Formula One 2012

[Nee-san]

Manufacturers come and go when it pleases them, there are only a few teams in pitlane which can be considered to be actual long term investors in the sport.

As far as I'm concerned the sport was better when it was primary privateer driven with manufacturer engine supply.

[89CAL]

Maldanado.... how crap do you have to be to crash at a public demo.

Can't wait till hes gone, Is he on contract for next year?

[dezz]

Think so but don't quote me....He brings the $...

And the worst accent/speech on the grid

[wolverine]

As if they wouldn't re-contract the guy that has given them the only whiff of success in recent times and pays some bills.

[hrd-hr30]

Maldonardo is the kind of driver you'd be looking for. He's got pace and isn't afraid to pass. Much easier to coach him to stay calm and patient when needed than to try and turn a nice safe steady driver into a fast one.

[wolverine]

Saw TV footage of DC driving through the Lincoln Tunnel in New York.

Good news is that he didn't crash.

[tweety bird]

in what car?

[blackrex]

Red Bull's show car.

[ctjet]

vid plz

[tweety bird]

[wolverine]

At the start of the vid the RBR car looked like the Williams after Maldonado had finished with it.

[hrd-hr30]

I think its overly simplistic to say they all worked out the tyres at the same time. Look at McLaren, they are still struggling after a good start to the season and cant find the consistency they need.

Mclaren have been on the podium twice in a row now.

Not saying there isnt a chance you are right about the tyres....but I just dont see it. Go back and consider the nature of the race weekends and the compounds used for the weekends where majority struggled vs good weekends and you will see the compounds are not the same

Well, the Soft tyre has been used in every GP except Malasia (Rd2). And the compounds in the last 2 races have been Medium and Soft - the same compounds used the last time we saw the terrible deg and falling off the cliff at Valencia in 27degree ambient and 45C track temps. The last round at Hungary using those same compounds was 33 ambient and 45C track temp. No-one fell off the cliff.

In Valencia randoms such as Schumacher finished on the podium, both Force Indias and Mercs made the top 10. That's tyre induced randomness.

In Hungary it was basically all the top teams in the top 10 - both Red Bulls, both McLarens, both Lotii, both Ferraris. The randomness and falling off a cliff is gone.

If there's a better explanation for that sudden change after Valancia, I'm all ears.

Edited August 20, 2012 by hrd-hr30

[sh@un]

ummm, how the heck did Maldonado ever win a race?

[Roy]

PK Jr can gag on cock...romain did a better job when he replaced him and there is no hope he could match either Lotus drier'd performances...so take your "lucky" comments and jam them

[iamhe77]

F1 America "We're Ready". Cool vid, but I didn't know F1 was setting up a rally stage?

[N1GTR]

That video has been out for a while now. You'd want to hope the track has had a lot of work since this video was filmed

[ctjet]

Pit straight has been completed i think

The pit lane building are finished too. Typically american looking too. Just bland and uninteresting

[iamhe77]

Just bland and uninteresting

I think their terminology would be "modern and spacious state of the art facilities".

First layer has been completed according to their website. I wonder how many layers are required and how long each layer takes.

http://circuitoftheamericas.com/

Edited August 21, 2012 by iamhe77

[Aggroman]

the start of that video was one of the gayest things ive seen since mardi gras

[mad082]

I think their terminology would be "modern and spacious state of the art facilities".

First layer has been completed according to their website. I wonder how many layers are required and how long each layer takes.

http://circuitoftheamericas.com/

first layer takes the longest. how long the rest takes depends on how much machinery they have and how long they have to wait between loads of bitumen/ashphalt. but i'd think that it'd only take a few days per layer.