Sport The Formula 1 Thread

[morcs]

The worst is trying to watch it on red button, I have to ring a mate and get them to watch red button until the programme restarts.

Once I gambled, pressed the red button and the first thing I saw was the drivers' conference

[Sidewaysbob]

Valencia is dire. A souless exercise in tourism and money. I think the organisers would be more than happy if the punters missed the race and just spent their time on the beach buying icecreams, buckets and spades. Waste of time.

[GwiDan]

Could they improve the Valencia track somehow? I love the location - properly industrial and cool looking, and the fact that it's running right in the city centre is great. If they could use lower barriers so you could see the scenery it would be an improvement, I think, and if they could maybe sort out the fiddly sector 1? I remember that they weld the bridge shut for the race too, because it's too bumpy or something. What if they left it unwelded so loads of drivers crash off at that corner by taking it too quickly?

[reani_]

Could they improve the Valencia track somehow? I love the location - properly industrial and cool looking, and the fact that it's running right in the city centre is great. If they could use lower barriers so you could see the scenery it would be an improvement, I think, and if they could maybe sort out the fiddly sector 1? I remember that they weld the bridge shut for the race too, because it's too bumpy or something. What if they left it unwelded so loads of drivers crash off at that corner by taking it too quickly?

I think they are pretty limited as it's a circuit in town and they have to meet security regulations.

[myoozikk]

Ouch. I hate it when that happens - especially when you've avoided all media contact for 24hrs for your someone to ruin it for you just as you sit down to watch it.

yeah man i got busted coming home on saturday from germany last weekend, caught the quali results on a bloody telly in the airport, many FFFFUUU's were had.

Might watch sunday's GP with my dad for the 1st time in years

[marsh]

The only way to improve it would be to make it bumpy as fuck, proper old school downtown 'dallas' style street circuit. There was an indycar circuit a couple of years back where the cars had to run over some old tram lines, those fuckers were airborn having passed over the first set. Amazing spectacle.

I don't want to see cars crashing, just being made to work for it. Turning up at a place like that is no different from running a car at Bahrain, the track is just as flat.

[GwiDan]

The only way to improve it would be to make it bumpy as fuck, proper old school downtown 'dallas' style street circuit. There was an indycar circuit a couple of years back where the cars had to run over some old tram lines, those fuckers were airborn having passed over the first set. Amazing spectacle.

I don't want to see cars crashing, just being made to work for it. Turning up at a place like that is no different from running a car at Bahrain, the track is just as flat.

I happened to be in Valencia during the GP weekend the first time they ran the race, and they had literally just finished resurfacing the road surface everywhere the track ran on the day before practice, so unfortunately it's very unlikely they'd make it anywhere approaching bumpy.

[Sidewaysbob]

all street circuits suffer from the same problem. They're made for mum to take the kids to schol and jonney fart pants to deliver 200 condoms to the local chemist. Not let the height of technology blast past at a million miles an hour. Monaco is exactly the same, if you're not on plole forget it.

Melbourne and Canada are okay because they're not on city streets.

[myoozikk]

Monaco you can let slide, we all know its not the most exciting race, but its stunning to look at and has so much history you can let the usual boredom of it pass.

[Sidewaysbob]

Bollocks, it's dull and qualifying is the only interesting bit about it. It's also full of wankers who don't know one end of an F1 car from the other ..... yes i'm looking at you Branson

[myoozikk]

i remember it too much when i was a kid, the hairpin, the tunnel, the docks. Love the circuit even though its a pretty dull race.

[marsh]

5 laps of Senna vs Mansell.

Nuff said.

[mexos]

5 laps of Senna vs Mansell.

Nuff said.

It was good - but you knew he'd never get past.

[marsh]

I still watch it now and wonder if he'll squeeze through somewhere.

Monaco also throws up the occasional big shunt, which none of the other street circuits seem to manage (bar Canada).

[reani_]

I still watch it now and wonder if he'll squeeze through somewhere.

I can't find a youtube vid... link please!

[marsh]

Enjoy.

[reani_]

Enjoy.

Beautiful piece of driving <3

I bet Mansell was quite frustrated... maybe he even said on team radio "who's f** idea was that?"

[marsh]

He'd had a puncture, and at the time I seem to recall that there were rumours of a sniper taking one of his back tyres out! Up to that point, Mansell had fucked off so far into the distance that he was totally uncatchable. That was also back in the days when the pits were an utter joke and nobody ever pitted for tyres. They also had to haul his ass out of the car at the end cause he was dead beat.

[RFT]

He'd had a puncture, and at the time I seem to recall that there were rumours of a sniper taking one of his back tyres out! Up to that point, Mansell had fucked off so far into the distance that he was totally uncatchable. That was also back in the days when the pits were an utter joke and nobody ever pitted for tyres. They also had to haul his ass out of the car at the end cause he was dead beat.

The bit in italics isn't really that true - most races from the time I started watching to the onset of refuelling were one-stop races. I know in the 60s tyre changes were very uncommon in the races, but they ceratinly were quite common in the 80s.

[marsh]

At monaco, you only pitted if you absolutely had too. The rest of the circuits were fair game. In fact Monacos pits have been heavily modified since then.

[RFT]

At monaco, you only pitted if you absolutely had too. The rest of the circuits were fair game. In fact Monacos pits have been heavily modified since then.

Ah, I didn't know you were talking about monaco specifically.

[mexos]

AMAZE!

This is going to be SO funny. Imagine the ribbing Jordan & MB will give him

[myoozikk]

AMAZE!

This is going to be SO funny. Imagine the ribbing Jordan & MB will give him

LMFAO!!!!!!!

[Wallace]

I wish it wasn't April fools, fucking hilarious idea!

[Christoph84]

More F1 based April foolery The Hulker!

[JPR]

Some pics from Malaysia, wonder what the odds are on not getting a full race again this year, Virgin will no doubt be performing a rain dance or two. Michelin could be making a come back next year and tyre supply will be open, could lead to another tyre war which could spice things up a bit with the refuelling ban.

[marsh]

I fucking love racing.

[myoozikk]

I fucking love racing.

[Sidewaysbob]

Pry for rain kids, it's the only way this will be an exciting race.

Have to go for Vettel whatever the wether this weekend, his luck has got to hold out this weekend.

[Halkyon]

Indeed, I will be praying for weather.

I'm considering quitting the fantasy league though, it's completely ruining my enjoyment of watching the races. All I think about is where my drivers are finishing.