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[mclaren777]

I'm going to call this progress...

 

[AcridMeat]

I think I found my sport.

Glad to hear it! Fortunately for you this year has been amazing.

 

[dubc35]

I'm going to call this progress...

http://i.imgur.com/Dy3YI.png

Depending on people's interest it is sometimes hard to get the ratio up. F1 being one of the more difficult ones IMO. You need to get them right at the start.

 

[Foliorum Viridum]

I download F1 from thebox.bz where the F1 torrents are "neutral", eg it doesn't impact your dl or ul ratio. Really cool considering most races are like 8gb.

 

[Edmond Dantès]

Man, people were telling me that Monaco was a good time for me to start watching F1, but Montreal was just unreal. I've never liked sports, but I caught myself fist pumping at the end of that race.

I think I found my sport.

I won't be able to watch it next time live most likely, but hopefully i'll be able to find it within a couple hours.

Welcome aboard.

 

[zomgbbqftw]

I'm going to call this progress...

http://i.imgur.com/Dy3YI.png[ /IMG][/QUOTE]

I would kick user 5 if that was my tracker. Force them to get their ratio up...

 

[stewy]

Man, people were telling me that Monaco was a good time for me to start watching F1, but Montreal was just unreal. I've never liked sports, but I caught myself fist pumping at the end of that race.

I think I found my sport.

I won't be able to watch it next time live most likely, but hopefully i'll be able to find it within a couple hours.

I was up off the couch when Vettel lost it on that turn. Nice to see he's actually human.

 

[Cereal KiIIer]

I was up off the couch when Vettel lost it on that turn. Nice to see he's actually human.

Or he's not a waterproof machine.

 

[mclaren777]

Depending on people's interest it is sometimes hard to get the ratio up. F1 being one of the more difficult ones IMO. You need to get them right at the start.

I actually think F1 is quite easy, especially give the number of people who missed out on Canadian GP coverage.

 

[olore]

It used to be somewhere around 250-300 ft-lbs for the old 3-liter V10s.

I'm not sure where it stands nowadays.


Edit: "The 2006 2.4 litre Toyota RVX-06 V8 engine produces 552 kW (740 bhp) at 19,000 rpm and outputs 274 N·m (202 lb·ft) of torque." -- Wikipedia

Hm, interesting. Thanks for the info

 

[Quote]

Valencia looks like a fun track. Can't wait! Is there any word on where the DRS zones are going to be? There's supposed to be two, right?

I actually think F1 is quite easy, especially give the number of people who missed out on Canadian GP coverage.

I have to agree for the Canadian GP in particular.

Though, I don't know how healthy RU is compared to my shitty source.

 

[Ark]

I'm just watching the race again on iPlayer, mostly because I want to listen to the 2-hour red flag sessions and the last 10 laps again.

Really loving the Brundle & DC chemistry. Hopefully they'll continue for years and years to come.

 

[DieH@rd]

Depending on people's interest it is sometimes hard to get the ratio up. F1 being one of the more difficult ones IMO. You need to get them right at the start.

Or start using rutracker.org
No need for maintaining a ratio, 9 mil users, F1 races in BBC HD are posted around 4h after the end of the event [and incredible looking 1080i footage is posted 1h after the race, but with russian audio only].

 

[Dilly]

Who do we think will crash first

Man, I forgot how huge those last generation F1 cars were.

 

[ashk]

Valencia looks like a fun track. Can't wait! Is there any word on where the DRS zones are going to be? There's supposed to be two, right?

Valencia is one of the worst tracks on the calendar and so far the racing there has been terrible. Hopefully the new tyres will make it better this year.

 

[NihonTiger90]

Well, glad to know I wasn't seeing things at Monaco. The McLarens are running with Verizon sponsorship on the rear wing (which isn't really sponsorship since Verizon's basically Vodafone's U.S. wireless operations). I'm guessing they're doing it for the U.S. viewers?

 

[Ark]

Valencia is one of the worst tracks on the calendar and so far the racing there has been terrible. Hopefully the new tyres will make it better this year.

There needs to be a DRS zone at every corner/straight.

 

[navanman]

Valencia is one of the worst tracks on the calendar and so far the racing there has been terrible. Hopefully the new tyres will make it better this year.

For truth. Its a horrific Monaco wannabe with marina full of yachts and f*ck all else.
Only 2 overtaking spots on the whole track; across the bridge and the Kobayashi move on Alonso in last corner.

 

[Ark]

In Valencia's defence, it is an absolute beast of a track in F1 2010. I could do that track blindfolded, no one has ever beat me around Valencia.

 

[Edmond Dantès]

I'm just watching the race again on iPlayer, mostly because I want to listen to the 2-hour red flag sessions and the last 10 laps again.

Really loving the Brundle & DC chemistry. Hopefully they'll continue for years and years to come.

Absolutely.

Not since the glory days of the Murray Walker era have I enjoyed commentary as much as I did on Sunday.

 

[Edmond Dantès]

For truth. Its a horrific Monaco wannabe with marina full of yachts and f*ck all else.
Only 2 overtaking spots on the whole track; across the bridge and the Kobayashi move on Alonso in last corner.

It should be replaced with the Aragon circuit if Bernie insists on having two GP's in Spain.

