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great race, was loving watching them all slide around the track at the start :d
I thought it was a great race and button should retire.
Funny how brainsnova hasn't given his thoughts on yesterdays race ;)
Of course he won, he was racing for cake :)
Pistol Pete
28-08-11, 10:25 PM
I thought it was a great race and button should retire.
lol still stand by that comment (the Button part)??!!
Great race today.
Button had a stormer from 13th. If only he had done better in quali...
Damn shame about Hamiltons accident. IMO he wasnt at fault, but others, namely Niki Lauda (pah, what does he know) seemed to have a differnt opinion.
Still abit confused as to why LH got repremanded for the Maldonado incident.
Pistol Pete
26-09-11, 10:26 PM
So, Vettel is 1 point away from being the youngest ever WDC. Love him or hate him, he has skill. But IMO, has yet to show his skill in wheel to wheel racing.
And yet again, Hamilton is in the limelight. The coming together with Massa in quali was just stupid. The one in the race, IMO was a racing incident and nothing else. But hey ho. Massa needs to stop crying and LH needs to reign it in a tad. Button is quietly going about his business and doing well.
Hamilton apparently complains that he can't see the front wing... Since when have you ever been able to see the front wing in an F1 car slouched back an inch off the floor?! It's called spacial awareness.
And I love all the "Vettel can't overtake" "Has yet to prove himself wheel to wheel" etc. Quite simply, he'd race up to their rear end, completely dominate them in out and out speed through a corner, and fcuk off, like he does atm, but from pole.
So, Vettel is 1 point away from being the youngest ever WDC.
Missed an important word out of that. Double.
He's 1 point away from being the youngest ever double F1 World Drivers Champion.
Pistol Pete
11-10-11, 10:31 PM
I thought it was a great race and button should retire.
Ahem...lol
And it was a dry race so that should put the rain master quotes to bed!!
Glad JB won it after Vettel tried to run him off the track at the start!! He is certainly carrying some form towards the end of the season. Shame Hamilton kind find the same form.
Maybe a win before the season is out?? Maybe a race without a Massa incident?? lol
jb has always been the quiet & ruthless type.... his comment to vettel after the race said it all....
when he went to bar/honda, jacques villeneuve was the main man & would stoop to any mind game he could to screw up the second driver, and then make sure only he could drive the car, as it was designed around him, and was crap.... jb soon told him to feck off, and he did and during the schumi era, there was this one honda that finished 2nd in the championship.....
I used to be more of a Lewis Hamilton fan than a Jenson Button fan, but after this season my support has swayed to Jenson. In my eyes he is now Mclaren's number 1 driver. It's a shame it's not gone down to the last race of the season. I was looking forward to next year, but then Sky got the rights to view half the races :(
it just proves that these cars need more than brute force & balls out driving.. they said at the start of the season that the cars are running at maybe 5 seconds off their true pace because its all about nursing the tyres... jb's famously smooth driving style is the key.. when he retires from f1, there will be a lot of people trying to get him into leMans cars or indy cars, cos he would be brilliant in either.
JB is better than lewis i think,in so many ways.His attitude is better aswell,lewis just doesnt seem to have the same desire to win as he used to,now hes just trying to be in the headlines as much as he can.
scott.parker
12-10-11, 11:16 AM
JB is better than lewis i think,in so many ways.His attitude is better aswell,lewis just doesnt seem to have the same desire to win as he used to,now hes just trying to be in the headlines as much as he can.
MHO of him, he's become to big headed and got to much fame money to quick, and the ability to think he can now have what ever he wants, so he's become like a spoiled kid...
JB imo has always been better, just look how his dad always reacts when he gets a podium position, that's the type of guy JB is, just like his dad, genuine and wants to be the best, he will only get better imo.
so, its that time of year again..... ferrari have done terribly this year, and the old traditional 'we are leaving if you don't change the rules' threat has just been made again... http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/95966
in the old days(most of the 70's, 80's & 90's) ferrari only won one race a year & threatened to leave all the time, they even built an indy car, and until f1 backed down, the indycar people really believed they were getting the prancing horses... they never raced..
so ferrari aren't that fast, they sacked their last technical director, who is now at merc, who suddenly are going faster.. most of the rich arabs are keeping a low profile & not parading their wealth, so i guess the red cars aren't selling too well...
