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Originally Posted by BluSky
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Originally Posted by Aar0n
And why does the racing cars follow each other on the track and not try to pass each other :blink:
And the racing cars sounds like buzzing bees going around the track :surrender::P:laugh:
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Originally Posted by BluSky
Sigapore is a hard track to overtake on, although today Kubica showed us how it's done.
:o The F1 car makes a beautiful sound.
To heat up the tyres to give them more grip. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by BluSky
The F1 just started over here in Perth, Western Australia. I saw the beginning of the race:surrender:Quote:
Originally Posted by Aar0n
They keep replaying the beginning of the race. 5 times already :blink: :rolleyes:
Mark Webber passed the white racing car :wow::wow::wow::wow: :yahoo::P:laugh:
Ahh you were on about the formation lap.Quote:
Originally Posted by BluSky
That would make sense :rolleyes::laugh:Quote:
Originally Posted by Aar0n
It would indeed.
Who are you cheering :cheers: for, Aar0n :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Aar0n
I'm a Redbull fan so Vettel and Webber.
What a race for both Alonso and Vettel!! That last lap had me chewing through my fingers.
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Originally Posted by Noxide
Did it taste nice... :P:laugh:Quote:
Originally Posted by Noxide
F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone worries for Korean Grand Prix
Ecclestone admits to Korean GP concerns
Formula 1 chief Bernie Ecclestone has expressed doubts over whether October's Korean Grand Prix will go ahead.
Ecclestone hopes the race will happen but says concerns will remain until the Yeongam track passes an FIA inspection.
"It's not good. It should have been inspected six weeks ago," he told BBC Sport at Sunday's Singapore Grand Prix.
A Korean race official admitted they were taking Ecclestone's remarks "seriously" but they would be ready to host the race as scheduled.
"We will have no problem in hosting the race on October 24 as we have almost completed work," revealed Korea Auto Valley Operation (KAVO) spokesman Kim Jae-Ho.
The Korean International Circuit, which has still to be completed, was initially scheduled for an inspection on 21 September, but that was a public holiday in Korea.
I actually think he's just giving a few people there a serious hurry-up and a warning.
Martin Brundle
FIA press officer Alexandra Schieren said the new inspection, by FIA race director Charlie Whiting, would take place on 11 October.
"We will rush to complete work and FIA officials will see a complete circuit when they conduct a final inspection in two weeks," said Kim.
"We take Ecclestone's remarks seriously as a message that we have to step up preparations for the race."
Ecclestone had expressed doubts that the race would go ahead.
"We normally have a 90-day check before a race and now we are sort of putting this off," he stated.
"What we've done is quite dangerous. It's a question of do we cancel the race or not? They say everything will be OK - we have to hope they're right."
BBC F1 analyst Martin Brundle believes Ecclestone's comments are intended as a warning to KAVO.
"It's very unusual for Bernie to send a message like that unless he wants to get a message out [to Korea]. It was very powerful," explained Brundle.
"I actually think he's just giving a few people there a serious hurry-up and a warning.
"I think we will be going to the race, because it would have a massive impact on the championship if there are only three rounds remaining instead of four.
In addition, Red Bull team principal Christian Horner told BBC Sport: "I think they'll get it done. They're pretty committed and I think the race will happen.
F1 cars are scheduled to take to the track for practice on Friday 22 October, qualifying a day later and the race on Sunday 24 October.
The Korean circuit is the only new venue on the F1 calendar this season and has been designed by Hermann Tilke, the man behind the layouts of the new tracks in Malaysia, China, Bahrain and Abu Dhabi.
The next race is in Japan on 10 October, followed by Korea, Brazil (on 7 November) and finally Abu Dhabi (on 14 November).
Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso's victory in Singapore at the weekend means he now trails Red Bull's Mark Webber by 11 points in the drivers' championship, with Lewis Hamilton of McLaren nine points further adrift in third.
Bernie Fossilstone.
Does he not realize that he is WAAAYYYY too old to make level-headed decisions?
Five races to go :surrender:
A racing car is on fire :whee::whee::whee::whee:
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There are only 4 races left.
Possibly only 3 if Korea bombs out
This season's gone too quick.
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Indeed.
Melbourne feels like two weeks ago.
I'm gaining some respect for Irvine :laugh::laugh:
Irvine slams Schumacher comeback as a 'disaster'
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Hardly a day goes by without someone offering an opinion on Michael Schumacher's comeback, and the latest is former Ferrari team-mate Eddie Irvine.
Irvine, who openly acknowledges he lacked the talent to beat Schumacher during their time together in the late 90s, thinks it is now the German's turn to admit it is he who is struggling for raw pace.
"On paper, his return wasn't a bad idea," Irvine told La Gazzetta dello Sport. "But he had already lost something in 2006, when Felipe Massa was often in front of him. Three years later he has lost even more.
"The result … it's a disaster," he said, adding Schumacher should stop making "excuses" for struggling to keep up with Nico Rosberg in the sister Mercedes. "It's 'this is a new team, with new people'. But in his first year at Ferrari, the car was rubbish but he won three races," said Irvine, who in the sister car finished the 1996 world championship in tenth place.
Irvine also brushed aside suggestions that Schumacher is good at building a team, for example by leading the path on development matters. "Ferrari took him for his talent; he had no idea about how the car was behaving. Michael is a great driver; you can give him a suitcase with four wheels and he'll drive it quickly. Schumacher's strength is the driving, that's all."
I 100% agree with Irvine, he's not been the same.
Michael, as any driver, is only as good as his car.
Granted, some drivers might be able to pull out a tenth or two from their teammate, but if the car doesn't suit the driver, he won't be fast.
Rosberg is driving the living daylights out of Schumi because the car just suits him better.
I've always had respect for Irvine,mainly for knowing how to enjoy himself and that F1 was another way of doing that and not the be all and end all of his life.He made the sport much more interesting compared to all the boring characters around now and always had an opinion on things(and never afraid to voice it:laugh:) instead of all the non committal answers you get from drivers nowadays.
Amusing quotes from Irvine(reading through made me laugh)
http://www.tv.com/eddie-irvine/perso...13/trivia.html
Eddie: (on a third place at the Italian GP, which turned out to be his final podium finish) It's comforting to know that old farts like myself can still blow the pants off Formula One's young guns.
Eddie: (on what he said to David Coulthard that made him so upset one time) I didn't call him a fag, I actually said he should stop being a fag and worrying about what I say.
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LOSER :laugh::laugh::laugh:
Oh dear... 3 mistakes in 3 races/practices.
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Looks like rain tomorrow, should be interesting.
What time does it show in the UK?
The race starts here at 8 in the morning.
This morning's free practice was at 3am :o
Qualifying is at 5am tomorrow and the race is at 6am.
Wonderful.
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You're an hour behind us, but you see it before we do?
Strange
What time will Korea be then?
I don't know... :cry:
I'm so glad I got up early for nothing. :glare:
I'm so glad that I overslept :laugh:Quote:
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Qualifying is in 16 hours and 18 minutes
Lewis Hamilton hit by grid penalty in Japan
McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton has been penalised five places on the grid for Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix for changing his gearbox.
:D
I might be up at 2am, but not 7am to watch the race, unless i set alarm. Got up at 5am before for boxing, so i might.
Few hours to go now, and the dry weather scheduled should suit the Red Bulls just fine.
The sun is shining and the track is dryish.
It's looking good :thumbsup: