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[S. L.]

 

[RomanticHeroX]

Did he borrow that from Rubens?

 

[Edmond Dantès]

Gorgeous cars.

 

[wonderkins]

Probably stewards and Charlie went on 'schnapps und bier' tour yesterday and are still drunk

After the stewards took points away from Kamui and Sergio for a mendacious, what, 5mm or so in Oz...they can all go toss themselves off a cliff. Whiting wouldn't have been so severe had it been one of the top 4. Perez was outright awesome his first race. What a crock.

I'm still sore about the penalty given to Schumi at Monaco last year. Or the BS penalty to Fernando at Silverstone, last year, when Whiting dithered around. And all the ring-around-the-rosey with Lewis this year. His driving style hasn't changed (still glorious) yet he probably knows every inch of every stewards' office by now. The FIA officials are only human, yadda-yadd-yadda, but still...

Todt seems a nice guy, awesome at Ferrari but useless as head of the FIA. Both should go away, post haste.

 

[Edmond Dantès]

After the stewards took points away from Kamui and Sergio for a mendacious, what, 5mm or so in Oz...they can all go toss themselves off a cliff. Whiting wouldn't have been so severe had it been one of the top 4. Perez was outright awesome his first race. What a crock.

I'm still sore about the penalty given to Schumi at Monaco last year. Or the BS penalty to Fernando at Silverstone, last year, when Whiting dithered around. And all the ring-around-the-rosey with Lewis this year. His driving style hasn't changed (still glorious) yet he probably knows every inch of every stewards' office by now. The FIA officials are only human, yadda-yadd-yadda, but still...

Todt seems a nice guy, awesome at Ferrari but useless as head of the FIA. Both should go away, post haste.

I wonder what the FIA would look right now if Ari Vatanen had won the election.

 

[Ark]

It would still have that specific shade of red.

 

[Edmond Dantès]

It would still have that specific shade of red.

Oh, you're far too cynical.

 

[Dead Man]

After the stewards took points away from Kamui and Sergio for a mendacious, what, 5mm or so in Oz...they can all go toss themselves off a cliff. Whiting wouldn't have been so severe had it been one of the top 4. Perez was outright awesome his first race. What a crock.

I'm still sore about the penalty given to Schumi at Monaco last year. Or the BS penalty to Fernando at Silverstone, last year, when Whiting dithered around. And all the ring-around-the-rosey with Lewis this year. His driving style hasn't changed (still glorious) yet he probably knows every inch of every stewards' office by now. The FIA officials are only human, yadda-yadd-yadda, but still...

Todt seems a nice guy, awesome at Ferrari but useless as head of the FIA. Both should go away, post haste.

I think Todt is okay so far, but Whiting is losing his marbles. He needs to have a much more narrowly defined role.

 

[Sloane]

The shitty weather we've been having here for almost a month now will finally be put to good use:

I wish. No rain expected on Saturday and Sunday.

 

[navanman]

instead I was blackmailed and forced to hand over $44 million.

http://adamcooperf1.com/2011/07/22/ecclestone-admits-he-paid-gribkowsky-44m/

 

[navanman]

The excellent Craig Scarborough has put together 2 drawings of what the 2014 F1 cars will look like.

 

[RomanticHeroX]

I really need to go to another GP soon before they transition over to those things.

 

[vanty]

I thought one of the new rules was low nose cones? Or is it the opposite?

 

[Edmond Dantès]

I thought one of the new rules was low nose cones? Or is it the opposite?

Lower, but not as drastic as the eighties or early nineties.

 

[Orgun]

This is one of my favourite tracks to race F1 cars on rFactor Looking forward to watching practice...which is on now!

 

[navanman]

FP1 PRACTICE 1 BITCHES!!

Better late than ever..

Hamilton going unusually hard at it from the start putting in some quick times.

 

[Pizza Luigi]

Is there a practice stream somewhere? Obviously nothing here broadcasts it.

 

[RomanticHeroX]

Try this

 

[Lucius86]

FP1 PRACTICE 1 BITCHES!!

F1 weekend has truly begun.

 

[RomanticHeroX]

So many tyres ruined by that first corner.

 

[Templar Wizard]

try this one:
http://zonein.tv/496446

 

[RomanticHeroX]

Schumi going off road to wave to the crowd, so awesome.

 

[Lucius86]

Schumi going off road to wave to the crowd, so awesome.

Missed that. Can anyone get a clip of it anywhere?

 

[DrM]

Hamilton going unusually hard at it from the start putting in some quick times.

Button is quite pleased with the car, this is something new...

 

[Salacious Crumb]

Woah big moment for Buemi.

 

[InertiaXr]

Woah big moment for Buemi.

So weird to see the car kind of 'glide' over the gravel. Announcers going pretty hard about gravel being bad for the cars compared to pavement.

 

[DrM]

Classic FP1, you can't tell shit from this times.

Well only this, that Virgin is dead ass slow

 

[Dilly]

What's Scarborough's education? He seems to have a lot of technical knowledge about these things.

 

[navanman]

Massa is putting in good times which means Ferrari are pretty quick and carrying over there Silverstone form IMO.

 

[S. L.]

Classic FP1, you can't tell shit from this times.

Well only this, that Virgin is dead ass slow

the Virgins didn't run the test tyres which were quite a bit faster

 

[DrM]

Massa is putting in good times which means Ferrari are pretty quick and carrying over there Silverstone form IMO.

