planetf1.com

rocks4brains

Exciting: 1999, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012
Good: 2005, 2009, 2010
Decent: 2001, 2011
Average: 2002, 2004

No boring seasons cause F1 is never boring, there's always something. Even 2004 had: Button's breakthrough, rise of Renault, probably the fastest F1 cars ever.

rocks4brains

Of course it's not. Was there a year zero? Decade, century or millenium must have ten, hundred or thousand years. If 2000 is 21th century, then somewhere there's one century with 99 years. Anyway: Ferrari (can't look past them) Red Bull (based on last few years) McLaren (not enough titles but the am...

rocks4brains

It's not just Hungary. Same applies to Canada, Monaco, Brazil, Melbourne and many other tracks.

Monza is the other way around, lap ends soon after Parabolica. Can't remember any others but I'm sure there are a few more.

It's track specific.

rocks4brains

2012 - got to be Rosberg, he even stepped out of his car while others on track still couldn't get close 2011 - i'd say Hamilton in Korea since it was the only non-Red Bull pole, honorable mention to Button in Suzuka (couple of thousands down on Vettel's pole time) 2010 - back to back poles from Alon...

rocks4brains

Standings don't tell the full story. Karthikeyan beat de la Rosa this season (thanks to 15th in Monaco) but he never finished ahead of Pedro when both finished. Probably same with Glock. His teammates just lucked into a good finishing position when there was high attrition and Glock retired as well.

rocks4brains

sutil had his chance. he was average then anything else, therefore he should not be signed up. there are many drivers who deserve a seat like kk, alguersuari, bianchi, senna and buemi. Doesn't the same apply to Senna and Buemi then? Both were average if you ask me. Out of those you listed, only Bia...

rocks4brains

1999 Brazil was the first race I recall watching. I got into it more during summer months when Irvine became the number one at Ferrari. then missed 2009 and 2010 but started watching again in 2011.

rocks4brains

Petrov.

Thanks to him they are 10th and he outperformed Heikki in the second half of the season.

rocks4brains

Red Bull being asked to change their car 4-5 times this season through illegal parts or technical loopholes the FIA weren't clear enough on, yet being allowed (aloud? hehe) to keep the results gained through the parts. But out of the list you provide, Ferrari changing Massa's gearbox. It was very u...

rocks4brains

Alguersuari has one too apparently...maybe both are lying.

rocks4brains

1)Vettel was not far away from the pack, on lap 3 he was already passing a Marussia, the gap with the leader was around 12 seconds. 2)Many potential banana skins for Vettel were already out (Grosjean, both Williams cars, Perez). 3)Red Bull was two seconds a lap faster than most cars 4)While not the ...

rocks4brains

Schumacher has 7 titles and yet the likes of Senna and Clark are considered better than him by many. People who follow the sport closely usually see more. Hamilton finished fourth this season but anyone who watched this season knows he deserved more. They will also see that Ferrari was slower than R...

rocks4brains

Fernando Alonso Kimi Räikkönen Lewis Hamilton Sebastian Vettel Nico Rosberg Sergio Perez Nico Hülkenberg Felipe Massa Jenson Button Pastor Maldonado Mark Webber Michael Schumacher Romain Grosjean Charles Pic Kamui Kobayashi Vitali Petrov Daniel Ricciardo Paul di Resta Timo Glock Heikki Kovalainen Br...

rocks4brains

Best Driver: Alonso Best Team: Red Bull Best Car: McLaren Best Wet Weather Driver: Alonso Best Overtaker: Alonso Best Rookie: Pic Most Improved Driver: Massa Best Qualifier: Hamilton or Maldonado Best Tire Management: Perez Surprise of the Season: Maldonado's win in Spain and his overall speed Disap...

rocks4brains

Webber was allowed to take points off Vettel this season. didn't stop Vettel from winning the title.

Even Massa will be allowed to challenge Alonso next season, if he does it from the word go. Not with 5 races to go and more than 100 points behind.

rocks4brains

Massa was leading the WDC 5-6 races into his comeback year! The accident had nothing to do with anything. He was psychologically destroyed after the pit lane overtake and 'Fernando is faster than you' episodes. He realized the team would never support him over Alonso. He finally came to terms with ...

rocks4brains

Melbourne, then Montreal, then Spa.

rocks4brains

The only bad luck in my book is when you're taken out (like Hamilton and Alonso at Spa). When there's nothing the driver or the team can do about it. Of course you can qualify higher to get away from the likes of Grosjean but you can't outperform your car. And even if you do get pole, Grosjean can a...

