F1 2011 thread

[Creag]

Sick joke....

Agreed. In extremely poor tasty

 

[killadoob]

Agreed. In extremely poor tasty

Sick and in poor taste because are not getting it or because of the situation?

 

[kayvee]

Like we will ever get F1 back here

The figured it was better to sink money in A1GP which was plain to see from the starts it was going to be a fail of note.

 

[kayvee]

Slasha can rip off Webber for saying "uuhh" 37 times, you'd think someone would point out the "basically" issue to them.

So, tyres should be an interesting factor this weekend, are we going to see 4 to 5 pit stops? I doubt it. It'd be nice to see the Ferraris near the front again. Predictably the Red Bulls will be up there.

Predictions, guys?

 

[Viper25]

Vettel should take this one.
Alonso might also pounce back.

 

[Tarantula]

Hopefully we'll see more of the DRS on the long straights at Malaysia.

Hoping for a decent race, as a missed most of the Aus race weekend.

 

[NetDude]

Times
01. Mark Webber Red Bull 1:37.651 22 laps
02. Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1:39.316 16 laps
03. Michael Schumacher Mercedes GP 1:39.791 29 laps
04. Nico Hulkenberg Force India F1 1:40.377 23 laps
05. Pastor Maldonado Williams 1:40.443 31 laps
06. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:40.453 22 laps
07. Nick Heidfeld Renault 1:40.525 6 laps
08. Rubens Barrichello Williams 1:40.581 21 laps
09. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:40.601 23 laps
10. Nico Rosberg Mercedes GP 1:40.646 29 laps
11. Adrian Sutil Force India F1 1:40.734 21 laps
12. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso 1:40.748 23 laps
13. Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso 1:40.770 24 laps
14. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber 1:40.872 27 laps
15. Jenson Button McLaren 1:40.927 16 laps
16. Jarno Trulli Team Lotus 1:41.620 21 laps
17. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 1:41.627 18 laps
18. Sergio Perez Sauber 1:41.642 24 laps
19. Timo Glock Virgin Racing 1:42.154 18 laps
20. Jerome d' Ambrosio Virgin Racing 1:42.540 20 laps
21. Davide Valsecchi Team Lotus 1:44.054 18 laps
22. Vitantonio Liuzzi Hispania 1:45.228 20 laps
23. Narain Karthikeyan Hispania 1:46.267 10 laps
24. Vitaly Petrov Renault 01:47.932 4 laps

 

[kayvee]

And after the second session:

Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m36.876s 24
2. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m36.881s + 0.005 30
3. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m37.010s + 0.134 23
4. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m37.090s + 0.214 30
5. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1m38.088s + 1.212 26
6. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m38.089s + 1.213 31
7. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m38.565s + 1.689 25
8. Nick Heidfeld Renault 1m38.570s + 1.694 16
9. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m38.583s + 1.707 27
10. Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m38.846s + 1.970 31
11. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth 1m38.968s + 2.092 25
12. Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1m39.187s + 2.311 30
13. Vitaly Petrov Renault 1m39.267s + 2.391 17
14. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1m39.398s + 2.522 29
15. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1m39.603s + 2.727 34
16. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m39.625s + 2.749 31
17. Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1m39.809s + 2.933 28
18. Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m40.115s + 3.239 31
19. Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1m40.866s + 3.990 24
20. Jarno Trulli Lotus-Renault 1m41.890s + 5.014 19
21. Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 1m43.197s + 6.321 15
22. Tonio Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth 1m43.991s + 7.115 14
23. Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault 1m44.886s + 8.010 4

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/90506

 

[Rosaudio]

Very interesting..

 

[killadoob]

Very interesting..

Not really, interesting is quali. This is all playing games and messing around. Getting a feel for the track etc.

 

[Rosaudio]

Not really, interesting is quali. This is all playing games and messing around. Getting a feel for the track etc.

Yeah you are right, just my mindset that Vettel should always be up there

 

[HapticSimian]

Hoping for a downpour and a McLaren 1-2.

 

[kayvee]

The weekend starts on Friday, and actually it is interesting, not so much in lap times, but if one follows with anything more than superficial interest a lot can be learned on the various teams and how things are likely to progress over the weekend.

McLaren looks strong. Maybe their novel ground effects they exploited in Oz will help them more this weekend

 

[killadoob]

The weekend starts on Friday, and actually it is interesting, not so much in lap times, but if one follows with anything more than superficial interest a lot can be learned on the various teams anh how things are likely to progress over the weekend.

McLaren looks strong. Maybe their novel ground effects they exploited in Oz will help them more this weekend

Ok so judging by practice who is likely to be on poll tomorrow? The weekend starts on friday the real business starts on saturday.

Webber or button?

 

[kayvee]

My point was you can't make anything from the lap times or positions from Friday sessions, but it remains interesting nonetheless IMO.

Neither.

 

[killadoob]

Yea possibly but we will see tomorrow what the true speed of the relative cars will be, providing it's dry of course .

 

[satanboy]

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr don't ****ing advertise F1 qualifying in HD...if you only show it in HD for 10 min...

 

[satanboy]

HD...SD....HD...SD...wtf is up with DStv?

 

[HapticSimian]

HD...SD....HD...SD...wtf is up with DStv?

I'd hazard it's not necessarily Monochoice's fault... It's the global début of F1 in HD and I think they're having a few issues with their feeds - check the laptime graphics, they're still in the wrong place for an HD feed...

 

[killadoob]

What is up with the timings blocking half my screen? Look at the motogp the times are on the bottom so they don't block the screen .

What an epic quali wow vettel is amazing. Hamilton right up there with him. Does the redbull have kers working? I never see a graphic showing their kers battery