Melbourne

[High Sided]

Happy to finally have the season underway. world exclusive story to be broke at sundays race about a 3D movie scheduled to open this summer. my guess is something to do with Cars 2. jeff gordon is " jeff gorvette". we also have "Francesco Bernoulli", he grew up in the shadow of the famous Monza race course in Italy where he and his friends would sneak onto the track and race the famous Pista di Alta Velocita bank turn. He was an instant winner on the amateur circuit and soon became an international Formula Racer champion. The ladies love Francesco’s open wheels, youngsters look up to his winning spirit and fellow racers envy his speed. But Francesco’s biggest fan is Francesco himself, as evidenced by his racing number. As the most famous race car in Europe, Francesco is a favorite to win the World Grand Prix, which also makes him McQueen’s chief rival.

http://www.disneycarstoys.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Disney_Cars_2_Francesco_Bernoulli.jpg

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[High Sided]

Practice 2
1 4 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes
2 3 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 0.132
3 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 0.147
4 1 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault 0.160
5 2 Mark Webber RBR-Renault 0.429
6 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes GP 0.736
7 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari 0.935
8 17 Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1.247
9 11 Rubens Barrichello Williams 1.426
10 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes GP 1.594
11 19 Jaime Alguersuari STR-Ferrari 1.671
12 10 Vitaly Petrov Renault 1.674
13 9 Nick Heidfeld Renault 1.682
14 18 Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari 1.843
15 16 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 2.241
16 15 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 2.522
17 14 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 2.729
18 12 Pastor Maldonado Williams 3.532
19 20 Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault 4.975
20 21 Jarno Trulli Lotus-Renault 5.058
21 25 Jerome d' Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth 6.252
22 24 Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 6.281
23 23 Vitantonio Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth -
24 22 Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth -

[cameraman]

By my math 107% of 1:25.854 is 1:31.864.

Jarno Trulli Lotus-Renault 1:30.829
Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault 1:30.912
Jerome d'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth 1:32.106
Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1:32.135
Vitantonio Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth No Time
Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth No Time

So neither Virgin would make the grid:shakehead

[BarillaGirl]

By my math 107% of 1:25.854 is 1:31.864.

Jarno Trulli Lotus-Renault 1:30.829
Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault 1:30.912
Jerome d'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth 1:32.106
Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1:32.135
Vitantonio Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth No Time
Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth No Time

So neither Virgin would make the grid:shakehead

Neither Virgin, none of the Cosworths, and half or all of the Lotii.

[Gnam]

How will the officials enforce the rule about only using the movable rear wing on the front straight?
Telemetry, TV, corner workers?

Seems silly. Why not just ban defensive use and only allow the overtaking to use it?

[BarillaGirl]

How will the officials enforce the rule about only using the movable rear wing on the front straight?
Telemetry, TV, corner workers?

Seems silly. Why not just ban defensive use and only allow the overtaking to use it?

That drove me nuts too. Give 'em the wing, let 'em take the risk. The last thing F1 needs is another freaking rule that sounds like it was dreamed up at 4am after everyone was full of cold pizza. :rolleyes:

[Gnam]

Sutil is sponsored by Capri-Sun? The juice box company?

http://www.motorsport.com/#/f1/photo/main-gallery/?s=2&r=4445&y=2011&i=206&id=1094224

[Elmo T]

They mentioned the HD feed - anyone see a noticeable difference? :confused:

[cameraman]

Yep. Capri-Sun sponsors all kinds of events for kids with Adrian Sutil in Dubai & Shanghai.

[cameraman]

They mentioned the HD feed - anyone see a noticeable difference? :confused:

Yes it got the drop down list of drivers all the way off to the left of the screen. Before it was kept more in the center so it would be seen on a 4x3 monitor. The overall video was better than before but the previous feed was an upconverted very high quality feed so the difference isn't as enormous as you might expect.

[Insomniac]

How will the officials enforce the rule about only using the movable rear wing on the front straight?
Telemetry, TV, corner workers?

Seems silly. Why not just ban defensive use and only allow the overtaking to use it?

They already have those rules for have to be within a certain time (or was it distance) of the car in front to use it. I'd assume they could also use the system to limit where on track.

[Gnam]

It's like a passing lane.


If a driver is within one second of the car in front when he enters turn 14 he will then be able to activate his rear wing two turns later at the entrance of the final corner.


http://en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/story/43958.html

Is KERS available everywhere? Can it be used with the rear wing?

[High Sided]

Sutil is sponsored by Capri-Sun? The juice box company?

http://www.motorsport.com/#/f1/photo/main-gallery/?s=2&r=4445&y=2011&i=206&id=1094224

looks that way or rather capri-sonne ;)

http://www.adriansutil.com/CMS/About-Adrian/Sponsors-und-Partners,197,0,10.html
http://www.networkfoods.com.my/png%20images/product_images/caprisonne2.gif

[Gnam]

I guess it beats Tiger Blood.


http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/773/2339786565.jpg

[High Sided]

ugh, winning!

http://www.abendblatt.de/multimedia/archive/00005/169045v1_jpg_5428c.jpg

[cameraman]

The folks at Lotus determined that their set up wasn't correct for the conditions and the tires never got up to proper temperature. It is no warmer today so they had best get it fixed. They are looking squarely at 1.07% cut off.

And HRT is planning on actually participating in the next session...

[cameraman]

All the teams have agreed that anyone outside 107% rule could start from the pitlane for the race.

