[f1 2012]

sugar · Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 7:56 am Post subject:

I think we've had 4 drivers win races so far this season, but more amazingly, 4 different constructors.
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asturm · Advocate Joined: 05 Apr 2007 Posts: 4294 Location: Austria

We've also got our 4th drivers' championship leader so far.
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disi · Posted: Sun May 13, 2012 12:38 pm Post subject:

And Schumacher totalled his car already :roll:

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sugar · Posted: Sun May 27, 2012 11:20 am Post subject:

anyone catch the first lap of race 2 of the gp2's?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CG_zj-loE2s
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asturm · Advocate Joined: 05 Apr 2007 Posts: 4294 Location: Austria

So... 6th winner of the season today?

EDIT: Wow, legendary Spa crash comes into mind ^^
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sugar · Posted: Sun May 27, 2012 11:46 am Post subject:

sugar · Posted: Sun May 27, 2012 10:57 pm Post subject:

Webber, it seems, did a good job at being a road block for the 6 or so cars behind him, which is exactly how you're supposed to win at Monaco. Well done Mark!

Anyway, I was watching the Indy 500, and Jean Alesi was running in a Lotus! Unfortunately, they were black flagged for going too slow. You'd think they would have made that decision in quali, rather than the race, but it seems a little political (if the Lotus's had not entered the race, then the race would have been 2 cars short for the first time since 1947).

Jean looks in great shape for an almost 48 year old!
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energyman76b · Advocate Joined: 26 Mar 2003 Posts: 2042 Location: Germany

once again, mega snore fest. They should just take the qualifying list, randomly pick 6 who 'crash out' and you get your final standings. Monaco is crap.
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sugar · Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 12:39 am Post subject:

pigeon768 · l33t Joined: 02 Jan 2006 Posts: 670

DRS is shit.

The problem is these shitty tires. Drivers don't pass people - cars don't pass people - tire management is the only thing that matters. Everything else, besides stupid mistakes by the drivers and pit crew, is irrelevant. Have a better driver? Doesn't matter. Have a faster car? Doesn't matter.

People say shitty tires create passing opportunities - but it's bullshit. I'd rather have a system where the stewards are given a choke button to reduce HP on the engines of cars they choose. That way, slow, shitty cars wouldn't hold up the faster cars (kovalainen vs button) but it wouldn't rob the fans of legitimately fast drivers in legitimately fast cars from making legitimately good passes. Still bullshit when it does happen, but it doesn't have to happen when it actually matters.

Every DRS pass, every KERS pass is fake. It's not real. It isn't racing. It's a time trial with everybody on the same circuit. F1 should be more UFC and less WWE.

Want to make the racing good again? Ban multi-element aerodynamic parts. Bring back ground effects and blown diffusers. Completely derestrict tire regulations, except to force drivers to start the race on the tires they perform their qualifying lap on. Bring back mid-race refueling. There will be less passing, but the passes that do happen will actually matter. The penalty from dirty air will be significantly reduced - tires, ground effects, and blown diffusers don't give a shit what the air is doing, and with single element aerodynamic parts, those parts won't have very much downforce to lose to begin with.
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energyman76b · Advocate Joined: 26 Mar 2003 Posts: 2042 Location: Germany

the tires are great (as is DRS), since they got those soft tires and drs there is more overtaking then in the whole decade before. At least something is happening - on sensible courses.

Before they forced Pirelli to make those tires, ALL races were like Monaco. Qualifying-crashes = End result. Today you get some changes, today the drivers have to be a lot more alert about their surroundings.

Those are steps in the right direction.

And they are not 'fake'. The driver still needs skill, the driver in front still can defend. They offset the fact that the car behind usually has no chance because of the turbulences.
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sugar · Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2012 11:04 pm Post subject:

I'm watching the indycar race in Detroit. The asphalt is coming up off the track, and so they had to stop the race for 2 hours. They've tried to cement the holes (I think), and they're trying to run 15 more laps to give what would be considered full race distance.
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asturm · Advocate Joined: 05 Apr 2007 Posts: 4294 Location: Austria

So... 7th winner of the season today?

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sugar · Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2012 2:18 am Post subject: Re: [f1 2012]

erm67 · Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2012 7:58 am Post subject:

charly · n00b Joined: 05 Apr 2011 Posts: 14

You may find this interesting: http://argent.fia.com/web/fia-public.nsf/9EB70C1B4B3D5E9CC12576C7005427AB/$FILE/2010%20APPENDIX%2001-02-2010.pdf
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sugar · Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 3:58 am Post subject:

if anyone is interested, I'm currently listening to Le Mans. Audi is running a diesel hybrid, which uses a KERS system.