thechemist
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Did everyone enjoy the high five fail earlier lol.
That was pure GAF material.
That was pure GAF material.
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The United States Grand Prix |OT| Formula 1 Returns to the US
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Big Takeover
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Tremendous race, and a huge success by all accounts. Great drives throughout the whole field. Lots of good, clean passes. Hope everyone who went had a great time. Post some pics when you get home.
Brazil is going to be fun. There's always a chance of rain there, and with that anything can happen.
Brazil is going to be fun. There's always a chance of rain there, and with that anything can happen.
ReadingRambo
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All of my fellow Americans right now....
Where would it be in California? Laguna Seca? Street circuit? New track altogether? It'd be great to have a race in California.
Psychotext
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Ok... so it didn't work out quite this way today, but you can have exactly the same result with Webber in third and Alonso in fourth towards the end of the race in Brazil.
It could happen!
It would have to be a new track. Laguna would never work. Sonoma/Infineon would be lame. A city track through L.A. would be nice. Piss off all the Prius driving celebrities.
The way Horner was harping on about it, you'd think that Cucumber cost Vettel the victory. All it did was delay Hamilton's overtake by maybe a lap or two. If it was toward the end of the race then fair enough, but given that Vettel didn't lock up his tyres, cause any flatspots, run off the track, spin out... it was a massive overreaction from both blokes. But sure, blame anyone but Vettel and the car for not winning today.
PS. "Some guy". You must be new here.
Exactly. I was pretty salty when he made his announcement earlier in the season, but I would still like to see him do well (but I don't think it's a gamble that will pay dividends, sadly). Hopefully it'll help him grow as well, not being in a team that's in the top 3.
Wanted to respond to this. You've actually nailed it, I think. If it wasn't for his rabid fans I don't think I'd dislike him as much as I do. But one-eyed fanboys will be one-eyed fanboys. I should know
San Francisco street race
trineo_feo
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But Alonso is Spanish?
Did everyone enjoy the high five fail earlier lol.
That was pure GAF material.
Yeah awesome, I asked for it
Laughed my ass off, also because the guy on the right knew how shameful it was 
Goldrusher
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The same celebrities who fly to Europe every week?
The fuel used in a single flight from Brussels to New York equals that used in an entire F1 season, by all the cars, in every single race.
Damnn at that statistic.
Not really.
The greatest impact always comes from the fans vehicles/transportation.
I'll boot my laptop in a bit and share some of my pics.
ConfusingJazz
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Man, what a fantastic weekend.
Glad we had the dramatic Vettel-Lewis pass after 5 laps of build up, even better was from my seats on Turn 9, I could see the entire sequence that led to it. There were battles up and down the grid that made sure there were few dull moments.
The track is awesome, and the fan experience will only get better as they build up the track. Couldn't have asked for better weather for a new circuit either. The teams could complain all they want, I enjoyed the cold.
Overpriced, non Texan beers was exceedingly unfortunate, as was the shuttle situation. It took 2 hours to get home.
The shuttles will be better next year, but I imagine not drinking either a Shiner or Fireman's 4 while watching the race was Bernie's doing, and won't be fixed next year.
Glad we had the dramatic Vettel-Lewis pass after 5 laps of build up, even better was from my seats on Turn 9, I could see the entire sequence that led to it. There were battles up and down the grid that made sure there were few dull moments.
The track is awesome, and the fan experience will only get better as they build up the track. Couldn't have asked for better weather for a new circuit either. The teams could complain all they want, I enjoyed the cold.
Overpriced, non Texan beers was exceedingly unfortunate, as was the shuttle situation. It took 2 hours to get home.
The shuttles will be better next year, but I imagine not drinking either a Shiner or Fireman's 4 while watching the race was Bernie's doing, and won't be fixed next year.
brotkasten
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Not every team can play by the rules like Red Bull!
I don't even care if what Ferrari did was against the rules (AFAIK it wasn't), it 's just a total bitch move.
Good thing I don't care about F1 anymore, otherwise I'd be a bit pissed right now.
Great race, and it was nice to see such a great turnout in the US.
Fantastic driving from Button and Massa from the back, and it was great to see Hamilton so happy and winning again, hugging his dad after leaving the car.
