Formula One 2012

[sh@un]

mixing up "your" and "you're" is THE MOST ANNOYING EVER

closely followed by their / they're and worse / worst

[ctjet]

please not this again

[Owgasm]

mixing up "your" and "you're" is THE MOST ANNOYING EVER

closely followed by their / they're and worse / worst

your obviously the worse of them all and shouldn't be complaining about there problems.

[Marlin]

HAHA

[sh@un]

anyway, so I hear there's a race just south of Melbz in a month

[ctjet]

[dori34]

cannot wait for Melbourne!!!!!

[MattR]

http://en.espnf1.com/mercedes/motorsport/story/70766.html

new Mercedes.

nose looks worse than most

[sh@un]

that's coz that Schumacher cockhead is sitting on it

[MattR]

^ha-ha see the matching clown shoes to match the colour of their helmets too.

[sh@un]

gay

Shooey's cod-piece is prolly red as well

[Marco-R34GTT]

Ugh! The Merc..... NNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

Meh, Button it is....

Btw, these piddly rear wings still piss me off, the proportion of the cars is still f*cked... FIA what have you done??

[Roy]

Well, Kimi and Romain not off to a great first day of second testing. Chassis is defective Oh well, at least Dan is looking quick.

[tweety bird]

mixing up "your" and "you're" is THE MOST ANNOYING EVER

closely followed by their / they're and worse / worst

orly?

i'll keep that in mind.

[tweety bird]

Well, Kimi and Romain not off to a great first day of second testing. Chassis is defective Oh well, at least Dan is looking quick.

Lotus F1 team pulls out of Barcelona test due to chassis problems

Lotus has pulled out of the Barcelona test with immediate effect as a result of the problems it encountered with its chassis this morning.

The team has decided to abandon running in order to fully understand the problem with the chassis that manifested itself on chassis 2, which ran for the first time today.

This is despite chassis 1 completing the full Jerez test two weeks ago. The team said the problem requires modification to both chassis.

The car completed 1788 km of testing at Jerez, but the problem manifested itself at the higher-speed Barcelona configuration.

"Before we were due to fly chassis E20-01 out to Barcelona in replacement of chassis E20-02 - damaged this morning - we ran a series of simulations at the factory based on the data provided by our brief

running on track today," said technical director James Allison.

"As a result, we were able to identify an area which requires some additional work. It will be more productive for us to carry out these modifications to both chassis at Enstone rather than send E20-01 out to this

week's test. We'll put the right measures in place and we will be able to fix the problem before next week."

Team boss Eric Boullier added: "Not running this week has been a tough decision to take, but we feel that our choice is the right one. On the positive side, we have quickly identified the issue with the chassis

and our design office has already devised a solution. We will be present at next week's test in Barcelona.

"We draw faith from the fact that the E20 was quick out of the box in Jerez and showed its reliability there. We have a lot of work ahead of us over the next week but everyone at Enstone is ready for this challenge."

Although the team has not revealed the exact nature of the chassis fault, AUTOSPORT understands it is in an area towards the front of the car.

http://www.autosport...rt.php/id/97616

bad news

[tweety bird]

France is still on track to return to the Formula One calendar, according to the country's sports minister David Douillet.

The country last hosted a F1 race in 2008 at Magny-Cours, but negotiations about reviving the grand prix have been underway for several months now.

Reports in January suggested that the grand prix could be staged as early as September 2013.

Although news about the race has gone quiet since then, Douillet insists that the French GP "is not dead".

In an interview with TF1, Douillet said: "We will have three French drivers in F1 so we have to have French Grand Prix. It is my role to make sure we have a grand prix in France."

The race will reportedly be staged at the Paul Ricard circuit and France will alternate with the Belgian GP for a period of 10 years.

"I met Bernie Ecclestone and he was willing to share the grand prix between Belgium and France. He has mobilised and motivated local governments for the financing of the event," said Douillet.

"We have yet to really put ourselves in agreement with our Belgian friends ((including the promoter of the Belgian GP Etienne Davignon) and there are also some details with one or two cities about finances. We are almost there."

http://www.planetf1.com/driver/18227/7533607/French-GP-return-still-on-course

[sh@un]

orly?

i'll keep that in mind.

you'd do well to

[tweety bird]

day 2, Hulkenberg's on top.

Times

1. N Hulkenberg Force India 1:22.608 112 laps

2. S Perez Sauber 1:22.648 +0.040 85

3. S Vettel Red Bull 1:22.891 +0.283 104

5. F Alonso Ferrari 1:23.180 +0.572 87

5. D Ricciardo Toro Rosso 1:23.639 +1.031 50

6. L Hamilton McLaren 1:23.806 +1.198 120

7. N Rosberg Mercedes 1:24.555 +1.947 82

8. V Bottas Williams 1:25.738 +3.250 117

9. V Petrov Caterham 1:26.605 +3.997 69

10. C Pic Marussia 1:28.092 +5.484 108

[ctjet]

i think force india will be the surprise of 2012

[benm]