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AravJ

He should have settled for 6th. ........I always thought this, before he even crashed. Its a difficult place to pass even with DRS. Its a street track with not much run off. If this was a race track i would say go for 5th Their tyres were also getting old. He was going up against one of the best dri...

AravJ

Maybe just make lapped cars fall to the back of the grid by making them line up at an escape road, and rejoin after lead cars have passed. Then credit them with a lap there after it needs be. If there is no escape road then use the pit lane.
This will shorten the safty car period.

AravJ

We get Live BBC commentary in HD via a paid satalite provider. The commentary is much better without Brundle. Its more proffessional and less opinionated. I did not notice any driver interviews after they crashed but really did not miss it. All i want is to watch F1 with some commentary providing in...

AravJ

Its gonna be difficult with the current talent of drivers and if other teams improve pace.
But if Button continues his supreme driving like Aus, he is in with a good shot.

AravJ

Even if he was lucky (which i dont think would have changed the end result) the haters still have no argument because
In the words of Senna and later Lewis " you make your own luck" and Vettel did just that today.

AravJ

Ha, ha, ha,
I never realised this,
Red Bulls will be furious being beaten by a rookie

AravJ

Its a very deceiving graph and analysis. The problem is that you put them into descrete catogories, i.e. fastest, 2nd fastest etc for each particular lap A driver could be 4th fastest but only one tenth slower than fastest. On the other hand a driver could be 4th fastest but 1 sec slower than fastes...

AravJ

Me 2007 Honda Civic Type R
Wife 2011 Golf 6 Gti

AravJ

Merc quali pace is down to clever wings when they can use DRS at will. Race pace is same as last year. Red Bull has second fastest race pace. Makes for interesting races though with Merc and maybe Lotus separating Maclarens in the front and Rebd bulls behind. They may even qualify ahead of Maclaren

AravJ

Senna33 wrote:LH wins races for god sake!!!! how does it ruin his carreer??? Button was just better than him today

Agreed this is only the first race and 3rd is solid points. He will adapt. It could be that the car suites Button better at this point of the season and i expect it to swing through the season

AravJ

Yeah right. A Mclaren car wins by a small margin and it automatically becomes the dominant car of 2012? Lol. And qualy is only a part of the pack. It does not reflect the race pace of the car. Lol. you really did not watch the race. Gap was small at the end because of the SC. Button pulled away eas...

AravJ

Just shows how dominant they are that they were still able to pull away

AravJ

I still think he hasn't proven enough - No offense to anyone, but beating Webber is no incredible feat - Nick Heidfeld pretty much edged Webber when both were at Williams. He has beaten Hamilton who drove in faster car. When whas that exactly? Did you watch the race this weekend? To bring you up yo...

AravJ

Oh no, no more looney tunes conspiracy theorist. Awaiting the futher conspiracy theories that Schumi Lewis Massa and others are also being sabotaged just for more laughs :D . Seriously guys why would any team want to sabotage themselves. They have no idea how many places they will lose not only to t...

AravJ

Well he proved it today. Started with the fourth fastest car in quali. He then was faster and beat Lewis who was in the dominant Maclaren.

AravJ

I think Ferrari need to get their act together before thay can critisise Massa The car is a dog that is almost always sideways so it will burn tyers. Alonso is probably on of the best drivers in F1 today so its a bit unfair to compare. This man beat schumi and kimi at times. Bottom line Ferrari can ...

AravJ

Close between vettel and Alonso. They both brought slower cars up the grid. Buttion drove a flawless race and i expected him to win in a dominant macca. But this one goes to Alonso for me. He had that car on the limit sideways lap after lap.

AravJ

He drove a great race today. Safety car or not he was faster than Lewis in a slower RB. He also closed the gap to Lewis before the SC. He was not lucky,he put himself in a position to fight for second after being the forth fastest car in quali. Did anyone who was following live timing notice Webber ...

AravJ

I was rooting for Alonso but did not find anything wrong with what STR did. Alonso passed at the same place as Webber. If anything Alonso caught Webber while Webber was being held up.

