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« Reply #15 on: Tuesday, March 22, 2011, 17:42:37 » |
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Me too, Thruxton I mean.
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« Reply #16 on: Tuesday, March 22, 2011, 18:10:17 » |
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yup, back to a proper seasons start in Australia.
BBC will be carrying F1 in HD for the first time, which is nice.
Looks like Ferrari and Red Bull will be early pacesetters, but if McLaren can tune their radical design properly then it could be interesting.
Not sure what I make of the new regulations, particularly the moveable rear wing which can only be deployed for a certain amount of time provided you are within 1 second of the car in font. Oh, and KERS is back.
On one hand I want F1 to be a sport without such "add ons" to provide more overtaking. On the other the whole science behind aerodynamics means the sport would (probably) be more of a snoozefest without them.
Mclaren seem to be panicking: Team principal Martin Whitmarsh hopes McLaren will be one second faster in Sunday's first race of 2011 than in the final pre-season test in Barcelona. The regulation regarding the 'movable rear wing' seems to be an exercise in confusion - perhaps that's the point, I dunno |
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« Reply #17 on: Tuesday, March 22, 2011, 19:04:42 » |
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Going to the third round st Thruxton, I do wish there were more South-west-ish circuits...
Got a voucher to drive a Porsche around Thruxton on one of these driver experience session things at some point in the summer. Isnt Thruxton one, if the not, the fastest circuit in the country? |
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« Reply #18 on: Tuesday, March 22, 2011, 19:05:45 » |
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Hopefully Ecclestone will die at some point during this season.
Agree with all the posts about the dire new tracks.
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« Reply #19 on: Friday, March 25, 2011, 15:04:27 » |
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Mclaren look like they have improved drastically, which was a nice surprise.
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« Reply #20 on: Friday, March 25, 2011, 15:09:20 » |
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Mclaren look like they have improved drastically, which was a nice surprise.
They took a step back to move forward and reverted back to a simple design. Not that Friday's performance necessarily shows the full picture. |
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« Reply #21 on: Friday, March 25, 2011, 15:10:52 » |
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True, still think Red Bull are comfably fastest, dont think they showed their true pace today.
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« Reply #22 on: Friday, March 25, 2011, 15:13:28 » |
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Quali is only a few hours away..guess we'll find out then. RB, Ferrari, Mclaren and Mercedes in that order for me... Eeek: 6am start. Think I'll Sky+ it  |
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« Reply #23 on: Friday, March 25, 2011, 15:16:50 » |
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Quali is only a few hours away..guess we'll find out then. RB, Ferrari, Mclaren and Mercedes in that order for me... Eeek: 6am start. Think I'll Sky+ it Haven't decided yet, still quite tired from last night but reckon I will get up for it! |
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« Reply #24 on: Friday, March 25, 2011, 15:38:54 » |
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I'll be up for this, the first race is always the best because it's still a bit of a mystery as to who is any good.
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« Reply #25 on: Friday, March 25, 2011, 15:50:41 » |
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and with the first race being Melbourne we can expect a gooden.
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Is your cat making too much noise all the time?
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« Reply #26 on: Friday, March 25, 2011, 16:51:37 » |
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So McLaren werent joking when they said they were hoping to be quicker. Should make the race and the season very interesting indeed.
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« Reply #27 on: Friday, March 25, 2011, 16:55:55 » |
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Oh great synchronised driving is back on telly *yawn*
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« Reply #28 on: Friday, March 25, 2011, 17:04:04 » |
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So Quali is 6am BST Sat and race time is 7am BST Sunday.
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« Reply #29 on: Friday, March 25, 2011, 17:13:23 » |
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Yes Batch.
Dont forget clocks change on sunday which could catch a few people out.
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