Work are busy doing development aero for several F1 teams based on new designs of parts & panels :/ other then that not paid much attention since season closed lol
exhaust blowing is out.. and merc has developed a clever front wing with an f duct type design, it stalls the front wing at high speed, but at lower speeds, it has good downforce, it makes their tyres last a lot longer at higher speeds...which is the issue on the pirellis, the cars are just not as fast because of the tyres, so anyone who can maximise the tyres will win, its simple as that....
Good to see a happy Lewis :)
Pistol Pete
13-11-11, 09:41 PM
Oh yes. Hope he can take this through to next season.
Was good to see Hamilton win even if the race wasn't the most exciting, cracking track tho
He sounded and looked a lot more settled, hopefully next season he and JB can beat the Red bull
so he chucks ms. sh!tsinger & he starts winning again....funny that...
Well its back this weekend :)
Personally im really looking forward to it, anyone else ?
So who has handed Sky cash per month to watch it ? I have lol
Anyone else getting up to watch it on Sunday ?
Who does everybody think will win this year ? Will be a lot closer than last imo
21 questions or what lol
I have it on Sky plus as I work Sunday's , but really looking forward to it. Hoping Vettel won't dominate again :)
Southie
15-03-12, 01:42 PM
Looking forward to watching the highlights lol
Button will do it this year imo.
I wish they did something like this though lol NUBURGRINGME (http://www.wimp.com/racecar/)
This years testing has been pretty inconclusive, as outright raw pace is not what wins these days, but racecraft & tyre management... So until qually is over, we really don't know who's fastest yet... I'm guessing red bull will be right up there, but stranger things have happened.
Oh, i can't afford sky to be added to my virgin package, so i will be up trying to stream it on the interweb..
Oh and apart from the McLaren, the front end on the cars look crap
Apparently McLaren were already working towards the lower nose hence their car not looking awful. Hopefully that will give the Brits the edge, but its still ze Germans to lose, I know he's a little **** with an annoying finger, but great car aside he's still a bloody good driver. Lotus are looking good and will be good to see Raikkonen mixing it up at the front as he's a comedy genius in the interviews. lol Can't see ferrari's challenging so maybe pushed further back by Mercedes?
scott.parker
15-03-12, 06:37 PM
Looking forward to watching the highlights lol
Button will do it this year imo.
I wish they did something like this though lol NUBURGRINGME (http://www.wimp.com/racecar/)
Was really enjoying that till i noticed its a totally different car out on the track from the one used for the opening shot and end shot in/out garage lol
Lewis Hamilton on pole for tomorrows race tomorrow then, Button 2nd. Looking promising for us Brits
Now unsubscribed as I don't want to know......got the above reply visible on my update e-mail. :roll: :tard:
Button for the season imo.
Hobbit is there any chance or re-setting the poll count other than making a new thread?
I can hit reset if you want.
Hit the reset :)
Should put Reikkenen in there as well imo
I can hit reset if you want.
I cant :( tried earlier.
Both Lotus drivers should be in there, pluse the Merc drivers. Season is wide open it seems.
I can hit reset if you want.
You have the powerrrrrrr? lol
Jenson for me this year (with a few wins for the Mercs)..
And would love to see the Caterhams grab some results...
(Ages since I was last on here, where have I been???)
Raaaaaar
Wouldn't take negative numbers for Leona though :(
Im really angry its on SS now.Money grabbing fukking bastars.
This is the beginning of the end tbh,i mean,its not like theres even any pubs open to show the grand prix in morning.
Bollox man.
Odds on pubs will start opening up.
They do in Germany where it was on a subscription channel. Problem was we went to see the oz GP at about 10pm the night before it started lol.
they wont here,not at 5/6 am,theres already uproar about "late night drinking and the strains it puts on resources"
More chance of a text off elvis to be fair,inviting you round to his to watch it.
Wont let me vote as i've already voted. Probably easier to start a new thread.
Wont let me edit it at all :(
The spam bots have been voting on this keenly whilst peddling their ware lol Perhaps mr button has bought their viagra's and eggs lol
Stuart, can you not delete the poll and just start a new one?
Could just close the thread and someone who cares can do a new one lol
I'd be putting hill, coulthard, hakkinen etc in there.
they wont here,not at 5/6 am,theres already uproar about "late night drinking and the strains it puts on resources"
More chance of a text off elvis to be fair,inviting you round to his to watch it.
