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oh man when i saw alonso successfully defend that corner from hammy i started cheering....then webbo just plowed into him and i was roffling so hard
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Posted 28 March 2010 - 03:57 PM
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Posted 28 March 2010 - 05:40 PM
fucking dotmuch better race. maybe we need it to rain every race
Posted 28 March 2010 - 05:43 PM
Early Sepang Weekend Forecast is: "IT'S GON RAIN!"fucking dot
Hey, FIA, if you want F1 to be more interesting, build a weather control machine!
Posted 28 March 2010 - 06:39 PM
Posted 29 March 2010 - 12:26 AM
Posted 29 March 2010 - 03:40 AM
Posted 29 March 2010 - 04:49 AM
I still don't see how this no passing situation is going to get fixed....could not pass even though he had fresher tires and Fred
Posted 29 March 2010 - 05:05 AM
Posted 29 March 2010 - 05:06 AM
like i said in the other thread, these tires last too long... jenson did 50 laps on the "soft" tires... that's wayyyyyy too much... what's the point of the hard tires then? if the "soft" gives you better grip and basically race distance life, hard tires have no point...
on BBC post race coverage, whitmarsh said basically the same thing, lewis was 2 seconds a lap faster and couldn't pass, he needed to be at least 3 seconds a lap faster to give a real pass challenge...
again, like i said previously, these soft tires need to be 5-7 seconds a lap faster and only like at most 10 laps...
not saying that changing tire compounds will fix F1, but the life duration and grip levels aren't helping...
Posted 29 March 2010 - 05:09 AM
I TOTALLY AGREE!
They need to make the difference in performance between fresh tires and warn out tires to be at least 5 seconds. Then there will be more incentive to use new tired, but the trade off is the 30+ seconds down the pit lane with the reduced Pit Lane Speed Limit.
Posted 29 March 2010 - 05:14 AM
Although making the tires last shorter in duration is a fix, it's still the wrong fix. It's a band-aid fix, and totally artificial. The problem is we need to get aerodynamics back in check, and increase mechanical grip. With better tracks.
Posted 29 March 2010 - 05:47 AM
Posted 29 March 2010 - 06:40 AM
Although making the tires last shorter in duration is a fix, it's still the wrong fix. It's a band-aid fix, and totally artificial. The problem is we need to get aerodynamics back in check, and increase mechanical grip. With better tracks.
Posted 29 March 2010 - 07:13 AM
I think I'm now starting to come around and like Freddy.. "I don't want to know!"
Hell of a drive to hold off gaptooth.
Posted 29 March 2010 - 10:34 AM
it's true though, I was cheering for Alonso to hold off Hamilton and Webber because I know Felipe would not have been any good at blocking themI died a little inside
Posted 29 March 2010 - 12:46 PM
Posted 29 March 2010 - 01:55 PM
Tires fix is a stopgap/bandaid, but 50 laps on a set of soft tires? The only way you're going to convince teams to change tires at that rate is to raise the pit speed limit to 180kph. The hardest compound tire should last no more than 3/4 race distance IMO.
Anyway it was clear that drivers were pushing harder this race than in Bahrain because a) it was wet, and b) they weren't at one of the tracks where the conditions (temp) were at the extremum of the design space for the cars. Even towards the end of the race cars further down the grid where both had changed to fresh tires were still passing for position.
If Malaysia is a snoozer then we can revive the 'fix F1' discussion, but we just had one of the best races in a while and this topic still won't go away. Maybe we should be giving credit here to FA for holding Ham off long enough for his tires to go to shit.
Posted 30 March 2010 - 05:08 AM
In all fairness, Australia has always been fun, rain or shine - because of the track.
Bahrain will always be a snoozer - because of the track. Maybe hte problem isn't as much car as we continually think it is, but rather the crappy tracks they run on.
MotoGP for example rarely run on tracks that are Stop n Go like the Tilke-designed tracks we have currently, and they have awesome races. Australia is one of those rare tracks in modern F1 that still has big momentum corners with enough space to make passes.
Posted 30 March 2010 - 01:38 PM
Just about every track Tilke touches turns to shit. He has a fascination with long straights and sharp corners, it's like he has a one track mind, and he is convinced his calculations and designs are infallible. Maybe if he learnt to drive he could design better race tracks!
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