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The Formula 1 2012 Season |OT2| WHY AREN'T YOU WATCHING THIS SEASON?!
- Thread starter Leunam
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McLaren must be in dreamland now. Massive massive opportunity.
This championship is far from over now.
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
No way, man, that's a huge lead and it's making the championship boring, remember?
brotkasten
Member
I don't get it. It didn't work or help last year and yet they try again.
CurlySaysX
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Felipe has some swag.
The championship was already over before Spa, Alonso had it in the bag!11!1!
and Ron Dennis had the McLaren effect it seems too.
FootballFan
Member
What a disgrace from Ferrari, in front of their own fans. Was there possibly something wrong with the car, or are Ferrari really this stupid.
Goldrusher
Member
But will they finish?
I'd have no idea how Bottas would've done a better job in that Lotus today.
brotkasten
Member
Watch it being part of the plan. Massa to take out both McLaren in the first corner.
Alonso messed up his lap and fell too far behind massa to get a good slipstream.
If Hamilton finishes top 2 tomorrow and Vettel & Alonso finish 6th or below, it's going to be a very interesting second half of the year.
Maybe McLaren can be the first team to finish 1-2 this year? Not sure if anyone else has managed it yet.
pants
Member
Its hard not to finish a controlled from the front race, especially with the roadblocks behind them.
Sleeplessnights
Banned
Worst seats ever.
brotkasten
Member
What the fuck. More cost cutting measures from the FIA. The table and drinks have been removed from the conference room.
Sleeplessnights
Banned
It was there but the wrong Ferrari driver came in.
brotkasten
Member
Hard to believe after finishing on P1 in Q1 and Q2.
Because all they needed to do was let the drivers focus on their own quali lap, involving another driver into getting you up the grid creates all sorts of unnecessary complications, this time Massa benefited
Now that's exciting. I agree with that guy, Alonso's leading by 40 is boring while Vettel leading by 88pts last year with the possibility of clinching in Japan was exciting. Yeah that happened...
Not going to happen. Monza is very hard to overtake if the cars are on the same pace, so don't expect any kind of magical recovery. It's more likely that he ends up DNF after a 1st corner accident than finish on the top 5.
Slackbladder
Member
I can't stop laughing! What were Ferrari trying to do? Serves themselves right!
brotkasten
Member
I know I can be a bit of a downer and emotions play a part in this, but I'm confident that Alonso already lost the championship. He had a good run.
Been looking several replays with 'slipstream' attempt and it seems that Fernando's DRS broke, because he was racing with DRS closed into reverse straight..
PdotMichael
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well, alone the possibility that something like that is possible is more interesting than a 40 points lead and an Alonso who drives the races just home.
What's more Mark starts in 11th and the Redbull has good pace., should be interesting, Also I loved Ldm's reaction lol.
brotkasten
Member
Code:
Pos Driver Car Time Gap
1. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m24.010s
2. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m24.133s + 0.123s
3. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m24.247s + 0.237s
4. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m24.304s + 0.294s***
5. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1m24.540s + 0.530s
6. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m24.802s + 0.792s
7. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m24.833s + 0.823s
8. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault 1m24.855s + 0.845s
9. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1m25.109s + 1.099s
10. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m25.678s + 1.668s
Q2 cut-off time: 1m24.742s Gap *
11. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m24.809s + 0.567s
12. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1m24.820s + 0.578s****
13. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1m24.901s + 0.659s
14. Bruno Senna Williams-Renault 1m25.042s + 0.800s
15. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m25.312s + 1.070s
16. Jerome d'Ambrosio Lotus-Renault 1m25.408s + 1.166s
17. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m25.441s + 1.199s
Q1 cut-off time: 1m25.834s Gap **
18. Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 1m26.382s + 2.207s
19. Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 1m26.887s + 2.712s
20. Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 1m27.039s + 2.864s
21. Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 1m27.073s + 2.898s
22. Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 1m27.441s + 3.266s
23. Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 1m27.629s + 3.454s
24. Nico Hulkenberg Force India-MercedesSame here, said it yesterday that Spa was the turning point and it certainly looks like I'm right.
The points gap to Alonso closing isn't going to be exciting, because he'll just fall back in the standings. I don't think it's going to be this epic, close battle to the end like some expect.
brotkasten
Member
According to Sky, the rear roll bar was broken at Alonso's car.
Feels like it.....can't believe when he actually has a semi decent car, everything falls apart
SunhiLegend
Member
I'm feeling the same way going into Monza, if Ferrari don't have a good weekend then the championship seems like it might be out of reach for Alonso. Mclaren are on course to win 3 races in a row and they've looked mighty quick since Hungary.
Although I want Hamilton or Button to win, this really would be hilarious.
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