I can imagine a good business in doing breakfast and f1 (no booze obv)
Could just close the thread and someone who cares can do a new one lol
I'd be putting hill, coulthard, hakkinen etc in there.
LMFAO
re the business,i doubt many would venture out tbf,as if they had the disposable to go "out" to watch it,you would think/assume they would have sky.
I will never buy sky,ever.i hate what they are,who made it and what its about.
Lots of "rich and evil *******s" who refuse to buy into sky, they would goto a pub to watch at all hours lol
Lots of "rich and evil *******s" who refuse to buy into sky, they would goto a pub to watch at all hours lol
Well im neither,but could afford it but would rather spread it over scarboro's porcelain in an unrelated venture into town lol
I might just be a knock off nigel and stand infront of somebodies window lol
Cue me going to work at 5.30 am on a sunday haha!!
just off to a mates house... he's not into it but i bribed him...i'm taking the bacon rolls..
Great race imo, lots of teams look fast. Hopefully the Mclarens keep the edge.
did anyone bother to watch the post race stuff with the video wall & the bloke & bird...?
it sort of put the anal in analysis... it was worse than the football stuff... they were trying to disect the start line bump, when we'd already seen it.. i survived 2 mins & gave up on it...
i visited my mum & saw a bit of the beeb coverage.. it is way superior to the sky one.. dc is a lot better than brundles new sidekick
turbojolt
18-03-12, 05:45 PM
Im refusing to watch it anymore sky have ruined it for me and the highlights on channel 1 are pointless.
Watched on bbc, even being a shorter program its still good. Only problem is trying to not find out the results before they play it.
I was going to look at paying for it on sky but you're not the first to comment on the poor sky program.
brainsnova
18-03-12, 06:28 PM
Did the camera crew **** something up at the end as one min they where replaying a crash then swaps to the finish line camera just as button won
no, button was obviously going to win, but the williams ****ted the barrier at the wrong moment..
considering the aussie tv director decided to ignore jb for all but the start, restart & the finish, i think the actual overall coverage was poor, but the whole world gets the fia official feed.....so some people were pleased with the coverage...
It was no different last year with Vettel, is boring watching a car un challenged up fron on fuel saving mode. Much better to focus on the wheel to wheel action behind him.
I enjoyed it, the been highlights program was 'enough' I'm in on this season :)
blue_peg_16v
19-03-12, 08:17 AM
Bring on the btcc
I enjoyed it, the been highlights program was 'enough' I'm in on this season :)
If you can avoid the results shown on here and various news bulletins then i agree,i enjoyed it.But it was like watching MOTD when you know the scores!
Was good not to hear that mong brundle on the mic aswell,glad he's gone.Jumped up know it all who achieved jack sh1t.
Disappointed at the time of highlights though-11pm?! i fell asleep halfway through......
Highlights were on in the day on bbc as well :)
The sky coverage was ok imo, the commentator with brundle is a complete tool tho, didnt know which driver was which and constantly shouting down the mic, like when sky got the football it will take them a little while to sort it
Cracking race, bit gutted bout vettel overtaking hamilton, and I think reikkenen looks good
highlights were on at 8pm for me... iplayer FTW.
Enjoyed the race today
Button had a nightmare, as did vettel, REALLY wanted to see Perez overtake Alonso tho
Hamilton looks like he's taking it steady making sure he finishes, not taking many risks
Interesting first two races tbh, wide open I reckon
the big question is did mr ferrari get on the phone to mr sauber...... i was in someone elses house trying not to upset the neighbours when i was quietly cursing that off that perez had, cos the lad was on fire....
oh, and his seat is, in part, paid for by him being a ferari young development driver...50p side bet on him being the 2nd ferrari driver by monaco?? anyone??
Not by monaco, next year 100% as massa is just crap now
I did think that the call was coded, but he was right on the edge at that point, then went off
I also thought the sky coverage was 100x better, no shouting from that commentator for a start, plus georgie thompson would get it lol
Pistol Pete
25-03-12, 08:09 PM
Good race today IMO.
Shame about Button, bit of a clumsy mistake. Hamilton is being consistent....thats whats needed to win titles!
So badly wanted Perez to win. Fair play to him. Bloody good drive.
lol @ some of the claims the Perez held back. IMO it was a genuine mistake. But i do agree that he may well be in a scarlett car before the season is out.
Good race today IMO.
Shame about Button, bit of a clumsy mistake. Hamilton is being consistent....thats whats needed to win titles!
