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The Formula 1 2014 Season |OT| Who Will Win? Nobody Nose
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massivekettle
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Wow. When ROS got provisional pole, you could hear crickets. When HAM beat that time, fans erupted.
Poor Rosberg.
Poor Rosberg.
freakzilla149
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I haven't been watching F1 for very long but how common is this kind of thing? I don't remember there ever being a F1 title contender getting snubbed by the fans like this.
Ricciardo got the loudest cheers though
You can find all the lap times from the practice (& Q) at the official FIA website .
rosberg never was a fan favourite, too boring, too clean, a princeling. and now with these crashes and rivalry with hamilton he has made himself even more unpopular.
massivekettle
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Mostly Vettel getting that treatment (everywhere). Lewis got it in Italy, Alonso in Britain because they are star drivers of the opposing team.
Rosberg is probably the only one with Vettel to be dissed at every track.
Probably lots of Aussies there given proximity. But RIC is quickly becoming a fan favorite.
aspiegamer
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Great session! Tomorrow should be incredibly interesting with the huge tyre time gaps. Crickets for Rosberg vs a pop and mega-pop for Hamilton and Ricciardo is hilarious (but expected at this point).
Hamilton was ~0.5 faster, but it's hard to see a consistency when so many laps disrupted here and to be fair Rosberg ran more laps.
Myoclonic Jerk
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Kimi
What happened? I was half asleep..
That's how exciting this season is for me :|
Engine sorta gave out I think.
Myoclonic Jerk
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Poor guy. And I was just about to post "I have no excuses for Kimi anymore" ..
Next year.. NEXT YEEEAR!!!
massivekettle
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Renault has already sorted a lot of shit out, btw. There's not much there between both engines.
Spa and Monza would like to have a word with you.
massivekettle
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Red Bull had very good pace against Williams in both races (actually faster if it wasn't for starting position in Monza). Mercedes just has superior aero/chassis to pretty much everyone, and that includes RBR.
Gap is clearly not as bad as at the beginning of the season.
He mentioned on the warm up lap that the engine responded poorly and was asked to stop the car, but luckily managed to get it into the pits. Getting into Q3 (and setting a lap time) is better than nothing.
Myoclonic Jerk
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Being a Kimi fan is the toughest thing on earth.. His championship winning year reminds me of the 18 hours I spent with my wife while she was in labour.. And just like my marriage, that was probably the only happy moment..
Quite small gap between 1st and 9th place, but this is normal for this track and due to softest tyre compound, on which Mercedes can fall into heat issues and they are not so fast on them (totally different story on harder compounds) . Felipe could be dangerous tomorrow with his blazing start. But we will see SC for sure.
This is mantra of every Ferrari fan for another decade
This is mantra of every Ferrari fan for another decade
Myoclonic Jerk
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brotkasten
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A Fish Aficionado
I am going to make it through this year if it kills me
I haven't kept up since April. What has been the biggest changes?
Thanks in advance.
Thanks in advance.
Myoclonic Jerk
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Mercedes racing and the rest are making the numbers
Sorry, communication in regards to performance is prohibited.
theignoramus
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Tomorrow should be a good three way fight between the Mercs, Red Bulls, and Ferraris. Not much between them in qualifying, I think the difference will come down to tyre management and pit work. If the Mercs trip over each other, I hope Vettel or Alonso gets the win. Ricciardo is in a great position to sneak one up on Nico, who is likely to be preoccupied with Lewis.
For those interested, the WEC 6hrs of COTA is 30 minutes in. Everyting you need to know is here:
http://www.reddit.com/r/wec/comments/2gz7wx/official_round_4_6_hours_of_circuit_of_the
http://www.reddit.com/r/wec/comments/2gz7wx/official_round_4_6_hours_of_circuit_of_the
Yes! I'm in the middle of building a HTPC/NAS and this is what it was built for!!!
Edit: That "official" stream... I thought they were charging for access to streams after the first few races? Or was that just for the mobile apps?
Also, only an hour left? I got too excited for (almost) nothing
Ah well, the last hour is always good. And you'll be set up for next time! Having a full blown HTPC is the best for motorsport. Apart from the obvious stream wrangling benefits, you can also do kooky shit like run live timing on an adjacent CRT for that old school pit wall feel
If you're planning to run XBMC, forget all the flakey video addons and run Chrome Launcher (IMO).
If you're planning to run XBMC, forget all the flakey video addons and run Chrome Launcher (IMO).
I'm running Mediaportal, but I've heard solid things for XBMC, even on Windows. Might have a tinker with that this arvo.
Only just realising that on top of the TV/Movie/Music stuff I can do, the F1 streaming will be miles ahead of what the PS3 BBC app could do. As well as other livestreaming stuff.
Only just realising that on top of the TV/Movie/Music stuff I can do, the F1 streaming will be miles ahead of what the PS3 BBC app could do. As well as other livestreaming stuff.
A Fish Aficionado
I am going to make it through this year if it kills me
Mercedes calculated that HAM and ROS were 33,5 cm apart yesterday
Yeah, that is very plausible scenario.
They will go into complete engine redesign, to make it almost identical to Mercedes one, which could lead into mechanical failures during season-with this years engine Ferrari went with reliability in mind. They should focus on shitty ERS system that is problematic on every race weekend in this season.
And we must not forget that Renault will probably go into similar waters, Mercedes wont sleep on this years achievements...
Yeah, that is very plausible scenario.
They will go into complete engine redesign, to make it almost identical to Mercedes one, which could lead into mechanical failures during season-with this years engine Ferrari went with reliability in mind. They should focus on shitty ERS system that is problematic on every race weekend in this season.
And we must not forget that Renault will probably go into similar waters, Mercedes wont sleep on this years achievements...
Myoclonic Jerk
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So Hamilton says things are back to normal between him and Rosberg.
I'll wait till after the first corner today before believing him
I'll wait till after the first corner today before believing him
marvelharvey
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Could a fellow streamer please PM a nice stream? The usual website I visit seems to be having some issues.
Idle in here:
https://kiwiirc.com/client/irc.snoonet.org/f1
There's a link in the title bar, and you'll get instant updates if (when) it gets taken down. 4channers are making a sport of reporting them.
(Squirrel's BBC stream should be safe though!)
Looks like issues with his steering wheel, because his shifting looked ok on outlap
massivekettle
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Would have been interesting to see Rosberg starting from the pit lane.
aspiegamer
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Don't you have to be on the grid @15min or start from pit lane? Or is that 10min?
If it's 15 it's already too late.
If it's 15 it's already too late.
marvelharvey
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Thanks for the streams guys
He'll get a lightning start and Hamilton's engine will blow up. No problem.
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