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floydhead

Instead of detaching airflow to decrease down-force in a certain area, would it not be a better idea to for the car to generate 'side-force' as a car goes round the corner, or would the air pressure on the leading side of the car be too extreme to try to balance out on the outer low pressure side?

floydhead

From a JA on F1 article ...As for his first taste of Mercedes vs McLaren machinery, Hamilton was pretty frank, “The McLaren was better, but that’s not a surprise. I could see last year that the Mercedes was often a second off the best; sometimes two seconds. I was prepared for that. I could tell (in...

floydhead

The "switch" would not be activated by the steering system directly, but from the slight aero shear angle as the car's in the process of changing direction; maybe that could detach a flow and it would stay detached throughout the turn, then re-attach when the car turns back in the direction that th...

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http://www.f1zone.net/news/vettel-hits-back-over-abu-dhabi-swearing/16689/ "I think if you are sensitive then you should watch some kids’ programme. You have the remote control in your hand." Vettel tells it how it is :thumbup: What a stupid inane comment from Vettel. Since English is not his first...

floydhead

You don't know what kind of straight line speed Sebastian's car will have when it is setup to start last. We only ever see it geared and setup for a mad dash from the front. Yes I think they can change their gearing now that they are starting from pit. Also noticed Lewis kept hitting the rev limite...

floydhead

Who would deserves it and who wouldn't is irrelevant to me now, nor who is and who isn't the better driver - Over the last 18 months I've found Hamilton more and more embarrassing to watch during interviews. There's wearing your heart on your sleeve, and then there's being unprofessional and coming ...

floydhead

Didn't innovations such as ABS and traction control come from F1?

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Ah, the biannual DRS poll.
If only there was a way to prevent dirty air from affecting performance of the car behind....

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Dazzla wrote:there is no problem in bahrain. lets go racing and these bitches need to stop crying..

You make me proud to be British.
It shows how wonderfully sheltered our Island is, that one such as yourself can't appreciate what f'kin travesties are happening elsewhere.

floydhead

Oh quit with the dehumanization tactics. We've seen Vettel angry lots of times - including last year (Spa - Pirelli man _ flying hand). Vettel is an awesome driver and has a great personality - a well rounded one. The focus should be on the driving tho, this is motorsport - it aint reality TV, alth...

floydhead

Dont know why this is a big deal. Numereous drivers have stuck fingers up(think there was a topic with youtube vids earlier) and called others idiots etc so not a big surprise vettel would at some stage. They are humans afterall, not a big deal. It's because of threads like this http://forum.planet...

floydhead

That is pure brilliance. He'd have physically picked the HRT up and thrown it off the track if he could get close enough. This is exactly what I was thinking. Too bad his tyre blew up, I think we would have definatelly seen vettel deliberately taking NK off the road. I"m sorry, but this guy is just...

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The only Vettel finger we saw in Malaysia http://h9.abload.de/img/untitled-1n0k4e13xkv.gif That is pure brilliance. He'd have physically picked the HRT up and thrown it off the track if he could get close enough. This is exactly what I was thinking. Too bad his tyre blew up, I think we would have d...

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The other accident with Button was Button's fault, Button admits it was his fault, it didn't deserve a penalty and I've no idea why it has been brought into the discussion. So why did NK deserve a penalty? He didn't deserve one and he didn't get one (regarding the Button incident) - what are you ge...

floydhead

Vettel was understandably angry today and clearly spoke those words in anger. There can't be any defence for NK driving into him when the replays show how much room he had - it looked to me like he misjudged the length of his car whilst trying to pull in behind SV to get his slipstream... an idiotic...

floydhead

I'm thinking of starting a thread entitled "If it wasn't for the durability of the Bridgestone tyres, would Lewis Hamilton have won the WDC in 2008" But then I thought 'no, that would be stupid'. I'm thinking of Will the Mayan long count calender stop him being WDC in 2013. Well it is a worry. I'm ...

floydhead

I'm thinking of starting a thread entitled "If it wasn't for the durability of the Bridgestone tyres, would Lewis Hamilton have won the WDC in 2008"
But then I thought 'no, that would be stupid'.

floydhead

Laura23 wrote:I don't want rain. Rain in Sepang that late in the afternoon would mean it highly likely the race would be stopped, or worse, never even started.

