F1 2012 Season Thread

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Brilliant. Pretend you give a shit this year guys. Raikonnen is back! Ross Brawn already has something potentially illegal on the car! Sky has two hot presenters! (and I'm not talking about that silver fox Damon Hill :naughty: )

Come on, humour me.

[Gertner]

This belongs in the Discussion Forum.

[VSG]

No, it effin does not.

[RiX1024]

Unfortunately I won't share you enthusiasm because I haven't got Sky but I'm looking forward for the BBC coverage with the young version of Murray Walker commentating Ben Edwards......I hope Vettel won't win nearly every race like last season.

[VSG]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO KIMI :'(

[VSG]

Well shit

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Really not enjoying seeing that McLaren pace, but at least Mercedes look a bit quick.

That smile on Grosjean's face isn't coming off all day. Awesome shit.

I do wish they'd do something about cars not coming out for Q3, would have laughed to see Riccardo get in front of the Red Bulls.

[RiX1024]

I was shocked with Grosjean ending up 3rd, nice stuff, Mercedes looks competitive, what the hell happened to Ferrari?

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Ferrari had some exhaust system at the first test where they weren't bad, but the system wasn't reliable at all so they've taken it off to tweak it. They'll be back up there I reckon, this won't be like Kimi's final season with them.

[Mooияakeя™]

I'm leaving Sky soon :( - But for now I'm loving the channel and SkyGo for Android. Awesome stuff. Love it.

It's going to be tight for these fly away races, real season starts when Europe comes and the form book will get shaken up.

Cannot wait for the GP tmo.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Loving the Sky F1 channel myself. Going to cancel sports since you get it with the HD pack anyway as I only seem to watch Raw on it and the football down the pub instead.

Looking forward to catching some GP2 races as well since the F1 channel is showing them.

[Londoner]

Yeah not a massive fan of F1 but the channel Sky have made for it has been interesting.

[RiX1024]

Anyone watching it on BBC? sucks being a freeview bitch.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

I'm such an addict I watched the BBC version too.

Only thing BBC now has as an advantage is Jake Humphrey, especially him diving in on Kimi. Everything else is better on Sky apart from Natalie Pinkman's interviewing style.

[CSL]

did you just say something nice about Jake Humphrey?

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Dunno, like Jake as a presenter. Better than the souless ginger bloke Sky seem to have.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Kind of hate my sleeping pattern during the long haul races. Was in bed by about 6ish last night and now wide awake at 2am.

[CSL]

fucking irrationally hate Jake Humphrey, no idea what he's like with the F1 stuff tbf

[#BROKEN Hasney]

When he covers MOTD/fiddles kids on set/Olympics he comes across as a prick and I have no idea why he's more "natural" on F1 or something.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Can't actually trust ex-kids TV presenters that aren't Andi Peters or Phillip Schofield.

[VSG]

Fuck that Sky presenter and his whole family too. I dont mind BBC as much, but have always preferred Star Sports/ESPN while in India for 1 very good reason:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3223/2374417694_fbc03f6db2.jpg

[#BROKEN Hasney]

So pumped for this more than usual. Lack of Red Bull domination seems delicious. Predicting a Button, Hamilton, Schumacher podium, but would love it if it was Schumcher, Rosberg, Gorsjean.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

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[#BROKEN Hasney]

All-star line-up of Aaron Eckhart and Harry Kewell in the Red Bull garage.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Grosjean's out :'( Great start for the Mercs though until Vettel got up Rosberg with a sweet, sweet move. Can't begrudge that.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Great race, just a shame that the Mercedes couldn't keep up in the race.

[RiX1024]

Glad Vettel didn't win, happy with Button winning, will watch the highlights later on. Jake Humphrey is alright as a presenterand his bromance with Coulthard, can't stand Eddie Jordan though(when I was a at Jordan we did this/that) but he's a legend. Rather Lee McKenzie than the women on Sky.

[VSG]

Good race that, loved the last lap.

[RiX1024]

As a Williams fan I well gutted with Maldonaldo, he had a smashing race......

[Mooияakeя™]

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/03/18/article-2116629-1238A4D3000005DC-715_634x482.jpg

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooo

[RiX1024]

Roll on Malaysia.

[VSG]

FUCK Button.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

If a McLaren has to win, I'm always glad when it's Button.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Roll on Malaysia.

And then Wrestlemania... Then the race after that....

