Edmond Dantès
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Be sure to post impressions when you get back. Zolder's often overlooked because of Spa, but it's actually really good circuit in its own right.Dilly said:
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The Formula 1 2011 Season of Double World Champion Sebastian Vettel |OT2|
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Edmond Dantès
Dantès the White
Don't want to read too much into it, but... 
brotkasten
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Missed the race again, gonna watch it now. Unfortunately my brother spoiled the results for me.
e: Is it worth watching or is the forum enough?
e: Is it worth watching or is the forum enough?
brotkasten
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It makes it a bit boring, but I still want to know how it happened, so it's not a big deal. And the BBC intro was just great. Really, really great.Adamm said:It was a good race, but knowing the result always makes races seem boring to me
brotkasten
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The Alonso interview and Ferrari analysis was pretty good, depressing and spot on.
Damn.
Damn.
brotkasten
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It was part of the BBC pre-race coverage. You can watch it on the iPlayer.olore said:
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Seeing how Button is all cute with Jessica probably doesn't help.DrM said:He is really depressed. The evil that women do...
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It was amazing, first thought it was going to be in a roadcar, but it was actually a stripped out BMW E36 with an 6 in line engine with +200bhp on slicks. The sound was brutal and the acceleration was just phenomenal.
It's just amazing how much grip that thing had and how hard the brakes bite when the driver used them.
I've been to Zolder before, but never in a racecar. The hill where Villeneuve had his accident is just an amazing sensation, it really feels like a rollercoaster
We pretty much raced against a Porsche GT3 and it was really close sometimes.
I have pics and a video from incar, I'll upload them later today.
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I really wish we could listen to the team radios over the race.
Jenson already has the better GF anyway.DrM said:Poor Lewis holding pillow during the night, when Jenson tearing down next door hotel room with Jessica. I would be very depressed
The McLaren cars looked flying in qualifying, but was struggling from the start in the actual race. A bit of a shame we didn't get to see a battle for the win, but the Webber and Hamilton fight was pretty good. That was some clinical defensive driving from Hamilton paired with a few Schumacher maneuvers (creative use of the one move while defending rule).
Hamilton looks torn apart emotionally. It's sad to see and I hope the dude gets some support all around.
Hamilton looks torn apart emotionally. It's sad to see and I hope the dude gets some support all around.
brotkasten
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43 laps down and it's crazy how Alonso is flying. It's rather depressing to watch.
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Tense race, enjoyed the full distance battle between 2nd, 3rd & 4th.
Brundles commentary at points was hilarious, surprised that no-one else caught the Massa accident references that came from both Brundle and Coulthard during the race, either it was a running joke between them about fitting in these references, or the incident has been a topic of conversation between them over the weekend.
Brundle: "Felipe Massa, With a face full of F1 car..." - (As the camera shot from in-car shows Felipe pulling up towards another car)
Coulthard: "...came off that corner like a coiled spring..."
Brundles commentary at points was hilarious, surprised that no-one else caught the Massa accident references that came from both Brundle and Coulthard during the race, either it was a running joke between them about fitting in these references, or the incident has been a topic of conversation between them over the weekend.
Brundle: "Felipe Massa, With a face full of F1 car..." - (As the camera shot from in-car shows Felipe pulling up towards another car)
Coulthard: "...came off that corner like a coiled spring..."
brotkasten
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It really was a great race and I enjoyed watching it. Vettel got the win handed to him, but I didn't care, because for the 2nd-4th place were amazing to watch. Very depressing race for Fernando, as Massa clearly held him back, but I won't blame Felipe for that. He drove his race, he was motivated after qualifying and there were no team orders, he did well for that. Seeing Alonso catching up after the pit stop was pretty impressive, though.
When isn't it worth watching?f0rk said:
Foliorum Viridum
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Just finished the race. Utterly amazing - Webber and Hammy were going all out. They had some FANTASTIC racing through the middle section on that one lap, side-by-side the entire time, my heart was in my mouth.
It was good to see Webber doing so well. I was hoping Button might join them and really push both, but alas not.
If Alonso's "I give up" was because of Massa then he should just shut the fuck and out qualify him, shouldn't he? If you're not a good enough driver to pass him then don't throw your toys out of the car. You're clearly faster than him, so get past him. I've not watched the post-show/Forum yet so that's purely going on the DC/Brundle speculation.
Edit: Red Bull montage with RATM was sooo good.
It was good to see Webber doing so well. I was hoping Button might join them and really push both, but alas not.
If Alonso's "I give up" was because of Massa then he should just shut the fuck and out qualify him, shouldn't he? If you're not a good enough driver to pass him then don't throw your toys out of the car. You're clearly faster than him, so get past him. I've not watched the post-show/Forum yet so that's purely going on the DC/Brundle speculation.
Edit: Red Bull montage with RATM was sooo good.
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I'm watching the post-race interview with Fernando and he's not complaining about Massa, said that he wasn't that much quicker at this time. True or not, he obviously doesn't blame Felipe.Foliorum Viridum said:
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He's too tall and heavy.
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Nonsense. If they'd stop favoring Vettel and build the car around his chin, he'd fly like a champ.Pazuzu9 said:He's too tall and heavy.
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Foliorum Viridum said:
How in the world did you reach that conclusion? He was just chasing Button as fast as he could but never truly catching up to him.
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How I came to that conclusion is in that very post you quoted.Risk Breaker said:
I said it was based purely on DC/Brundle speculation.
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Forum isn't the same without EJ
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Just watching the race now, Brundle said that's the third time Petrov and Schumi came together. Turkey, Korea and?
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That's actually super sad. I bet Whitmarsh could give a great pep talk though. He looks so wise!Edmond Dantès said:Don't want to read too much into it, but...
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