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[Dilly]

aight

 

[Ark]

This is great, ha.

EDIT: This deserves to be on this page.

I think this'll come in handy for the rest of the season.

 

[brotkasten]

Maria de Villota was released from the hospital:

A statement on her behalf said de Villota, 32, had not suffered any neurological injuries.

"The patient's general conditions are good, which allowed us to release her yesterday," read the statement.

"In these six days, she has been treated by specialists of the plastic and neurological surgery services, and the ophthalmology department, who will continue to follow her, as she will need to undergo periodical checks and treatments.

"As communicated previously, the patient has lost her right eye, as a consequence of the serious trauma suffered, and she will be closely followed by the ophthalmology service. The specialists of the plastic surgery service will be responsible for following the serious injuries to her face and correcting the effects of those."

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/101499

And the FIA has confirmed the DRS zone for the race. It's going to be the same as last year's zone.

The 4.381-kilometre (2.722 mile) Hungaroring is unchanged apart from resurfacing in Turn 14. The single DRS zone is on the start-finish straight, with the detection point at the entrance to the final Turn 14 and the activation point on its exit.

 

[DrM]

I would buy t-shirt with picture of crying Rubens / concerned Felipe / Webber with #2 sign in his hands.

 

[Nolan.]

Massa going on about only staying in F1 if he has a competitive drive if not at Ferrari is just ridiculous. He really is just such a lap dog these days instead of talking about his race he's talking about supporting Fernando. I'm just so disappointed in how far he has fallen I guess it would be best for him to just go away if he's not at Ferrari next year.

 

[Risgroo]

Massa going on about only staying in F1 if he has a competitive drive if not at Ferrari is just ridiculous. He really is just such a lap dog these days instead of talking about his race he's talking about supporting Fernando. I'm just so disappointed in how far he has fallen I guess it would be best for him to just go away if he's not at Ferrari next year.

Yeah, the real Massa died 3 years ago, sadly. He's just a shadow of his former self.

 

[Wax Free Vanilla]

In Montreal the FIA inspectors found an illegal mechanism to change the third damper on the front axle. The damper setting affects the front axle ride height, which must not change between quali and race. Because manual changes are difficult to detect for FIA inspectors, the FIA came up with the rule that all suspension changes must require tools. [It's the first time I heard of such a rule - is it written somewhere or is it one of the seemingly endless supply of regulations the FIA never bothered to make public?]

In the case of Red Bull however changing the setting was child's play with the bare hand. If someone wanted to think evil he could insinuate that RBR changed the ride height between quali and race in the preceding races. The FIA told RBR to cease using this mechanism without making noises. Rules experts say that it would have been easy to DQ RBR over this in Montreal

lol, so they've been using this since 2010 and the FIA only found it this season?

 

[Adam Scott Aukerman]

Massa going on about only staying in F1 if he has a competitive drive if not at Ferrari is just ridiculous. He really is just such a lap dog these days instead of talking about his race he's talking about supporting Fernando. I'm just so disappointed in how far he has fallen I guess it would be best for him to just go away if he's not at Ferrari next year.

It would be absolutely hysterical if he's sent back to Sauber next year, and he's still ordered to to support Fernando.

 

[navanman]

It would be absolutely hysterical if he's sent back to Sauber next year, and he's still ordered to to support Fernando.

Its being reported in the papers this evening that Ferrari's option on Massa ran out yesterday without any move from the team been made.
They can still sign him up for next year but he is a free agent by the sounds of it too if he feels like leaving...

 

[Fantomex]

 

[brotkasten]

From the press conference:

Q. (Livio Oricchio - O Estado de Sao Paulo) ... And what happened when you were leaving Hockenheim? We saw some pictures (of him tripping over a barrier he was trying to climb over)...

KR. I almost fell down. It was close!

Almost, huh?

 

[Deadman]

The thing i like most about that picture is how he managed to slide the bottle he was holding in between the tyre and the bodywork of the car.

 

[Ark]

The thing i like most about that picture is how he managed to slide the bottle he was holding in between the tyre and the bodywork of the car.

My god, I never noticed this o_o

 

[Big Takeover]

The thing i like most about that picture is how he managed to slide the bottle he was holding in between the tyre and the bodywork of the car.

Nobody's that protective of a lousy bottle of water. Gin & Tonic roadie confirmed.

 

[Shaneus]

Hey guys! Fucking GREAT news:
Melbourne Grand Prix receives glowing publicity report

MELBOURNE GRAND PRIX RECEIVES GLOWING PUBLICITY REPORT

The Melbourne Grand Prix has received a glowing report regarding the level of publicity generated by the Formula 1 event.
The report, published by British consultancy firm Formula Money, says that the annual Grand Prix around the Albert Park lake has generated exposure for Melbourne valued at $816 million in the past four years.
The report also says that the 2012 race delivered publicity valued at $217 million, and increase of 14 percent over the 2011 race previous year.
In a story published by the Herald Sun today, it says that the research takes into account vision of the city broadcast throughout the world and media coverage.
Over the past few years, the Melbourne Grand Prix has been dogged by negative press regarding its tax payer contribution, estimated at $50 million per year. Victorian Employers’ Chamber of Commerce and Industry boss Mark Stone says that the F1 race is an important event in the city’s calendar.
“This single event brings Australia, Victoria and Melbourne invaluable international and national exposure in terms of branding and positioning as a tourist destination, as well as unequivocal employment, tourism and services investment,” Stone told the Herald Sun.
“If we are to devalue this lone event to a state where we no longer want it, or worse, to a state where Formula 1 simply takes it away, the catastrophic effect for Victoria will be far-reaching.”
The Victorian government and the Australian Grand Prix Corportation have a contract with Formula 1 to see the Grand Prix continue at Albert Park until 2015.