AravJ

Gravel traps spoils races. I dont like it. Whatever they use a driver should be punished but still be able to rejoin rather than beaching it. Its the same reason why DRS is good, because faster cars/drivers likely hood of spoilt races is less because there is more chance to overtake.

AravJ

They are a joke and should be relegated to Gp2. If they were not blocking all the time teams would have been more sympathetic. On the other hand if they had what it takes to be in F1 they would have not found themselves being caught by cars so quickly.

AravJ

Its reminisent of Senna's Williams. They dont understand why its unstable. And Alonso is having to push it to dangerous limits to be competitive. Not bad for Alonso to finish 12th with only 1fyling lap in Q2
Good thing is that nowdays crash integrity of cars are better.

AravJ

Kyalami South Africa is about 1600m above sea level.
I think they last had a grand prix there in 93. Though they did test there last in 2001
When they go turbo the power effect will be less than normally aspirated.
Aero will still be effected, though drag will be less, and fuel consumption lower.

AravJ

You dont just talk to someone you just met about his mother.
Even if he was Vijay's "literal" brother he would have still given the same confused look to Eddie. This was made worse by the language barrier, which Eddie should also been aware off.

AravJ

You guys have been pretty fortunate so far. In South Africa we have had to pay since 2006, we dont even get highlights on non paytv. I also succumbed just before the season could start in 2006 So i have gotten over it by now, its good though with no add breaks, all practice session, qualifying and i...

AravJ

If the FIA regulated engine mappings (and i hope they did), they can put the exhaust wherever they want, its not going to have as big an effect as it did last year. It will have an advantage but only linear proportional to throttle position. Where as with off throttle blowing wizardary that they had...

AravJ

You will just never win with the haters.
In 2010 Vettel was undeserving for not exploiting the "fastest car".
In 2011 Vettel was undeserving as he had the "fastest car" because he exploited it.
This is the insane extent that fan boys will go to in order to rationalize the driver they support.

AravJ

If you cannot afford to be in f1 you should not be there. Marussia and HRT are going to be a joke again this year with them failing to test. Rather force entrants to temporarily merge with a bottom/midfield team (they must negotiate with which teams they want and terms) before they can get an indivi...

AravJ

Remove the time cap on how much Kers can be used per lap. Pointless carrying around weight if you cannot exploit it. They can limit the max weight of the unit itself. This will drive development of kers efficiency and make the cars more fuel efficient. I am sure they could have reduced fuel consumpt...

AravJ

I don't think they are bluffing.
If anything it seems that they are trying to cover up/downplay how bad the car really is while they find solutions to the problems.
Fry says it like it is
Alonso/Domenicali fights the fires afterwards.

AravJ

In terms of "better and better" i would agree that he has become a solid reliable driver that any top team would want because he is consistent and makes very few mistakes, which also contributes to car development. Good use of the words "better and better" because "faster and faster" would bring lew...

AravJ

I agree. It was domination by Vettel and lesser of the car. He dominated Webber in the same car because he could adapt quicker which is a mark of a dominant driver. Red bull did not have quali advantage otherwise webber would have always have been on the first row of the grid. Again it was Vettels d...

AravJ

I have bought the 2012 Timing App for Andriod. If it works as well as it looks live, it will be awesome. It will be a nice enhancement to the TV coverage, especially with the maps because tv can only follow on a few drivers. Other advantage is i can follow the race/practice/quali if for some reason ...

AravJ

They might introduce Kimi as the Stigs Hybrid Fin Cousin. Half Stig half human.

AravJ

Started off as a Senna fan. As a result supported Honda as an engine supplier. When he died i remained a Maclaren fan with my eye on Mugen cutomer teams. Became a Honda fan when they came back. Then a Ferrari fan when they left. But I am more of an F1 fan with an appreciation for teams and drivers t...

AravJ

People are just using the same mentality as when they say "Vettel is only strong in a Newy car" Nobody knows what he Lewis can do in a midfield team as Maclaren has always been in the top three. We know Senna was outstanding in midfield team We know Schumi was outstanding in midfield team We know Ki...

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