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The first race of the new season we have 3 new teams. But if you look at the training times they way back. I hope the gap isn't this big in the race.

The track record is bullshit, that was with the old layout.

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CammRobb
Banned
+1,510|6347|Carnoustie MASSIF
Fuck me Shumi's still got it!
Mekstizzle
WALKER
+3,611|6838|London, England
I mean there's already a thread for F1 but ok WHY THE CAPS LOCKS I UNDERSTAND ITS A LOUD SPORT AND EVEN THE DRIVERS SHOUT ALL THE TIME ON TEH TWITTERS LOOLOlajajaja

Seriously his twitter page just makes me laugh so much
Mekstizzle
WALKER
+3,611|6838|London, England
As much as I dislike Schumacher (not so much these days) it would be awesome if he were to come to this race and school everyone and win it. I think Hamilton and Alonso might be too much for him, though
menzo
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Mekstizzle wrote:

I mean there's already a thread for F1 but ok WHY THE CAPS LOCKS I UNDERSTAND ITS A LOUD SPORT AND EVEN THE DRIVERS SHOUT ALL THE TIME ON TEH TWITTERS LOOLOlajajaja

Seriously his twitter page just makes me laugh so much
we finally have a sport section where we don't have finray to bash our 1thread per race. The caps is because i just copy pasted the race tittle
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menzo
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do we like the new layout of Bahrain?  i like the fast corners of it. but i hate the straight than 90degree turn shit. like most new tracks
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Mekstizzle
WALKER
+3,611|6838|London, England
They do that to encourage overtaking, long straight followed by tight corner means they can outbrake each other and overtake like that or slipstream on the straights themselves.

The new bit is crap, though. Series of slow/medium corners are usually pointless and boring in F1. That's all this new section is. It was better before because the circuit was much faster.
Kez
Member
+778|5920|London, UK
The lap feels really long now and the extension is more of a challenge to drivers than a spectacle for the viewers..
Kez
Member
+778|5920|London, UK
Ah man watching the replay of Second Practice, Hamilton destroyed his hard compound rear tyres within 4 laps and had to come in..  this may well be his disadvantage this year!
CammRobb
Banned
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Grand Prix Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaas
menzo
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GG Vettel

i hope the new teams will be a bit more than rolling chicanes tomorrow
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Mekstizzle
WALKER
+3,611|6838|London, England
I wasn't expecting the RB to be that fast, it's a little more spread out than I thought it would be. But... it's a long circuit (second longest after Spa) and unlike Spa it's quite slow/high downforce so that probably spreads the times even more. It's all quite exaggerated for now... but abit surprised at some of these results. Especially Massa beating Alonso

Alonso was consistently faster than Massa throughout, until Q3 when he probably fucked up a tiny bit somewhere...


It's a long circuit, so maybe the new teams won't be lapped that many times...
DrunkFace
Germans did 911
+427|6899|Disaster Free Zone

menzo wrote:

do we like the new layout of Bahrain?  i like the fast corners of it. but i hate the straight than 90degree turn shit. like most new tracks
Flat track is flat. All good circuits have gradients and bumps.
DrunkFace
Germans did 911
+427|6899|Disaster Free Zone
Well this is boring.
Zimmer
Un Moderador
+1,688|6973|Scotland

Fuck yes.

Alonso = Best driver on the track.

Once he took over Vettel, the guy showed how fucking amazing he was by being 16 seconds in front of Massa by the end of it. Total rape.
DrunkFace
Germans did 911
+427|6899|Disaster Free Zone
Well done Alonso, but it should have been Vetels win.
menzo
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nice race, GG Alonso and Lotus
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Zimmer
Un Moderador
+1,688|6973|Scotland

DrunkFace wrote:

Well done Alonso, but it should have been Vetels win.
Not really. The only reason Alonso couldn't pass him beforehand was due to the engine temperature he was getting in his Ferrari because of Vettels dirty air. With 17 laps to go, you saw how Alonso started pushing on Vettel and got the time down to 1.551s, but then Ferrari radioed him and told him to cool off because the engine temperature was getting too hot, which made him lose a second to him. It was unfortunate that Vettel lost power to the car, but the fact remains that Alonso had a lot more power in his Ferrari and should have overtaken him eventually without the power loss. You saw how easily he raped Vettel when he saw the opportunity to overtake, and then his 16 second difference to Massa showed how his Ferrari packed much more of a punch than it was showing when he was behind Vettel.

Vettel was unlucky, but in no way was he meant to be the deserved winner; you can't say that with 17 laps to go.
Mekstizzle
WALKER
+3,611|6838|London, England
Yeah, he was closing in fast to Vettel as it was before it all went tits up for Red Bull. Still, it looked like his car wasn't able to handle that turbulent zone or the extra heat in that area behind Vettel so I'm not sure if he would have been able to overtake him if his car was running fine

Once he did get infront of Vettel you could see the lead he pulled out ahead of everyone else and it said alot. Also Rosberg being unable to get fourth position from Vettel despite having about 5 laps being a few seconds behind him in a much more powerful car. Bemused as to how he didn't get infront of him with comfort...

Not a great race though, everyone nursing their tyres too much.
whaaaaaaaaaat
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+215|5467
not sure if i should watch f1 or sit in an empty room by myself staring at the wall

hmm....
Mekstizzle
WALKER
+3,611|6838|London, England
F1 isn't supposed to be sports entertainment in the same way that NASCAR is designed to be
Stingray24
Proud member of the vast right-wing conspiracy
+1,060|6663|The Land of Scott Walker
F1 isn't supposed to be entertainment?
Mekstizzle
WALKER
+3,611|6838|London, England
Yes, it's more of a purists sport. Historically speaking. It's only recently that they do all sorts of stuff to try and improve the spectacle, they never tried that stuff before. The crowds came to the sport, not the other way round.
Zimmer
Un Moderador
+1,688|6973|Scotland

Yeah; it's good fun in small quantities. The qualifying is more fun than the actual race. It's more about the tactics and who wins than the actual race itself. Nobody cares for each lap, but the start and finish are always entertaining; as well as some of the stupid things that go on during the race.

I hate both the engine and the "top 10 qualifiers must use the tyres they used to qualify for the start of the race" rules, but this year may be more interesting than lasts.
DrunkFace
Germans did 911
+427|6899|Disaster Free Zone

Mekstizzle wrote:

Yes, it's more of a purists sport. Historically speaking. It's only recently that they do all sorts of stuff to try and improve the spectacle, they never tried that stuff before. The crowds came to the sport, not the other way round.
They never needed to. I hate to say it, but technology has ruined F1.

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