I don't know why Alonso fans are releasing bitter tears already, this was pretty much the best result they could hope for: Alonso on podium, Vettel didn't win, and there's a pretty good chance the Red Bull could break in the next race. Also, rain next week. For a guy with this car it amazes me how close it's gonna be.
Fantastic driving from Button and Massa from the back, and it was great to see Hamilton so happy and winning again, hugging his dad after leaving the car.
I don't know why Alonso fans are releasing bitter tears already, this was pretty much the best result they could hope for: Alonso on podium, Vettel didn't win, and there's a pretty good chance the Red Bull could break in the next race. Also, rain next week. For a guy with this car it amazes me how close it's gonna be.
Man, I'm over the fucking moon that everyone who went seemed to enjoy the weekend. It looked like they were cutting it close for a while (although not as bad as... India?) but everything seemed to come off well. No real complaints, race went as well as it could have (thank fuck there wasn't a whitewash from Vettel, could've been Borefest 2012) and it looks like there was a good amount of publicity for the event. Fingers crossed this is the start of F1 making a comeback in the US.
Now you've all got the bug, you NEED to come to a race that's in (or very close to) a city. I recommend Melbourne
Now you've all got the bug, you NEED to come to a race that's in (or very close to) a city. I recommend Melbourne
Do it!
What an awesome race. The whole race was great even on a 1-stop strategy. I can't believe no one hit each other! The level of driving and passing skill was outstanding.
Next year the race should be even better with a Revard in track or at least I would think?
Massa said:
Yep, that was pretty much the best result that Ferrari & Alonso could hope for besides Vettel retiring. Next weekend will be amazing with the possibility of rain and reliability issues in the Red Bull.
Yeah, but they don't know that.
I thought the shuttles were terrific but then again I was going to the airport lot.
As for beer, ya it sucks but the prices were not that far off of prices at other major sporting events and the selection was better, NASCAR race I was at last week only had domestic swill. I didn't buy any though (yay for bringing my own!).
Now you've all got the bug, you NEED to come to a race that's in (or very close to) a city. I recommend Melbourne
Montreal is no slouch either!
Hope some of you guys have some photos to share.
I do but I finally made it downtown and now I've imbibed too much. I'll still post but it will be later tonight or early tomorrow morning.
I thought the atmosphere was excellent for a first race. All the Mexicans chanting Checo! Checo! Checo! and just the sheer number of people.
The talent of the F1 drivers should be very apparent to anyone that was at the circuit. Just superb stuff.
That might just be on my calendar next year or the year after. Next year is my Belgium/Italy holiday
(hell of a hike from Australia!)There wasn't much "pacing" they were going green and purple in different sectors almost every lap. There was 0 marbling on the track and hardly any tire degredation. Hamilton vs Vettel was a straight up street fight. When Hamilton changed tires McLaren did the analysis and advised button that Hamilton's tires were still fine and he could have kept going for a while on them.
It wasn't just one backmarker either. He hit both HRTs right before the esses within a couple of laps. I watched the entire race from a combined onboard of Vettel and Hamilton with their sector times displaying on my fanvision/kangarooTV.
Hamilton might have made it past anyway. He was on an absolute tear and continued to destroy the Red Bull in the first sector. That Mercedes engine really showed its legs in sector 1 and on the long back straight between 11 and 12.
I had a really witty response thought out, but between clicking on the "quote" button and starting to type I forgot all about it
Anyway: As long as F1 people and equipment are not magically appearing out of thin air there's quite a lot of transportation going on as well, just to get the cars to show up at the track.
Adam Scott Aukerman
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I fell asleep half way through the BBC highlights so I've only just caught up with the rest. Pretty dull race, but it's great to see the championship going down to the last race, especially with a chance of rain.
Wut? Twas a great race
What. The race was good, lots of overtaking, Hamilton fighting Vettel.
Didn't need crashes and stuff to make it enjoyable like Abu Dhabi.
Psychotext
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Yup, the Hamilton and Vettel fight was two drivers at the absolute top of their game for 50+ laps. You don't often get to see racing like that these days.
Exactly one of the more enjoyable races with plenty of action throughout the grid was well happy.
ClassyPenguin
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Long Beach! the Indy circuit is fine.
This was a fantastic race, loving the track.
Vettel hate here gets boring. Not so bad this year.
AstroNut325
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Wow... I had no idea so many people on GAF follow F1! Nice!
Psychotext
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