imi Posted March 24, 2012 Author Share Posted March 24, 2012 Jenson, Hamilton & Shumi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imi Posted March 26, 2012 Author Share Posted March 26, 2012 http://images.planetf1.com/12/03/800x600/Kimi-Raikkonen_2739859.jpg Guy has a sense of humour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imi Posted March 26, 2012 Author Share Posted March 26, 2012 another great TV moment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imi Posted April 9, 2012 Author Share Posted April 9, 2012 [video=youtube;-U92ttWICgM] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbourner Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 Vettel starts in 11th. Heheh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porky1978 Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 Vettel starts in 11th. Heheh. Who??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil tt Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 very nice to see, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy442 Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 This is a breathless race, how the top level of Motorsport should be Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammer Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 What a great race, top, top driving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littler Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Really glad I woke up to watch this! There was some great racing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil tt Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Excellent race, great result for Mclaren Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbourner Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Last 10 laps were amazing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imi Posted April 15, 2012 Author Share Posted April 15, 2012 Great Race - well done to Mercedes and to the Mclarens. Gutted for Kimi. Pleased for Vettel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 A great race for Mercedes but a real shame MS had the wheel nut problem. Lets hope for more of the same racing in Bahrain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lbm Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 I did enjoy Grosjean having that battle with Maldonardo. He drove very well...finally Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samsar Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Yesterday was the 18th Anniversary of Ayton Senna's death. I wonder how Formula One would of turned out if this had happened ... [ATTACH]150939[/ATTACH] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
letmeshowyou Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Sadly much the same IMO. The 94 Benetton was too good, and Williams were only a few years away from starting their decline. I don't suppose Senna would have wanted to go on racing forever. It would be interesting to see where Bruno would be now though without the break. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imi Posted May 3, 2012 Author Share Posted May 3, 2012 The Williams was in a league of its own leading up to that season. Then the FIA decided to ban certain technologies negating any advantage that Williams had - effectively Senna was driving a completely different car, a very poor one......certainly contributed to his accident. F1 has always been about driving to the limits - shame the limits is now dictated pre-dominantly by the tyres. imi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samsar Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 What about the safety in F1? Would of all the changes happened so quickly if it had just been Roland Ratzenberger who had died that weekend? When would David Coulthard have got his chance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbourner Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 F1 has always been about driving to the limits - shame the limits is now dictated pre-dominantly by the tyres. imi You can hear in Schumachers recent comments that he doesn't like the racing any more, cos it's too restricted. Trouble is when it's full capability racing there's no overtaking and the public get bored. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imi Posted May 4, 2012 Author Share Posted May 4, 2012 However this seems to be artificially induced overtaking....there is little or no driver skill - a con. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbourner Posted May 4, 2012 Share Posted May 4, 2012 The problem is more that the drivers can't drive to their limits, it's still some skill involved but it's different to racing skill, they can't push the car to the max and reach their own limits, it's all down to the limits of the tyres and winning's determined by a computer that decides when to pit. What's the alternative? Give back control to the teams, let them design and build the cars they want within less strict rules? Use more tyre manufacturers again so they last a whole race and are super sticky? Talking of tyres, another thing I don't like are these marbles, I'm sure it was never that bad before, it means overtaking is bloody dangerous after half a race cos anything off the racing line is an ice rink! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
letmeshowyou Posted May 4, 2012 Share Posted May 4, 2012 Totally agree about the Marbles. They're just getting silly now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 Totally agree about the Marbles. They're just getting silly now. Thats because there not meant to last, so more ware + more marbles. I'm sure if it had not been for the 3 big crashes that weekend & 2 deaths the tracks would not have been dumbed down in the name of safety. As for schuy he just carried on where senna left off! driving into people to win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merckx Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 The stewards found his car did not have sufficient fuel onboard to comply with the rules on its return to parc ferme. In a press briefing ahead of the stewards' investigation, McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh revealed the car had 1.3 litres left in the tank when it stopped on track. The FIA requires one litre for a fuel sample, but Article 6.6.2 - which was introduced after Hamilton stopped on track at the 2010 Canadian Grand Prix in similar circumstances - also requires the car to return to the pits under its own power. The stewards deemed that Hamilton did not have sufficient fuel to do so and McLaren accepted the verdict. What a disaster. http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2012/5/13340.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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