The 2012 Formula One Thread

[punjabiplaya]

lol, hilarious. He couldn't get it done so they did it without him.

 

[The-Noid]

Is Ferarri even going to make it out of Q2 this year? Some of these pre-season test numbers look AWFUL. Sad to see my favorite team doing so poorly.

 

[punjabiplaya]

Is Ferarri even going to make it out of Q2 this year? Some of these pre-season test numbers look AWFUL. Sad to see my favorite team doing so poorly.

those numbers don't really mean shit

 

[busydude]

Something weird is happening at Ferrari camp for sure.

The biggest team in F1 gagged their drivers, Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa, from talking to the media – a PR disaster because it merely focused attention on the fact that the car is still uncompetitive at the end of the third and final testing session.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/mar/04/ferrari-australia-grand-prix-alonso?newsfeed=true

 

[punjabiplaya]

Something weird is happening at Ferrari camp for sure.



http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/mar/04/ferrari-australia-grand-prix-alonso?newsfeed=true

Very interesting. But in all honesty, I am rooting for Kimi all the way. My favorite driver.

 

[The-Noid]

Something weird is happening at Ferrari camp for sure.



http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/mar/04/ferrari-australia-grand-prix-alonso?newsfeed=true

The car seems very uncompetitive.

Maybe we will see last year's Mac though, very uncompetitive early and a show stealer late in the year. Time will tell.

Right now it doesn't look like a car that can make it through Q2, let alone be a podium car.

Last year they had a somewhat uncompetitive engine (not a huge difference between all of them at this point, however the merc seems to have a tad advantage) and they have never been the best when it comes to aero. With cars depending so much on aero at this point, I hope Ferrari can pull it together.

 

[busydude]

Very interesting. But in all honesty, I am rooting for Kimi all the way. My favorite driver.

I'd be extremely happy.. if Kimi finishes in the top 5.

 

[Atty]

Since the BBC won't be doing live coverage of every race, whats the best new outlet to pick up the races? iTV? The Speed coverage is kind of lame.

 

[The-Noid]

Since the BBC won't be doing live coverage of every race, whats the best new outlet to pick up the races? iTV? The Speed coverage is kind of lame.

SKY might not be all that bad. We will have to wait and see.

 

[The Boston Dangler]

Since the BBC won't be doing live coverage of every race, whats the best new outlet to pick up the races? iTV? The Speed coverage is kind of lame.

sky will have a dedicated f1 pay channel. my sources tell me hd rips will be available.

 

[merlion]

Sky had pretty good F1 coverage on satellite when I lived in Malaysia from '97-01. Any idea what the cost is on their pay channel?

Speed is better than nothing at all, but it sure would be nice to have a better option.

 

[The Boston Dangler]

Sky had pretty good F1 coverage on satellite when I lived in Malaysia from '97-01. Any idea what the cost is on their pay channel?

Speed is better than nothing at all, but it sure would be nice to have a better option.

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/groups/f1/forum/topic/sky-explain-cheapest-deal-for-f1-channel-in-2012/

 

[merlion]

Thanks for the link.

Wow, 175 GBP just to stream, and 363 GBP for the cheapest Sky TV package that includes F1. All moot though for the US market. I guess Speed it is!

 

[busydude]

Some pretty good videos.. in here.

http://www1.skysports.com/formula1/video/

 

[The Boston Dangler]

less than 1 week to go before the start of the 2012 season!

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/predictions-championship/
1st prize: 2 3-day tickets to the 2013 british grand prix

 

[busydude]

I made my prediction 2 days back lol and I have no idea.

I'll change after following the 2 practice sessions though. I am pretty psyched about this, can't wait.

 

[The Boston Dangler]

here we go! don't forget to enter your predictions before the start of qualifying.

australian gp tv times (eastern us) :

practice 1: thursday, 9:30 pm, speed.com
practice 2: friday, 1:30 am, speed
practice 3: friday, 11:00 pm, speed.com
qualifying: saturday, 2:00 am, speed
race: sunday, 2:00 am, speed

me personally, i can't wait to see what bbc and sky have for coverage this year.

 

[busydude]

It sucks that the first practice session is predicted to be wet. The race prediction is going to be pretty tough.. if quali and race are wet too.

 

[JulesMaximus]

here we go! don't forget to enter your predictions before the start of qualifying.

australian gp tv times (eastern us) :

practice 1: thursday, 9:30 pm, speed.com
practice 2: friday, 1:30 am, speed
practice 3: friday, 11:00 pm, speed.com
qualifying: saturday, 2:00 am, speed
race: sunday, 2:00 am, speed

me personally, i can't wait to see what bbc and sky have for coverage this year.

Shweet! :thumbsup:

 

[The Boston Dangler]

practice 1 firing up! here we go!

 

[busydude]

Hoping that fp3 will give any indication as to who falls where. As per the commentaries.. McLaren and Mercedes look pretty strong.

 

[foghorn67]

Fp2 just seemed exploratory more than anything else. Can't wait for qualifying.

 

[RiDE]

I hope I''m wrong and Ferrari is running a race sim while everyone else is on full tilt... but they look like they're in deep sh*t. That car looks like a handful to drive. D:

 

[The Boston Dangler]

the rumors were true, ferrari is screwed.

also, i've picked schumacher as my man for 2012.

 

[JulesMaximus]

I really dig the helmet cam Mark Webber is using. Hope they showcase that more.

The McLaren is the only car that looks sexy, the rest of the cars look like ass. It will be easy to root for Button and Hamilton.