Sport The Formula 1 Thread

[Dudley]

£30 billion is for the whole Yas Island, not the track. This includes lots of land reclamation from the sea.

Which is bastard expensive and if you've seen it right up close (I once stood on land that didn't exist 10 mins earlier) is REALLY fucking impressive.

[sonic_shuffle]

Which is bastard expensive and if you've seen it right up close (I once stood on land that didn't exist 10 mins earlier) is REALLY fucking impressive.

Then they ruin it with a giant red star-fish building with a horse picture on it.

[Bruciebabie]

Kobayashi !

Deeply impressive again.

[roskelld]

F1 is turning into Wipeout.

The only thing that the track is missing is more vertical sweeps, the rest looks like it was cooked up in a Liverpool dev studio 14 years ago.

[Bruciebabie]

Practice 2

1. Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:41.307 35

2. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:41.504 + 0.197 34

3. Button Brawn-Mercedes 1:41.541 + 0.234 39

4. Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1:41.591 + 0.284 37

5. Kobayashi Toyota 1:41.636 + 0.329 34

6. Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:41.683 + 0.376 37

7. Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:41.684 + 0.377 34

8. Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes 1:41.831 + 0.524 38

9. Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:41.931 + 0.624 39

10. Raikkonen Ferrari 1:41.987 + 0.680 39

11. Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:42.180 + 0.873 28

12. Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:42.245 + 0.938 36

13. Heidfeld BMW-Sauber 1:42.278 + 0.971 36

14. Trulli Toyota 1:42.409 + 1.102 30

15. Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes 1:42.530 + 1.223 33

16. Alonso Renault 1:42.782 + 1.475 29

17. Fisichella Ferrari 1:42.932 + 1.625 37

18. Grosjean Renault 1:43.021 + 1.714 37

19. Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:43.022 + 1.715 39

20. Kubica BMW-Sauber 1:43.708 + 2.401 13

[Dudley]

Then they ruin it with a giant red star-fish building with a horse picture on it.

In my experience, what they put ON that land round those parts is almost universally hideous

[Agent L]

Bruno Senna has signed a race seat deal for Campos next year [sidewaysbob]if they turn up that is[/sidewaysbob]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport...one/8311919.stm

[Sidewaysbob]

It's starting to look like they'll all turn up. Even the americans !

[Bruciebabie]

It's starting to look like they'll all turn up. Even the americans !

Very big ? over Toyota. Existing drivers leaving, no new drivers signed.

(Rumors about Kobayashi and Heikki)

Supervisory board have not yet decided whether to continue.

One of the largest budgets in F1 and nothing to show for it.

Pretty useless at selecting drivers. Ralph and then Trulli, both on astronomic salaries!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If they go then BMW Phoenix will fill the slot.

But then they need to find drivers.

With no testing experienced drivers are at a premium.

Already Luizzi is back. Davidson sure to follow.

Then what about Speed, Bordais, Piquet, Albers etc?

[myoozikk]

do you have return button tourette's.

please create a paragraph,

please,

pleaase,

FFFUUUU

[gerald.d]

do you have return button tourette's.

please create a paragraph,

please,

pleaase,

FFFUUUU

Ahh. That explains it.

I kept trying to read that post as a pair of limericks, but couldn't get it to scan at all.

[Bruciebabie]

Bruno Senna has signed a race seat deal for Campos next year [sidewaysbob]if they turn up that is[/sidewaysbob]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport...one/8311919.stm

13 teams, 26 race seats. Only 7 drivers confirmed!!!

Hamilton, Mark Webber, Vettel, Fernando Alonso, Felipe Massa, Kubica and now Senna.

19 seats still up for grabs and it is the last race of the season.

[Bruciebabie]

P3 about to start: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport...one/8334563.stm

[Bruciebabie]

do you have return button tourette's.

please create a paragraph,

please,

pleaase,

FFFUUUU

Ulysses has inspired me.

If Joyce can get the Nobel prize for literature then it must be right.

[Big Gus]

It's almost becoming a forum catchphrase like "bummed in the gob" and "breakfast bag" but fuck off Bruce.

[Wallace]

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This weekend should be about McLaren vs. Ferrari, but with Fisi not being used to the car and Kimi not giving a fuck it looks like Lewis will be getting 3rd place sealed for the team.

[myoozikk]

Ulysses has inspired me.

If Joyce can get the Nobel prize for literature then it must be right.

you are not Ulysses, you are a twat.

[Bruciebabie]

P3.

Can't find it with the times yet but there is a massive spread.

Presumably because of the compromises imposed by having big straights and lots of 2nd gear corners.

1 Great Britain J Button Brawn

2 Great Britain L Hamilton McLaren

3 Brazil R Barrichello Brawn

4 Switzerland S Buemi Toro Rosso

5 Germany N Heidfeld BMW Sauber

6 Finland H Kovalainen McLaren

7 Italy J Trulli Toyota

8 Poland R Kubica BMW Sauber

9 Germany A Sutil Force India

10 Finland K Raikkonen Ferrari

11 Germany S Vettel Red Bull

12 Germany N Rosberg Williams

13 Japan K Kobayashi Toyota

14 Italy V Liuzzi Force India

15 Australia M Webber Red Bull

16 Spain F Alonso Renault

17 Japan K Nakajima Williams

18 France R Grosjean Renault

19 Italy G Fisichella Ferrari

20 Spain J Alguersuari Toro Rosso

[myoozikk]

[fragglerock]

Please stop posting BBC show times and lists of results... we all know where to find them if we are interested and they add no value to this thread.

[myoozikk]

Please stop posting BBC show times and lists of results... we all know where to find them if we are interested and they add no value to this thread.

1000x times this!

[Sigourney Beaver]

Christ, this track makes even Malaysia and Bahrain look primitive

[myoozikk]

gah i'm in Albania of all places and don't get back until 9pm ish, so i haven't seen the track in the flesh yet. Can't wait.

[Bruciebabie]

BBC qualifying programme starts in 6 minutes.

[Bruciebabie]

Please stop posting BBC show times and lists of results... we all know where to find them if we are interested and they add no value to this thread.

Other people, earlier in this very thread, have said that these lists are good stuff.

So go argue with them.

[Sigourney Beaver]

BBC qualifying programme starts in 6 minutes.

Doesn't the really good stuff start at 13:00?

[myoozikk]

BBC qualifying programme starts in 6 minutes.

[Big Gus]

i love how he's changed his "ignore" sig because Stuart Campbell probably threatened to be the next in line to sue him.

Anyway, pit tunnel incidents plox.

[morcs]

Two F1 drivers in one car

Brundle: "This one's tighter than it looks"

Coulthard: "It's just the line you took"

[Sigourney Beaver]

Is this Humphrey guy a man or a mouse? "Ooh, my nerves!" Fucking get on with it, you tart!