Absolutely. Last year at China I think it was, Rosberg, who was having a good race, had to go into fuel saving mode. Brawn was asked about it afterwards and said simply "We didn't put enough fuel in." I believe it if Whitmarsh says it.
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The Formula 1 2012 Season |OT| The Year of the...uh...Platypus?
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Absolutely. Last year at China I think it was, Rosberg, who was having a good race, had to go into fuel saving mode. Brawn was asked about it afterwards and said simply "We didn't put enough fuel in." I believe it if Whitmarsh says it.
Just a heads up, here is a link to a few videos from the pitlane interactive channel that some broadcasters showed http://www.f1zone.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=280189#p280189
Including the final lap.
Including the final lap.
Myoclonic Jerk
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no idea, my friend sent me this link
I actually missed a few moments yesterday, bloody internet connection was failing on me. Got it sorted out now so should be fine for the next race weekend.
I watched some of the BBC race highlights, didn't like the commentary at all. Martin Brundle and David Croft were much better.
Sunhil! Can you do a .GIF on Schumi's face reaction? can't remember after which incedent he did it, but it was the only one
EDIT: sorry I didn't say please .. I did say please in my first request few pages back though
Harry_Tequila
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Controversial opinion!
If I had to choose only one between Coulthard and Brundle I would choose Coulthard.
If I had to choose only one between Coulthard and Brundle I would choose Coulthard.
Should be an interesting championship this year, from what happened today we could see some shock results. I hope Mclaren don't dominate though.
Funny how Williams were about to get more points than the whole of last season until the last lap. Describes the shack up of teams quite well.
Funny how Williams were about to get more points than the whole of last season until the last lap. Describes the shack up of teams quite well.
I probably would too, him and Crofty would be excellent.
Foliorum Viridum
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You guys realise a vote for DC is a vote in favour of the Scottish accent, right? That can't be allowed.
I miss DC with Brundle
Myoclonic Jerk
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Not just Rebbull, we don't want this to be a 2 teams race. I'm hoping the McLaren doesn't improve much and the other teams catch up altogether .. would be nice to see a different order for every weekend depending on the track's characteristics
Myoclonic Jerk
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I really hope not. Worst case I'd like for it to change mid-season, with Ferrari/Mercedes taking the lead.. I'd love for Lotus to be up there in the mix, but I can't see them keeping up
We aren't about to get another 2010 any time soon. 2007 is the best you can hope for.
Myoclonic Jerk
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SunhiLegend
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Sunhil! Can you do a .GIF on Schumi's face reaction? can't remember after which incedent he did it, but it was the only one
EDIT: sorry I didn't say please .. I did say please in my first request few pages back though
Just finished downloading the race, was re-watching it now.
Myoclonic Jerk
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Wax Free Vanilla
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BBC 2 qualifying highlights, matching the peak live audience of 2011, I wonder how that compares to the 2011 BBC 1 re-run?
Found the figures:
SunhiLegend
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I'm so glad the season starts with back to back races. Once it starts you don't want it to stop. Formula 1 is back.
Re-watching the race, there was some nice moves I missed watching it live, it'll be nice to see Vettel battling it out with the rest of the pack this year.
I actually missed a few moments yesterday, bloody internet connection was failing on me. Got it sorted out now so should be fine for the next race weekend.
Cheers mate, saving that one!
I'm so glad the season starts with back to back races. Once it starts you don't want it to stop. Formula 1 is back.
Re-watching the race, there was some nice moves I missed watching it live, it'll be nice to see Vettel battling it out with the rest of the pack this year.
yeah def, i really dont mind vettel starting from 2nd or 3rd row at all this year if it means i will be able to see more of him on tv and some nice over takes like the one he pulled on rosberg.
Fuck sake filipe!
I'm re-watching the race on bbc, I've learned more about what happen in the last lap here than i did on sky.
Thanks for these!
Sort of hard to compare since it's only shown once, but the numbers still seem decent, all thing considered.
Edit: oops double post
slothmeister
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Been working all day, I've had a blanket ban on Facebook, twitter, tv and radio and managed to avoid the result all day, just finished the race now.