My weekend sleeping pattern is going to be FUCKED.

[VSG]

Yours? I got the races at 1 am, 3 am and so on :'(

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Malaysia bitches. Just watching my recorded practice. It's only Friday, but that McLaren still looks mighty :'(

[VSG]

Them McLarens do it again. Kimi was super fast and made a mistake on his lap :(

[RiX1024]

will this be like 1988? McLarens dominating the season?

[#BROKEN Hasney]

God I hope not. Don't see it either, Red Bull aren't going to take it lying down and Mercedes are already up there.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a366/hollywoodh/1ad57774.jpg

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Damn I loved that race. Just wish Checo could have not gone wide and beat Alonso though.

[RiX1024]

nice finish, wish Perez won it, he gave Alonso a hell of a fight.

[VSG]

If it was a Toro Rosso gaining on a Red Bull, would Red Bull be able to <s>bully</s> team order the shit outta that maneuver?

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Probably.

Sky F1 have been showing the review of the year 2011 and at one of the races, Jaime Alguersuari blocked Vettel slightly when both of them were on a flying qualifying lap and it showed footage of Helmut Marko having a go at Jamie for it. Heaven forbid he sets the fastest time he can.

Speaking of Toro Rosso though, mad props to Jean Eric Vergne for staying out on inters when the rain was that bad before the red flag.

[VSG]

Keep seeing comments online about how disrespecting Vettel was when talking about Nico Rosberg. What did Vettel do?

Also, just noticed that post on the last page. :heart: kimi

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Can't find anything he said about Rosberg. He called Karthikeyan an idiot though.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

http://i.imgur.com/ok8y5.jpg (http://i.imgur.com/ok8y5.jpg)

:naughty::naughty::naughty:

[VSG]

Lol that is awesome

[#BROKEN Hasney]

FUCK YES MERCEDES LOCKOUT WOOOOO FUCK YEAH BOY

[RiX1024]

Tomorrow is going to be interesting, well chuffed when Vettel failed to qualify in the top 10, made my morning.

[VSG]

Fucking Mercedes front wing :foc:

[VSG]

Still pretty cool to see Schumi on the front row though :heart: :'(

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Oh man, they both got away great as well.

I'm going to be more tense and jumpy on this race than I was last race with Perez.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Schumi out :'(

At least Brundell cheered me up. "Schumacher's out! I've not been this disappointed since Shrek 2"

[#BROKEN Hasney]

http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m05lrcstkH1qemc52o1_400.png

:'(

[RiX1024]

Yo Keke I did it. What a race. Nice to see it live on BBC.

[VSG]

Amazing race! Real nail biter with all that drama for 2nd place. Poor Kimi :(

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Schumi out Q1. Just broke my remote control.

[VSG]

Kimi did it again :mad:

[RiX1024]

Vettel on pole? that means a Vettel win tomorrow.

[VSG]

Depends on tire wear.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Depends on tire wear.

Yeah, McLaren were talking like it could be a 4 stop race for some teams. Slightly biased, but still going with Rosberg just because of how well those tyres were on the car last race.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Schumacher has a 5 place grid penalty for a new gearbox too....

Fuckity.

[VSG]

Ridiculous amounts of overtaking going on :y:

[VSG]

Lewis and his pit stops :lol:

[VSG]

Looks like Lotus has decided to play it safe to get 2nd and 3rd. Can't blame them but kinda disappointed.

[Gertner]

Boy, that one car is a heck of an athlete.

[VSG]

What?

[RiX1024]

What a qualifying, poor Maldonaldo.

[VSG]

I miss one qualifying and fucking Pastor Maldonado makes it to the front row ahead of Alonso :nono:

[RiX1024]

Yay Maldonaldo and haha Hamilton, would be an interesting race tomorrow. a long awaited Williams win would be awesome.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

The interviews with McLaren after the session were hilarious.

"We have no idea what the technical fault is". Hiding the truth.

[VSG]

Maldonado holding his own in the race, but I am still counting on a Spanish win here.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Just as I read that, Maldanado gets the undercut and leads Alonso :heart:

[VSG]

Yes I see that, Shaun Hasney :mad:

lol at Schumi putting all the blame on Senna though. TOTALLY UNLIKE HIM!

[VSG]

"Getting KK'ed" now means something in the real world which has nothing to do with Kane Knight.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Slow Maldanado stop though. Hopefully the undercut will see him through again.