I want a race. So dry weather please.

True. The rain seems to be in the form of torrential downpours so it could easily be red flagged then cancelled.

floydhead

While I'm thinking about the problem, I have a problem when a thread is being posted on quickly such as this thread during the qualifying session. I try to submit a post and it brings up posts that have been made while I've been writing mine and asks for confirmation and it can take up to 4 attempts...

floydhead

Pitchforks at dawn.

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Wow, that's a cracker for Vettel... it's going to be really interesting tomorrow if the tyre degradation is as bad as they think it's going to be.

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Vettel is on hards 8O That's an insane time if it's on hards It is not. That time is from his first run on softs. Nope. Vettel set his fastest lap on his last lap on the hards. Wasnt his lap on the softs a 1.36.6xx? Yeah I thought his fastest lap was on softs, and that you needed to start the race ...

floydhead

What does this Poll even mean anyway? What is it supposed to establish?

floydhead

Shame FOTA has fragmented, they should all stage a farce and race only their reserve drivers or something else along those lines - they'd probably get more publicity/coverage than a normal race weekend and it would be a huge backfire for Bernie and Bahrain.

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Considering F1 is fast becoming a status symbol for different cities and countries around the world, I find it very distressing that the sport will be used to fundamentally promote the Bahrain state.

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Jessica is started to be bit annoying to me... I cant imagine 1 race without her face in the photo gallery. Attention whore.... :evil: So she enjoys being in the heart of things during a race weekend, so what? At least she comes across as genuinely interested, pleased to be there and looks at home ...

floydhead

Personally, I'd turn my pockets inside out and do an elephant dance.

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Anybody else get the feeling this thread has run it's course?

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I don't understand, has Whitmarsh stated/hinted that he won't let them race? I haven't read anything about this anywhere and can't find an article relating to it.

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No idea if anyone has mentioned this but I stumbled upon the tail end of an interesting program on Renault TV (free to air) about their involvement in F1 as an engine supplier. Does anyone know if it's worth keeping an eye out for other F1 related programs on Renault TV? I never knew it existed.

floydhead

Last race just told me what I already knew. Lewis's team-mate now is of such a high quality that, each time he encounters a problem or makes a mistake, he will be punished. Mistake #1 - his poor start Mistake #2 - coming out of the pits behind cars on a different strategy Mistake #3 - Vettel leapin...

floydhead

He didn't ruin his race due to a stupid overtaking manoeuvre or any other big error on his part, his race was ruined by a small mistake due to him pushing the car hard on old tyres- something he's supposed to do. The decision to settle for 6th should have been made by the team, if it should have bee...

floydhead

Hello I am a Lewis Hamilton supporter and have followed his career all the way through gp2 and f1. My personal opinion is that f1 in a way has moved away from hamiltons strength and in the current format jenson button is going to have his number every time. Hamilton came into the sport when there w...

floydhead

The media is hyper fickle race to race, especially early in the season. Any promising drive is labeled the next WDC. Even on PF1 look at how many 'Button WDC' threads and 'Hammy lost the plot' threads we got post Australia. In six days, after the Malaysian GP, this could all be reversed. Hamilton w...

floydhead

I'm afraid there's already an identical thread.
http://forum.planet-f1.com/viewtopic.ph ... 3&start=80

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I don't believe it because I don't want to believe it.

floydhead

I watched the race live on french tv, but I have just watched the BBC coverage and was really pleased. There's things missing from last year of course - most notably Brundle, but it's more or less stayed a complete package even as a highlights show. I really think I'll stop watching it live on Sky w...

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sandman1347 wrote:This thread is a cesspool.

floydhead

So Lewis can only be successful as Number one driver in a team. Isn't that why Alonso left McLaren to race for Ferrari and why RB will never bring Lewis or Alonso while Vettel's there? Jenson might thrive under that situation but I would imagine most drivers would not. I love what McLaren have done...

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