Formula One 2012

[gts-4 dreamer]

The walk of bishes in short red skirts was quality.

[ctjet]

Korean folk gowns are pretty sexy Ivan.

she was even offering seb a BJ on stage

got to start going to more asian nights

[Roy]

The walk of bishes in short red skirts was quality.

Surprising. My mate worked in Korea and he has always told me far hotter girls than Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong.

Gutted to see Dan make a mistake at the end...and one day Vettel pushing for fastest laps will cost him. He did his fastest lap of the race on the alst lap after all those warnings. Have to love the fact that he went purple in the last sector of the last lap and was only a fraction of fastest lap of the race....but HOW STUPID IS IT given where Alonso was on track!

[sh@un]

I was super keen to see the tyre pop

but alas, no

[Berk]

WTF was with the limp wristed f**kstick on checkered flag duties?

[89CAL]

WTF was with the limp wristed f**kstick on checkered flag duties?

It's the new 'IT' thing:

[tweety bird]

Nico Hulkenberg is to leave Force India and join Sauber next year.

And Mexican Esteban Gutierrez, the team's reserve driver, is tipped as a partner for the German, which would leave Kamui Kobayashi without a seat.

Mexican Sergio Perez, Kobayashi's team-mate this year, is joining McLaren to replace Mercedes-bound Lewis Hamilton.

Ex-Toro Rosso drivers Sebastian Buemi and Jaime Alguersuari are vying with former Force India driver Adrian Sutil to be Hulkenberg's replacement.

If he loses the Sauber seat, Kobayashi also has a chance to go to Force India but is likely to have to find some sponsorship to secure the drive.

Sauber have not yet officially confirmed Hulkenberg but the deal is understood already to be done.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/19940929

McLaren have revealed that it was an anti-roll bar failure that robbed Lewis Hamilton of his pace in the Korean Grand Prix.

http://www.planetf1.com/driver/18227/8164317/-Anti-roll-bar-failure-cost-Lewis-

[tweety bird]

[sh@un]

The joys of starting in the mid-field

[ctjet]

Think we can firmly stack this race in the 'boring' column

Where were you Roman when we needed you, you fkn hack

[wolverine]

Gutted to see Dan make a mistake at the end..

Dan was having issues with the car pulling left under braking. If he didn't lose 4-5 seconds that lap he would have held the place but by the same token the car contributed to the mistake.

[JAS-25T]

Yeah he tweeted last night that he had brake issues for last 10 laps.

[djr81]

Yeah he tweeted last night that he had brake issues for last 10 laps.

So how does Perez get a McLaren drive, Kobiashi get the arse & Daniel struggle to get re-signed for TR??? I mean Ferrari are reported as giving Massa a new contract FFS.

None of that makes any sense.

[gts-4 dreamer]

Money talks and talent gets the... its motorsport, your probably more familiar with the idea than you woud like.. >

[hrd-hr30]

Massa's back from wherever the hell he's been for the last couple of years. The last two races have been the old Massa. Faster than Alonso at this one and no mechanical problems for Alonso to blame it on. Hope he keeps it up!

Think we can firmly stack this race in the 'boring' column

if you're only interested in the front few cars, I guess it was boring, but there were battles going on back in the field all race long. I enjoyed the race.

[10 4]

The world needs Kobayashi in a decent car in F1.

[hrd-hr30]

yeah, Kobayashi is an exciting driver. Pommy commentators were very harsh on him for taking their boy Jenson out, when in reality is was Rosberg moving over on him as he went for the gap that caused the collision. It was only slightly ambitious on Koba's part, but that's the kind of thing he always does and more often that not gets away with. I don't think it would have been a problem if not for Rosberg who probably didn't see him coming.

Edited October 15, 2012 by hrd-hr30

[Roy]

Yeh, there were a few angles where you see Rosberg moving over and crowding Kobi...I think it was very harsh commentary. Every race that passes proves to me that Sky are up the ass with their F1 coverage. The BBC coverage is so much better but wonder how it will do without Jake. Simon is a hopeless leed and no personality or a clue what he is on about. DC and Brundle worked well together. The interesting thing is put on their own I think DC actually does the better job. Oh well....

Agree re Massa. Its great to see him back on the pace. Is it psychological or has the car development come to him or more to the point both cars?!?! I suppose we will never truly know.

Dan has lifted his game the past few races and Vergne is doing well as well. Its going to be interesting to see where they all end up

I think Perez can count himself very lucky to have the Macca seat at such a young age but already feel its too much too soon for a 22 year old. He will end up another Heikki with the pressure and exposure a top seat is going to bring. He doesnt seem to have any one lap pace but is good over a race distance, but is questionable in traffic.

[djr81]

Yeh, there were a few angles where you see Rosberg moving over and crowding Kobi...I think it was very harsh commentary. Every race that passes proves to me that Sky are up the ass with their F1 coverage. The BBC coverage is so much better but wonder how it will do without Jake. Simon is a hopeless lead and no personality or a clue what he is on about. DC and Brundle worked well together. The interesting thing is put on their own I think DC actually does the better job. Oh well....

Agree re Massa. Its great to see him back on the pace. Is it psychological or has the car development come to him or more to the point both cars?!?! I suppose we will never truly know.

Dan has lifted his game the past few races and Vergne is doing well as well. Its going to be interesting to see where they all end up

I think Perez can count himself very lucky to have the Macca seat at such a young age but already feel its too much too soon for a 22 year old. He will end up another Heikki with the pressure and exposure a top seat is going to bring. He doesnt seem to have any one lap pace but is good over a race distance, but is questionable in traffic.

The last bit is what is going to kill him. He (And Button for that matter) cant qualify to same themselves. My tip for next year is McLaren will have a poor season and Perez will get dumped for 2014. A shame really they could have taken either of the Force it India drivers and been much better off.

[Roy]

Kobi is great, He is a goo, aggressive overtaker. Generally a tough and generally fair racer with turns of speed. Perez is a great talent, but looking at Buttons years of being lost in cars and setup. His performance in the Brawn after the first 8 races and more recently in the McLaren it doesn't fill you with confidence that he can properly convey to engineers and designers what he wants the car to be doing. He knows all too well what he doesnt like about it when lapping...but I agree the two of them look to be compounding each others weaknesses and in a year where status quo is going to be simimilar and the bottom teams continue to find the fractiosn of time that the big teams found 12 months ago...its will be easy to see Macca no. 3-5 in the constructors.

I was shocked last night to see that Ferrari have overtaken them for 2nd in the WCC. Its a joke that with the car McLaren have had and Massa's absenteeism for most of the year that they are 3rd.

Of the driver movement left the only one that is of interest to me is Williams line up. I cant see them giving Bottas the leg up...they have too much pace at the moment not to have a more experienced punter in the seat. I think Jaimie or Hulk are a chance.