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The 2013 Formula 1 Pre-Season Thread |OT| Plenty of Time Left in the Silly Season
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But would he want to drive for Marussia ? (in fact who would want to drive for Marussia/Caterham
?)Kind of a letdown compared to Force India, it would be better for him to sign a contract with Force India for 2014 and be their reserved driver again this season.
Seems like it's pretty much confirmed.
Saw this article on GP Today.
Not sure how I feel about that, on one hand he felt like a decent driver : not too passive, not too aggressive; but with this criminal record... eh.
Saw this article on GP Today.
Not sure how I feel about that, on one hand he felt like a decent driver : not too passive, not too aggressive; but with this criminal record... eh.
Psychotext
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Ridiculous.
brotkasten
Member
Adrian Sutil 2013 - The Dolphin's revenge
Adam Scott Aukerman
Member
A lot of pressure on PdR to not be upstaged by Sutil I think, much less so than Bianchi.
Mastah
Member
Meh.
The only positive is that now di Resta has nowhere to hide. He has to beat Sutil, because if he's matched or beaten by him, then he's toasted. No excuses, no BBC lying to make him look better than he is (like when Jake Humphrey said if di Resta hadn't have string of bad races after Singapore, then he would have real shot at McLaren seat - which is complete BS as Lewis' departure and Checo's arrival were confirmed right after Singapore GP), absolutely nothing will save his ass if Sutil would match, or even worse, beat him.
The only positive is that now di Resta has nowhere to hide. He has to beat Sutil, because if he's matched or beaten by him, then he's toasted. No excuses, no BBC lying to make him look better than he is (like when Jake Humphrey said if di Resta hadn't have string of bad races after Singapore, then he would have real shot at McLaren seat - which is complete BS as Lewis' departure and Checo's arrival were confirmed right after Singapore GP), absolutely nothing will save his ass if Sutil would match, or even worse, beat him.
Wax Free Vanilla
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Fuck Force India.
Psychotext
Member
That's pretty cool. I quite like having the practice sessions on when I'm doing other things.
This ^
Good to see BBC team is staying the same (except for Jake)
but I wonder why they are switching the practice from red button to BBC2?
Wax Free Vanilla
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Red button cutbacks and Delivering Quality First - http://www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/insidethebbc/howwework/reports/deliveringqualityfirst.html
The practice sessions should be available in HD seeing as BBC HD is changing to BBC2 HD.
pants
Member
Thats the silver lining here
Indeed. Hopefully we've seen the last of him in F1.
pants
Member
He'd be a golf champion for sure!
Come to think of it, I'm sure Force India offered him a Vettel/Alonso-sized salary but he turned it down to pursue his dreams of joining the PGA Tour.
pants
Member
Even at a golf kart race the other golfers will get upset at Kayan for holding up traffic
Psychotext
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Ugh, is it wet? Was hoping that we'd be seeing some of the actual final cars today.
Apparently the rain'll be continuing through the night on and off, but the weekend should be dry.
final cars wont be till sunday, or maybe aus practice 1
Ugh.
brotkasten
Member
Not if Bianchi could get the seat.
Watch for Bianchi to get the test driver seat at FI.
Psychotext
Member
Wow, is that Sky stat right? I had no idea Webber had only won 9 races.
Yep it is. 34 podiums though as well.
brotkasten
Member
Felipe Massa won more races than Webber (11 vs 9). This makes Webber the #2 of #2 drivers. :lol
Psychotext
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Why do I get the feeling that Shaneus is reading this right now and desperately wants to defend his hero?
Psychotext
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I don't see any obvious reason. He said it was "ludicrous".
The 3D worked a lot better than I expected. Really good for seeing the shape of the road, the slopes, hills, undulations etc.
The close up, slow motion shots of the cars were amazing!
I hope this becomes a thing, I wouldn't mind watching f1 like this most weeks.
About the coverage for French TV, Canal+
It's nice to have Montagny back, he was rather good for the few races he was with TF1, for Villeneuve I really don't know what the guy is worth as a commentator.
Otherwise it's Moncet again and, I assume, the daughter of Jacques Laffite ?
Don't have a single clue about who Julien Febreau and Thomas Thouroude are.
Too bad i'll never see that.
It's nice to have Montagny back, he was rather good for the few races he was with TF1, for Villeneuve I really don't know what the guy is worth as a commentator.
Otherwise it's Moncet again and, I assume, the daughter of Jacques Laffite ?
Don't have a single clue about who Julien Febreau and Thomas Thouroude are.
Too bad i'll never see that.
Psychotext
Member
That was awesome. The start of GP is probably one of the greatest things in sports.
edit: that guy makes great videos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pUnJ7zb06A&list=UUNwYwrKAzDazkllwUtbzDiw&index=3
scorcher59
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Fantastic! time to get hyped!
Adam Scott Aukerman
Member
That builds beautifully, just a shame that it doesn't quite deliver when it gets to the start. Don't envy him at all for all that logging he must have done though, 'nuff respect.
pants
Member
Have you ever heard him give an interview? For all his other faults the guy is A+ in front of a camera
Graham Hill and Keke Rosberg were so boss. Morricone is always awesome too.
Edit: If you can get over the terrible narration, this video is a great depiction of the connections between drivers that have lost their lives over the years: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_y6knbtPTs
ClassyPenguin
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Driven, the bio doc about Graham Hill is very good and it's on YouTube.
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