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[SunhiLegend]

I didn't know Alonso was leaving....

Alonso and Kubica are very good friends, I'm pretty sure Alonso would welcome Kubica as a team mate.

 

[ReadingRambo]

Total joke post. Didn't realize we had moved on from how bad Massa was in 2011.

 

[NHale]

Alonso and Kubica are very good friends, I'm pretty sure Alonso would welcome Kubica as a team mate.

Definitely. It's probably the only good F1 driver that Alonso wouldn't mind as a team mate he even recently said Kubica is the best F1 driver.

He's also good friends with Webber but he's not a good driver

Spoiler

/joking

 

[Orgun]

Bets are up on f1racemanager

Watched some of the Sky F1 shows last night on SkyGo. As expected, most of the studio stuff is awful. The track stuff with Brundle is great though

 

[gutterboy44]

Yes! Made it into the GAF league this year. Was so bummed to catch the thread after the season's start. Looks to be a fun fantasy scoring system.

So hyped for this weekend.

 

[Adamm]

Bets are up on f1racemanager

Bets stay up until qualifying starts right?

 

[navanman]

Bets stay up until qualifying starts right?

Yup, wait till FP3 is over and make your choices!!

 

[amar212]

Got this to prepare for the weekend:

This damn thing is not available in UK Amazon to ship in my country.

Damn it forever.

 

[kharma45]

Bets are up on f1racemanager

Watched some of the Sky F1 shows last night on SkyGo. As expected, most of the studio stuff is awful. The track stuff with Brundle is great though

Bets?

 

[mclaren777]

Breakpoint?

Good job, Tilke. :\

 

[Adamm]

Bets?

You can pick who who think will be first 3 in the race & 1st qualify first. Also 3 random questions like 'Will Alson to finish in top 6?' etc..

They give you $400,000 for each one you get right

 

[kharma45]

You can pick who who think will be first 3 in the race & 1st qualify first. Also 3 random questions like 'Will Alson to finish in top 6?' etc..

They give you $400,000 for each one you get right

Ah right, sweet. Cheers!

 

[Goldrusher]

Breakpoint?

Good job, Tilke. :\

Breakpoints, yes.

 

[navanman]

Breakpoints, yes.

WOW, saving for future use.

 

[ANDY_098]

Breakpoints, yes.

Just what I was thinking.


Double DRS zone for Melbourne, only 1 detection point though.

 

[Adamm]

Breakpoints, yes.

**Buemi gif**

The funniest thing about that is that Buemi kept trying to steer even without any front wheels

 

[Deadman]

Strange to only have one detection point. Activation zone 2 must be a good 20 seconds away from the detection point.

 

[Gareth Bale]

For the bets it makes sense just to pick all podium places as one driver, right?

 

[ANDY_098]

For the bets it makes sense just to pick all podium places as one driver, right?

Depends if you want to make a safe 400,000 or risk it for 800k or 1.2mil.

 

[S. L.]

For the bets it makes sense just to pick all podium places as one driver, right?

nah, just Vettel on 1 and the other two as wild guesses

 

[RomanticHeroX]

Apropos of nothing, here's a picture of Kamui Kobayashi and a koala.

 

[Foliorum Viridum]

The funniest thing about that is that Buemi kept trying to steer even without any front wheels

I think that's an understandable reaction. You wouldn't have time to think "this isn't going to work..."

 

[Dilly]

Alonso and Kubica in one team would make me jazz my pants.

A man can dream.

 

[Foliorum Viridum]

Alonso and Kubica in one team would make me jazz my pants.

First of the thread?

 

[Goldrusher]

 

[mclaren777]

Alonso and Kubica in one team would make me jazz my pants.

Do you honestly hate Kubica that much? If he joined Alonso at Ferrari, he would be treated like Massa, and if Alonso joined him at another team, Fernando would be as ass like he was to Lewis at Mclaren.

Kubica doesn't benefit in either scenario.

Thanks. I'll add it to my folder of ugly Michael attire.

 

[brotkasten]

Looks like Bernie is quite happy with Codemasters.

Codemasters wins race to drive new FORMULA ONE™ games.

Codemasters wins race to drive new FORMULA ONE™ games to new genres, platforms and territories. Formula One World Championship Limited extends multi-year videogame alliance with Codemasters. FORMULA ONE games portfolio to expand and diversify throughout 2012 and beyond.

Codemasters® will remain the home of official FORMULA ONE games with the confirmation that it has extended its partnership with Formula One World Championship Limited in a further multi-year agreement to develop and publish multiple titles for video game consoles, personal computers, mobile devices and online platforms.


Bernie Ecclestone, Formula One group CEO, said:

“Codemasters has created some of the best and most successful FORMULA ONE games to date. We and the teams work closely with them and look forward to creating more award winning games together in the future.”


Rod Cousens, CEO, Codemasters said:

“We got off to a strong start with FORMULA ONE but we harbour ambitions to do much more. FORMULA ONE is front of mind at Codemasters and we give it the focus and attention it deserves. We have established close links across the sport and they know that, in Codemasters, they have a great partner.

