Formula 1

[RonPaul2012]

everything will be shown live on NBCSN apart from practices.

qual 1 is on live at 2 am EST.

practice is not being televised

I saw P1 and P2 on tv...

awesome race today.

forza ferrari!

[chojek]

I went to the f1 yesterday, who wants vids and pics?

It was absolutely incredible, and I even sneaked into the grandstand. Top day!!

[HYMENATOR]

Kimi for the WDC!

[monsterBEN]

Fun race yesterday. I watched casually during the Schumi/Ferrari days and became a fan again last year. This will be my first full season watching.

Why all the Red Bull hate? Is it because they've been so successful over the past few years and ppl are tired of them winning?

[thefederalist]

Fun race yesterday. I watched casually during the Schumi/Ferrari days and became a fan again last year. This will be my first full season watching.

Why all the Red Bull hate? Is it because they've been so successful over the past few years and ppl are tired of them winning?

tbh, personally my hate for them is pretty superficial.

i'm sure if they were called just Infiniti from the beginning I wouldn't have a problem with them. I just see a problem with a race team being financed by sloots drinking red bull vodkas in clubs around the world. lol

[RonPaul2012]

tbh, personally my hate for them is pretty superficial.

i'm sure if they were called just Infiniti from the beginning I wouldn't have a problem with them. I just see a problem with a race team being financed by sloots drinking red bull vodkas in clubs around the world. lol

redbull is seriously EVERYWHERE now in every type of motorsport

[RonPaul2012]

here...since Kimi won

[Carbonfibre]

I went to the f1 yesterday, who wants vids and pics?

It was absolutely incredible, and I even sneaked into the grandstand. Top day!!

Go on....






For those saying McLaren is crap don't underestimate them season is long and McLaren development rate is one of the best in F1.

Australia is not true judge of pace but Malayasia will give bigger picture where McLaren stands and rest of teams pecking order.

McLaren said they are lacking downforce but paddock rumor is they are having problem with front suspension (pull rod last year was push rod) the same problem that Ferrari had at start of last year.

[OliverClozov]

Go on....






For those saying McLaren is crap don't underestimate them season is long and McLaren development rate is one of the best in F1.

Australia is not true judge of pace but Malayasia will give bigger picture where McLaren stands and rest of teams pecking order.

McLaren said they are lacking downforce but paddock rumor is they are having problem with front suspension (pull rod last year was push rod) the same problem that Ferrari had at start of last year.

Did you see how much the front end hopped around? Id say its mechanical not aero. Steve Matchett said at Jerez and Barcelona it took McLaren 18-20 minutes to adjust the suspension because its buried. Now they have the adjustment time down to around 10 minutes. It has to be that suspension. It wont take McLaren as long to turn the mp4 28 around as it took Scuderia to get the 150 sorted out last year.

[thefederalist]

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here...since Kimi won

u mad, ferraribrah? in the words of Ricky Bobby, you're either first or last.

[RonPaul2012]

u mad, ferraribrah? in the words of Ricky Bobby, you're either first or last.

lol

[Carbonfibre]

Did you see how much the front end hopped around? Id say its mechanical not aero. Steve Matchett said at Jerez and Barcelona it took McLaren 18-20 minutes to adjust the suspension because its buried. Now they have the adjustment time down to around 10 minutes. It has to be that suspension. It wont take McLaren as long to turn the mp4 28 around as it took Scuderia to get the 150 sorted out last year.

At Jerez McLaren raised a lot of eyebrows with their pace. Everyone had them as favorites.

Aero is everything in F1, why the car was bumpy and all over the place at Melbourne could be compromised setup, ie car as low as possible to get best aero advantage which exaggerated the harsh ride.

Sometimes what simulation produces doesn't correlate what happens in real world. McLaren might have problem with wind tunnel, wrong geometry with suspension, etc....like Ferrari, McLaren have to use the Toyota wind tunnel to check correlation. Whitmarsh has repeated many times that Mp4-28 has more downforce then Mp4-27.

[HYMENATOR]

Melbourne often produces some freak results that aren't representitive of the current pace of the cars. Malaysia will show us who is what.

[thefederalist]

At Jerez McLaren raised a lot of eyebrows with their pace. Everyone had them as favorites.

Aero is everything in F1, why the car was bumpy and all over the place at Melbourne could be compromised setup, ie car as low as possible to get best aero advantage which exaggerated the harsh ride.

Sometimes what simulation produces doesn't correlate what happens in real world. McLaren might have problem with wind tunnel, wrong geometry with suspension, etc....like Ferrari, McLaren have to use the Toyota wind tunnel to check correlation. Whitmarsh has repeated many times that Mp4-28 has more downforce then Mp4-27.

Whitmarsh also responded to questions about going back to the Mp4-27 with "not before next weekend." if it were a definite no he would've just said no. he then said, "we think we can work this one out, but if we can't we will look at anything."

whether or not it has more downforce, it's just plain slower. maybe your guess is right and it's just too turbulent. that might explain the jostling of the nose.

[ScuderiaF1]

Melbourne often produces some freak results that aren't representitive of the current pace of the cars. Malaysia will show us who is what.

It typical rains at Malaysia. And it looks like we could be getting rain again this year. Might have to wait until China to get a sense of where teams stand. But of course it's all about development going forward. Where teams are at now or in China may change as the season moves along.

Malaysia forecast:

[tryhard33]

note the temperature from today!

(not my pic)

[Carbonfibre]

Whitmarsh also responded to questions about going back to the Mp4-27 with "not before next weekend." if it were a definite no he would've just said no. he then said, "we think we can work this one out, but if we can't we will look at anything."

whether or not it has more downforce, it's just plain slower. maybe your guess is right and it's just too turbulent. that might explain the jostling of the nose.

Whitmarsh quote makes it seem they have error in some part of the car they can't figure out.

Will see what they do at Sepang if there is lot of flow vis around or bird cages at rear of car the Ron Dennis alarm bells will start ringing.

As for the headline going back to Mp4-27 that would be devastating its like Ferrari running f2004m version for 05 season, this is why Catheram is screwed this season they are running same car from last year.

[Faboo]

Just finished watching race... Great race for kimi.. Happy for him and Lotus.

[RonPaul2012]

It typical rains at Malaysia. And it looks like we could be getting rain again this year. Might have to wait until China to get a sense of where teams stand. But of course it's all about development going forward. Where teams are at now or in China may change as the season moves along.

Malaysia forecast:

dang dry quali, wet race maybe?

[chojek]

Here are some pics and vids from the day. Watch them in hd. I have a few more but it takes too long to upload them.

[RonPaul2012]

Here are some pics and vids from the day. Watch them in hd. I have a few more but it takes too long to upload them.

wow thats awesome bro, they also let you guys walk on the track. They didnt allow that in the Austin GP

[tryhard33]

Afaik there was a charity run on the track the week before the race or so in Austin

[RonPaul2012]

prepare to be plowed by 2 ferraris

lulz

[abdus]

****ing lol @ Hamilton pitting in the McLaren's garage

[HYMENATOR]

Damn I missed the start would have been good to see Alfonso stuff up.

[chojek]

damn it, webber couldn't hold on!!!!!!!!

[chojek]

really good battle though, i hate vettel's smugness.

[HYMENATOR]

damn it, webber couldn't hold on!!!!!!!!

What did you expect, some kind of miracle?

[Emilos12]

Wow Vettel is a douche, hope Webber wins.

I had also really hoped for Button to score some good points, but that pit stop was really unlucky.

[JackReacher3]

Nice win by vettel

And lol at webber, if you compare his results to the potential of the car, it's stunning that this clown still has a seat in a top car