So badly wanted Perez to win. Fair play to him. Bloody good drive.
lol @ some of the claims the Perez held back. IMO it was a genuine mistake. But i do agree that he may well be in a scarlett car before the season is out.
Can't imagine Sauber ordering Perez to go off like that..
The kerb could have trashed the car and ended their race..
Looking at the footage again, it looks 100% accident..
Great drive tho..
Button & Vettel both cocked up a bit today..
Tough for Schuey, too..
I see a Massa/Perez swap at some point during 2012, depending on Perez's next few results...
Dull race :( shame for button, and odds on Leona will whinge like a little bitch about dropping 2 places.
it shows just how close the front & midfield runners are in race performance, because the 'fast' cars simply couldn't get past the 'slow' cars... i know there was water about, but when it dried, the situation really didn't change.
i thought it was an awesome race, the conditions really leveled the field. i swore quite alot at button for taking his nose off, what a muppet and expected him to climb higher than he did, perez was man of the day though, was praying he would pass alonso, i hate him lol
getting sky installed on wednesday :d bring on the next race
i thought it was an awesome race, the conditions really leveled the field. i swore quite alot at button for taking his nose off, what a muppet and expected him to climb higher than he did, perez was man of the day though, was praying he would pass alonso, i hate him lol
getting sky installed on wednesday :d bring on the next race
Which is the first 'live' one on the bbc lol
dunno dont care, im getting sky :p lol
I still watch the bbc coverage rather than sky,
Don't get me wrong sky covers every practice etc etc but I certainly don't record it all as 1 race would fill the hard drive on the box
That and I can't stand Dill
Schumacher quickest in 2nd practice this morning..
Mercedes looking strong this weekend..
If the track stays wet/damp tomorrow, we may be looking at Schumacher's first pole in a long time..
GRUNT 16V
13-04-12, 01:58 PM
jenson butthole can suck my balls lewis hammy all theway
Schumacher quickest in 2nd practice this morning..
Mercedes looking strong this weekend..
If the track stays wet/damp tomorrow, we may be looking at Schumacher's first pole in a long time..
Well I was nearly right...:)
pikey1986
14-04-12, 08:29 AM
i only caught the last few qualifiers in the 3rd session, should be a good race with how everyone finished
A refreshing change to see Vettel struggling..
You have to look to McLaren though for tomorrow as the Mercs haven't quite got the legs to finish the job..
...yet!
That said, be nice to see one of the Mercs win..
Certainly a interesting season
Nice to see the Mercs doing well, I still fancy Hamilton to win
Vettel crap this year, help wont overtake anyone from where he is, and Massa should just give up ffs, utter rubbish lol
Certainly a interesting season
Nice to see the Mercs doing well, I still fancy Hamilton to win
Vettel crap this year, help wont overtake anyone from where he is, and Massa should just give up ffs, utter rubbish lol
Vettel simply opted for the wrong exhaust configuration..
Webber chose (or was offered) the set-up similar to the McLarens and that made all the difference..
I'm sure he will do okay come the race..
I still think JB, LH or maybe even Kimi will take the win though..
Great race... shame about the red bull slip at the end to let leona up a bit :(
Cracking second half...
Jenson did well to get back to 2nd..
Schuey very unlucky...
Great race... shame about the red bull slip at the end to let leona up a bit :(
You'd rather see vettel beat hamilton !?! Oh dear lol
Cracking race tho
You'd rather see vettel beat hamilton !?! Oh dear lol
Cracking race tho
I'd rather see Leona with a DNF every race lol
Cracking race, raikonoemon was a tad unlucky lol
pikey1986
15-04-12, 04:00 PM
i felt really sorry for him, so close yet so far lol
i actually enjoyed this race, nice to see a few more teams rubbing shoulders with mclaren, Ferrari and red bull
More comedy events at Mclaren then
Didn't put enough fuel in the car and Hamilton is demoted from pole position to last
Pistol Pete
12-05-12, 10:07 PM
Stupid decision. Surely a time penalty should've been issued?
Ah well, he is obviously fast so hopefully can make the best of a bad situation.
Not a track for overtaking really tho
I think Reikkenen will win now although im hoping Hamilton can do something amazing
so the canadian gp proved to be exciting again.. for those of you who haven't seen it, watch the highlights.
What a race!
Mcclaren did the right thing with a 2 stopper.
