F1 2011 thread

spiff said:
yeah seen a few already. great stuff from an era when F1 drivers were real men and death was just a split second away! pity they don't show all the accidents. amazing how casual they were about safety back then. mind boggling!!!
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And the people next to the track.
Your wife took your times for you.
 
hey at least those luxury yachts were something to look at. Don't get those in Bahrain
 
Alan said:
hey at least those luxury yachts were something to look at. Don't get those in Bahrain
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How's mister Force India's little cabin cruiser? :eek:

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The Indian Empress...
 
enigma243 said:
Just some clarity on the whole engine mapping thing - according to Charlie Whiting from the FIA:

What has been outlawed is the teams taking a laptop to the car after qualifying and writing new engine maps to the ECU. The drivers' ability to modify engine maps from inside the car during a race remains unaffected. Quite OK in my book; the cars are meant to be in parc ferme conditions after quali after all.
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I still don't get it though, they can change it after the start as far as i can see. So what difference does it actually make?

Very boring race but we cannot really complain, we used to say that after every gp at times.

redbull's cheating part 1: passed with flying colours
redbulls cheating part 2: two weeks time
 
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Hamilton rules out winning british GP

I cannot see hamilton staying at mclaren, he looks totally out of sorts and upset to me. Dejected. Title hopes all but gone, crap car with no prospect of it getting better. The ham is in sulk mode :D
 
killadoob said:
Hamilton rules out winning british GP

I cannot see hamilton staying at mclaren, he looks totally out of sorts and upset to me. Dejected. Title hopes all but gone, crap car with no prospect of it getting better. The ham is in sulk mode :D
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Reminds me of Montoya's last year.

I also think he wont be with mclaren for much longer.
 
Almost fell asleep during the race.
Hamilton is clearly frustrated. Quite evident through his repsonses to his engineer during the race.
Engineer : "Lewis, you need to look after your tyres"
Lewis : "I cant go any slower"

Engineer : "Lewis, you need to pick up your pace"
Lewis : "I cant go any faster"

:o
 
Viper25 said:
Almost fell asleep during the race.
Hamilton is clearly frustrated. Quite evident through his repsonses to his engineer during the race.
Engineer : "Lewis, you need to look after your tyres"
Lewis : "I cant go any slower"

Engineer : "Lewis, you need to pick up your pace"
Lewis : "I cant go any faster"

:o
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That was the most entertaining part of the entire race for me! Maybe next time he'll listen to his race engineer :)
 
Naks said:
At this point, if McLaren don't have the pace, I'd actually want Ferrari to win just to make this season a bit interesting...
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I don't care who wins at this stage as long as it's not SV. Imagine season "ending" two or three races early. :cry:
 
killadoob said:
I still don't get it though, they can change it after the start as far as i can see. So what difference does it actually make?
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If the car/driver combination has the ability to change mapping from behind the wheel nothing changes. What they can't do is physically write a different map to the ECU between quali and the race by plugging a laptop into the car.

It's not difficult.
 
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Rosaudio said:
SV is boring..

SV fans = 'old' MSC fans :D

/runs
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Have to agree with you. I liked him last year, when he didn't lead the championship until he won it. This year, all the action is behind him. He's spent more than 80% of this season in the lead. I don't think he has had to overtake someone this year. Very sad.
 
kat06sa said:
Have to agree with you. I liked him last year, when he didn't lead the championship until he won it. This year, all the action is behind him. He's spent more than 80% of this season in the lead. I don't think he has had to overtake someone this year. Very sad.
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Drivers should swap cars mid season. That would liven up the season.
 
enigma243 said:
If the car/driver combination has the ability to change mapping from behind the wheel nothing changes. What they can't do is physically write a different map to the ECU between quali and the race by plugging a laptop into the car.

It's not difficult.
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Yea but what does it achieve though? Same for everyone so you can only imagine it will filter down the field and everyone will have the same issue thus the performance should be the same. Stupid rule in my opinion that doesn't seem to do anything of note.

What did it achieve considering it's not very difficult? What changed? Could you explain to me what exactly it changed enigma?
 
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