F1 - 2012

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  1. Steve

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    Did anyone else notice that there were four F1 Driver World Champions on the winners podium?
     
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    Reported crowd totals:

    65,360 Friday
    82,710 Saturday
    117,429 Sunday
     
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    I can confirm that. :cornut:
     
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    This article doesn't make a lot of sense unless you know the track. Here's part of the section they're talking about.

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    The issue was anticipated, there's a pre-race explanation here.

    One of the interesting aspects of this great new track. :Thumbsup:

    Karthikeyan sure he did nothing wrong in Vettel incident (AutoSport.com)
     
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    If anyone missed it -- or forgot to set the DVR -- they're showing the race again on Speed in about 15 minutes, 11p ET.
     
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    Bob Varsha did point that out.
     
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    It is hard to admit that Lewis was driving amazing and easy to blame somebody else. The track of Americas is one if the not the best tracks at F1 calendar, it is fast with many plenty of passing zones and the most important with plenty of escaping zones where the driver can recover if miss a turn without heck the car.

    What Vettel needs is grow up and respect others much more. He thinks he can say offensive things and attack others because he is 2 times world champion. He is a new Schummacher in the oven, very unpleasant.

    My point is just accept the fact that he was overtaken on the track during the race and mainly both drives had 30 sec over Alonso. It wasn't Lewis lucky day, he drove very good.
     
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    ABU DHABI (Bloomberg) -- Aabar Investments PJSC agreed to sell its stake in Mercedes-Benz's Formula One racing team to the premium brand's parent Daimler after selling its remaining voting stake in Daimler last month.

    The deal is conditional on approval from German and Italian antitrust authorities, Aabar's Abu Dhabi-owned parent International Petroleum Investment Co. said Monday in a statement.

    The sovereign-wealth fund disposed of its 3.1 percent holding in Daimler on Oct. 5, the automaker said last month.

    Aabar bought a 9 percent stake in the German manufacturer in March 2009 after financial markets collapsed. As part of that partnership, Aabar acquired 40 percent of the Mercedes Formula One team.
     
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    Exactly... he's young and a bit hot-headed yet.
    You can't win all the time... sometimes someone else is better.
     
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    Of course, I should have expected that. I turned off the DVR shortly after I noticed Andretti on the podium and I was distracted for a bit before that, so I missed any comments about the 4 champions.

    I do remember hearing Hobbs (?) mention it was the first time Hamilton, Alonso and Vettel had been on a podium together. I was as surprised as he was.
     
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    This has been one of the best seasons in F-1 in a very long time. Vettel is still young and has a lot of years to surpass Schumacher. And they both now own property in the USA.
     
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    Red Bull will use new-spec alternator (AutoSport.com)
     
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    I'm guessing Red Bull was scared shirtless that Vettel's car would go dead next at Austin. :wink:
     
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    I used to own an '84 Renault Alliance back in the late 80's early 90's. I replaced the alternator in that thing about once a year.

    So every time they have an alternator failure in the Red Bull, I think "Yep. Those'll do that."
     
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    These days when one of the Renaults pulls off the track my first thought is "check the alternator!" :biggrin5:
     
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    You have got to love Kimi. For a man of few words, he comes up with absolute gems. From F1 site:

    Q: What do you admire?
    KR: Those boys from 1960s and early ‘70s in F1. Drivers made from steel in cars made of wood.
     
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    São Paulo: We could still be surprised yet… (GPUpdate.net)
    Full article here.
     
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    Kristensen to be steward for championship finale (GPUpdate.net)
     
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    What I meant is that he is already a mini schummy in bad behavior, he is already entiteling himself as status of super driver. If he is going to surpass the other one It is not important, but what called my attention is the fact he is already has the feeling that the track is his property and everybody else that is being ahead should open up or stop to the PRINCESS to be able to pass. I see this Dude like a little princess getting a nervous breake down and screeming on the radio "get out of my way" and saying "I lost because that guy, this is unacceptable and bla bla bla bla (in German)".

    Sometimes race is fair and sometimes they are not. The GP of Americas was one of the best ones I have watched. The circuit is simply fantastic, safe, fast and beautiful. And my applause goes to Lewis Hamilton he did a great job on the track.

    Next race on Brazil I expect that Red Bull to blow off the alternator and Alonso gets the Glory in the terra brasilis.

    I love Lotus (since the Black John Player Special), I like McLaren and but on the next race I will be all Ferrari even against my will, but I want now Alonso to win. Lets see if the fans can support him and with a little bit of help of Massa.

    It maybe will be a crazy race because Sao Paulo at this time getting into summer it can have some summer rain and then throw some unexpected stuff in the final result.

    I called the President on Brazil to see if they can open the track more creating more room on the tight points if somebody is ahead of Vettel they can just move out on speed and leave the track open for PRINCESS to pass.

    But unfortunatelly the President is ignoring my e-mails and phone calls.
    Not sure why !!!! :cryin: But I keep trying...
     
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    Really?

    The kid makes one comment out of frustration after racing his butt off all year and you make derogatory remarks about him, he's a "princess"?

    Let's see your F1 driver's lic.....yeah, I thought so. Armchair quarterbacks.....:rolleyes:

    Gimme a break.

    I would not be surprised to see 'ol Flip take Vettel out on team orders tho.....

    Wonder what would happen if Red Bull does have another alternator failure and it costs them the championship? Would they switch to Honda power or something?

    I doubt it.

    It's been mentioned a number of times that winning the constructors is worth as much as $100 million, but the driver's is just for "glory", so from that standpoint they're golden already, still I know they would like to get their man in the winner's circle as much as Ferrari would like to do it for Alonso. I hope it goes down to the wire and is not decided in the first turn.
     

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