Here is the Marussia MR01. The nose doesn't have the large step in it, that most of the other cars have this year.

http://i40.tinypic.com/30vnpti.jpg

WTF? :lol:

Kimi either thinks the way the kid's eating that is *really* gay, or he is contemplating beating the kid up 'cause HE wants an ice cream...

I could not stay awake last night and the DVR F'd up. It is so nice that the Internet has 2 Torrents already for the race. Fast one should be done DLing in an hour or so just about when Bristol is done. :banana:

i fell asleep during the race. woke up and started playing it off the DVR. then i fell asleep again ...

woke up the next day and finished off the race (fell asleep around Lap 38/58 )

I'm starting to think while i Love actually racing, i don't like watching others race... Gonna try to watch a few more and maybe i'll warm up to it... ? (maybe once i start following F1 a bit more, it will be more entertaining to watch)

for those who watch F1 all the time, was this last race a bit boring by F1 standards or about average? could just have been i was really tired / down saturday (missed an RX race in stockton.. bald tires + snow = fail)

I thought the last race was actually quite good. Button sorta ran away up front, but the battle for 2nd-4th was good, and the mid-pack racing was awesome. I'm just bummed so many of the new/young drivers that qualified well got knocked out of the race.

Keep in mind that F1 is not like other series. It's more like a 2 hour, concurrent time-trials. You have to enjoy the nuances of the cars driving alone, or it just doesn't feel very exciting. To be frank, it's an acquired taste I guess. That's what's nice about playing the Fantasy F1 league... if you're not already a big fan, it gives you just 5 drivers to follow during the race. Before you know it, a few races into the season, you know all the drivers and teams and start to really "get" it.

It also helps that the Speed channel crew covering the races are fantastic. You just have to know enough about F1 to understand all the stuff they talk about, but they do a great job of adding to the race by pointing out a lot of the nuances I mentioned earlier.

To put it another way... if my wife can become a fan, anyone can. You just have to give it a shot for a few races, because it's not like NASCAR, or even like Spec Miata or something where there's always a crowd of cars duking it out on track.

Scott, you would really like the UK Sky coverage I watched. Good race coverage plus an hour post post race coverage with all sorts of people and topics.

I wish the feed had gone back and shown us more of what really all happened on the last lap or two. Some weird stuff mid pack.

Yeah, I would like to know what happened to Rosberg, I haven't had time to look it up yet, but it seems like the Pastor shunt really screwed up some days for some people.

alrighty. ya I was thinking the same thing that its almost more like watching time trials.. (not much passing or traffic) Think i have my DVR set for the next one (series record mode) hehehe

Okay, the last 15-20 laps of today's China Grand Prix were intense. Tire degradation made the dirty line into a gravel rally course, it was awesome to see drivers taking chances to overtake. There were some legitimate dive-bombs, lots of out-braking, passes on the outside, it was sweet. And what a great win for _____ ______ !!!!

It was epic. You knew the tires where going to give out, but who could hold out the longest.

All those things about F1 being a convoluted time trial was bullshit. China 2012 was basically a NASCAR race ran by open wheel cars on a road course. :eek:

The "battle for second" had 6 cars in it for the last 15 laps!!

In comparison, there was NO passing the nascar race Saturday night, the on track action in China was some of the best I've seen

Agreed! That was one of the best endings to a race I have seen in a while

If they would just get rid of real race tracks like China and Malaysia and stick to awesome street circuits they wouldn't have this problem.

:lol:

I don't think F1 is street track heavy. Monaco is a tradition... Canada and Melbourne drive like regular circuits... Singapore isn't the greatest for racing, but the track is awesome looking. Really Valencia is the only track that sucks because it's a street course that I would suggest ditching... though I reserve my opinion about the 2013 NY/NJ track, since that will probably also suck for racing.

Damn DVR! There are no torrents I can find yet. It has been on usenet for hours, but Charter's usenet server has a about a 50KB/s throttle, so it will take days to DL. :(

Bahrain race was awesome, and it's being shown again on Speed right now.

I'm surprised how well Kimi is doing. I thought it might take a while for him to get back into the swing, but he's doing well. Lotus Renault is all around looking good this year.

Found a torrent and watching now.

June update from the Circuit of the Americas. First layer of pavement is down for turns 1-12 and 18-20.

http://circuitoftheamericas.com/arti...ruction-update

Top Gear did an interview with Alain Prost where talks about the current season, and his thoughts regarding the current tires.

http://www.topgear.com/uk/car-news/t...ost-2012-07-05

Anyone have an opinion on the Vettel penalty?


Seems like Vettel could have stayed on the curb and held the position, or gone over the curb and held the position. Either way, Button was passed... Vettel was well along side him through the whole corner... any contact would have been Button's fault, as Button is required to leave room on exit. So why penalize Vettel for taking the safer line?

