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2011 European Grand Prix (Valencia)


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#1 Dr. Jimmmah!

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Posted 25 June 2011 - 01:42 PM

No race thread this week? Everyone burned out from MTL?

Same shit, different weekend. I still think this ECU lockdown doesn't really do anything until the blown exhaust ban at Silverstone takes effect. No reason why teams can't just keep the quali maps as a setting they can select for quali, then switch to a race map on Sunday.

#2 Redliner

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Posted 25 June 2011 - 05:04 PM

Seriously, VietLOL, you dropped the ball!

No matter what they do, RB still seems to be head and shoulders on a single flying lap. But the race is always a different beast and I'm hoping LH runs into the wall, and Button glides by both under the confusion :wiggle:

I think that's the greatest thing about this season - pole doesn't mean a lock-out win anymore. How awesome is that? :coold:

#3 DrDickAction

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Posted 25 June 2011 - 08:58 PM

We'll really see at Silverstone, but RBRs edge is 95% aero and flexi front wing, not ECU and exhaust trickery.

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Posted 25 June 2011 - 09:25 PM

Heidfeld and Sutil didn't even bother in Q3

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Posted 25 June 2011 - 10:06 PM

Heidfeld and Sutil didn't even bother in Q3

It's honestly the smart move...not fun to watch, but smart.

Totally having Montreal hangover btw, found myself playing games on my cell in Q3 :hs:. Doesn't help that it's Valencia, :mamoru:

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Posted 25 June 2011 - 10:08 PM

I'm just not online much while in Chicago.

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Posted 25 June 2011 - 10:32 PM

It's honestly the smart move...not fun to watch, but smart.

Totally having Montreal hangover btw, found myself playing games on my cell in Q3 :hs:. Doesn't help that it's Valencia, :mamoru:

Pirelli is calling for tire rule changes to avoid that sort of thing.

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Posted 25 June 2011 - 10:39 PM

Pirelli is calling for tire rule changes to avoid that sort of thing.


agreed... this is getting dumb

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Posted 26 June 2011 - 12:31 AM

So the race starts ~8am EST? But Fox delays it until noon? Ugh.

Gonna go to best buy and buy a cable so I can stream the Beeb feed from VipBox from laptop -> TV

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Posted 26 June 2011 - 12:55 AM

What kind of rule changes? An extra set of softs that can only be used in Quali? Thinking it over...that's really the only way.

I def. have a Montreal hangover...I haven't even looked at those photos yet, been so goddamn busy. I might just post them without PP, but my artistic side won't let me :hs:

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Posted 26 June 2011 - 01:00 AM

My excuse is I'm moving back to Taipei this weekend. :mamoru:

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Posted 26 June 2011 - 01:01 AM

What kind of rule changes? An extra set of softs that can only be used in Quali? Thinking it over...that's really the only way.

I def. have a Montreal hangover...I haven't even looked at those photos yet, been so goddamn busy. I might just post them without PP, but my artistic side won't let me :hs:

I think its if they don't set a q3 time they have to start on the tires they used in q2.

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Posted 26 June 2011 - 01:13 AM

I think its if they don't set a q3 time they have to start on the tires they used in q2.


That won't really punish them if they ran softs in the Q2 and still gives them a fresh soft for the race though, right?

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Posted 26 June 2011 - 01:29 AM

That won't really punish them if they ran softs in the Q2 and still gives them a fresh soft for the race though, right?

I think it replaces one of their sets for the race.

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Posted 26 June 2011 - 11:44 AM

Anybody else up watching live?

This tall dude on the BBC pre race show is just awwful. Adrian Sutil's glasses :bowrofl:

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Posted 26 June 2011 - 02:06 PM

Surprised by Alonso

Was this the first time in history that 24 cars finished a race?

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Posted 26 June 2011 - 02:13 PM

typical Valencia snoozefest, was a bit more passing than last year, but still a snoozefest...

also SPEED/Fox has lost a viewer for F1, from now on I'm streaming BBC, even though I prefer the SPEED commentary team BBC is better in every other way, no commercials, way more coverage and most importantly they show every race live...

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Posted 26 June 2011 - 02:15 PM

Surprised by Alonso

Was this the first time in history that 24 cars finished a race?


Yeah, pretty damn impressive basically the 2nd race this year other than the 1 retirement at china...

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Posted 26 June 2011 - 02:26 PM

race was pretty boring :( decent pace from ferrari but no cigar and I think in silverstone they will tumble back down to 3rd best

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Posted 26 June 2011 - 03:43 PM

Snoozefest for sure.

Yonson I'm with you. I refuse to watch the Fox races now, and much prefer the BBC stream. I still think they should ditch Varsha and Hobbes, bring Windsor into the booth with Matchette and Diffy.

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Posted 26 June 2011 - 04:05 PM

Fuck fox.
Good race by fred
Crazy points lead by vettel
Hamilton is the only one that can beat vettel according to him. Except he's in 4th in points so basically he can't beat the 3 guys in front of him. :mamoru:

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Posted 26 June 2011 - 09:14 PM

Snoozefest for sure.

Yonson I'm with you. I refuse to watch the Fox races now, and much prefer the BBC stream. I still think they should ditch Varsha and Hobbes, bring Windsor into the booth with Matchette and Diffy.


I really like the SPEED commentary team of Varsha, Hobbs, Matchette and Buxton, I'm just not going to watch it anymore. I just fast forwarded through the Fox coverage...

No commercials for the first 7 laps or so then after that for every 2 - 4 laps they televise they miss 1 - 2 laps for a commercial, seriously?!?! FUCK YOU SPEED/FOX, I'm done...

Not to mention they only televise 2 hours of coverage total (over 1/3 of that is fucking commercials!), I watched 4 hours of uninterrupted BBC coverage this morning, unbelievable...

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Posted 26 June 2011 - 09:19 PM

SPEED needs to offer a premium online service where you can pay for each race to watch it live online with no commercial interruptions, I'd be down for that in a heartbeat...

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Posted 26 June 2011 - 11:34 PM

Varsha sucks, Diffy is better. Much more professional. Hobbes is old, I'm tired of hearing him cough off-mic.

The commercials ruin it, however, you're right.

The Beeb crew isn't perfect. Their pre race grid walk with EJ and that tall dork was just awful. Nico just flat denied him an interview, and JB bailed on him and was just contemptuous as hell towards him. I was loling.

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Posted 27 June 2011 - 12:34 AM

BBC feed is way better - that's the only thing I watch. I don't even bother with the SPEED Feed.

Holy boring this thing was...worse way to introduce the American public to Formula One.




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