silver rocket Posted February 1, 2012 Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 I've been waiting for someone to kick off the new season thread as I didn't want to cut anyones grass but it's getting close 43 days till Albert Park & no takers so far so I thought what the hell! Should be an interesting year, lots to discuss, movable rear wings, reactive ride height, KERS, no blown diffusers, new saftey car rule where cars can unlap themselves, Daniel Ricciardo... Rule change summary is here http://www.formula1....ulations/12877/ All the tech biz is here http://www.formula1....news/technical/ New Mclaren out today... http://www.formula1....12/2/12967.html New Lotus http://www.formula1....12/1/12961.html Quote I Miss Brocky... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mohawkk Posted February 1, 2012 Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 reactive ride hieght has been canned And its 43days 4hrs and 7min untill practise 1 Quote Love, Kai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver rocket Posted February 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 reactive ride hieght has been canned And its 43days 4hrs and 7min untill practise 1 Cant wait for Albert Park should be very interesting Red Bull & Ferraris are due out in the next few days.. Quote I Miss Brocky... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mohawkk Posted February 2, 2012 Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 The mclaren has been shown, although not in complete form, I think they keep the wings secret until testing. The lotus Caterham has a broken nose.... Quote Love, Kai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mohawkk Posted February 3, 2012 Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 Aghh. Ferrari & force india also have a broken nose. looks like a fugly bunch of cars this year Quote Love, Kai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver rocket Posted February 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 New Ferrari link, http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2012/2/12972.html Yes I heard someone say, I think it was Button, that the nose's weren't going to be very attractive on many cars this year, cept of course on the Mclaren Quote I Miss Brocky... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bov Posted February 4, 2012 Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 As I've said elsewhere, it's not a case of form following function, it's a case of form following rules.... Remeber the outcry a fews back when they mandated the narrow rear wings with the very wide front wings? In a few races, you wont even notice.... There are very few classically beautiful sports and racing cars these days - in a racing situation, who wouldn't take fast over pretty? Quote Cheers, Tony. There's only two questions: 1. What direction do you go 2. What's the Lap Record? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil Posted February 4, 2012 Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 how many aussie drivers in the feil this year?? was there not an Aussie young gun in HRT's site last year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mohawkk Posted February 4, 2012 Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 Dan Ricciardo in the toro rosso Webber in the red bull They havent found a seat for me yet but fingers crossed i can get a testing seat Quote Love, Kai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinno Posted February 4, 2012 Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 Hey Kai here is your helmet design then. Like Vettel you could have a different design each month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver rocket Posted February 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 Daniel is from my home town Perth Western Australia Bov, and also from Tiger Kart Club the same club I used to race at, pretty cool to have someone make it to F1 from the club & Perth! Personally I'm still taking offers for 2013 but I think my phone might be broken Quote I Miss Brocky... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mohawkk Posted February 4, 2012 Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 Ha Vinno. There is a bloke on a motorbike around here i see every now and then with a green one glued to his helmet Quote Love, Kai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver rocket Posted February 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2012 Three hours till the new Red Bull is out, only on their website! Yeah that won't crash any servers! Quote I Miss Brocky... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver rocket Posted February 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2012 Webbers new ride... Daniels new ride... Quote I Miss Brocky... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver rocket Posted February 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2012 Testing has wrapped up, just pre season I know but a few interesting things, mainly Kimi was on it set the best time on day one in cold conditions and the track got better as the week went on, drivers did two days each& Daniel was very impressive as well about half a sec off Webber & Vettel... Unofficial aggregate test times from Jerez: 1. Nico Rosberg, Mercedes*, 1:17.613, 174 Laps 2. Romain Grosjean, Lotus, 1:18.419, 212 Laps 3. Michael Schumacher, Mercedes*, 1:18.561, 173 Laps 4. Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, 1:18.877, 106 Laps 5. Mark Webber, Red Bull, 1:19.184, 150 Laps 6. Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull, 1:19.297, 146 Laps 7. Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, 1:19.464, 166 Laps 8. Daniel Ricciardo, Toro Rosso, 1:19.587, 157 Laps 9. Jean-Eric Vergne, Toro Rosso, 1:19.597, 159 Laps 10. Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus, 1:19.670, 190 Laps 11. Sergio Perez, Sauber, 1:19.770, 154 Laps 12. Paul di Resta, Force India, 1:19.772, 170 Laps 13. Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber, 1:19.834, 182 Laps 14. Nico Hulkenberg, Force India, 1:19.977, 90 Laps 15. Bruno Senna, Williams, 1:20.132, 250 Laps 16. Jules Bianchi, Force India, 1:20.221, 48 Laps 17. Felipe Massa, Ferrari, 1:20.454, 164 Laps 18. Jenson Button, McLaren, 1:20.688, 135 Laps 19. Pastor Maldonado, Williams, 1:21.197, 122 Laps 20. Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham, 1:21.518, 157 Laps 21. Pedro de la Rosa, HRT*, 1:22.128, 108 Laps 22. Jarno Trulli, Caterham, 1:22.198, 117 Laps 23. Giedo van der Garde, Caterham, 1:23.324, 74 Laps * 2011 car Quote I Miss Brocky... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mohawkk Posted February 11, 2012 Report Share Posted February 11, 2012 thanks for that post. Cant read too much into the times yet. The next 2 tests are at barcalona. they should tell us a bit more. Quote Love, Kai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver rocket Posted February 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 Barcelona test is underway, day two http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2012/2/13041.html Daniel is lookin very good, I know I know its only testing but he did beat Hamilton, Rosberg & Petrov... Quote I Miss Brocky... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mohawkk Posted February 23, 2012 Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 biggest news from this test is that lotus had pack up and skip this test due to chassis issues. Bad start to the year from them. Quote Love, Kai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver rocket Posted February 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2012 Barcelona test times, dunno how much u can read into a few teams lost track time with problems... Aggregate test times from Barcelona 1. Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber, 1:22.312, 244 2. Pastor Maldonado, Williams, 1:22.391, 240 3. Nico Hulkenberg, Force India, 1:22.608, 191 4. Sergio Perez, Sauber, 1:22.648, 151 Laps 5. Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull, 1:22.891, 183 Laps 6. Paul di Resta, Force India, 1:23.119, 184 Laps 7. Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, 1:23.180, 162 Laps 8. Jenson Button, McLaren, 1:23.200, 229 Laps 9. Michael Schumacher, Mercedes, 1:23.384, 178 Laps 10. Felipe Masssa, Ferrari, 1:23.563, 187 Laps 11. Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, 1:23.590, 234 Laps 12. Daniel Ricciardo, Toro Rosso, 1:23.618, 126 Laps 13. Mark Webber, Red Bull, 1:23.774, 182 Laps 14. Jean-Eric Vergne, Toro Rosso, 1:23.792, 170 Laps 15. Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, 1:23.843, 221 Laps 16. Bruno Senna, Williams, 1:25.711, 97 Laps 17. Valtteri Bottas, Williams, 1:25.738, 117 Laps 18. Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham, 1:26.035, 101 Laps 19. Timo Glock, Marussia*, 1:26.173, 108 Laps 20. Vitaly Petrov, Caterham, 1:26.448, 178 Laps 21. Romain Grosjean, Lotus, 1: 26.809s, 7 Laps 22. Charles Pic, Marussia*, 1:27.343, 228 Laps * 2011 car Quote I Miss Brocky... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver rocket Posted March 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2012 Very interesting qually today, a few ducks n drakes & no on really showed thier hand till the last 5 mins... 1. Lewis Hamilton 2. Jenson Button 3. Romain Grosjean 4. Michael Schumacher 5. Mark Webber 6. Sebastian Vettel 7. Nico Rosberg 8. Pastor Maldonado 9. Nico Hulkenberg 10. Daniel Ricciardo 11. Jean-Eric Vergne 12. Fernando Alonso 13. Kamui Kobayashi 14. Bruno Senna 15. Paul di Resta 16. Felipe Massa 17. Sergio Perez 18. Kimi Räikkönen 19. Heikki Kovalainen 20. Vitaly Petrov 21. Timo Glock 22. Charles Pic 23. Pedro de la Rosa 24. Narain Karthikeyan What did yall think? Whos ya tip, Hamilton is hard to go past but its motor racing so u never know... Local Perth boy got 10th! Yeeeooooowww Quote I Miss Brocky... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisfromcrewe Posted March 17, 2012 Report Share Posted March 17, 2012 Going to be lots of fun. Worth getting up for (6.00am start here). Quote Ashes to ashes funk to funky we all know Chris is a junkie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver rocket Posted March 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 Pretty good race I thought a few teams have def closed the gap to the front runners! Crackin drive by Button & Ricciardo ended up 9th after being dead last on lap one & had to drive the whole course with no front wing then pit for a new one Perez passed him on the final straight otherwise he would have been 8th & who knows where without the wing drama, I reckon he is the real deal... 1. Jenson Button Britain McLaren-Mercedes 58 laps 1hr 34m 09.565s 2. Sebastian Vettel Germany Red Bull-Renault +00m 02.1s 3. Lewis Hamilton Britain McLaren-Mercedes +00m 04.0s 4. Mark Webber Australia Red Bull-Renault +00m 04.5s 5. Fernando Alonso Spain Ferrari-Ferrari +00m 21.5s 6. Kamui Kobayashi Japan Sauber-Ferrari +00m 36.7s 7. Kimi Raikkonen Finland Lotus-Renault +00m 38.0s 8. Sergio Perez Mexico Sauber-Ferrari +00m 39.4s 9. Daniel Ricciardo Australia Toro Rosso-Ferrari +00m 39.5s 10. Paul di Resta Britain Force India-Mercedes +00m 39.7s 11. Jean-Eric Vergne France Toro Rosso-Ferrari +00m 39.8s 12. Nico Rosberg Germany Mercedes-Mercedes +00m 57.6s 13. Pastor Maldonado Venezuela Williams-Renault +1 lap 14. Timo Glock Germany Marussia-Cosworth +1 lap 15. Charles Pic France Marussia-Cosworth +5 laps 16. Bruno Senna Brazil Williams-Renault +6 laps Rtd. Felipe Massa Brazil Ferrari-Ferrari 46 laps completed Rtd. Heikki Kovalainen Finland Caterham-Renault 38 laps completed Rtd. Vitaly Petrov Russia Caterham-Renault 34 laps completed Rtd. Michael Schumacher Germany Mercedes-Mercedes 10 laps completed Rtd. Romain Grosjean France Lotus-Renault 1 lap completed Rtd. Nico Hulkenberg Germany Force India-Mercedes 0 laps compelted DNS. Pedro de la Rosa Spain HRT-Cosworth Did not qualify DNS. Narain Karthikeyan India HRT-Cosworth Did not qualify Quote I Miss Brocky... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mohawkk Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 cracking race... good to see the season in. Another race next weekend too. Webber really lucky to keep his front wing going into the first corner of the race. And Dan lucky on the last lap of the race. Quote Love, Kai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Miller Posted April 7, 2012 Report Share Posted April 7, 2012 (edited) Im with Roland. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7dBAYLR_ug http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kV_gkQexI8 Edited April 7, 2012 by Roger Miller Quote ...............Take it easy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Miller Posted April 7, 2012 Report Share Posted April 7, 2012 (edited) Mark Larkham Explains 'Fuel Trim' In V8 Supercars http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0JHrxnbOv0 Edited April 7, 2012 by Roger Miller Quote ...............Take it easy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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