Formula 1 2010

[simmode1]

Originally Posted by ManoNegra

so expect Red Bull to break down again?

Hahaha! Can't wait!

[Gnnr]

Originally Posted by ManoNegra

Malaysia in the rain is awesome...
on this one attrition due to heat should be interesting
so expect Red Bull to break down again?

They're expecting rain halfway through the race. Webber already had some engine failure in P2.

[HyperTek]

if you guys want to watch BBC 1 broadcast live, go on google and search/download VLC media player, and stream from this address http://cctv.ws/7/BBC1

Home tv is being occupied by fam so im trying to watch qualifying on here

[HyperTek]

ready to see hamilton fight to the top while redbull runs the field until dnf due to problems!?

[drift freaq]

DVR is my friend. Qualifying is recorded so I can watch whenever same goes for the race.

[JayDee M Rolly]

RBR Renault FTMW. VETTEL 2010!

on a sidenote, i may hate alonso, but he drove that car superbly till the very end...sucks what happened.

[Gnnr]

Great race! The first half I was on th edge of my seat! It was like the running of the bulls with Alonso, Hamilton and Massa at the back.

Was mad that Schumi had problems, I thought he was shure to be high in the finish. Sucks for Alonso too, I can't believe he kept it going so long, he definitely had Button.

Hamilton was crazy climbing back from 20 to 6! Mad props to Sutil for holding him off too!

Race was great despite no rain!

[drift freaq]

I give Button props for holding off Alonso, oh and it was quite amusing what Hamilton did it almost got him a penalty. Overall a fucking excellent race. Lets hope China continues with this. Oh and 3 teams each winning one of the first 3 races is practically unheard of last time it happened was like 92. This is a great season so far. The Constructors championship and the Drivers championship points being so close.

[JayDee M Rolly]

Originally Posted by drift freaq

Oh and 3 teams each winning one of the first 3 races is practically unheard of last time it happened was like 92. This is a great season so far. The Constructors championship and the Drivers championship points being so close.

yeah they kept mentioning this during the race. good stuff. so far definitely better than last season IMO.

[HyperTek]

hopefully it rains @ china, will make the race soo much more entertaining lol

im ready!
hopefully this bbc feed doesnt get choppy when a shitton of people jump on it lol

[simmode1]

Originally Posted by drift freaq

oh and it was quite amusing what Hamilton did it almost got him a penalty.

Yes, I did love that! Reminded me of some of my heated Gran Turismo 4 battles haha! New guy Petrov was out there making a name for himself... Great race. Really looking forward to China tomorrow...

Personally, I do like a good underdog, so I find myself rooting for Schumacher as well... But it's so weird to think of him as an underdog...

[JayDee M Rolly]

wow why does RBR keep getting pole but they cant finish good...not counting malaysia obviously.

cant have jenson winning all the races like last year...

and yeah schumacher seems like he would be an underdog this season.

[HyperTek]

had there been 1 more lap, hamilton would have passed button in my opinion.. Button is a conservative driver and usually relies on strategy, hamilton is more aggressive and clearly is more fun to watch, he just gets a little heated some times.. but i find it good, brings entertainment to this sport. Some times the stewards decisions can be discouraging for drivers to take aggressive actions.

The Massa/Alonso pit incident was crazy too, i bet one of them originally had the pit order to come in first and had to make the move to get in front because the other was in front.

[Freddy]

good race but i wonder how they going to get their stuff back to spain?

[drift freaq]

Originally Posted by HyperTek

had there been 1 more lap, hamilton would have passed button in my opinion.. Button is a conservative driver and usually relies on strategy, hamilton is more aggressive and clearly is more fun to watch, he just gets a little heated some times.. but i find it good, brings entertainment to this sport. Some times the stewards decisions can be discouraging for drivers to take aggressive actions.

The Massa/Alonso pit incident was crazy too, i bet one of them originally had the pit order to come in first and had to make the move to get in front because the other was in front.

LOL what about Hamilton and Vettel pit incident. Technically Hamilton was going fast in the slow lane.
Oh and You could get your wish this week because technically when Button slowed everyone down before the safety car went back in is Illegal.

[HyperTek]

The stewards did not penalize hamilton for the pit incident.
Hamilton’s pit lane dice with Vettel could cost him second (Update: no penalty) | F1 Fanatic - The Formula 1 Blog
Come on man we all love racing drama/competition, esp when it plays out like a good movie.

[Gnnr]

The China GP was good, but I think that having rain again seemed a little bit circus like. I was thinking "really, rain again?" I for some reason thought that it wasn't needed for this race and that we could have gotten a better race without it. But oh well.

