They are taking sandbagging to another level. Now they don't run during practice at all.
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The Formula 1 2013 Season |OT| End of the Webber Era
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They are taking sandbagging to another level. Now they don't run during practice at all.
brotkasten
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Interesting.
Tobias Grüner F1 ‏@tgruener 54m
#F1 Ecclestone & teams may boycott #GPIndia 2013. Dispute over local taxes worse than last years. AMuS story: http://bit.ly/15k5W9r
Tobias Grüner F1 ‏@tgruener 54m
#F1 Ecclestone & teams may boycott #GPIndia 2013. Dispute over local taxes worse than last years. AMuS story: http://bit.ly/15k5W9r
Wouldn't miss it, and being taxed 90% of profits seems pretty ridiculous.
Looks like it worked.
Over a second faster than the other teams on the same tyre. Amazing speed from the car.
Psychotext
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God I hate the adverts on Sky.
marvelharvey
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I don't really care who wins it, I just want the championship to go down to the wire.
I propose a sniper at each track. Said sniper is ordered to fire at the championship leading driver's tyres each lap. He'd be given a set number of rounds to achieve his goal (number of rounds = championship lead minus one. e.g: a fifteen point advantage would mean fourteen bullets for the sniper). Drivers would be encouraged to never lead more than a single point.
He was a great shot at Silverstone and really added some excitement to the race.
I propose a sniper at each track. Said sniper is ordered to fire at the championship leading driver's tyres each lap. He'd be given a set number of rounds to achieve his goal (number of rounds = championship lead minus one. e.g: a fifteen point advantage would mean fourteen bullets for the sniper). Drivers would be encouraged to never lead more than a single point.
He was a great shot at Silverstone and really added some excitement to the race.
brotkasten
Member
Once again, Lotus proves they got the best Twitter account.
Socialism at its best.
Adam Scott Aukerman
Member
You know what? I'd forgotten there even was an India GP.
brotkasten
Member
Don't worry, guys. Bernie got it all sorted out.
Tobias Grüner F1 ‏@tgruener 25m
#F1 Ecclestone assured teams, he will sort out tax issues in India. Race will go on.
I guess he's some sort of expert when it comes to taxes.
Tobias Grüner F1 ‏@tgruener 25m
#F1 Ecclestone assured teams, he will sort out tax issues in India. Race will go on.
I guess he's some sort of expert when it comes to taxes.
Psychotext
Member
Isn't it a bit more tightly packed after the break?
Wax Free Vanilla
Member
Rumours that the BBC will drop their live F1 coverage next season. I believe this to be 100% true.
Moto GP gone to BT
Formula One Live coverage going.
No live motorsport on the BBC, they're pooling their sporting budget for live football, they've already got the FA Cup from ITV with their partnership with BT, and there's talk of a similar deal for the Champions League. It's over.
F1 highlights at 7pm on BBC Three.
Moto GP gone to BT
Formula One Live coverage going.
No live motorsport on the BBC, they're pooling their sporting budget for live football, they've already got the FA Cup from ITV with their partnership with BT, and there's talk of a similar deal for the Champions League. It's over.
F1 highlights at 7pm on BBC Three.
Wow, if true Jake got out at just the right time. Sad if it happens. I really like BBC's coverage.
Schedule after the break, mostly 2 week breaks with a couple one week breaks. Too bad the championship will likely be over soon.
Spa 25 Aug
Monza 08 Sep
Singapore 22 Sep
Korea 06 Oct
Suzuka 13 Oct
India 27 Oct
Abu Dhabi 03 Nov
Austin 17 Nov
Brazil 24 Nov
[edit] rofl, Force India still up 10 points on McL in WCC. Such a waste of a year by McL.
Schedule after the break, mostly 2 week breaks with a couple one week breaks. Too bad the championship will likely be over soon.
Spa 25 Aug
Monza 08 Sep
Singapore 22 Sep
Korea 06 Oct
Suzuka 13 Oct
India 27 Oct
Abu Dhabi 03 Nov
Austin 17 Nov
Brazil 24 Nov
[edit] rofl, Force India still up 10 points on McL in WCC. Such a waste of a year by McL.
Their MotoGP coverage was pretty poor anyway so thats no great loss.
I can't see them doing an F1 highlights show as where is the cost saving as you still need to send a commentary & crew to every round; the same as this year basically.
Adam Scott Aukerman
Member
How much they pay FOM, obviously.
Cyborgmatt
Member
A sad end to some of the best F1 coverage in years.
I don't really care who wins it, I just want the championship to go down to the wire.
I propose a sniper at each track. Said sniper is ordered to fire at the championship leading driver's tyres each lap. He'd be given a set number of rounds to achieve his goal (number of rounds = championship lead minus one. e.g: a fifteen point advantage would mean fourteen bullets for the sniper). Drivers would be encouraged to never lead more than a single point.
He was a great shot at Silverstone and really added some excitement to the race.
That GIF is close to the greatest thing I have ever seen.
Honda have done a pretty cool Senna tribute using sound and lights at Suzuka.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeO2q8FzcnM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeO2q8FzcnM
Psychotext
Member
Yup. I'm sure as hell not switching to Sky either so F1 loses on the whole.
I wonder what the TV audience size will look like in 5 years time.
*All* of the best coverage in years.
Figure should be measured in dollars.
LOL, that is amazing.
It was surprisingly easy for me to stop watching.
Vettel being a 4-time consecutive world champion makes the sport lose his credibility anyway.
Working fine for me.
Grosjean looking good, but he always does until the inevitable lol.
Probably because the road's only one-way? Or the GPS thinks so?
PS. No beeb this weekend?
Lots of reports of it being down on twitter too. I'll try it later for qualifying.
Afraid to put Grosjean higher up on the GP predictor as its bound to curse him.
Another good weekend for him looks possible.
Probably because the road's only one-way? Or the GPS thinks so?
PS. No beeb this weekend?
Nope. I found an app for the phone which allows me to stream and delay radio 5. So I'm going to connect the speakers to the phone and delay it to match the video.
Faux-bbc!
That's practically what I did for Melbourne. Fired up a VPN app on my phone, struggled through congested internet to listen to BBC5 (rather than the closed-circuit commentary which was a bit shit) and watch the progress on my iPad with the official F1 app. It was far from KangaTV or whatever it's called (god, I hope that comes back next year) but better than nothing. Might do that this weekend.
Do they do qualis as well? I can't remember.
Radio 5 even does the FPs.
Great, cheers Zeppu
Sadly, how I think it'll pan out:
Not what I'm hoping for, but from what I've read and seen on the timesheets, the STRs just aren't cutting it this weekend. Hoping Perez will qualify badly (likely) and move up the ranks. Have a feeling that Kimi will somehow get dicked around and finish below Fucking Grosjean, effectively cementing Kimi in a position far from being able to keep Vettel honest in the WDC points run.
Probably the most level-headed GPP I've done the entire year.
Sadly, how I think it'll pan out:
Not what I'm hoping for, but from what I've read and seen on the timesheets, the STRs just aren't cutting it this weekend. Hoping Perez will qualify badly (likely) and move up the ranks. Have a feeling that Kimi will somehow get dicked around and finish below Fucking Grosjean, effectively cementing Kimi in a position far from being able to keep Vettel honest in the WDC points run.
Probably the most level-headed GPP I've done the entire year.