GET INNNNNNN, so happy for JB, next stop the championship.
Good to see massa struggling, I'm really not a fan of his at all. On the other end of the scale, sad to see senna out, however the Williams looks like a strong car this year so hopefully he can get some good results in the rest of the season.
F1 baby.......love it.
GET INNNNNNN, so happy for JB, next stop the championship.
Good to see massa struggling, I'm really not a fan of his at all. On the other end of the scale, sad to see senna out, however the Williams looks like a strong car this year so hopefully he can get some good results in the rest of the season.
F1 baby.......love it.
Psychotext
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Anyone suggest a way of watching the iplayer highlights on my TV without it looking like shit? Doing it through my tivo box (virgin) and it's nothing but compression artifacts as soon as things start moving quickly... which as you might guess is bad news for F1.
Psychotext
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I have every console. Last time I used the PS3 for iplayer it was terrible though. Just a browser sort of thing.
It's been updated a while back, it's much better now.
Psychotext
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It just crashed when I tried to use it. lol
It wouldn't play the race then failed to load anything else.
It wouldn't play the race then failed to load anything else.
SunhiLegend
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If you have a laptop you can hook it up to the T.V using the HDMI connection.
Graphics Horse
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PS3 iPlayer was just spinning around doing nothing each time I've tried it for Today's F1 on any quality. Other programmes are working fine. Anyone else?
Psychotext
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I guess that's probably the best bet, at least while this PS3 one is falling over for me.
I wonder when it'll be up in HD. If at all.
SunhiLegend
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I don't think the iplayer has the Formula 1 weekends in HD. In 2011 when I wanted to check the highlights they never had an HD option.
For the PS3 iplayer, have you tried clearing you cache first. Usually don't have a problem with the PS3 iplayer and when I do clearing the cache usually clears it up.
Psychotext
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I've never used this version of the player so I doubt I have any sort of cache. I'll have a look though.
Psychotext
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Now it's doing this... god I love technology. lol
We need to find a way to inject audio into the GIF format, because this clearly needs the Benny Hill music.
I actually missed a few moments yesterday, bloody internet connection was failing on me. Got it sorted out now so should be fine for the next race weekend.
I haven't gone through the posts made during the race, was there the usual amount of blow-in trolls and fanboys?
I don't recall any. The early morning start probably kept most of them away.
Who are you and why are you still here?
Psychotext
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lol, this is hilarious. Tried to install iplayer desktop on my laptop and that's not working either. Shows up in the task manager but no window available. The browser version is just as bad as the Tivo version. FFS.
Edmond Dantès
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Over 3000 posts already, da fuck?
We'll be a sticky soon.
We'll be a sticky soon.
It strikes me that the chances of that happening *this* season are pretty low. Well, unless Massa's being lapped.
I agree. Massa is really weak, but he may have a runin with Lewis, just for us.
Massa had no pace today. Alonso was great, so he will have a chance at the title for himself, but with Massa, Ferari's chances at a DWC are near zero.
I think we have McL, RBR and Mercedes at the top, then Lotus, Ferrari, then Sauber, STR and Williams, then the rest.
I also do love we have two back to back races right up front. It should give us a very good idea of how the rest of the season will play out in terms of performance.
Just got home from watching it, great race I thought. Too bad for the Caterhams, Grosjean Maldanardo and Senna. Oh and Britney and Schumi too.
Hamilton was soooo gutted, the man looked like his dog died. I know everyone is saying he's changed but he needs to be happy with where the team is, not being dominated by RBR. I know that race basically went all Jenson and all bad for him, can't believe that safety car bought Vettel 2nd.
Massa...what else can we say at this point. Guy needs to go away for a while.
Oh and KOBAYASHI AND KIMI!!! <3
Hamilton was soooo gutted, the man looked like his dog died. I know everyone is saying he's changed but he needs to be happy with where the team is, not being dominated by RBR. I know that race basically went all Jenson and all bad for him, can't believe that safety car bought Vettel 2nd.
Massa...what else can we say at this point. Guy needs to go away for a while.
Oh and KOBAYASHI AND KIMI!!! <3
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