The 2012 Formula One Thread

[The Boston Dangler]

an ok race. not a lot of eye candy, but i think the savvy race fan should have found it interesting - especially the last quarter of the race.

 

[busydude]

Yeah, not too exciting race I have to say.

Alonso was perfect as usual. Good to see Button getting back in the groove.

Kimi drove well, but he was not fast enough on the softer compound.. but his move on Di Resta was fantastic. Excellent race by the two Saubers, their duel with FI was interesting at the beginning. Massa can blame no one but himself.

I laughed very hard when Ham unlapped himself againt Vettel, it was funny.. but I don't see the reason why RB guys are pissed off at Ham.

 

[LTC8K6]

I see they did demote Vettel for passing off-track.

 

[_Rick_]

Think it's a bit of a pity, as, while the move was a tad on the wide side, Jenson did cross the lines with his left wheels, while Seb was alongside him.
But yeah, he went a bit deep on that one.
Still, closing in and letting Jenson crash into him would've been a worse choice.
Best would've probably been to let him re-pass, as he could've redone the pass during the next lap. But for that the situation was a tad ambiguous...

Still, the penalty might be a bit over the top. Oh well, let's see what next week brings. Alonso's performances are getting pretty scary, reminds me of 2010, when Ferrari also got so damn fast, starting around Hockenheim.

 

[The Boston Dangler]

Sauber reveal more pictures of their sliced F1 car

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/07/24/sauber-reveal-pictures-sliced-f1-car/

 

[The Boston Dangler]

2012 hungarian grand prix tv times (edt)

practice 1: 4 am friday, speed.com
practice 2: 8 am friday, speed
practice 3: 5 am saturday, speed.com
qualifying: 8 am saturday, speed
race: 8 am sunday, speed

looks like high temps and thunderstorms friday and sunday

 

[busydude]

Dry qualy and wet race? Could be interesting.

 

[satyajitmenon]

2012 hungarian grand prix tv times (edt)

practice 1: 4 am friday, speed.com
practice 2: 8 am friday, speed
practice 3: 5 am saturday, speed.com
qualifying: 8 am saturday, speed
race: 8 am sunday, speed

looks like high temps and thunderstorms friday and sunday

Wait. You sure about that? My DVR says delayed telecast on Speed @ 12 PM EDT

 

[The Boston Dangler]

http://scarbsf1.com/blog1/2012/07/27/renault-sport-f1-explaining-torque-maps/

 

[The Boston Dangler]

Wait. You sure about that? My DVR says delayed telecast on Speed @ 12 PM EDT

http://www.speedtv.com/schedule/filter/date/2012-7-29

i don't think speed has ever done a delayed broadcast of f1

 

[satyajitmenon]

http://www.speedtv.com/schedule/filter/date/2012-7-29

i don't think speed has ever done a delayed broadcast of f1

Weird. Checked my DVR and now it's saying 7:30 AM. Could've swore it said 12 PM EDT. :hmm:

 

[The Boston Dangler]

well, hooray for lotus and kimi, but mostly "zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz"

 

[busydude]

Pretty boring race.. right up there with Monaco.

 

[The Boston Dangler]

http://www.ferrari.com/english/formula1/news/specials/Pages/formula1-alphabet.aspx

ok some are pretty weak

 

[The Boston Dangler]

2012 belgian gp tv times (us, eastern)

practice 3: 5 am, saturday, speed.com
qualifying: 8 am, saturday
race: 8 am, sunday

 

[The Boston Dangler]

Special helmet for Schumacher’s 300th race weekend

 

[The Boston Dangler]

not my favorite race this season, but i'm just glad to have the summer break over with

grosjean will be banned from the next race for causing 1 hell of a crash, and maldonado has 2 5-place penalties coming to him (jump start, causing a collision)

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

not my favorite race this season, but i'm just glad to have the summer break over with

grosjean will be banned from the next race for causing 1 hell of a crash, and maldonado has 2 5-place penalties coming to him (jump start, causing a collision)

Did they confirm that Maldonado jumped? It wasn't clear on TV but I expect the telemetry would show for certain.

 

[The Boston Dangler]

Did they confirm that Maldonado jumped? It wasn't clear on TV but I expect the telemetry would show for certain.

confirmed

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/09/02/double-penalty-maldonado-jump-start-crash/

Maldonado received a total of three penalties during the race weekend having been docked three places on the grid for impending Nico Hulkenberg during qualifying.

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/09/02/grosjean-handed-onerace-ban-firstcorner-crash/

The Lotus driver was also fined €50,000 for the collision.

no word on the MSC/VET post-race investigation

video of the first turn carnage, get it while you can!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBLn6IFD1dE

 

[RiDE]

All that room on his left and he chooses to squeeze Hamilton. What an idiot... :hmm:

 

[LTC8K6]

Alonso was lucky that his points situation didn't end up worse.

Too bad Schuey lost a gear. I think he was going to have a good day.

 

[The Boston Dangler]

Alonso was lucky that his points situation didn't end up worse.

Too bad Schuey lost a gear. I think he was going to have a good day.

yep, he could have done well there he also had tire problems before losing 6th.

 

[The Boston Dangler]

italian gp tv times (us eastern)

practice 1: 4 am friday, speed.com
practice 2: 8 am friday
practice 3: 5 am saturday, speed.com
qualifying: 8 am saturday
race: 8 am sunday

 

[boomhower]

For only the second time this year an F1 race is on a weekend I'm off. Excited!! Lots of rumblings that Hamilton is going to sign with Mercedes. I don't see it happening. He's way to competive to sign with a car that isn't championship competive with a company talking of cutting back from the sport. Just doesn't make sense.

 

[The Boston Dangler]

For only the second time this year an F1 race is on a weekend I'm off. Excited!! Lots of rumblings that Hamilton is going to sign with Mercedes. I don't see it happening. He's way to competive to sign with a car that isn't championship competive with a company talking of cutting back from the sport. Just doesn't make sense.

i hope you got to enjoy the race, i certainly did!

i agree with you about hamilton - mercedes doesn't make sense. but then again neither does trashing your team and posting top secret charts on twitter. his management is screwing him and putting ideas in his head, while promising he'll be the next david beckham (also their client) or michael jordan or something.