Allow me to try and pull this thread out of the dark hole it's been rammed inito. A while after I posted saying it could be the spec for hotter events the same point was made by a few journos on twitter. They were talking about the Caterham specifically, so either their hot weather spec is much bigg...

It's also the producing debut of one Jake Humphrey.

As many in the know have said, RBR's 2010 car actually had a bigger performance advantage than the 2011 car. There was an interesting piece in F1 Racing (or maybe Motor Sport... or maybe even Autosport, I forget now) looking at the stats for various dominant cars of recent decades. It demonstrated w...

Off-topic, but every time I see these 'What If?' threads it reminds me of the 'What if a dinosaur ate Alonso?' pic on the old forum :lol: :lol: :lol: If ANYONE can find that pic it would make my day. Is it this one? http://randomperspective.com/images/thumbs/dinosaur-eat-alonso.jpg I blame Hamilton.

If this turns out to be true it's very reassuring for everyone else. Whatever RBR stick on the car seems to make it go faster, would be nice to see a chink in their development armour for once.

Nice one specdecible. I missed the beginning last year but still followed the thread, good on you for taking on such a lot of work again.

1. Vettel
2. Hamilton
3. Webber
4. Button
5. Alonso
6. Rosberg
7. Schumi
8. Raikkonen
9. Grosjean
10. Massa

Robbo-92 wrote:Why didn't they get Chandok? His mind seems like an encyclopaedia of F1 knowledge, always was great listening to him on free practice sessions as he really does know his stuff

Yes, Chandhok was excellent. If they made the decision not to use him it's a big gamble.

I think there is a good argument for re-introducing manual 'boxes as they do promote driver skill and introduce the driver error and reliability issues which could be good for the show. When we look back at the overtaking of the 70's & 80's a lot of it resulted from missed gears. That classic Arnox...

To me he seems like the most charmless driver since Scott Speed. Shame Maurice Hamilton won't be doing it.

I think there is a good argument for re-introducing manual 'boxes as they do promote driver skill and introduce the driver error and reliability issues which could be good for the show. When we look back at the overtaking of the 70's & 80's a lot of it resulted from missed gears. That classic Arnox...

I think there is a good argument for re-introducing manual 'boxes as they do promote driver skill and introduce the driver error and reliability issues which could be good for the show. When we look back at the overtaking of the 70's & 80's a lot of it resulted from missed gears. That classic Arnox...

I think it's fair to say that from what we've seen in the tests, especially long runs, the varying statements from Par Fry, and many of the drivers's, it's pretty OK to assume that the Ferrari is not 9 tenths of a second faster than the RBR so in this context, the times are meaningless. Yep, it jus...

A semi-automatic sequential box means faster gear changes, simple as that. You don't need to take your hand off the wheel and the actual shift happens in a split second.

The recent top 5 drivers in the recent top 3 of cars. 2012 will have to throw up some big surprises if testing really is meaningless. I think it's fair to say that from what we've seen in the tests, especially long runs, the varying statements from Par Fry, and many of the drivers's, it's pretty OK...

The recent top 5 drivers in the recent top 3 of cars. 2012 will have to throw up some big surprises if testing really is meaningless. I think it's fair to say that from what we've seen in the tests, especially long runs, the varying statements from Par Fry, and many of the drivers's, it's pretty OK...

The recent top 5 drivers in the recent top 3 of cars. 2012 will have to throw up some big surprises if testing really is meaningless.

dizlexik wrote:

mcdo wrote:

dizlexik wrote:

Balibari wrote:Spa or Silverstone '08

He didn't win there.

Oh good god no

On topic, Canada 2007. A chaotic race, 4 safety car periods (a record at the time) and successfully holding Alonso off, all in his debut season.

Blame Balibari

Moi?

Spa or Silverstone '08

matzy wrote:

MistaVega23 wrote:No. I don't see why those who pay for it should pass it on to those who don't.

Those without Sky can watch it on BBC. Simples.

+1

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bbobeckyj wrote:which is worse, this race or no race?

Exactly.

Think it's Mclaren hands down. Do you think the authorities will react to the criticism of the stepped noses and change the regs for future seasons or do you think they'll be around for a while? Why have you grouped Caterham, HRT and Marussia as one? I can see that some people might want to vote fo...

I'm already cringing at the anticapted Clarkson introduction.

Nick Mason (original Pink Floyd member and serious petrolhead) has just said he's ready to accept the offer the BBC make every year and will also be doing it soon.

My tuppence worth... red text on gray background makes things harder to read without providing any benefit.

(obviously my sig's different )

Very hard to argue with the OP. For me only 2 or 3 of those guys are as good as the best of today, but the depth of talent is absolutely awesome, that's the key for me. Whoever you think the weakest 78 driver on that list is, none of them would slot into the 2012 heirarchy lower than the bottom of t...

Now you drawer attention to it that looks absurdly big, like it's been photoshopped. Perhaps this is their Malaysia/Bahrain/hot country spec...?

52. There's no point in ever hoping for a decent race in Spain.