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English forum => Small talk => Topic started by: RMSGreatBritain on March 17, 2009, 19:34:50
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Any F1 fans here? I ask because its the start of the 2009 season very soon, and so I just wondered if anyone else will be glued to it. even if they have changed the rules so that the driver with most wins is world champion instead of most points, I hope this year is as a good as the last.
And yes, I am also sad enough to get up at 3am or whatever it is in 2 weeks to watch the Australian grand prix.
any other fans out there?
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Im a Fan! I like the PS3 game also. I dont watch it every time but if i have the time i love to watch it.
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I'm a fan and can't wait for the season opener.
I'm also going to be attending the Renault World Series at Silverstone on the 4th and 5th July. ;)
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i'm a fan, but won't be getting up too early
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Absolutely can't wait. Even the new silly BBC advert which has Fleetwood Mac on the end gave me huge goosebumps. I hope McLaren fix their rear wing today (last test day), because that would be a small downer if Hamilton was stuck with a rubbish car. But yeah, absolutely can't wait. I've been playing F3000's on Race Pro to try and tick me over. :)
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I agree with 2M8, yes but not to get up in the middle of the night to watch!
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Hi Mike I watch every one of them.The websight is good as well. :thumbs:
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Im itching for the season to start! Just cant wait, oh common, time pass, quickly! :lol: Im waiting....
Cant wait to hear those notes of the supreme chain come 3am Sunday 29th March....Dun dun dun, dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun, oh I cant wait for the chain to come around:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5z-dJ35fOiM
I know its a bit silly now because of the 'most wins' rule but I hoep the rule works.
COMMON HAMILTON! ;D
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pah hamilton will lose! Kimi Räikkönen wins this year and next year and next year ... ;)
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pah hamilton will lose! Kimi Räikkönen wins this year and next year and next year ... ;)
Rubbish!!
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Rubbish!!
Truth! ;D
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Rubbish!!
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i'm curious what does F1 mean?
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i'm curious what does F1 mean?
Have a look, proper racing!!
http://www.formula1.com
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I'm a avid fan but I have been a little butt hurt ever since Schumacher retired. :'( :'( :'(
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Remember guys, next Friday at 1am, BBC Red Button will be showing Friday practise sessions live. :)
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Remember guys, next Friday at 1am, BBC Red Button will be showing Friday practise sessions live. :)
what BBC channel hope it on prime or world ;) then i can see it, you say Red button? are that A sport channel from BBC? if not hope it's on Euro sport to ;)
TJK
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thanks captain mike and now i know what F1 is ;D
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Turns out the race is actually at 7.00am UK time, brilliant! Thats 5pm local aussie time, meaning its basically an 'evening' race, which sounds quite interesting. and helpful to me! ;D a few more hours to sleep, I dont know when the BBC program is actually starting, Dunno If it'll be 6am UK time or what. But ill find out on Sky. still waiting.........................
good news for us british old chaps and mclaren supporters, Mclaren look to have sorted out their problems. They set the 3rd fasest time, behind the one and only Brawn! :)
This year is going to be exciting..........
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Comes on 1230am for me. Guess I will not be going out anywhere Friday night. :(
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Here's my favourite racer.. ;D
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That does not look like F1 to me!!
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Here's my favourite racer.. ;D
I love his latest (I think) helmet, the one with his face on. F1 is my main sporting love, but Moto GP is really good as well.
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at least Moto GP is better run! although interesting, I think 4 wheels are better than two. and then there was the Tyrrell P6, that had 6 wheels, those were the days.......
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at least Moto GP is better run! although interesting, I think 4 wheels are better than two. and then there was the Tyrrell P6, that had 6 wheels, those were the days.......
showing your age RMS
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showing your age RMS
Maybe he has just seen the movie??
??? ??? ???
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I dont need to have been there to know when the best days of F1 were...... ;D
I've seen plenty of videos of those times.......... :) ;)
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i love f1, i'm ferrari ;D
i don't like the think thath alonso goes to ferrari, alonso=shit
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Hi, welcome to the forum Markitus. :), friendly word of advice though, You
might definatly want to edit that last word ;)
I dnt think Alonso will ever go to Ferrari, Thats what they've got Kimi and Massa, two great drivers. And I wouldnt say Alonso is rubbish, He's won 2 world championship, He's just an arrogant selfish B****** who doesnt like Hamilton.
and by the way, I support Hamilton! ;D
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You tried hard Ipswich,Play up Pompey.And Im with you on Hamilton. :thumbs: :thumbs:
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You tried hard Ipswich,Play up Pompey.And Im with you on Hamilton. :thumbs: :thumbs:
I assume you mean today against Watford, I went and we did try very hard, good game for the most part except the scoring bit. I hope Pompey stay up aswell, good win over Everton, well deserved. anyways, back to F1....
