Official 2011 Formula 1 Season Discussion
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Mark Webber - 5th - Everyone knew ahead of the race that tyre strategy was going to play a big part, but Webber lost out more than most. He cooked his tyres early in his first stint, forcing him to pit and adopt a three-stop strategy. The move to hard tyres in the second stint was the biggest mistake and saw his lap times suffer compared to the rest of the field on softs. The only upside was a set of softs for the final stint, but he ran wide getting them up to temperature and then could not take advantage of the extra grip in his fight against Alonso. Fifth is still his best finish at his home race in 10 attempts
http://en.espnf1.com/australia/motor...ory/44330.html
Also keep in mind that for qualifiers and race you have 3x soft and 3x hard. Since Webber did a 3 stop he used 4 sets of tires. First stint soft. Second hard. Third soft (I think). Fourth soft. So you see ASH, there is no conspiracy going on against Webber.
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Heck the conspiracy is against Marcus Ericsson (http://www.marcusericssonracing.com/) who is not even entered in F1, despite him being the best driver in the world.
But the world is against Sweden, it has always been that way
But the world is against Sweden, it has always been that way
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Heck the conspiracy is against Marcus Ericsson (http://www.marcusericssonracing.com/) who is not even entered in F1, despite him being the best driver in the world.
But the world is against Sweden, it has always been that way
But the world is against Sweden, it has always been that way
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Kimi Raikkonen Going To NASCAR
Former F1 star and current WRC racer Kimi Raikkonen is heading to NASCAR according to some recent Twitter activity. "'I'm really looking forward to get there to familiarize myself to the world of Nascar'' he reportedly said.
http://ca.jalopnik.com/5786726/kimi-...oing-to-nascar
Former F1 star and current WRC racer Kimi Raikkonen is heading to NASCAR according to some recent Twitter activity. "'I'm really looking forward to get there to familiarize myself to the world of Nascar'' he reportedly said.
http://ca.jalopnik.com/5786726/kimi-...oing-to-nascar
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Alfy, you are a trip.
By the way, if McLaren pass RB in handling this year or even equal them, then the battle will get interesting. Lotus Renault look like they will spice things up quite a bit as well. We'll see if Petrov can maintain speed and composure throughout the season.
Will an angered Webber bring his A game? We know he can.
Paul.
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Paul stop posting here and reply to the email i sent you this morning :p
Alfy... ferrari doesn't change the rules, they just have their own rulebook. It has fancy pop up images too to show domenicali how to cope with the parts
Superior hardware or not don't touch vettel please! He won in the wet on a toro rosso... Superior handling my *** there! One problem he may have is having demonstrated all he could demonstrate too soon.
Alfy... ferrari doesn't change the rules, they just have their own rulebook. It has fancy pop up images too to show domenicali how to cope with the parts
Superior hardware or not don't touch vettel please! He won in the wet on a toro rosso... Superior handling my *** there! One problem he may have is having demonstrated all he could demonstrate too soon.
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Paul stop posting here and reply to the email i sent you this morning :p
Alfy... ferrari doesn't change the rules, they just have their own rulebook. It has fancy pop up images too to show domenicali how to cope with the parts
Superior hardware or not don't touch vettel please! He won in the wet on a toro rosso... Superior handling my *** there! One problem he may have is having demonstrated all he could demonstrate too soon.
Alfy... ferrari doesn't change the rules, they just have their own rulebook. It has fancy pop up images too to show domenicali how to cope with the parts
Superior hardware or not don't touch vettel please! He won in the wet on a toro rosso... Superior handling my *** there! One problem he may have is having demonstrated all he could demonstrate too soon.
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It's not about the gamble, the force india and the BAR were both very fast in spa too
Vettel is an outstanding driver that, like schumacher, has the luck of having a perfect car.
Schumacher also lacked real opponents during most of his career though
Vettel is an outstanding driver that, like schumacher, has the luck of having a perfect car.
Schumacher also lacked real opponents during most of his career though
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BTW, I'm ecstatic that the season has finally begun and the trash-talking can resume! I missed it dearly.
I feel horrible for Massa. He's clearly a broken man; a shadow of his 2008 self. El Banco can now claim mission accomplished.
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I missed arguing as well!
However you have to admit that being "slightly above average" during these years means kicking other 5 world champion's butts... not just some finnish world champion ā la hakkinen!
However you have to admit that being "slightly above average" during these years means kicking other 5 world champion's butts... not just some finnish world champion ā la hakkinen!
Paul stop posting here and reply to the email i sent you this morning :p
Alfy... ferrari doesn't change the rules, they just have their own rulebook. It has fancy pop up images too to show domenicali how to cope with the parts
Superior hardware or not don't touch vettel please! He won in the wet on a toro rosso... Superior handling my *** there! One problem he may have is having demonstrated all he could demonstrate too soon.
Alfy... ferrari doesn't change the rules, they just have their own rulebook. It has fancy pop up images too to show domenicali how to cope with the parts
Superior hardware or not don't touch vettel please! He won in the wet on a toro rosso... Superior handling my *** there! One problem he may have is having demonstrated all he could demonstrate too soon.
Paul.