7 diffrent winners in 7 different races.
brainsnova
11-06-12, 12:33 PM
It was a cracking shot when Hamilton boosted past alonso lol
so the canadian gp proved to be exciting again.. for those of you who haven't seen it, watch the highlights.
I fell asleep lol
Awesome race !
I did think for a minute that Mclaren had fcuked up with the 2 stop lol
Turning into a very unpredictable season
So F1 is back after the summer break
Anyone watching it today? IMO Spa is the best track by far
Button on pole, Hamilton still moaning lol
I should be sleeping instead of watching it, as on nights, plenty of sleep when you dead so I'll stay up for it lol
Pistol Pete
15-04-13, 09:20 PM
New season so a bump is in order (ok abit late lol)!!
I guess we have to mention that sunbed pinching sausage eating kraut.....he retired again lol And as for Vettel...cock.
Hamilton has been a pleasant surprise in the Mercedes.
how was vettel a cock?? i thought he drove a pretty good race, the last 5 laps were incredible...
those soft pirellis were a joke.. lasting 6 laps ffs....
i personally think the cock of the race was perez.... swerving like that gets a man banned...
I love the tyres. Would've been a procession if everyone qualified on the
Looking like another interesting season with 4 decent cars and mclaren not far behind.
Pistol Pete
16-04-13, 09:52 PM
how was vettel a cock?? i thought he drove a pretty good race, the last 5 laps were incredible...
those soft pirellis were a joke.. lasting 6 laps ffs....
i personally think the cock of the race was perez.... swerving like that gets a man banned...
He is a cock. Period. Not referrring to his race at all. The way he has alienated himself just proves what an arrogant cock he is!
meritlover
16-04-13, 10:06 PM
i think you forget how highly strung and motivated these lads are to win.
I know he's part of a team and he gets paid an awful lot of money to do what he's told...but they still cant help but win.
meritlover
16-04-13, 10:07 PM
oh ye and
'Burgo'
lol
I love the tyres.
Can't stand them, you have the best cars in the world running on the equivalent of nova standard width tyres, but because they made them out of a **** compound that overheats and falls apart if you try and drive at speed on them instead of making them skinny as hell they managed to slip it past average joe and call it racing.
A procession is exactly what the 'racing' this season is, because everyone out there is just running a timed race in their own clear bit of track if they want to get anywhere... get too close to overtaking someone and the loss of downforce shreds the tyres to pieces... wanna win? Avoid racing anyone unless they're on shagged tyres running 2s a lap slower and you can get past them before your own wanli likki likki ditchfinders fall apart.
As for Vettel he's a cheeky fcuk with little passion for the rules but I like him, fact he's German and has a sense of humour is entertaining enough lol
IMO they've gone too far with the tyres now, the whole thing is based around them, not good
Vettel is going to be more annoying than Schumacher if he keeps winning
Going to be a interesting season with quite a few teams challenging
But WTF have McLaren done ffs, made a new car that's crap, should of just used last years like everybody else
edd. the performance differential between the cars has been massively screwed up by the tyre rules, the fact that the car has to start 150kg heavier with all its race fuel, and things like drs & kers.. it makes it so much harder to get a car running fast immediately especially with the testing ban, which i have a sneaky suspicion that ferrari run roughshod over with all those track days they run with billionaires 'owning' old f1 cars, they must be able to sneak stuff in... and isn't there still a rule about shakedown tests, and having the test track over the road makes for lots of shakedown tests... then you have red bull with by far the largest budget, and a second team to force test parts onto, mclaren are at a disadvantage. also hamilton is a pure racer, he'd be dragging a time out of the car, whereas button is more of a thinker, which i'm not sure is the way to go to get a qualifying time these days, as the cars run massively faster in quali than in the race
Oh mclaren have a team to pass stuff down to.... didnt you notice the only other car last year without a stepped nose? ;)
well, i know they had a deal with farce india, is it still going on?
well that only really leaves caterham and i think they were rather crap anyway, so testing components can't have helped much, could it?
one year toyota did what they do with their road cars & simply knock off a successful design by someone else [lexus] & produced a copy of the previous years ferrari, and did fairly well with it.. is this the car they still test pirelli tyres with??
Lotus supplied the test car last year iirc.
Marussssssia didnt have a step nose last year ;)
marussssssia are even more crap than caterham though...
even so, its cars to test on :d
well at least they had a reshuffle before nick wirth managed to totally screw up a second f1 team
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