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[operon]

I miss when Melbourne was the first race, that over half the field didn't finish due to reliability, crashes etc etc, Them were good times

 

[Dead Man]

I miss when Melbourne was the first race, that over half the field didn't finish due to reliability, crashes etc etc, Them were good times

Yep. Never has a 5th place been so gifted, or so appreciated.

 

[amar212]

Bernie isn't really serious about adding sprinkler systems, he's just getting his dose of crazy media fix.

Although adding a few sprinklers at one corner on a track would sure spice things up .

Croatian F1 track plan looks alot like Austin:
http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2011/03/04/f1-track-plan-croatia-lot-austin/

But it's a Tilke track, so it'll probably suck. At least the Silverstone guys did a good job imo.

Although you never know here in Croatia - I mean, we're on the brink of economic collapse as an country, but we still spend the money like there is no tomorrow - this will never going to be built.

But, if there is some Bernie's own money involved - which we speculate here in Croatia, his private ties here are extremely strong - than something could happen.

All we know so far is that land is private-owned and that whole project should be private-invested.

But since the talks talk about 250 million euros in costs (more than 300 million dollars, which is a pretty much crazy sum because we all know how much the wonder of Abu Dhabi price was), I say that something is very fishy there.

Future will tell.

On the other side of the same story, at this moment - 3 weeks before the first race - in Croatia there is no official confirmation for broadcaster for the Season. National TV has ended tradition of F1 broadcast after 40 years and no commercial stations have negotiated broadcast.

Sad days for all F1 fans in Croatia, since we had a unique agreement with FOM regarding payouts for broadcast, which were among lowest in the world because of his emotional relationship with Croatia.

I still can't believe I will not be able to watch Melbourne start from my bed as I did for my whole life.

 

[S. L.]

I still can't believe I will not be able to watch Melbourne start from my bed as I did for my whole life.

there certainly will be possibilities to stream the racer over the internet one way or another

 

[DieH@rd]

Sad days for all F1 fans in Croatia, since we had a unique agreement with FOM regarding payouts for broadcast, which were among lowest in the world because of his emotional relationship with Croatia.

I still can't believe I will not be able to watch Melbourne start from my bed as I did for my whole life.

Same is here in Serbia. :-/ There is no official word yet on who will broadcast F1. Its a good thing that I watch F1 exclusively over BBC in the last two years.

 

[Lucius86]

It has been confirmed the final HRT seat has gone to Liuzzi. From the beeb....

1312: First and foremost, however, some breaking news. Hispania have announced Vitantonio Liuzzi as their second driver for 2011. The Italian will join forces with Narain Karthikeyan behind the wheel of the F111, which has yet to be unveiled.

 

[Goldrusher]

 

[mclaren777]

Pic of the RBR front flexy wing.

Ugh, here we go again!

 

[Leunam]

And with that, the 2011 grid is complete.

 

[DrM]

On the other side of the same story, at this moment - 3 weeks before the first race - in Croatia there is no official confirmation for broadcaster for the Season. National TV has ended tradition of F1 broadcast after 40 years and no commercial stations have negotiated broadcast.

Sad days for all F1 fans in Croatia, since we had a unique agreement with FOM regarding payouts for broadcast, which were among lowest in the world because of his emotional relationship with Croatia.

This is really sad, even we in Slovenia watched races on HRT due to very small amount of commercials and great commentators. Until last season when several distributors stared to censor HRT during F1 races.

We will have F1 back on national TV, but our 'beloved' commentator Miran 'UuuuuuuuuuuUUUUUUUUU' Ališič is making a comeback. Watch this or this, mix that with 3 minute commercial block every 20 minutes.

 

[Shaneus]

Yep. Never has a 5th place been so gifted, or so appreciated.

How fucking good was that race, seriously? Honestly never would've picked at that time he'd be as good as he is now.

I still remember seeing his first ever win (at Germany?) at a pub on a Sunday night. Epic.

