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The Formula 1 2012 Season |OT2| WHY AREN'T YOU WATCHING THIS SEASON?!
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BrokenSymmetry
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Wow, Red Bull had their first podium in 2006. Amazingly fast rise!
Psychotext
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glol
"Don't you da... oh ok."
"Don't you da... oh ok."
fu3lfr3nzy
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dat champagne goggles
criesofthepast
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Yeah seriously Vettel fucking talks too much.
brotkasten
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Same here. Woke up, checked gpupdate and turned around again. Maybe I'm going to watch the pre-race and the forum.
On a positive note, it looks like Ferrari is second in the WCC. Not that it matters.
Australian commentary?
If you have a PS3, seriously, sign up for that international DNS thing and get the BBC sports player. I watched the whole thing in *actual* HD, ad free and very little buffering.
My TV is still busted, watching on my gf's TV with no HDMI input.
fu3lfr3nzy
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Hamilton vs AstroTurf
Ahahaha. Who's account is that, anyone famous?
Also: "You don't want to get run over by the medical car, that would be quite ironic" bahahaha
fu3lfr3nzy
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Who was that girl in the Ferrari garage? 
Who was that girl in the Ferrari garage?
Alonso's girlfriend I would assume.....they mentioned her in the broadcast
You don't know Sniff Petrol?! The site and twitter is hilarious, but it's rarely updated and he only tweets on race days.
PdotMichael
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Massa showed once again how bad the Ferrari is.
I can die happy now.
I think we can all expect another Vettel win at India.
For goodness sake.
The Ferrari isn't a bad car anymore, it just isn't good enough to take a championship since the race in the Hungaroring.
Subtle, yet big difference. Alonso/Massa can be on the podium a gazillion times, as long as Red Bull wins it's all worthless.
Myoclonic Jerk
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Kinda boring race.
I loved how Massa was just faster than Alonso all through the race. Especially when he backed off by 2 secs in one lap just to set a fastest lap and come back within the "allowed" gap
I wonder if Ferrari started giving him the right pieces or something! It can't be that he just woke up suddenly and decided to drive good
Shame for Kimi. It's clearly now between Alonso and Vettel, and Alonso's only chance is for Redbull to have reliability issues
It would be boring to see Vettel and Redbull winning it again this year, but anything would make me happier than eyebrows winning. Kimi so far is still Ferrari's last WDC
EDIT: and those Redbull comments towards the end of the race were fantastic. They were bluffing, Vettel set fastest last sector fo the race in the last lap .. maybe they were hoping Alonso would push harder and raise the risk of him going off or ruining his race or something.
I loved how Massa was just faster than Alonso all through the race. Especially when he backed off by 2 secs in one lap just to set a fastest lap and come back within the "allowed" gap
I wonder if Ferrari started giving him the right pieces or something! It can't be that he just woke up suddenly and decided to drive good
Shame for Kimi. It's clearly now between Alonso and Vettel, and Alonso's only chance is for Redbull to have reliability issues
It would be boring to see Vettel and Redbull winning it again this year, but anything would make me happier than eyebrows winning. Kimi so far is still Ferrari's last WDC
EDIT: and those Redbull comments towards the end of the race were fantastic. They were bluffing, Vettel set fastest last sector fo the race in the last lap
.. maybe they were hoping Alonso would push harder and raise the risk of him going off or ruining his race or something.PdotMichael
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just saying that Alonso needed two team orders in the last races to be ahead of Massa makes his comments that Massa's second place in Japan was more luck even more ridiculous .
And without his "racing incident" with Raikönnen he would still lead the championship.
Yes, no acknowledgement of Felipe's pace and race in Suzuka. But I suspect you're talking about this:
Saying that a second place on raceday is "a bit thanks to the circumstances" is not the same as "more luck than anything" as you put it.
Without his puncture at Suzuka he would probably still be leading, but he would lose it next race anyway. So, what is your point now exactly? Not the first time you post the same comment about Ferrari's car even though everyone agrees that it isn't bad like it was in the beginning of the season.
Mohonky
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Redbull - so tired of watching them dominate, almost makes me want them to incorporate a control chasis and aero package. I can't understate enough how much I do not want a third straight Vettel title.
Ferrari - Why did they not have Alonso try to lose minimal time while allowing Massa past to attack Webber and have him hold or at least annoy Webber enough that Alonso could move? That made no sense to me at all. Worst case they could have just told Massa to back off and let Alonso past again if it didn't work. They guaranteed themselves a third place by not doing that, if they had they might have had a chance to get Alonso into second.....
Massa been on bit of a steady incline for a little bit now and the past 2 races honestly he's driven like his pre-2009 self. If he can keep that up why would Ferrari let him go? Good to see him up there again.
Maclaren - I give up. As a Maclaren / Hamilton fan, they've done everything they can this year to disappoint. The astro-turf was just the icing on the cake. At least it gives Maclaren something to whinge about but really that car has looked like bit of a dog for awhile now, they've made no improvements to it what so ever and it even looks now like there is something fundamentally wrong with it structurally.
On the plus side, plenty of side by side racing today with very few cars wiping themselves out. Was good to see the drivers apparently beginning to know when enough was enough and where to choose their fights.