[VSG]

A botched Williams pit stop reduces the gap in half

[VSG]

"Major nose jobs for the Red Bulls" is now my favourite quote from the race.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Jesus, this is going to be like Perez. Maldanado needs to make those tyres last.

[VSG]

Kimi gets to decide who wins the race.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

If Lotus are right, Kimi will win. They reckon Ferrari and Williams will both have to stop again.

[VSG]

That was an old message though. I doubt they will stop.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Alonso's tyres are dead, but probably not enough time for Kimi to catch him. Looking awesome for Maldanado with a lap to go :heart:

Vettel has been on an awesome charge on this last phase too

[VSG]

Great props to Maldonado and Alonso.

[VSG]

lol shit Kimi was within 0.6 seconds of Alonso

[RiX1024]

Yaaaaayyyyy! what a win, great to see a Williams win again.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Venezuela has an alright anthem, wouldn't mind seeing him winning another couple.

[RiX1024]

Aye, a decent anthem, hope he wins another race. I wonder what will happen when Senna wins.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Maldanado's missus saying no comment about how she keeps Pastor relaxed.

I would bang Claire Williams...

[VSG]

She had a pretty hot accent if I do say so myself.

[VSG]

Kimi once more showing his master talking skills in the press conference.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

It's not gone perfect for Williams. There's a fire in their garage right now.

https://p.twimg.com/AsyMnfWCIAEfMy7.jpg

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Holy crap, it was a KERS explosion. No-one knows if anyone was hurt yet.

https://p.twimg.com/AsyPVFNCMAAHKi0.jpg

EDIT: 4 Williams team members and 1 Force India being airlifted to hospital.

Edit 2: Hekki saying Caterham have a guy with burns and a guy with a broken wrist.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Sky Sports F1 has Monaco GP's from random years all day today. It's going to be a great day.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

I get far too giddy for MONACO BABY YEAH every year. The race can sometimes be dull, but qualifying is sexy as hell.

Looking like it may rain today and tomorrow according to the F1 website though. That should make things even tastier.

[VSG]

Rain on a street circuit = super slow and boring racing

[VSG]

I was not expecting a red flag this early.

[VSG]

Lotus not retaining its pace from free practice. The poor team just can't seem to win.

[VSG]

Holy shit.. Both Lotus somehow went into Q3. Massa of all people on provisional P1 :cool:

[VSG]

SCHUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Actually jumped off my sofa. Considering I'm hungover and had 3 hours of sleep, it's quite the impressive feat for me today.

[Gertner]

Isn't Monaco the race where your qualifying position is basically where you'll finish during the race since it's impossible to pass?

Yes, I dabble in F1.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Pretty much. That's why I want rain.

There's bound to be mistakes and safety cars, but the rain always seperates the men from the boys.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Ted Kravitz is reporting that the other teams believe Red Bull have a hole in their floor between the rear tyres which would be illegal. There may be a protest at the end of the race, but Red Bull could change it but would mean starting from the pits.

[VSG]

Well nothing happened from that so far.

Poor Grosjean, but I knew Schumi at Monaco would do something dastardly as usual :roll:

[#BROKEN Hasney]

I know. What a bastard, driving in a straight line millimetres away from the barrier. Off with his head!

[VSG]

Err.. Wasn't me insinuating that. I am watching the BBC stream and the commentators took great delight reminding everyone what Schumi has done at Monaco to "hamper" other drivers. I actually take great delight in what Schumi did in 2006 though :D

"The final qualifying session was overshadowed by Michael Schumacher's actions in the dying moments of the session as his rival, Fernando Alonso, was on a flying lap and was, at sector two, over two tenths of a second faster than the German. However, Schumacher stopped his car in the Rascasse corner, which compromised Alonso's lap. When asked about the incident, Schumacher responded by saying that he "locked up the front and went wide."

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Ahh right, got Sky on so didn't know.

2006 was brilliant. When you watch the video, his "lock-up and going wide" is just crawling towards the barrier to park and then hops out. It's fantastic.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

HUGE LOCKUP. HE'S TURNING THAT WHEEL AS HARD AS HE CAN.

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[VSG]

Just figured out it was David Coulthard who said all that about Schumacher and Monaco. What a fucking surprise!

[VSG]

HUGE LOCKUP. HE'S TURNING THAT WHEEL AS HARD AS HE CAN.