Hamilton should have been penalized during the race and so should Alonso for pulling the same move in the pit. Props to Alonso though for pulling back up to fourth after serving the jump start penalty. If there where a few more laps Hamilton would have gotten Button, lol.

I amazed at Rosberg. I wish Schumi would get a pole position. But he seems to not be bothered by it, don't blame him with all he has accomplished.

[HyperTek]

race stewards penalize too much, which imo makes drivers not want to take risks = makes f1 borring.. so add a lil attitude and aggression , and we got drivers fighting for positions = entertainment.

[simmode1]

Originally Posted by HyperTek

had there been 1 more lap, hamilton would have passed button in my opinion.. Button is a conservative driver and usually relies on strategy, hamilton is more aggressive and clearly is more fun to watch, he just gets a little heated some times..

I'd like to agree with you on this, but as I watched the final laps of that race and saw Lewis reigning Button on in, I sat on my couch and pleaded for Lewis to cool it and take 2nd before his ass spins out in the last damned lap. And you know it would've happened too! haha

[Gnnr]

Originally Posted by HyperTek

race stewards penalize too much, which imo makes drivers not want to take risks = makes f1 borring.. so add a lil attitude and aggression , and we got drivers fighting for positions = entertainment.

Yes, but this is the pits we're talking about. Its reckless to be doing the things he did in the entrance and exit! To me this is more serious than the weaving incident because that happened on the track not the pits.

[drift freaq]

Originally Posted by Gnnr

Yes, but this is the pits we're talking about. Its reckless to be doing the things he did in the entrance and exit! To me this is more serious than the weaving incident because that happened on the track not the pits.

I would agree with this. Pit shenanigans are much worse than weaving on the track. Its really a dangerous situation. An accident in the pits can injure a lot of people.

Both Hamilton and Alonso should be taken to task for this.

Oh and Schumi is quite comfortable with his performance. He knows full well it will take up a little while to get up to speed with the young turks. After all you have to realize we are fortunate to have quite a few very talented young drivers these days.

[!Zar!]

Originally Posted by Gnnr

Yes, but this is the pits we're talking about. Its reckless to be doing the things he did in the entrance and exit! To me this is more serious than the weaving incident because that happened on the track not the pits.

Their cars weren't damaged. They were still on track and hadn't passed the speed limit lane. Alonso and Hamilton just happened to take advantage of that.

As for the Hamilton / Vettel exit, they were both released at almost exactly the same time.

That isn't Hamilton's fault. McLaren and RBR's lollipop man released them at the same time. What slowed lewis down was wheel spin and letting off during pit exit.

This is just a racing incident.

[Gnnr]

1. The pit lane entrance is designated by the solid white line that they where supposed to drive to the right of. Hamilton and Alonso both went over it instead of driving to the right of it. I'm not arguing speed here.

2. Hamilton's second incident was driving over the speed limit of the slow-er lane designated by the blue and white lines.

[!Zar!]

If you look at the pit entry to the track, they have a burm that isn't within the white lines at pit entry.

All cars entering the pits apex`d that entry.

So in theory, if Alonso / Hamilton were punished, so would everyone else.

The only pit rules that are extremely strict are speed, and not crossing the white line once exiting the pits.

As for the white/blue lane incident, it could be said that it was Vettel's fault also for edging him out.

It didn't cause an accident, and it is on the skirts of the rules. The whole pit lane thing isn't extremely clear cut yet in rules.

[drift freaq]

Originally Posted by !Zar!

If you look at the pit entry to the track, they have a burm that isn't within the white lines at pit entry.

All cars entering the pits apex`d that entry.

So in theory, if Alonso / Hamilton were punished, so would everyone else.

The only pit rules that are extremely strict are speed, and not crossing the white line once exiting the pits.

As for the white/blue lane incident, it could be said that it was Vettel's fault also for edging him out.

It didn't cause an accident, and it is on the skirts of the rules. The whole pit lane thing isn't extremely clear cut yet in rules.

Well then maybe they need clarification in the pit lane rules area, for the sake of safety.

[simmode1]

Originally Posted by drift freaq

Well then maybe they need clarification in the pit lane rules area, for the sake of safety.

You know what? Eddie George kept saying that throughtout the race... that the rules weren't clear enough.

[tricky_ab]

Team Red Bull is just too good this season...And Alonso got done by schimi on the last corner?!

[!Zar!]

MSC was hit with a 20second penalty. He was bumped down to 20th iirc.

[tricky_ab]

YESSSS!!!! Vettel is cracking under pressure, Webber should have given him a bit of space though. The team's reaction was great! Oh well good news for me!

Common Hamilton!

[HyperTek]

haha, i actually like webber over vettel, but yeah that was crazy, then button challenging hamilton.

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