“We remain ambitious with our plans and want to take the series forward. We want to take it to new geographies, make it available on new platforms to new audiences. We are taking FORMULA ONE to a new online platform this spring and our portfolio will be extended with a FORMULA ONE experience that will address a younger video game audience later in 2012. Our teams are hard at it, creating world class FORMULA ONE games across multiple genres for players irrespective of location or gaming platform and now, for many years to come.”


Codemasters will continue to produce the official FORMULA ONE game for worldwide release; development will remain with the BAFTA award-winning studio team at Codemasters Birmingham. The FORMULA ONE portfolio will be expanded with F1 ONLINE THE GAME™, a free-to-play online management and racing game, which will go live this spring. An additional and all-new FORMULA ONE experience for a family audience is due this holiday season with details to be announced.

http://www.codemasters.co.uk/uk/article/codemasters_wins_race_to_drive_new_formula_one_games/

Now if he'd ever play the games at launch ...

 

[Dilly]

Do you honestly hate Kubica that much? If he joined Alonso at Ferrari, he would be treated like Massa, and if Alonso joined him at another team, Fernando would be as ass like he was to Lewis at Mclaren.

Kubica doesn't benefit in either scenario.

Kubica isn't Massa.

Also tired of constantly hearing that "Alonso gets all resources talk!" all the time. If Kubica really would get treated like that, he's gone. Also, being a driver at Ferrari after coming back from 2 years of recovery is what I'd call beneficial.

 

[dubc35]

Looks like Bernie is quite happy with Codemasters.

As long as it puts more money in his pocket Bernie could care less who makes the games.

 

[Edmond Dantès]

I'd love a peek at his training regime, he still is one of the better athletes in F1. He has far more muscle mass than any of the front runners who look more like marathon runners.

 

[acm2000]

I'd love a peek at his training regime, he still is one of the better athletes in F1. He has far more muscle mass than any of the front runners who look more like marathon runners.

f1 is more about fitness than muscle

 

[Edmond Dantès]

f1 is more about fitness than muscle

The two can be combined to great effect as Michael proved when he was in his peak.

 

[Psychotext]

The two can be combined to great effect as Michael proved when he was in his peak.

Wasn't he basically the first of the superfit drivers back in the day? I remember they always used to show him working out... and then you'd see someone like Irvine.

 

[RomanticHeroX]

Wasn't he basically the first of the superfit drivers back in the day? I remember they always used to show him working out... and then you'd see someone like Irvine.

In many ways, Schumi was Senna prime. Senna was an early driver to really emphasize fitness, then Schumi took it to a ridiculous level.

 

[Edmond Dantès]

Wasn't he basically the first of the superfit drivers back in the day? I remember they always used to show him working out... and then you'd see someone like Irvine.

Yeah, he took what Senna was doing and ramped it up to a whole new level. He is to F1 fitness what Jackie Stewart and Sid Watkins were to F1 safety.

 

[Deadman]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRTNn-i3kgY

Schumacher talking about his start procedure.

 

[Goldrusher]

Nice curb stones.

They used to be red-white.

 

[DrM]

Looks like Caterham private racetrack lol

 

[SunhiLegend]

Nice curb stones.

They used to be red-white.

Why did they change the colour of the curbs? They changed the colour at Spa as well, preferred red-white.

 

[S. L.]

Looks like Caterham private racetrack lol

made out of lego

 

[Edmond Dantès]

Looks more like a yellow and green carbon effect.

 

[mblitek]

Hahaha he always wears the gaudiest clothes! No, cancel that, the German reported from RDL (I think).

As long as it puts more money in his pocket Bernie could care less who makes the games.

You know it, a few minutes of talking and bam, press release. After coughing up the $ of course!

Wasn't he basically the first of the superfit drivers back in the day? I remember they always used to show him working out... and then you'd see someone like Irvine.

Yep, also, he was the first Driver to really inspect and look at other drivers' cars and their tires. You'll notice he still does it and so does Vettel...Both are very smart intelligence wise.

I'm really enjoying all these SKYF1 specials over here in Canada!

 

[Adamm]

Nice Sauber 'Season Trailer'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ts9dEzqcAxs

Wish they had some of these camera angles during the actual race

 

[AcridMeat]

Apropos of nothing, here's a picture of Kamui Kobayashi and a koala.

You have made me a happy man today.

 

[Dave Long]

Yep, also, he was the first Driver to really inspect and look at other drivers' cars and their tires. You'll notice he still does it and so does Vettel...Both are very smart intelligence wise.

That sounds a little bit unrealistic. Guys have been looking at each other's tires over here in the US on dirt tracks since the 60's.

 

[Goldrusher]

Why did they change the colour of the curbs? They changed the colour at Spa as well, preferred red-white.

Well, "green and gold" are the national colors of Australia.

Spa changed to red-yellow because of Shell, now the race's main sponsor. And they're the national colors of Wallonia as well.

 

[ClassyPenguin]

what's the gaf league on f1 manager?

 

[ANDY_098]

what's the gaf league on f1 manager?

League name: NeoGaf
Password: gaffers

 

[ClassyPenguin]

thanks

 

[Edmond Dantès]

Sky Sports F1's championship predictions.

http://www1.skysports.com/formula-1/news/22058/7582410/The-winning-formula