rocks4brains

Totally agree. But i guess Bernie and rulemakers want stories like yesterday. Everyone keeps saying how Red Bull's strategy got them a podium. It's not a strategy if others are not allowed to use it. Basically drivers are not punished for their mistakes in qualifying. Be it starting from 11th, 18th ...

rocks4brains

i believe he abandoned his first lap in Q3, after making a mistake? so he'd be ninth or tenth.

rocks4brains

The pace has always been there. He just needs a very good car. He is not Alonso or Hamilton who can drive a dog to podiums and victories. Despite being outqualified by McLarens, current Ferrari is better than it has been for most of the season. Beginning of 2009 kind of speaks against my theory but ...

rocks4brains

Button was actually faster in Q2 than he was in Q3. His Q2 time was also faster than Hamilton's Q3 time. So he had the speed, probably made a mistake somewhere on the decisive lap.

rocks4brains

1. Australia
2. Malaysia
3. China
4. Imola
5. Turkey
6. Monaco
7. Canada
8. Magny-Cours
9. Valencia
10. Silverstone
11. Austria
12. Nürburgring
13. Hungary
14. Spa
15. Monza
16. Singapore
17. Korea
18. United States
19. Brazil
20. Suzuka

rocks4brains

I like Kimi, don't mind Schumacher, don't like Vettel. My favorite driver is actually Alonso.

So i don't feel that just because I like Kimi, I have to like Vettel and must hate Alonso.

rocks4brains

1)Bring back refuelling (but keep current tanks so there'd still be an option to go full distance) Never understood why it was banned in the first place. I can remember maybe three or four fires in the pits, and that's in more than 10 years of watching. There are other things in F1 that cause much m...

rocks4brains

Button and di Resta.

rocks4brains

Did Kimi get a black flag in Suzuka last week?

Obviously it wasn't on purpose but it's very hard to prove. It took a year and a confession to punish Renault.

rocks4brains

With only 10 minutes and two hot laps in the Q3, what stops drivers bringing out yellow flags on purpose and effectively ruin everyone's laps? Especially in the last seconds. Now I don't mean Schumacher's way in Monaco (2006), that was too obvious. It doesn't even have to be done by provisional pole...

rocks4brains

Kushal Msc-3 wrote:Call me crazy if you want, a sneaky sneaky feeling tells me Vettel is McLaren bound come 2014.

Not a chance.

McLaren are clearly in love with Button and they won't ditch Perez after one season either, no matter how bad.

rocks4brains

Hopefully Hamilton and Raikkonen to bring themselves back into the mix. But honestly can't see Lotus improving much.

I think we'll finally see a Hamilton-Vettel-Alonso podium.

Button has been hampered by the penalty and Webber hasn't had a good race since Silverstone.

rocks4brains

Cheating is not innovative, it has been going on for ages.

rocks4brains

Drivers who don't get at least a couple of poles during the season, do not go on to win the title. Look at Lotus, they have an excellent car during the race, but crappy in qualy, so they won't win the title (you heard it here first). Developing the car in one direction will only deliver the title i...

rocks4brains

Button had a very poor spell from Spain to Silverstone. His grid positions were 10th, 12th, 10th, 9th and 16th. That's why the average is as low as 6.57. Now obviously that spell was mostly his fault. In the other 9 races, his worst starting position has been 6th, though. The average for them is 3.3...

rocks4brains

14,75/20

Had the correct answer for question 10 as well but changed it at the last minute.

rocks4brains

There's a reason why only cars run around Monaco and Singapore.

He almost slowed his bike down but still could have been seriously injured. Such high speed corners need longer run-off areas.

rocks4brains

They were heading towards this in Canada this year. But then Alonso and Vettel decided not to pit with Hamilton. Grosjean and Perez ended up on the podium instead.

rocks4brains

Last time McLaren didn't manage a pole all season was in 2002. Perez is not a good qualifier, Kobayashi has been more impressive over one lap. Button used to be good (maybe still is). He had some great grid positions with BAR Honda, even a couple of poles. And he obviously outqualified Barrichello i...

rocks4brains

I bet Fernando is doing a little dance somewhere. Hamilton needs Button between himself and Alonso when the flag drops. Button will now be starting from sixth at best but probably 8th or lower. Webber is also nowhere at the moment. There don't seem to be many candidates left to keep Alonso off the ...

rocks4brains

I think they'll keep Massa but Hülkenberg would be better option.

rocks4brains

I bet Fernando is doing a little dance somewhere. Hamilton needs Button between himself and Alonso when the flag drops. Button will now be starting from sixth at best but probably 8th or lower. Webber is also nowhere at the moment. There don't seem to be many candidates left to keep Alonso off the p...

Search found 79 matches