I hope Williams will be competitive again, I support them as well! ;D
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i think this year will only be Ferrari vs McLaren
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Naaah, I think we'll see more teams getting in the mix for race wins like BMW, Brawn, Renault maybe even Williams and red bull (i hope). I expect the title to be between ferrari and Mclaren in the end though, but it would be good If we could get to half way through the seaosn with drivers like Hamilton, Raikkonen, Massa, Alonso, Kubica, heidfeld (of whom Im a big fan), Button, Rosberg, Vettel all in with a chance. :)
dont know why the fianle is in Abu Dhabi though, would prefer it to be in Brazil, what an atmosphere there is at that track-Incredible! Samba Sao paulo! :) :) :)
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Having watched it now for 18 years, I honestly think we're currently experiencing the best of Formula One that I've ever seen. History is very kind to the era when people like Damon Hill (who deserves to be a legend just for Hungary 1997!) where at their best. I wish I could've seen Prost and Senna go at it live, but I can't complain. I got to see Michael Schumacher make himself a sporting icon, and the many people he battled before he left (Hill, Villeneuve, Hakkinen, Montoya, Raikkonen and finally Alonso). Now there's a handful of drivers that could easily take the title this year as long as their car holds up, and the car with number 1 on the front is being driven by an Englishman again. I can't wait for Friday.
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The previous two schumacher-less years have been epic. We are having the best times of F1 since ever actually, Although the 70s were great for their small team entries and huge entry lists they used to have then. :)
But in terms of excitment and closeness in the final standings then the last two seasons have been incredible! and the best. Hope its like than again, and I want to be on the edge of my seat again all through the season, like I was last year! :) ;D
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Live Friday Practice
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/7967177.stm
;)
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so from watching practice, Ferrari, Williams, Brawn, Toyota and possibly Red Bull in the winners mix for the race.
Looks like Mclaren could see a few races before being challenging again this year, and this could make Hamilton very far away from the championship, so for the next few races:
COMMON ROSBERG! hope BMW and Button do well on suday aswell, but we'll have to see.............
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At first i could not belive that Rosberg was first! But i've noticed that his winning chances aren't that bad!
:newcaptain: :lol:
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Such a good driver Rosberg, could finally have a car to prove it. I dont know why, but I take a shine to the germans, Rosberg, Heidfeld, Vettel and BMW. :) Of course I like Lewis and Jensen more but there is something about F1s german brigade thats likable. Plus Mclaren and Brawn use Mercedes engines. And rosberg drives for Williams, who I love as well. Im supporting the Brits and the germans this year, hoorah! ;D oh,and just the one finn in Raikkonen, and an Aussie in Webber. YAY!
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Not much left to support :lol: :lol: nah, i think that this year could be one of the most exciting seasons ever!
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Hah! all Brawn front row, JACKPOT! Well done to Jenson and all at Brawn for pulling off what is a miracle, in about 2 weeks! F1-just beautiful. :)
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Chain, BBC, DC and Eddie Jordan were amazing, Jonathan Legard is the first good replacement for Murray Walker yet, practise commentary from David Croft and Anthony Davidson was amazing, and then we see a Brawn 1-2 followed by Vettel and Kubica.
And the race hasn't even started. I honestly can't believe how good this is looking, not just the F1 itself, but how good the BBC are pulling it off. One very happy, very tired man about to go to bed. :)
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Chain, BBC, DC and Eddie Jordan were amazing, Jonathan Legard is the first good replacement for Murray Walker yet, practise commentary from David Croft and Anthony Davidson was amazing, and then we see a Brawn 1-2 followed by Vettel and Kubica.
And the race hasn't even started. I honestly can't believe how good this is looking, not just the F1 itself, but how good the BBC are pulling it off. One very happy, very tired man about to go to bed. :)
I couldnt agree more Jayshum, apart from the bed bit, pah! I've got a busy day today, I dont need rest. But the BBC were truly brilliant and there was even some good banter between Humphreys, Jordan and DC. great all round weekend this is turning out to be, even if Lewis will start 15th. :) We've got another Brit to liven things up......... ;D
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Lewis Hamilton has been given a 5 place grid penalty for changing his gearbox after he lost drive in Q2.
Both Toyota cars have been disqualified from qualifying, so they are starting from the back, from the pit lane.
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BUTTON=WINNER!!!!
The Brawn 3 week miracle has just happened.
Need I say more?
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pretty weird that race! and that crash by vettel was a bit stupid :-\
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pretty weird that race! and that crash by vettel was a bit stupid :-\
How the stewards came to the conclusion that vettel was the only one that caused it is beyond me.
