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[navanman]

5 place grid penalty for Hamilton for gearbox change.

 

[DrM]

5 place grid penalty for Hamilton for gearbox change.

what in the living hell are Mclaren thinking?

 

[Gareth Bale]

5 place grid penalty for Hamilton for gearbox change.

Has this actually been confirmed? The only place I've seen this is from a BBC journalist on twitter...

 

[Foliorum Viridum]

I'm quite glad for the delay. Wouldn't have time to watch qualifying today.

 

[Wes]

Sony's viral advertising for Heavy Rain is a bit late isn't it?

 

[Pterion]

5 place grid penalty for Hamilton for gearbox change.

When it rains it pours...

 

[iSimon]

Has this actually been confirmed?

Yep.

There couldn't possibly be anything else that could go wrong for Hamilton, gotta' feel for the guy.

 

[S. L.]

supposedly "MASSIVE" optimizations for the racemanager site

 

[Dead Man]

Yep.

There couldn't possibly be anything else that could go wrong for Hamilton, gotta' feel for the guy.

Damn it, I keep him on race manager since I figure he must have some luck soon, and for the last 3 races he's been jinxed! :lol

Edit: I just found I can still make changes, go Kubica!!!!

 

[mrklaw]

what in the living hell are Mclaren thinking?

...that Hamilton might need a new gearbox for the race?

 

[Chris R]

So SPEED won't be showing qualifying live in prime time :lol Instead we get tape delayed ARCA which is like tier 4 stock car racing :lol :lol :lol

 

[Stop It]

Well, take 2 everyone.

It's a shame it rained a little too hard because a wet track would have made for an awesome qualifying session. Ah well, time to hunker down for some Red Bull domination.

 

[TylerD]

If someone were to go to Justin.tv they might be able to find something related to Formula 1 right now.

 

[Shaneus]

How? Where?

 

[Chris R]

Seriously, SPEED was doing pretty well (well other than delaying Qualifying by 15 mins every week for some reason) but this is just shitty. Want more people staying up to watch your race later on in the night and maybe just maybe getting into F1 for the long term? SHOW SOME STUFF DURING PRIME TIME.

I'm on the west coast, if it wasn't for the Japanese GP 4 or 5 years ago I wouldn't be watching F1 now. I was just up and saw something on a new channel and it was life so I figured why not and became a fan. Same thing with Aussie Rules football. This is a big mistake IMO, and I'm I'll be going onto their forums after this to let them know that.

 

[Stop It]

Well, of course the new teams are all out (Darn Lotus beating Virgin handily there), but Buemi joins the people leaving before Q2.

The mid tier teams like Torro Rosso, Force India and Sauber appear to be struggling a bit. Williams seem to be doing pretty well and Kubica should expect to hit Q3, although he wasn't too hot there.

At the front? The question will be which RBR car gets pole, and how far back the McLarens will be. Button must be cursing the weather at the moment.

 

[Chris R]

Another horrible fantasy week incoming. Should have dumped Buemi for anyone else :<

 

[offshore]

Now this is more like it, less Jake Humphrey and more Lee McKenzie.

Mercedes look handy today.

 

[Shaneus]

Massa out! Ouch for Ferrari, that's gotta hurt.

PS. Being able to watch F1 during the day is a beautiful luxury for us Australians :lol

 

[Road]

Massa... SMH.

You were a good pilot.

 

[Shaneus]

Ugh, Webber again So. Fucking. Close. Dirty side of the track too... hopefully he doesn't fuck up another start :lol

 

[Dead Man]

So should RBR implement some team orders. I want them to, but I think that might just be the Webber fanboy in me saying that.

 

[Road]

Let's see how can Vettel ruin this in 4h. Time for a nap.

 

[Stop It]

Ugh, Webber again So. Fucking. Close. Dirty side of the track too... hopefully he doesn't fuck up another start :lol

I'm sure he'll be fine.

Webber in the box seat really, 2nd with a large lead over Hamilton and Alonso who are closer in the WC than Vettel and Button. Button should be happy with a net 5th, he just needs to keep up at the start and then hit the track hard when the other pits.

This will be an interesting race. 1 man, totally against the grain, and a potential wrecking ball against an otherwise RBR domination. I can't wait.

 

[Hyphen]

Bloody hell, when it rains, it pours for Hamilton - I really don't want to wake up in a few hours and see that he's had yet another grid penalty.

 

[Sloane]

Button might have a great strategy if it doesn't rain early and there is no safety car.

Also, I wonder what Kubica could do in a really good car.

 

[Dizzan]

One HD not showing this in australia??

 

[Sloane]

Di Grassi, WTF? :lol

His car is totaled and it looked like he was just driving like 80 or 100 mph?

 

[wonderkins]

I have only ever gotten the "1st driver that drops out of the race" question correct once and that was in the days of HRT being a sure bet.

Until tonight. Thanks di Grassi.

 

[TylerD]

Suuuuuuuuuzuuuuuuuuuukaaaaaaaaaaaa!

 

[Dead Man]

One HD not showing this in australia??

Nah, it's on now.

 

[Chris R]

What does Vettles helm say?

 

[Myoclonic Jerk]

What does Vettles helm say?

i wana know also

 

[CurlySaysX]

What happened to all the glitter on Vettel's helmet?

 

[Chris R]

Has to be a SC with that crash

 

[soujiro_seta]

Petrov!!

Massa out:lol :lol :lol

 

[CurlySaysX]

Why does webber susck so much at the start?

 

[Shaneus]

One HD not showing this in australia??

Yup!

Webber drops a position Wrong Ferrari is out, too.

 

[Mobius 1]

Massa already out?

 

[Chris R]

4 cars out already? WTF :lol

 

[soujiro_seta]

WTF!?!? So many cars out already:lol :lol :lol

 

[ShortBus]

What a shitty start...

 

[navanman]

It's too early in the morning!

Carnage at the start, 4 cars out already. Hamilton up to 6th behind Button.

 

[Chris R]

That overhead showed everything. Poor Petrov and Luizi

 

[Shaneus]

Hoping Webber takes Kubica. Come on!

 

[navanman]

Petrov made a lightning start but he hit the Hulk cars.

 

[S. L.]

Massa was total fail

Kubica car fail, sucks for vettel :|

 

[Shaneus]

Kubica has a problem! Yes!
(though it is a shame... he's a great driver to watch)

 

[CurlySaysX]

Kubica!!
Go weBBER.... what a champ.

 

[Dead Man]

I am cursed in Race Manager!!! KUBICA, NO!!