2012 Formula One Discussion

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Re: 2012 Formula One Discussion

Post by mikhailv » 27 Sep 2012, 21:40

phil1993 wrote:Ah, how fun. I need to find a job anyway, not much round here sadly.

Back to F1, there's a meeting of the WMSC tomorrow. It's about to get very political...
Teams arent happy with cost cutting are they? Whats the meeting about?

And yes Donald; its like this article is one of your freebies, HERE is what we are refering to in this sentace, HERE is what we are refering to in this paragraph, finally, here are three more articles we are refering to, please use 10% of your freebies in one article, thank you.

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Re: 2012 Formula One Discussion

Post by phil1993 » 28 Sep 2012, 09:43

Mr. Gangnam Style, PSY, is performing at the Korean GP.

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Post by donald29 » 28 Sep 2012, 09:46

Yes! As I hoped. :p Now get him on the podium!

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Post by phil1993 » 28 Sep 2012, 11:11

Lewis's move means it has to be Vettel vs Alonso this season.

McLaren will keep pushing as they will want to win the WCC for the first time since 1998, but they won't want Hamilton to win the driver's title.

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Post by donald29 » 28 Sep 2012, 11:13

Will Buxton says the 2009 Brawn was a Super Aguri? Designed by them ? First I've heard of this. Can anyone else shed anymore light on this?

http://willthef1journo.wordpress.com/20 ... he-puzzle/

First I've heard of this. Maybe it's well known and I missed it. :p Surely it can't be the whole car Super Aguri designed? They were shut down in May. Probably just the double diffuser which Honda then adopted. A bit of digging elsewhere and apparently Super Aguri came up with the double diffuser then some engineers went to Brawn, some Williams and some Toyota. The teams that had it.

EDIT: Buxton says they started work on the car back in 07 hence why they were so far down the line with it.

Also on Twitter Jenson Button has stopped following Hamilton and started following Perez. :lol:
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Post by phil1993 » 28 Sep 2012, 15:13

List of items not permitted inside the gates at COTA
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Alcoholic Beverages
 Animals (exception for certified service animals)
 Bags or parcels larger than 12X12X20 inches
 Bicycles, scooters, skateboards, skates, segways, golf carts or other unauthorized means of
transportation
 Coolers, thermoses or ice chests
 Distribution of unauthorized promotional or commercial material
 Food and Beverage (Note: sealed, individual, plastic bottles of water are allowed)
 Fireworks, explosives or other incendiary devices
 Glass or metal containers of any style
 Illegal substances
 Items that may be deemed a safety hazard or annoyance to participants or guests (b***, Frisbees,
balloons, projectiles, horns, radios, bells, whistles, musical instruments, laser pointers, etc.)
 Large, golf-type umbrellas
 Non-collapsible chairs
 Tents or canopies
 Video cameras, still cameras with lenses exceeding 10 inches in length or detachable lenses of any
kind, audio recording devices and tripods; no video recording will be allowed
 Weapons of any kind, including guns, knives, pepper spray, handcuffs, nightsticks or other items

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Post by StratCaster » 28 Sep 2012, 15:25

Well that's all kinds of awful, combined with the ticket price I don't think a USGP will remain on the calendar for very long, upside is now we have a great modern road course in the US for other purposes (i.e. NASCAR, Sports Cars, MotoGP)

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Post by sportingcp » 28 Sep 2012, 15:38

phil1993 wrote:Mr. Gangnam Style, PSY, is performing at the Korean GP.
Yeah, I wanna see him in the podium ceremony. The winner should make the dance with him. Korean GP aka Gangnam Style GP!

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Post by phil1993 » 29 Sep 2012, 14:58

Feature article: TV coverage key to cracking the USA
http://www.f1zone.net/news/is-good-cove ... ica/15949/

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phil1993 wrote:Feature article: TV coverage key to cracking the USA
http://www.f1zone.net/news/is-good-cove ... ica/15949/
I agree with the article, especially the point that it can go a long way towards cracking the American market. A TV deal like this I think would be excellent:
-All sessions of all rounds live on SPEED and SPEED.COM
-Asian races live late Saturday night on FOX, European races delayed 1pm on FOX, American races live Sunday afternoon on FOX
-Session replays and highlights available on SPEED.COM

That way F1 can attract all US markets possible (FTA TV, pay TV and online) and becomes more accessible to US viewers.
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Post by Zack » 29 Sep 2012, 17:23

Finally, Schumacher might end the war against time and machine :(

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Post by antyk » 29 Sep 2012, 19:16

Kubica has won Rally Citta di Bassano :thumbsup: thats his second rally win after his comeback.
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Post by iceman1 » 02 Oct 2012, 16:57

Q: What’s your favourite smell?
Kobayashi: The smell of women.

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Re: 2012 Formula One Discussion

Post by donald29 » 04 Oct 2012, 08:38

Anyone know if Autosprint magazine in Italy is reliable? Read some interesting stuff from them about Perez / Ferrari but don't know if it's unreliable gossip or if there might be something in it.

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