I will wait until FP3 to see if that is true.

Also, currently it seems that we will have very wet race. Saturday will be only dry day.

 

[Edmond Dantès]

What's Scarborough's education? He seems to have a lot of technical knowledge about these things.

http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/craig-scarborough/9/80/a8b

 

[itsgreen]

P Driver Team Time Laps Note
1 F. Alonso Ferrari 1:31.894 30 Season Best¹
2 M. Webber Red Bull 1:32.217 24
3 S. Vettel Red Bull 1:32.268 27
4 F. Massa Ferrari 1:32.681 23 Season Best¹
5 L. Hamilton McLaren 1:32.996 18
6 J. Button McLaren 1:33.628 22
7 N. Rosberg Mercedes GP 1:33.787 33
8 A. Sutil Force India 1:33.832 27 Season Best¹
9 N. Hulkenberg Force India 1:33.858 26
10 M. Schumacher Mercedes GP 1:33.863 31
11 V. Petrov Renault 1:34.094 22
12 J. Alguersuari STR 1:35.115 23
13 S. Buemi STR 1:35.371 20
14 R. Barrichello Williams 1:35.389 24
15 N. Heidfeld Renault 1:35.444 22
16 S. Perez Sauber 1:36.371 22
17 H. Kovalainen Lotus 1:36.392 29
18 P. Maldonado Williams 1:36.842 29 Season Worst
19 K. Kobayashi Sauber 1:36.882 27
20 N. Karthikeyan HRT 1:38.504* 22 Season Best¹
21 K. Chandhok Lotus 1:38.765* 19
22 D. Ricciardo STR 1:39.279* 24
23 T. Glock Virgin 1:40.109* 23 Season Worst¹
24 J. d'Ambrosio Virgin 1:40.428* 22 Season Worst
107% time is 1:38.327, ¹ matches previously best/worst result

http://formula1news.com/article/770/Results-Practice-1-Alonso-takes-first-practice

 

[Wax Free Vanilla]

N. Karthikeyan HRT 1:38.504* 22

D. Ricciardo HRT 1:39.279* 24

the real deal.

 

[brotkasten]

What's with Sauber? I had the feeling they were performing better at the beginning of the season.

 

[Nolan.]

Damn missed FP1 and didn't even realize Narain was back

 

[Jinjo]

You know, I'm no Ferrari fan and not in the faintest bit an Alonso enthousiast, but if there's one man who can bring the fight to Red Bull (Vettel), he's it. I actually hope he pulls it off this year. :lol

 

[Psychotext]

You know, I'm no Ferrari fan and not in the faintest bit an Alonso enthousiast, but if there's one man who can bring the fight to Red Bull (Vettel), he's it. I actually hope he pulls it off this year. :lol

I thought only Hamilton could challenge Vettel? He was very clear about that.

 

[Shaneus]

You know, I'm no Ferrari fan and not in the faintest bit an Alonso enthousiast, but if there's one man who can bring the fight to Red Bull (Vettel), he's it. I actually hope he pulls it off this year. :lol

I kind of do, too. Not counting Webber, obviously. Somehow, in my head, Nando has become less of a cunt with every passing race.

 

[Lucius86]

I kind of do, too. Not counting Webber, obviously. Somehow, in my head, Nando has become less of a cunt with every passing race.

He still drives for Ferrari. That's my issue with him.

 

[Jinjo]

I thought only Hamilton could challenge Vettel? He was very clear about that.

Who was clear on that? Hamilton? You know, I'm admittedly a Hamilton supporter, but he's not on it this year. He seems restless/anxious this year for some reason.

I kind of do, too. Not counting Webber, obviously. Somehow, in my head, Nando has become less of a cunt with every passing race.

Haha, I feel exactly the same. I don't why either.

 

[Psychotext]

Who was clear on that? Hamilton?

That's right.

 

[Edmond Dantès]

I kind of do, too. Not counting Webber, obviously. Somehow, in my head, Nando has become less of a cunt with every passing race.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

 

[Sloane]

Also, currently it seems that we will have very wet race. Saturday will be only dry day.

Source? Weather report says it will be dry on Sunday, too. Would be funny / sad, I live like an hourlong drive away from the track and it's been raining for weeks (and rain is supposed to continue next week) but this weekend it seems to be dry.

 

[Edmond Dantès]

That's right.

He doesn't seem as optimistic now.

"The chance to win the championship is very small, but it's not impossible,"

"As long as there is even a small chance you have to put on as much pressure as you can. If we win the next five races, we're back in it," insisted the Briton in Hamburg.

http://www.motorsport.com/#/F1/news/f1-title-hopes-very-small-admits-hamilton/?v=2&s=1&i=7

 

[SunhiLegend]

Missed that. Can anyone get a clip of it anywhere?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfUZOrKT9Fk

 

[Adamm]

You know, I'm no Ferrari fan and not in the faintest bit an Alonso enthousiast, but if there's one man who can bring the fight to Red Bull (Vettel), he's it. I actually hope he pulls it off this year. :lol

I think we should coun ourselves lucky that Alonso is not in a Red Bull - no one would even get close to him.

 

[Lucius86]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfUZOrKT9Fk

Ha, many thanks for that.

Schumacher gained a few points for that from me.

 

[Edmond Dantès]

I think we should coun ourselves lucky that Alonso is not in a Red Bull - no one would even get close to him.

I'm sure Lewis would, even without the influence of Ron Dennis.

 

[SunhiLegend]