Seems silly to apply the rule meant to stop people from cutting chicanes and corners to a guy that decided to use the slippery paint out of concern for getting hit instead of the sticky rubbered-in track.

This is a crap ruling in my opinion. Why is it then okay to run over the curb for a qualifying lap? or to pass a back marker? I think the outside of a corner should be in play, whereas the inside of a corner should be penalized if cut. I don't like the ruling, he had the pass made, he had position, he was trying to keep his momentum and the inside driver has a huge advantage as he can dictate the edge of the track... boo.

Besides, I suck at fantasy F1, and this cost me a ton of points

I agree. This cost me a ton of points too. Instead of having the top 4 drivers, I had to settle for 1,2,3 & 5th. :mad:

Boo hoo :lol:

Vettle got impatient, the pace of the McLaren was falling. Seb could have had him going into the stadium. He knew what he was doing, and he knew the risk. I think Hamilton got to him.

Kimi, trying to avoid reporters in Germany

https://p.twimg.com/Ayg5V7qCAAAxcaC.jpg:large

https://p.twimg.com/AyhEEsSCMAAftj1.jpg:large

God, Kimi is such a wreck. If anyone were to ever get a DUI in a racecar, that's the guy.

Finish developers Rovio are releasing special F1/Angry Birds gear for Heikki and Kimi, in one of the weirder promotional crossovers.

http://wtf1.co.uk/wp-content/uploads...irdsMerch1.jpg

http://wtf1.co.uk/want-angry-birds-r...1-merchandise/

Hamilton is a huge idiot moving to Mercedes. I mean, he's been w/ McLaren since he was like 13 years old, so I get that maybe he's got a decent case of "the grass is greener" going on. But really, who's going to win next years championship? Probably Ferrari, then McLaren, then Lotus.... I don't see Mercedes winning one sooner than those 3.

I guess this also means Schumacher is re-retiring. Hamilton and Rosberg are old GP2 friends/rivals, aren't they? That might actually be a good combo for Mercedes. But I was really hoping Schumacher would win a race or two on his comeback before quitting again.

The big winner here is McLaren and Perez... McLaren is getting rid of a fussy diva and getting a hungry kid with gobs of talent... you know, what Hamilton was in 2007 when he almost beat teammate Alonso. This is the move that might get Perez an eventual championship. Good for him.

What's this I hear about Honda considering a return to F1?

Um, what have you heard? That's awesome news if it's true.

Maybe they're buy the Mercedes team back, then fire Hamilton and Rosberg and replace them with Sato and Kobayashi. :lol:

I think all they've basically said is "We'd consider it, if it made business sense"

"Racing is the most efficient means of turning money into noise."

"The best way to make a small fortune racing is to start with a large one."

...I'm pretty sure they're not coming back then. :lol:

Honda is coming back with Minardi in 2013.




/rumor mill

Well, looks like Speed is losing F1 next year.

http://jalopnik.com/5951245/speed-wi...y-a-good-thing

Seems like they were outbid by a competitor, who some think might be NBC

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/ap-so...1-after-season

Yeah, it makes me nervous to read that. If it goes to NBC sprts, that's okay, I just hope Varsha, Hobbs and Matchett can go along too.

I'm worried that Speed will hold on to Varsha because he does a lot of other stuff for them besides F1.

Ooh, maybe it'll be Calvin Fish, Tommy Kendal, and Dorsey Schroeder. :rolleyes:

Why not Derek Daly? :zoidberg:

Any chance of it going pay per view?

Did anyone else see Steve Matchett's drawing of Bender during Formula 1 Debrief? Classic.

No, but he made a reference to Bender again during the podium ceremony as well.. Must be a big fan :)

http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2012/1...o-formula-one/

WTF is "NBC Sports Network"? That's not an existing channel is it? Is NBC trying to go up against ESPN/Fox Sports? And if the races are live streaming on NBC's website, does that mean it's also streaming time-shifted so I can watch it later?

I'm pretty sure this is the death knell for my cable TV subscription. There's no way I'm paying Charter more to get this NBC Sports station if it's not already included, and if I can stream the race, I really don't need cable anyway. F1 on Speed is the only thing I watch on TV that I couldn't easily/reliably enough get elsewhere online.

NBC sports is on charter, it used to be Versus. Pretty good channel, I watch the NHL coverage when hockey is in season. I think it's in a package a step higher than basic. It will be a change, but I'm just happy it will be aired.

Comcast also bought out NBC last year, so I know that Comcast Bay Area (and their other regional sports networks) are now tagged as being 'part of the NBC Sports Network'.

Not sure how that affects what races will be shown where.

Massa back at Ferrari for one more year:

http://en.espnf1.com/ferrari/motorsp...ory/92066.html

Place holder for a Sebastian Vettel move in 2014?