-mate. The unknown for me at the moment is Fernando, because whilst he does indeed seem like a changed man, he hasn't really had to deal with the pressure of a team-mate hot on his heels for a long while. Lewis seems to have dealt ok with Jenson and Vettel seems to respond similarly when Mark has the upper-hand. However saying that a lot of it probably boils down to them thinking that ultimately they are better than their respective team-mates anyway but yeah I would like to see Fernando challenged again but I doubt it would be fair game at Ferrari (as it is now).
brotkasten
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They'll get Kobayashi.
Or they could even have Massa...
Edmond Dantès
Dantès the White
Nah, he's a goner after this season sadly.
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