As Michael said "He (Vettel) was on the inside - he couldn't make his car dissolve into thin air,"
Kubica was a bit above himself for trying to overtake and not giving much space for Vettel.
Brundle did say there would be a crash there only just before it happened on British Tv coverage.
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i also think that it was Kubicas fault but the german moderators were pretty sure that is was vettels fault
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kubica just didnt give Vettel enough room. I think the punishment was more for the driving 2 laps with 3 wheels rather than causing the crash ;)
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kubica just didnt give Vettel enough room. I think the punishment was more for the driving 2 laps with 3 wheels rather than causing the crash ;)
The ten place grid demotion for the start of the Malaysian GP was for the crash.. The stewards confirmed that. ;)
The $50,000 fine was paid by the team, as it was the team that instructed Vettel to keep going with a heavilly damaged car that was only running on 3 wheels.
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Oh I see thanks for that CD :)
But the team instructing him to drive in 3 wheels? They should've known better............. ::)
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To be honest, I thought it was quite clever of them to keep him out. As soon as I saw Kubica crash, I knew the safety car was going to finish the race, and I actually said to my brother that they should keep him out. So in my opinion, it wasn't fair, especially when compared to similar things from years gone by (Schumacher comes to mind). F1 is very confusing rules-wise, seems to change every week.
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To be honest, I thought it was quite clever of them to keep him out. As soon as I saw Kubica crash, I knew the safety car was going to finish the race, and I actually said to my brother that they should keep him out. So in my opinion, it wasn't fair, especially when compared to similar things from years gone by (Schumacher comes to mind). F1 is very confusing rules-wise, seems to change every week.
That is exactly why it makes no sense to watch it live.
:thumbs:
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To be honest, I thought it was quite clever of them to keep him out. As soon as I saw Kubica crash, I knew the safety car was going to finish the race, and I actually said to my brother that they should keep him out. So in my opinion, it wasn't fair, especially when compared to similar things from years gone by (Schumacher comes to mind). F1 is very confusing rules-wise, seems to change every week.
I initially thought that too, and it was clever. however It was also stupid because of all kinds of safety issues involved in that. ;)
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Actually, there's no issues of safety involved there. The safety car takes them up to a maximum speed of 120mph, and the cars are designed to run on 3 wheels at speeds of 150mph (not picking on Schumacher, but a good example of this is Spa 98, in heavy rain!). Also, there was no chance of his tyre coming off as it's basically tethered to the axle. The FIA really need to start running the sport better now. Everyone's noticing the renewed energy that's been injected into it this year already, so they need to stop being corrupt b******'s and govern properly. Bear in mind, I lost my last bit of faith after Spa 2008. I love this sport, but it's being run by idiots.
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I must say I was pleasantly surprised that the race was so exiting, what with the KERS and the new tyre-rules..I may even watch another race.. ;D
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KERS has been a surprise for me, definitely. I thought it was just going to be a gimmick, but it does add a new level of fun to it!
Not to go on about this too much, but this video proves that the governing body behind the sport is broken. 3 years old, but still highly controversial in my opinion.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KREYDiy73qc
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isnt it funny how the greatest sport in the world is run by idiots? No it isnt actually, The FIA are just pathetic, and like Jayshum I lost complete faith in them after spa 2008. However, the sport itself is brilliant and if it wasnt for the silly FIA could be more popular than football if run right.
so on a lighter note, Who are you backing for Mlaysia? Its barrichello for me... ;)
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Shock news..
Hamilton has moved to the Brawn GP!
http://en.f1-live.com/f1/en/headlines/news/detail/090401093727.shtml
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Good thing it is April 2nd tomorrow
:P :P
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Shock news..
Hamilton has moved to the Brawn GP!
http://en.f1-live.com/f1/en/headlines/news/detail/090401093727.shtml
Just thought, it is april's fool day? :P
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Shock news..
Hamilton has moved to the Brawn GP!
http://en.f1-live.com/f1/en/headlines/news/detail/090401093727.shtml
HA! Its past 12pm, The jokes on you! ;D Your the April Fool (although the article looked very convincing until a quote from Button whihc ruined the realsim)
No F1 fan is that stupid, and if he was moving to Brawn the BBC would hav an article on it wouldnt they ;)
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Well I knew it was slightly odd. ;D
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Shock news, but no April Fool's joke I'm afraid.
Lewis Hamilton has been disqualified from the Australian GP. Trulli re-instated to third. :(
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Not surprised at the decision. lewis and mclaren lied. they should've been honest, especially how much the FIA hate them. mclaren need to restart the season in Malaysia, start afresh, and have a 16 race championship instead of 17 as they forget about Melbourne...........