Sport The Formula 1 Thread

[wev]

Only just noticed during this segment with Rubens, he's really thrown around inside that Jordan at Imola.

It's only just dawned on me, I'm gonna miss him if he doesn't get a drive next year.

[myoozikk]

Reubens

[The Bag]

God I love the BBC

[Shimmyhill]

Reubens

This, such a nice bloke - i hope he is in F1 in some form, wonder if he could be part of a commentary team?

[mexos]

If Barry wants to continue... well let's look at who he'd still be a better bet than. (IMO)

Trulli

Ambrosio

Massa - debatable

Maldonado - debateable

Senna

Petrov

Liuzzi

Glock - debateable

And of course, Mr Ice Cream

[wev]

OMFG @ Young Brawn

[mexos]

Amazing footage of Ross there.

[roskelld]

That feature was awesome!!!

[myoozikk]

Loved that team bosses package. BBC ftw!

[mexos]

If the rumor of Crofty and Brundle being the commentary duo for sky and the beeb is true, it's just dawned on me that this could be DC's swansong commentating. He'd be back to being a pundit.

[morcs]

Um, Jake, you kind of ignored why that race was so exhausting for Senna there... Cost cutting already

Is that the one where he was stuck in gear? Never understood why that would be more tiring, should be less if anything?

[wev]

Is that the one where he was stuck in gear? Never understood why that would be more tiring, should be less if anything?

Yeah it was, he was stuck in Fifth if I remember correctly, and I imagine its harder because the car accelerates slower at low revs, if you look at the Interlagos circuit, coming out of that final corner flat out, then braking into the chicane and then trying to accelerate out and still win the race has got to be exhausting both physically and mentally.

[mexos]

Rain, come on. Let's have it!

[roskelld]

Fuck the TV feed is shit here.

Today we've got the FIA footage, but no commentary. Just noise.

So I've got iPlayer sound on my laptop so I can hear Brundle and DC, the only problem is that the iPlayer feed is about 15 seconds behind.

[mexos]

Come on Barry, you can't go out in Q3...

9th!

[roskelld]

What passed in front of Barry's car? was it just a bit of floating debris or a rabbit?

[JohnC]

No ice cream for Williams then.

[mexos]

No Kimi next year then? What a shame.

[myoozikk]

Bye Maldonado. Can't see him having a seat next year. All the money in the world can't excuse him from being totally shit.

[JohnC]

Damn, I thought the rain was real too.

[mexos]

I'd be pissed if I was JA after that interview.

Fuuuuu! Saw the rain and almost got a stonker. Grr.

[marsh]

Redbull quick to take some dirty money.

[mexos]

Zzzzz...

[roskelld]

Zzzzz...

Started out as an exciting session, but totally lost its uumpf. Hopefully we'll have some excitement now.

[myoozikk]

Beh!

[Bruciebabie]

How come at every race the Red Bull goes half a second faster in Q3 than at any other time in the whole weekend?

There must be a Q3 button that does something that only lasts for one critical lap and which can't be used the rest of the time.

One day we will find out.

[mexos]

Extra boost of off throttle blowing.

[Sidewaysbob]

... or maybe they're just not going full tilt in practice.

[Bruciebabie]

... or maybe they're just not going full tilt in practice.

Not really. The car looks different on the circuit.

During FP 1 to 3 you can see the RBR sliding on the limit and often the McLaren is faster.

Same in Q1 and Q2.

Then in Q3 there is magic and the car just looks different for one lap. Half a second different.

And when they get into the race they are not specially fast compared with the McLarens and Ferraris.

Whatever the Q3 button does it obviously has a huge cost, otherwise they would use it all the time. Maybe they are blanking their radiators and using dry ice or maybe they have a grenade engine programme. Who knows. We only just found they were using the exhaust to heat the tyres for a lap one advantage. The Q3 thing has got me intrigued.

[Dandy_Sephy]

Brundle just confirmed his Sky deal on Twitter a few minutes ago

Can confirm I'll be commentating on Sky Sports F1 in 2012. All races live on dedicated F1 channel + more tech features is what motivates me

edit: also says he'll be doing grid walks