 

[brotkasten]

Yep. Never has a 5th place been so gifted, or so appreciated.

http://i.imgur.com/OabrL.jpg[IMG][/QUOTE]

Am I crazy for thinking that this car looks better than the F1 cars we got today?

 

[Shaneus]

Not crazy. Seemed like there was less rule bending and technicalities back in "those days" and everything was a lot more straightforward.

Well, I prefer it anyway, regardless of performance. The all-black livery of the Minardi helps, too.

 

[S. L.]

Sauber running quali sims today, but the track temp is fairly warm today so i guess the times aren't completely comparable to the previous days

 

[operon]

Am I crazy for thinking that this car looks better than the F1 cars we got today?

No if that had slicks on it would be real sexy.

 

[Dead Man]

How fucking good was that race, seriously? Honestly never would've picked at that time he'd be as good as he is now.

I still remember seeing his first ever win (at Germany?) at a pub on a Sunday night. Epic.

How good? So good. As was the win in Germany, coming from the penalty to get his maiden win? Awesome.

Am I crazy for thinking that this car looks better than the F1 cars we got today?

Nope. Simpler = prettier in many cases and the 2002 Minardi was one simple car.

 

[a176]

Nope. Simpler = prettier in many cases and the 2002 Minardi was one simple car.

i stopped watching f1 regularly during that those years when aero packages were getting completely out of control.

 

[Articate]

Seems like the field is getting more tightly packed now that we're closing in on the first GP. I hope that's some improvements I'm seeing from Mercedes. They launched their new forward exhaust yesterday, so I wouldn't be surprised if they have to test the reliability thoroughly with that, and hopefully even holding back a bit today, as they clearly were yesterday.

Could be fun times. But Red Bull seem to be blowing the others away.

Oh, and judging from that nose on the Williams, have they begun testing their air-powered KERS?

 

[Tenacious-V]

I still can't believe how beautifully molded the RB7 is. This pic is from yesterday. No other car is as sculpted and smooth as that. It's no surprise they're .5+ second faster than everyone.

 

[avaya]

Yep. Never has a 5th place been so gifted, or so appreciated.

I watched that race again yesterday, it was amazing. Bahrain is such a shit track, I hope the locals torch the place.

Australia should always be the season opener. Everything else is just wrong.

 

[S. L.]

Schumacher did a pretty quick quali sim

 

[operon]

F1 photographer Sutton Images on Twitter: "McLaren running aero paint everywhere today and now on the air intake into the engine or somewhere else! But they are still not happy with something on the car."

Paint is out again, this car is looking like a dud

 

[S. L.]

Paint is out again, this car is looking like a dud

McLaren business as usual

 

[onesvenus]

What happens with the f1 Race Manager league this year? Has anybody created a subleague yet?

 

[S. L.]

What happens with the f1 Race Manager league this year? Has anybody created a subleague yet?

the old one ist still standing

f1racemanager is set up for this season now.
the old NeoGAF subleague is still standing and you can set up your team for Australia.

edit:
if new members want to join:
The private subleague is called NeoGAF, and the password is gaffers
To join the NeoGAF league, go to the edit profile option, and choose the change subleague option.

 

[Shaneus]

I watched that race again yesterday, it was amazing. Bahrain is such a shit track, I hope the locals torch the place.

Australia should always be the season opener. Everything else is just wrong.

How... recording or downloaded?

 

[Zinga]

I'm going to be at Albert Park for the first F1 race this season, so excited! hopefully my boy Alonso wins the race, Webber would be nice as well.

Anyone else going?

 

[avaya]

How... recording or downloaded?

I had a downloaded version, was actually the Aussie coverage of it as well

 

[Juicy Bob]

I'm going to be at Albert Park for the first F1 race this season, so excited! hopefully my boy Alonso wins the race, Webber would be nice as well.

Anyone else going?

