2011 F1 Thread

[Angus Smart]

Definitely missing Kubica already.

For sure huh, i'd have won a packet by now if he'd been in.

i have to suffice with my doubleup on Vettel every race..

[ctjet]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAEZY6JBCGc

[Galois]

lol. Certainly not the best driver, but he is a damn sight better than the majority of the F1 field.

How do you figure, over the past year he has been regularly beaten by his significantly younger and less experienced team-mate, which is the only person who you can easily compare him to.

He's come back into the sport to wrestle with people like Alguersuari while Rosberg nips off ahead (of the 17 times they've both finished Rosberg's been ahead 12 of them).

Maybe he's better than some of the newer drivers but he's not exactly scaring people with his limitless talent (well he did scare Barrichello in Hungary last year).

[sh@un]

You can bet your last dollar anytime weather conditions are 50/50 for switching to wet tyres this year, it'll be Webber that RBR pits to test out the need for change

[Nee-san]

And they can get away with it too, so long as Vettel is in a better position at the time.

however, as they have shown in the past, if they pull that sort of business whilst webber is in a better or equal position.

world press will come down on the them hard... again lol.

[sh@un]

I doubt they'd be much concerned with that if Seb's still ahead in the championship.

[dezz]

Webber will have to out qualify/beat him into turn 1 before you even need to worry about any of this, and at this point in time, it doesn't look likely..

[mickey]

meanwhile, the 20s penalty means Hamilton drops a spot and Alonso stays the same? The logic doesn't make sense as there's no real penalty to Alonso...regardless of whether they deserved it.

[dezz]

You can't penalize one 20 seconds and another x amount of seconds until he loses a place...

Having said that, I don't think either should have been penalized

[Galois]

It was a racing incident, happens to many cars every race, and both driver had to pit as a result anyways, which would have cost them most of the 20s anyways. FIA sometimes go overboard.

But wasn't hamilton the one who made more than one defensive move? That warrants a penalty, but misjudging the width of front wing trying to overtake someone breaking the rules at 300+ km/h isn't exactly a malicious act.

[dezz]

As far as I know Hamilton pitted because his tyres were cactus, which is why Alonso closed in so quickly (which he probably wasn't expecting)

[wolverine]

Just payback for the old McLaren days when Hamo got into the back of Nando and then claimed that Nando brake tested him.

I love when Nando was running around after with the datalogs to show anyone who cared to look that it was BS.

[sh@un]

It's pretty obvious from the replay that Gonzo just misjudged it. Easy enough given the width of the front wing I guess.

[ctjet]

the net result is a ferrari lost out... and whats wrong with that hey?

5 days to round three!! who doesnt love that

[sh@un]

back-to-back races make me happy in pants

[Angus Smart]

i pray seb can do it again. this double the money thing is good.

[ctjet]

i dunno

with no KERS in china, their race pace is going to suffer

you wouldnt want a McL anywhere near your ass on that back straight. If the bulls get shuffled down the pack on lap 1 i dont see them making their way out of that.

[N1GTR]

Back to back races; the way it should be.

Bernie should work on that instead of "surprise rainshowers OMG"

[Nee-san]

Bernie should f**k off.

[sh@un]

... and die