Unless something changes that would be the Virgins and the HRTs:rolleyes:

[The Doctor]

Karthikeyan actually completes a lap. Even a second. Liuzzi made it four corners.

And the field needs to fix this. Petrov P5. Up is down. White is black. Cats are dogs.

[cameraman]

Karthikeyan 17 seconds off of Vettel on his best lap.

Kovalainen, Trulli & Glock were with 107%.
D'Ambrosio missed by .3
And the HRTs:saywhat:

[cameraman]

Lotus stating that they still can't get the tires to the proper temp.
Red Bull is waaay fast.

[cameraman]

Yellow paint seems to stick to the yellow tires:eek:

http://desmond.yfrog.com/Himg619/scaled.php?tn=0&server=619&filename=e3qx.jpg&xsize=640&ysize=640

[Indy]

Karthikeyan isn't bad, he's awful. Like Milky Donuts awful.

[cameraman]

It isn't him, it is the car. It is utterly hopeless.

Reports have Luizzi losing the gearbox. Reports vary between minor glitch and total destruction.

[The Doctor]

If Karthikeyan can string a few laps together, he might get it down to only a ten second gap to P1. That'd be big.

[stroker]

I still think that cars eliminated in the first qualifying period should get an extra 45 minutes of testing or practice time at the following race.

[High Sided]

i have to admit those boys at Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro did a great job with the advertising...
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WbSIYoiYmng/TSsg1mLKTGI/AAAAAAAAEvU/QKHOL8r262c/s320/110110_110001_new_logo_2011_260x200.jpg

[Insomniac]

So does anyone think Vettel could've pulled off a 1:23.979 in Q1 and knocked the Virgins below 107%?

I understand why they limit 107% to Q1, but I also don't think the fastest cars go their absolute fastest in Q1.

Crazy fix suggestion. Since they don't award points for qualifying, how about the "winner" of each session gets to move up 1 grid spot. They hand out 5 and 10 grid spot penalties, why not a bonus to move up? Only exception being no one can move up to P1.

So the rule:
1. Top driver in Q1 and Q2 sessions may advance 1 grid spot not to exceed P2.

I thought about averaging all times, but that's more complex from a spectator standpoint.

[Indy]

Karthikeyan was a second and change slower than Luizzi, so maybe he isn't as bad as Milky, but instead just a garden variety pay wanker.

[High Sided]

So does anyone think Vettel could've pulled off a 1:23.979 in Q1 and knocked the Virgins below 107%?
considering vettel ran a 1:23.529 without touching the kers button i'd say anything is possible ;)

[Indy]

This is going to be one of those seasons where you ignore the top team and enjoy the close battles for best in class.

[cameraman]

Hamilton's KERS failed on his last Q3 lap. There have been quite a few cases of the KERS flaking off in these sessions. Interesting that they can sometimes reset the system remotely and "fix" things without stopping.

[cameraman]

The stewards have ruled that HRT is done for the weekend. No exemption will be given, see you in Malaysia.

[racermike]

considering vettel ran a 1:23.529 without touching the kers button i'd say anything is possible ;)

That was just an amazing lap to watch ..

[Insomniac]

The stewards have ruled that HRT is done for the weekend. No exemption will be given, see you in Malaysia.

That's shocking that they made a decision. I figured they would've put it to the teams to be the bad guys.

But I fully agree with them. When the SPEED crew talked about a possible exemption, all I could think of was they had a whole offseason and 3 practices. They didn't get on track during the offseason and wasted a lot of practice time. Maybe they'll roll off the trailers ready to drive in 2 weeks.

[IlliniRacer]

Working tonight and no access to Speed. Any web feeds out there?

[SteveH]

Probably justin.tv

[BarillaGirl]

Does anyone have an update and a new finish order post-Sauber punishment? :shakehead

[Insomniac]

Does anyone have an update and a new finish order post-Sauber punishment? :shakehead

They drop to the bottom of finishers.

http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2011/844/

[BarillaGirl]

And Charlie Whiting has nothing to say to Hamilton about dragging his legality plank around the track for about, say, half a race? :confused:

Gaaah. :shakehead

[High Sided]

David Hobbscap was announced as a new Cars 2 character today, lewis hamilton and jeff gordon are new cars as well. David is a vintage jaguar, no pics online yet. here are some of the new cars in "Cars 2"...
http://www.caranddriver.com/features/11q1/the_cars_of_pixar_s_cars_2_including_two_exclusive _new_characters!_-feature

[Gnam]

I don't think I've ever seen Button chase someone like he did with Massa. Usually he just cruises.

Any word on why Schumacher parked it?

+1 for the Ruskie. He couldn't stop smiling during the drivers' interviews. :thumbup:

[High Sided]

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David Hobbscap pictured here...
http://www.heyuguys.co.uk/2011/03/28/cars-2-character-rollout-its-lewis-hamilton-david-hobbscap/

[High Sided]

Any word on why Schumacher parked it?

the seven time world champion retired "for safety reasons" with a damaged floor.

"The team said 'stop, it makes no sense, it's too dangerous'," Schumacher told Bild newspaper.

http://www.onestopstrategy.com/dailyf1news/nieuw/article/13905-Horner+jokes+after+Mercedes%27+Melbourne+struggle. html

[Steve99]

They drop to the bottom of finishers.

http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2011/844/

Giving Paul di Resta a point in his first F1 race.