I pasted the whole article, because it's so damn awesome. Fucking stoked.

 

[marvelharvey]

Hey guys! Fucking GREAT news:
Melbourne Grand Prix receives glowing publicity report

I pasted the whole article, because it's so damn awesome. Fucking stoked.

An F1 race event making a profit? Bernie will soon see to that.

 

[navanman]

lol, so they've been using this since 2010 and the FIA only found it this season?

This news is hitting the wires this morning. Sounds like they could have been disqualified in Canada but the FIA backed down and got RBR to drop it quietly.

 

[brotkasten]

An F1 race event making a profit? Bernie will soon see to that.

And charge even more.

 

[navanman]

McLaren & Hamilton looking really fast in this session so far.

 

[Risgroo]

McLarens looking very good.

EDIT: Damn you!

 

[Edmond Dantès]

When the BBC cover sport they do it right.

24 HD channels/24 non-HD channels.
Wall-to-wall coverage.
4k resolution/3D for selected events.

BBC =======================> All other broadcasters

 

[Edmond Dantès]

How qaint, there's an F1 race this weekend. Worst viewing figures of the year confirmed.

 

[Dilly]

McLaren is looking fast now. Same for Alonso. RBR sandbagging again.

 

[Shaneus]

An F1 race event making a profit? Bernie will soon see to that.

Nah, not actually making a profit. Just peripheral revenue via tourism etc. I'm pretty sure the GP itself is running at a loss.

How qaint, there's an F1 race this weekend. Worst viewing figures of the year confirmed.

Yeah, I'm guessing it'll be in the hundreds. Although being so early on in the Olympics, I'm assuming there won't be that many medal events while the GP stuff is on?

Not that it matters. Sky viewership is shithouse at the best of times.

 

[Risgroo]

Hahaha, Kimi <3

 

[brotkasten]

Nah, not actually making a profit. Just peripheral revenue via tourism etc. I'm pretty sure the GP itself is running at a loss.


Yeah, I'm guessing it'll be in the hundreds. Although being so early on in the Olympics, I'm assuming there won't be that many medal events while the GP stuff is on?

Not that it matters. Sky viewership is shithouse at the best of times.

Who cares about F1 anyway? Just a bunch of man-children in their little cars driving in circles. It's so boring.

 

[Shaneus]

I wish I could see this live

 

[moojito]

It is time... for practice..... 2! Practice harder.

edit: Eww, msc spitting on his earphone before putting it in.

edit 2: need more people posting! foreveralone.jpg Anyway, just saw senna driving along and the shadow of the wire-cam was on the road, and I thought it was something on the road he was going to hit. I could have sworn there was a little jink of the steering wheel from him as well. I wonder if that's something that affects drivers.

edit 3: Bueller? Grosjean off, I think hitting the same barrier as Vettel last year. Noseless, but still running.

 

[Adamm]

Silly grosjean

 

[SunhiLegend]

 

[moojito]

If I had forked out a pile of cash for sky sports and hd for the f1 and still got it interrupted by ads I'd be royally miffed.

 

[kharma45]

If I had forked out a pile of cash for sky sports and hd for the f1 and still got it interrupted by ads I'd be royally miffed.

I got HD for free and I'm still annoyed by the ads.

 

[moojito]

Damn, I nip down for a coffee, come back and see massa is fastest?!

 

[Xun]

I can't watch it right now, but how are McLaren looking?

 

[moojito]

I can't watch it right now, but how are McLaren looking?

Seem to be doing ok. Button is right up there, which means the car is doing fine.

 

[brotkasten]

Thank you so much for the gifs, Sunhi.

You provide a great service for all of us who are at work and can't watch the FP. I was sitting at my desk, saw the gif and literally said "No, Roman! No, no, no! ... Damn."

 

[navanman]

Ferrari looking very good this session. Massa up there which is a good sign for the overall car competitiveness.

 

[moojito]

Nice, crofty trying to hand over to lee mckenzie. She doesn't work for sky, crofty!

 

[Risgroo]

Fucking rain

 

[SunhiLegend]

Raining

 

[navanman]

This summer sucks!!

 

[Megasoum]

Raining

Haha wtf? Is that like the most sudden rain ever?

 

[navanman]

Problem for one of the McLaren cars. We are getting a real close up of the part whatever it is.

 

[brotkasten]

I thought it was only supposed to rain on Sunday and only after the race.

 

[kharma45]

Wtf Schumi

 

[moojito]

MSC parking it in the tyres again!

 

[navanman]

Schumi bins it, on the helicopter overhead.

GIF GIF GIF

 

[Nolan.]

You'd think Mclaren would be straight out to get some wet info. Also have to say Lotus is looking like the Drs upgrade will really pay off some time soon Kimi was looking really good. If not here I can see them being a force at Monza, anyway well done Schumacher for another practise bang.

 

[SunhiLegend]

 

[navanman]

Thanks, looks like he aquaplaned off track