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[Dilly]

The elevation changes and slow corner after the uphill gives it a better flow than other tracks.

High five my man!

 

[Dead Man]

The elevation changes and slow corner after the uphill gives it a better flow than other tracks.

There's a lot more flow in this track then in the examples I gave. And it has some interesting height differences.

Most drivers also seem to like it.

Yeah, it does seem to have decent flow, but the design is nothing if not...

some straights followed by hairpins and chicanes

 

[Omiee]

shumi lol

 

[Tworak]

lol

 

[Dilly]

Yeah, it does seem to have decent flow, but the design is nothing if not...

I meant chicanes as in speed stoppers to make overtaking easier where the drivers have to shift back to 2nd gear. There are still left/right corners, but the drivers are quite fast through there.

And that turn 10/11 combination and the Turn 3 which is uphill are some interesting corners.

 

[nny]

Well, look at all those pink shirts.

 

[Frawdder]

Pink Shirts Central

 

[RomanticHeroX]

It suffers from Tilke syndrome of being two sectors that are straight + hairpin, then a twisty middle. Just like every other circuit he's designed. So much so, in fact, that I think you could take the last corner and put it directly onto Shanghai without anybody noticing. Still, it's one of his better designs.

The Williams and Renault both sound awful off throttle.

 

[Omiee]

High five my man!

i have to agree with you guys, the elevation changes are really what make this track.

i absolutely love it.

 

[navanman]

Pink Shirts Central

WHY!! It looks freaky.

 

[Dilly]

It suffers from Tilke syndrome of being two sectors that are straight + hairpin, then a twisty middle. Just like every other circuit he's designed. So much so, in fact, that I think you could take the last corner and put it directly onto Shanghai without anybody noticing. Still, it's one of his better designs.

The Williams and Renault both sound awful off throttle.

True, except that the twisty middle isn't shit this time.

 

[Omiee]

hahaha pink shirts everywheeeere!!

 

[RomanticHeroX]

Looking in from the outside I have to say Rowan Atkinson confuses the hell out of me. Then again, I just recently learned he was in the Lion King.

 

[Wax Free Vanilla]

one run for button, so 5th or 6th on the grid

 

[Dead Man]

I meant chicanes as in speed stoppers to make overtaking easier where the drivers have to shift back to 2nd gear. There are still left/right corners, but the drivers are quite fast through there.

And that turn 10/11 combination and the Turn 3 which is uphill are some interesting corners.

Yeah, but it is still a case of dead straight track, into corner, then dead straight again. Except that interesting curve between the first two hairpins. I just prefer tracks with natural flow, actual esses and whatnot.

 

[Omiee]

shiiiiit this is closeee!!

 

[Wax Free Vanilla]

fuck you massa.

button will lose his grid slot?

 

[Omiee]

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!! VETTEL BABY !!

 

[Juicy Bob]

 

[Tworak]

gj massa & vettel.

 

[olore]

And Felipe parks it

 

[Dilly]

Looks like his front corner was already damaged! I laughed. And offcourse, Fuck's Sake Felipe!

-edit-

That's some F1 2011 bug right there.

 

[navanman]

Massa, you're fired!!

Edit: Sorry Felipe, not your fault that the suspension failed.

 

[Omiee]

lol massa

 

[Sleeplessnights]

Surely that compromised Mark's lap?

NVM MARK STARTS 2ND TOMORROW!

 

[nny]

Vettel delivers!

uuuh..ouch, Massa.

 

[RomanticHeroX]

Massa el oh el. Nobody was going to touch Vettel either way.

 

[Omiee]

red bull front row, like it should be.

good work from webber, amazing lap by vettel

 

[Shaneus]

Yeah, Vettel seriously smashed the fuck out of it that lap. Shit that they didn't show *any* footage of Webber during Q3, though.

 

[DieH@rd]

 

[Omiee]

surely button is in the clear?

 

[Wax Free Vanilla]

Edit: Sorry Felipe, not your fault that the suspension failed.

it was his fault.

 

[Lach]

Haha looks like Felipe hit an invisible wall. Damn you Codemasters!

 

[nny]

"I think I'll end up fourth tomorrow." P

 

[Psychotext]

Vettel is a machine. Unreal.

 

[Sleeplessnights]

Jenson should get 3 places reward for stupid marshals.

Vettel "bla bla obviously bla bla obviously"

 

[RomanticHeroX]

Nobody but Vettel is looking too pleased there.

 

[Shaneus]

Vettel unsurprisingly non-committal with his response to the last question. Love to see Webs smash it off his own back, but we'll see. Maybe they should tie some elastic band from Vettel's car to Mark's to ensure a decent start.

 

[Caramello]

Lewis must feel like everybody is against him lmao

Good job to Vettel and Webber, now hopefully Mark can race an epic race and win without team orders

 

[Edmond Dantès]

16 pole positions for one team in a season.

 

[Edmond Dantès]

"Prost 13, Senna 13, Vettel 13"

 

[Sleeplessnights]

Vettel unsurprisingly non-committal with his response to the last question. Love to see Webs smash it off his own back, but we'll see. Maybe they should tie some elastic band from Vettel's car to Mark's to ensure a decent start.

What was the last question?

"Prost 13, Senna 13, Vettel 13"

It's a bit unfair, this season is 20 races. It used to be just 16.

 

[Omiee]

"Prost 13, Senna 13, Vettel 13"

1 more and he will tie prost's record right?

 

[ANDY_098]

Our Nige is still on top

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...hest_percentage_of_pole_positions_in_a_season

Vettel can only get to 79% if he gets pole for the rest of the season.

 

[Omiee]

Our Nige is still on top

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...hest_percentage_of_pole_positions_in_a_season

yeah i knew some one had 14 poles.

so vettel has abu dhabi and brazil to secure either a tie or a new record.

no doubt he can do that



yeah but there is more competition now than back then.

 

[ANDY_098]

yeah i knew some one had 14 poles.

so vettel has abu dhabi and brazil to secure either a tie or a new record.

no doubt he can do that



yeah but there is more competition now than back then.

There is also more races.

 

[Psychotext]

1992 was a really strange season. The McLaren Honda was about as dominant as the 2004 Ferrari (arguably more so), but unlike Barrichello who could occasionally put up a fight, Patrese was complete and utter garbage.

 

[Omiee]

There is also more races.

so what, red bull is in no way as dominant as they were in that year

 

[Dead Man]

so what, red bull is in no way as dominant as they were in that year

The point is, as a percentage of the season, it would not be anew record. If they raced 100 times a year, records would drop like flies in absolute terms, but it would not really be a valid comparison.

 

[Psychotext]

Continuing my slog through the old season reviews... even the highlights are boring on some of these races. (Into the monster Ferrari domination years now)

I'd also forgotten how useless Raikkonen was in interviews.