 

[mclaren777]

In Valencia's defence, it is an absolute beast of a track in F1 2010. I could do that track blindfolded, no one has ever beat me around Valencia.

I've driven it in rFactor and I also like it quite a bit.

 

[DieH@rd]

Valencia is a joy to ride in F1 2010 game. I really did not expect that to happen.

 

[soujiro_seta]

Hamilton vs Stewart is on SPEED now....

 

[Cereal KiIIer]

Just finished watching the race. Damn, Schumacher is still has it when it's wet. I couldn't stop laughing at all the front wing change.

 

[Leunam]

Lewis just lapped Watkins Glen faster than Tony Stewart in his own Impala.

 

[soujiro_seta]

Lewis just lapped Watkins Glen faster than Tony Stewart in his own Impala.

He seems to be having fun driving the car too.....

 

[Edmond Dantès]

Lewis just lapped Watkins Glen faster than Tony Stewart in his own Impala.

 

[Leunam]

Yeah. I think I'd have fun too, but not for 200+ laps.

EDIT: LOL, old guy in the crowd with a "BRING F1 BACK" sign.

 

[Wax Free Vanilla]

hamilton burnout:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reMB92DgW5M

 

[Leunam]

Lmao @ "watch the wall," I thought the same thing.

 

[Wax Free Vanilla]

what were the lap times?

 

[Leunam]

They'll probably post them later.

EDIT: CRAP, they just flashed them on the screen and I missed them.

EDIT2: Lewis beat Stewarts stock car time by about 7 seconds.

 

[Pterion]

Lewis just lapped Watkins Glen faster than Tony Stewart in his own Impala.

Like a boss!

 

[Leunam]

F1 Car

Stewart: 1:42.685
Hamilton: 1:50.209

Stock Car

Stewart: 2:18.280
Hamilton: 2:11.890

 

[Edmond Dantès]

F1 Car

Stewart: 1:42.685
Hamilton: 1:50.209

Stock Car

Stewart: 2:18.280
Hamilton: 2:11.890

That can't be right, can it?

 

[Leunam]

It's right, just rewound and checked the captions. When I posted that they were doing test runs on a damp track. It was a bit drier once they started setting times on a four or five lap stint. Either way, still really cool and I'd like to see an event like this more often. Really awesome to see how much both guys loved trying something completely different. Hamilton sounded like a kid with his first go-kart.

Here is Jeff Gordon and Juan Pablo Montoya swapping 2002 cars.

 

[soujiro_seta]

That can't be right, can it?

When Hamilton was running his laps, it was wet.... When it was Stewart's turn, the track was already dry....

 

[Ace Harding]

That can't be right, can it?

Stewart drove Indy cars, right? But still, I wouldn't expect him to come close to Hamilton's time.

Edit: I read those times backwards - whaaaaa??? Oh - wet/dry. Phew.

 

[Edmond Dantès]

It's right, just rewound and checked the captions. When I posted that they were doing test runs on a damp track. It was a bit drier once they started setting times on a four or five lap stint. Either way, still really cool and I'd like to see an event like this more often. Really awesome to see how much both guys loved trying something completely different. Hamilton sounded like a kid with his first go-kart.

Here is Jeff Gordon and Juan Pablo Montoya swapping 2002 cars.

Oh, thanks for the info.

 

[Edmond Dantès]

BBC faced with 700 complaints.

"I'm disgusted family shows should be treated with such disregard," said one viewer, adding: "Instead of Roadshow we were left staring at pundits standing in the rain for hours on end."

http://www.thef1times.com/news/display/03679

Where's the LOL smiley when you need it.

 

[Adamm]

BBC faced with 700 complaints.


http://www.thef1times.com/news/display/03679

Where's the LOL smiley when you need it.

This always happens when events run over thier time. Football & Tennis get plenty of complaints when it happens to them.

Really they should thank the BBC for trying to force them to watch an awesome race

 

[Foliorum Viridum]

Antiques Roadshow fans having nothing better to do than complain about something? Never!

 

[Betta Lines]

Man, I forgot how huge those last generation F1 cars were.

Aren't they even longer now?

 

[Mecha_Infantry]

What#s the berst site for reading about the technology like KERS/DRS, etc

 

[Edmond Dantès]

What#s the berst site for reading about the technology like KERS/DRS, etc

F1technical.net and scarbsf1‘s blog are good sources of technical info.

 

[Wax Free Vanilla]

Brundle driving Pirelli's F1 car today:

MBrundleF1
My toy for today 90 laps in Pirelli's F1 test car run by Toyota MotorSport to 2011 weight+ downforce. I'm so mega happy! We're testing every tyre wet+ dry. 34 deg ambient 45+deg track. Good for testing. We will water part of track later. Some great action shots

I hope the BBC are there to make this into a pre-race feature like ITV used to.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqDYoXl8244 - :bow

 

[Foliorum Viridum]

I believe Martin said it would be a feature in Canada.

 

[Adamm]

I believe Martin said it would be a feature in Canada.

Yeah, he said it would be a feature in the valencia race.

 

[Mecha_Infantry]

F1technical.net and scarbsf1‘s blog are good sources of technical info.

Cheers!

Didn't know DRS was such a simple feat...