Yup! I'll be there, as usual. My favourite weekend of the year.

 

[Caramello]

Yup! I'll be there, as usual. My favourite weekend of the year.

This. 100% This. I've been to every Melbourne Race since '96, wouldn't miss it.

 

[Lucius86]

Meant to be monitoring loads on the front wing. They may not be the fastest, but the maccas do sure pull out some weird and unique stuff!

 

[S. L.]

who would have thought, the HRT is real

 

[Lucius86]

who would have thought, the HRT is real

Nah, that's CGI. The HRT doesn't exist.

 

[Goldrusher]

 

[prettyvacant77]

Nah, that's CGI. The HRT doesn't exist.

Still not confirmed if it'll be running today, according to the BBC live testing feed there's a bunch of parts stuck in Spanish customs!

 

[Lucius86]

The rear end looks pretty compact too from HRT. Not like Williams or RBR, but still impressive. I was expecting a donkey.

 

[mclaren777]

I'm bummed that HRT hasn't released official photographs yet.

 

[S. L.]

Mclaren has an epic lack of test running so far and an incredibly unreliable car. The start of the season will be pretty crappy for them

 

[operon]

Mclaren has an epic lack of test running so far and an incredibly unreliable car. The start of the season will be pretty crappy for them

Sucks badly, we need as many competitive cars as we can

 

[ExtraKr1spy]

Read on the Autosport forums(yeah I know, Jesus Christ the MP4-26 thread O_O) that the reason Mclaren had to change an engine today and miss out on valuable track time was because Flow Viz got into the engine.

 

[Leunam]

Schumacher topped the charts today. Wasn't there someone here waiting for that to happen?

 

[Psychotext]

Read on the Autosport forums(yeah I know, Jesus Christ the MP4-26 thread O_O) that the reason Mclaren had to change an engine today and miss out on valuable track time was because Flow Viz got into the engine.

I was wondering if there was a chance of that... specifically if it could affect other cars. I guess that most would have had the sense to stay away from it though.

 

[Flo_Evans]

Guess I will have a go at F1 racemanager again. Last year I forgot to edit my team for several races and fell way behind...

 

[avaya]

The HRT should just permanently be attached to the safety or medical car. Actually no, both Mercedes machines are far too good to have lumps of shit attached to them.

HRT are total pikeys, will just cause mulitple red and yellow flags. Liuzzi should also be banned for being a mobile accident.

 

[Foliorum Viridum]

I'm all for one shit team being on the grid. They cause good accidents and back the pack up with safety cars. It's a dyanmic way of keeping races interesting, contrasting Bernie's idea of sprinklers.

Interestingly, those of us who play F1 2010 all feel the same way, as Orgun is our HRT that keeps our races interesting with his cock ups.

 

[Shaneus]

Re: HRT, I don't actually mind that livery, especially considering the fake sponsors.

 

[brotkasten]

Re: HRT, I don't actually mind that livery, especially considering the fake sponsors.

The fake sponsors also mean that we still have some time to put the NeoGAF logo on it!

 

[moojito]

I think the progress mercedes have been making is what a lot of people (myself included) were hoping for from mclaren. Mercedes started off a bit meh, but seem to have gotten a nice boost out of their most recent upgrade, whatever it was.

I reckon we could have red bull, ferarri, mercedes, sauber and even torro rosso in the mix this year, if these tests are anything to go by.

 

[S. L.]

here is how i see it after testing
1 tier: RBR, Ferrari
2 tier: Mercedes, McLaren(?), Renault (?)
3 tier: Force India, Toro Rosso, Williams, Sauber
4 tier: rest

I think especially the midfield will be superclose this year

 

[a176]

here is how i see it after testing
1 tier: RBR, Ferrari
2 tier: Mercedes, McLaren(?), Renault (?)
3 tier: Force India, Toro Rosso, Williams, Sauber
4 tier: rest

I think especially the midfield will be superclose this year

testing means nothing