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The Formula 1 2012 Season |OT2| WHY AREN'T YOU WATCHING THIS SEASON?!
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I don't know whats sarcasm & whats real any more!
brotkasten
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@mrjakehumphrey: Vettel's garage door has just been dramatically closed...without Seb's car in it. #drama #vettel #bbcf1
Wait, Vettel starts 24th tomorrow? Guess I might wake up really early and watch the race after all.
Decent qualifying effort from Hammy, just think he is too hard on his tires to keep first, but with the only other real challenge starting 24th he should have the race in the bag...
Decent qualifying effort from Hammy, just think he is too hard on his tires to keep first, but with the only other real challenge starting 24th he should have the race in the bag...
Vettel starting 24th is not confirmed yet
No Alonso, no Hamilton, Webber behind him. The only of the big three teams in front of him was Button. Hulkenberg almost did the same (minus one position), but with a worse car.
brotkasten
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Can you please leave Charlie alone and get him enjoy his dinner? Damn kids and their toys ...
fuuuckit took 4 and half hour in span for hamilton so i dont know what your talking about Ark.
brotkasten
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brotkasten
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Jake's hyping this up.
@mrjakehumphrey: Remember, for a decision that could change F1 history, tune to the BBC News channel now, we are live at 6.45pm #bbcf1 #vettel #AbuDhabiGP
@mrjakehumphrey: Remember, for a decision that could change F1 history, tune to the BBC News channel now, we are live at 6.45pm #bbcf1 #vettel #AbuDhabiGP
DancingCactus77
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Penalty: Vettel starting from back of grid.
criesofthepast
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Vettel caught taking performance enhancing drugs confirmed on twitter.
Adam Scott Aukerman
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We might actually have a bloody race on our hands then tomorrow. Good stuff.
24th!!! Poor Vettel
dont give me that poor vettel. you like this and you know it =(
fucking hell alonso will cruise to a podium and get his lead in the championship back.
I can just see the reactions tomorrow after alonso ends up on the podium and takes the lead back.
Fuck yeah the championship fight is back on.
When it was over according to most people when vettel had a small lead point wise.
EDIT: also RBR are a bunch of idiots for making a stupid mistake like this that could cost them million of dollars and the championship.
Fuck yeah the championship fight is back on.
When it was over according to most people when vettel had a small lead point wise.
EDIT: also RBR are a bunch of idiots for making a stupid mistake like this that could cost them million of dollars and the championship.
brotkasten
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I don't think so. Instead of Vettel, you have Hamilton starting from P1 and winning the race.
Here is how it goes:
Alonso will not win the race tomorrow. If anything he'll barely end up on P3, but he probably won't.
Vettel will still end up in the points, Alonso closes the gap a bit and nothing much is going to change in the WDC fight.
2 week break
Austin
Ferrari still doesn't have a competitive car.
Higher imo, 5-6th.
Vettel will probably still get points and Alonso won't get enough points to get back in front.
Dude thats overtaking 19 people.
He will have no problem with the HRT's catherham's and marusia's.
But the saubers and force india's might be a problem for him. All the more since RBR are not that fast on the straights.
SunhiLegend
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Vettel will have DRS this year.
I expect Vettel to get at least a handle full of points tomorrow, he'll probably still lead the championship.
Edit: Vettel could possibly start from the pitlane?
I wouldn't be overly worried about getting past any of those cars, the RBR is a fast enough car to be able to do that.
Foliorum Viridum
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People who have started at the back have gone on to the top 6 before, easily.
Anything lower for Vettel is downright unrealistic, unless he has incidents or forgets how to drive.
One good strategy alone gets him top 6.
How can you have so little faith in your own driver?
Vettel is a champ, he drives like a champ and he overtakes like a champ. He'll be in the points for sure tomorrow, Alonso isn't going to get anywhere unless something interesting happens.
Sure this has made the title a little more interesting, but the Ferrari still isn't anywhere.
Vettel is a champ, he drives like a champ and he overtakes like a champ. He'll be in the points for sure tomorrow, Alonso isn't going to get anywhere unless something interesting happens.
Sure this has made the title a little more interesting, but the Ferrari still isn't anywhere.
criesofthepast
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I always knew something like this could happen. Motorsports ain't like the late 50's/early 60's Celtics dynasty. Anything can and will happen.
brotkasten
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Yeah, but don't forget that Alonso has the best car on the grid and can easily cruise on the podium, if not win the race!
Pretend to set your expectations low, act all surprised during the race. Post "OMG VETTE U SO GOOD, OMG BABY YEAH THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT". Everyone wins.
I can't understand how a team believes they can fool the FIA by underfuelling the car to get a better time on Q3. What's the point of doing that? They know exactly the amount of fuel they put on the car and the telemetry gives the same info too in case the fuel pump is broken. So when the engineer does all the checks on the car during the out-lap he clearly saw that he didn't had the sufficient fuel and still allowed Vettel to do his lap? Why? Make him come in after the out-lap and start at the top 10 instead of 24th. But I guess teams still believe they can fool FIA...which is probably true...
What is more problematic is that everytime Red Bull is not the fastest car the team becomes very prone to silly mistakes that end up costing their drivers.
If Vettel finishes behind Alonso, it's still a positive result for Ferrari/Alonso considering that their car is still slower than Red Bull.
Unfortunately them they will still have to be lucky and pray for another mistake/technical problem in Austin or Brazil to have any chance of winning the WDC.
What is more problematic is that everytime Red Bull is not the fastest car the team becomes very prone to silly mistakes that end up costing their drivers.
If Vettel finishes behind Alonso, it's still a positive result for Ferrari/Alonso considering that their car is still slower than Red Bull.
Unfortunately them they will still have to be lucky and pray for another mistake/technical problem in Austin or Brazil to have any chance of winning the WDC.
Even worse for him then as he'd have to wait for the other 23 cars to go past him first.
This is it exactly! haha
And you call me annoying sjeez.
Foliorum Viridum
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That's Dilly, but I can see how you made this mistake.
Maybe change the gearbox because it could be damaged after he touched the barrier today. Oddly, this could end up being the best thing it happened to him instead of having a gearbox failure during the race ala Hamilton in Singapore.
Funny, people think the championship is still open after this?
The only way Alonso can become champion is if Vettel's 2012 alternator craps itself again and Alonso gets at least on the podium during the same race. This incident alone is nothing.
I also find it hilarious that it takes the FIA 4 hours to check a fuel level of a car.
The only way Alonso can become champion is if Vettel's 2012 alternator craps itself again and Alonso gets at least on the podium during the same race. This incident alone is nothing.
I also find it hilarious that it takes the FIA 4 hours to check a fuel level of a car.
Adam Scott Aukerman
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Probably much safer to start from the pit lane as well.
He's not going to do it on raw pace alone, but at least these circumstances give him a chance of taking it down to Brazil, where anything could happen. Perhaps Vettel crashes in FP3 and subsequently fucks his qualifying, perhaps it rains up a storm and causes chaos, perhaps someone bumps Vettel in the first corner...
Elvin Atombender
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Vettel will probably finish the race a few places behind Alonso but in the points so the championship will be very close!
The only thing this does is extend the championship for another race.
Alonso cant get any where near Vettel in a normal race
brotkasten
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I don't even think a DNF for Vettel and a win from Alonso would change that much. It's like the win in Malaysia at the beginning of the season. The race after that is a fight for P4-P6.
Priorities.
Perfect.
Myoclonic Jerk
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Wow! This will indeed be an interesting race. I don't understand though, red bull is always so fast in quali why risk the fuel being so low?
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