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Ahahahaha amazing.

[VSG]

Rain expected in 5 minutes

[VSG]

Top 6 within 6 seconds and no chance to overtake. This is why street circuits should not be in F1. I can understand Monaco with all the history and the fuss around it but take off Valencia and modify Singapore please.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Valencia is shit. I love Singapore for some reason though, but a few changes wouldn't go amiss.

Probably a 4th street circuit next season too with New Jersey.

[VSG]

Ya I heard. I think that will depend on how well Austin is received this year (if at all). Less than 3 hours drive for me so I am a bit biased for it to work out.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Austin won't be too well recieved I don't think. No US teams or drivers so the US won't care.

Give it a few years and it may be embedded in anyway.

[VSG]

lol now the rain comes.

[VSG]

Austin won't be too well recieved I don't think. No US teams or drivers so the US won't care.

Give it a few years and it may be embedded in anyway.

Also the cheapest tickets so far are $1500 and going all the way to $40,000 when buying first time without a seat license.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Pretty sure the F1 teams should switch to using this in the future

http://www.ifans.com/forums/imgcache3/ff863fbe9b9730f9a455333deac62991.png

[Tazz Dan]

WEBBBBBBBEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRR.

Also, Michael Schumacher is a cunt.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

You're a cunt

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Also the cheapest tickets so far are $1500 and going all the way to $40,000 when buying first time without a seat license.

Looks like the general admission tickets have started and are a lot cheaper. Hell, they're a damn steal.

http://i.imgur.com/rt0OI.png

http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0C0048B78C785D12

Early sale code is CIRCUIT

EDIT: They're not mine, unfortunately. Just seen somewhere else.

[VSG]

Ya I had seen that, I had signed for the presale info as well. But all decently priced hotels are booked since May which means I am going to be watching from TV this year. No car parking allowed at the circuit either and so I can't even drive just for the race and back.

[VSG]

Decent prices though, will definitely go next year and book a hotel room well in advance.

[VSG]

Canada baby WOOOOOOOOOO

[VSG]

So-so qualifying with the only excitement provided by the Wall and one Pastor Maldanado.

[RiX1024]

7th different winner, I wanted Hamilton to win anyways, about time really, I wonder will there be an 8th in the next race?

[VSG]

All rise (or not) for the most boring race of the calendar.

Mark Webber P19 in qualifying 1.

DAMN!

[VSG]

Wow both Ferrari's out of Q3 and Vettel needed a final lap to make it. Force India looking good :D

[VSG]

lol just noticed Karun Chandok is a presenter on Sky Sports F1 :'(

[VSG]

Vettel does it again.. Oh well.

[VSG]

Grooooooooooosjean!

[VSG]

Schumi holding up nearly 8 cars for over 5 laps :'(

[VSG]

Lewis getting bogged down in the pits again.. Awesome!

[VSG]

Ok that safety car definitely made this race exciting. P1 and P2 out of the race.

[VSG]

KIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!

LOL HAMILTON!

[VSG]

SCHUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUMMMMIIIIIIIIIIII!

[VSG]

AMAZING RACE...

[VSG]

Wet silverstone = Button out after Q1 :cool:

[VSG]

Ridiculous amount of water on the track, and here we go - Red flag.

[VSG]

Helloooooooo Georgie

http://s3.amazonaws.com/readers/2011/01/06/georgiethompsonbra_1.jpg

http://img002.lazygirls.info/people/georgie_thompson/georgie_thompson_georgie_thompson_cnl4Z08.sized.jpg

Suddenly Sky Sports F1 looks better :naughty:

[RiX1024]

Rather Lee McKenzie than her.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Sorry I left you and to let this thread die :'(

According to the mainstream press and not Eddie Jordan this time, the Hamilton to Mercedes move will be announced today. That will spark some mad moves in F1.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Perez to McLaren. Sauber did say earlier this month that if Schumacher had no drive, they'd offer him a seat.

[Mooияakeя™]

Great deal for McLaren. Since Lewis got into F1 he's got progressively more detached. The splitting with his dad as management and then the "will I stay or not" bollocks. Perez will do well with their machinery... well, if it's good consistently.

[Mooияakeя™]

http://www1.skysports.com/formula-1/news/20876/8168726/Felipe-Massa-signs-one-year-contract-extension-with-Ferrari

lol.