Anyone planning to watch this spectacle of motorsports? Comments?
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Yeah, handmade tires; I bet they cost a buttload. Do they do it sans profit for the advertising?Clarke said:I really don't think the manufacturers are walking away with a per unit profit on the tires"sold" during a F1 race week.
They kept the race car and didn't switch to the spare. He's good to go with the race engine. :thumbup:Mr. Know-It-All said:If there was damage to the engine, then he's going to have to start from the back of the grid.
:stupid: (only driver/car combo)..BTW did anyone else think Maxs "explanation" of how the safety teams performance at Indy was just fine rather lame."The re-animator was on the scene within the specified 2 mins.""So if he was dead they could have brought him back just fine"(sic) Gee-so long as the got there within an arbitrary time frame you've set there is no need to try to get there any quicker!Jetfire said:I got the feeling that that was a one-time thing. I also think that in F1's current state, the only driver who can actually make a four-stopper work successfully is MS. Doesn't mean that others shouldn't try, though. Very interesting.
The battle for third was also really exciting and bizarre. What did Trulli do to lose it at the very last turn?
Totally. He was being super defensive in the interview, and I really think his responses -- while decent for the company line -- were unsatisfactory. Still, if the stated goal is to get help to the scene within two minutes, I suppose you can't be overly critical of Indy for executing their plan successfully.Clarke said::stupid: (only driver/car combo)..BTW did anyone else think Maxs "explanation" of how the safety teams performance at Indy was just fine rather lame."The re-animator was on the scene within the specified 2 mins.""So if he was dead they could have brought him back just fine"(sic) Gee-so long as the got there within an arbitrary time frame you've set there is no need to try to get there any quicker!
Ron Dennis went out of his way yesterday to be interviewed and slam Mosely + his comments. I read the text of the interview in Finnish, but I have not found it in English anywhere.Jetfire said:Totally. He was being super defensive in the interview, and I really think his responses -- while decent for the company line -- were unsatisfactory. Still, if the stated goal is to get help to the scene within two minutes, I suppose you can't be overly critical of Indy for executing their plan successfully.
Well, there you are ... :rofl:Alex Baumann said:No, I don't believe that this is the beginning of a four stop strategy. Ferrari's top speed was higher than Renault's and they were faster in T1, where Renault shone in T2. In the last section they were almost identical fast.
Trulli p0wn3d by Rubens very badly. The race is never finished, before you pass the line. I'm sure this will be a lesson for Trulli the next time.
Other than the Trulli-Rubens-Button trio, the race was pretty boring.
As for Mosley, I never liked him. He has an arrogant attitude. His 'efforts' to make the F1 more attractive and an 'affordable' event is very funny.
First race for the new car, so not bad. Kimi's qualifying screw-ups cost him a few places in the race, but JPM helped by spinning out twice. I still wonder why they brought the car out for this race. Regardless, both finished ... :yawn:Alex Baumann said:BTW, I think Mclaren Mercedes Team deserves a mention. They both finished the race. Their pace was very good too :thumbup:
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:Mr Paddle.Shift said:Wait a minute, fellas...Time out for a second here.
No discussions about Spoonface peeling out first before Goatee-face during the warm-up lap? If there is a 15sec disqualification for Forkface running from the grid back to the garage, there has got to be a regulation for what happened during the beginning of the warm-up lap.
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