Ferrari - Why did they not have Alonso try to lose minimal time while allowing Massa past to attack Webber and have him hold or at least annoy Webber enough that Alonso could move? That made no sense to me at all. Worst case they could have just told Massa to back off and let Alonso past again if it didn't work. They guaranteed themselves a third place by not doing that, if they had they might have had a chance to get Alonso into second.....
Massa been on bit of a steady incline for a little bit now and the past 2 races honestly he's driven like his pre-2009 self. If he can keep that up why would Ferrari let him go? Good to see him up there again.
Maclaren - I give up. As a Maclaren / Hamilton fan, they've done everything they can this year to disappoint. The astro-turf was just the icing on the cake. At least it gives Maclaren something to whinge about but really that car has looked like bit of a dog for awhile now, they've made no improvements to it what so ever and it even looks now like there is something fundamentally wrong with it structurally.
On the plus side, plenty of side by side racing today with very few cars wiping themselves out. Was good to see the drivers apparently beginning to know when enough was enough and where to choose their fights.
One the Danish TV broadcast, a viewer brought up an interesting idea: Using DRS to catch up.
Let's say you have two teammates that need to close a gap. You have the one behind catch up, and use DRS to overtake, getting a boost for that lap. The next lap, you repeat that with the first car passing the second car again. And so on. Would that even work?
Let's say you have two teammates that need to close a gap. You have the one behind catch up, and use DRS to overtake, getting a boost for that lap. The next lap, you repeat that with the first car passing the second car again. And so on. Would that even work?
Adam Scott Aukerman
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I started watching it as soon as it came up on iPlayer, and only 15 laps in I was considering just skimming through it. I wish I had, instead I struggled through it in a comatose haze
Massa has essentially been confirmed at Ferrari now, so he can safely go back to having horrible weekends for another year.
Odd, Hamilton and Button have been quite pleased with it apart from the failures. Hamilton even said that the car was the best it's ever been at Suzuka. They tested new components at Suzuka too.
SunhiLegend
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Couldn't be bothered to watch the rest of the race after the 2nd round of pit stops. Red Bull are so far ahead that it's going to be a predictable end to the season, championship will likely be mathematically over before Brazil.
If there's one thing I can say that makes me Trulli happy about this weekend, it's the performance of the STRs and their drivers. Both Ricciardo and JEV drove above themselves today and had the points finishes to prove it. It's really looking like they're maturing as drivers now.
I doubt either of them will become RBR recruits to the level that Vettel became (but seriously, who could?*) but they've definitely done themselves proud this weekend. Pat on the back to both.
I miss when it was like that.
I honestly don't hate Vettel, I just hate that he makes everything too fucking predictable every. fucking. race.
Need a Vettel DNF to keep it alive.
Quite a silly comment to make, I think.
*Mitch Evans. Can't wait for them to give this guy a fucking seat. And he's an RBR driver-in-waiting, too... currently driving for MW Arden in GP3 (of which both Horner and Webber are team principles... hence the "MW").
I doubt either of them will become RBR recruits to the level that Vettel became (but seriously, who could?*) but they've definitely done themselves proud this weekend. Pat on the back to both.
Man, I was hoping that the first few corners were an indication of what the whole race would be like. That fight between Webber and Vettel... so fucking good. But sadly, wasn't to last.
I miss when it was like that.
I honestly don't hate Vettel, I just hate that he makes everything too fucking predictable every. fucking. race.
No more reliability issues. They're using the 2011 alternator now. Only hope we have is if they slip Vettel a 2012 one. I don't even know what sort of performance benefits there could be from using a different spec alternator (don't they all do the same thing?) but it's the only thing that would keep it interesting.
Need a Vettel DNF to keep it alive.
Alonso? Massa? Button? I'm not sure who "eyebrows" isIt would be boring to see Vettel and Redbull winning it again this year, but anything would make me happier than eyebrows winning. Kimi so far is still Ferrari's last WDC
The ones about the front-right? Yeah, I was hopeful at the time but looking back, you could see it was just a bluff. I'm just glad Webber got pole so Vettel couldn't get himself another Grand Chelem or whatever the fuck it was called.EDIT: and those Redbull comments towards the end of the race were fantastic. They were bluffing, Vettel set fastest last sector fo the race in the last lap
Which races? I honestly can't recall (m)any races this year being called "boring". Possibly Monaco, but that's it. Honestly, it's not the winner at the end that makes the race boring, but the proceedings leading up to it. Hell, if a Caterham one next, it'd still be called boring unless it was interesting leading up to it.
Quite a silly comment to make, I think.
I missed it. What was it?
*Mitch Evans. Can't wait for them to give this guy a fucking seat. And he's an RBR driver-in-waiting, too... currently driving for MW Arden in GP3 (of which both Horner and Webber are team principles... hence the "MW").
Foliorum Viridum
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HOLY SHIT that is totally Sean Bean. How have I never noticed that before?
My world is shattered and amazed.
My world is shattered and amazed.
Adam Scott Aukerman
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No more than a buyout of a few grand I would have thought.
brotkasten
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He probably died after reading the line.
So exactly what happened here when Alonso was leading by 30pts?
Oh the irony...
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