OT: Formula 1 chatter and race updates

[WAY]

Just wait Lima. 2 more weeks and Kimi will be standing on the podium and you will be admiring my wisdom.

[dkr]

Just wait Lima. 2 more weeks and Kimi will be standing on the podium and you will be admiring my wisdom.

And if he isn't, are you buying Sunday night dinner??

[WAY]

And if he isn't, are you buying Sunday night dinner??

Haha odds are very much stacked against me here!

[J-Tim]

Haha odds are very much stacked against me here!

Wayne. The King of Back-Pedaling.

[WAY]

Haha as someone said previously (I think it was Wes), it's my wish rather than reality. Having said that, I stand by the fact that Kimi will be on a few podiums this year, maybe just not in Melbourne as I'm not convinced of their reliability yet.

[smarm]

Aggressive rake on the new RBR wing.

[Lima]

Kimi fastest in the morning session.

[J-Tim]

Kimi fastest in the morning session.

It's all Wayne's fault.

[Lima]

[WAY]

I tell you guys Lotus and Kimi is for real this year. Not gonna beat RBR or probably McLaren, but looking good for the podiums as I said in my prediction previously.

[Peter Ian Staker]

I tell you guys Lotus and Kimi is for real this year. Not gonna beat RBR or probably McLaren, but looking good for the podiums as I said in my prediction previously.

Mate, Lotus has never left the building. That Malay crap was just a pre-cursor to the real show.
Watch for the Drunk Finn to shake the cage!
Every podium Lotus gets adds $100K to the value of my F1.

If only Kubica was there alongside my man Kimi.

[WAY]

Mate, Lotus has never left the building. That Malay crap was just a pre-cursor to the real show.
Watch for the Drunk Finn to shake the cage!
Every podium Lotus gets adds $100K to the value of my F1.

If only Kubica was there alongside my man Kimi.

In fairness this is Renault team, Lotus just pays sponsorship money. And IT IS still Malaysian money.

And if Kubica was still there, Kimi wouldn't be. Tough choice though between those two. I think I rather the new Kimi, as he probably would not take things for granted after experiencing life is rally and nascar! Also being a WC, he has proven his pedigree.

Speaking of Malaysians, the Caterham boys are looking quite handy. Again see my prediction from earlier.

[The Pork Hunt]

In fairness this is Renault team

nope

At the end of 2009, the Renault car company sold a 75% stake in the team to the Genii Capital investment company. At the end of 2010, Renault sold its remaining 25% share to Genii, which then decided to enter into an alignment with Group Lotus.

For the 2011 Formula One season the team competed under the name Lotus Renault GP,[2] which was the last year that the name "Renault" was used as a constructor name in Formula One.

[WAY]

Yeah I know all that Porkie. But the infrastructure etc is all Renault. Bet you no one from Group Lotus is in the F1 team. So really, it's Renault.

[The Pork Hunt]

Yeah I know all that Porkie. But the infrastructure etc is all Renault. Bet you no one from Group Lotus is in the F1 team. So really, it's Renault.

But apart from James Allison there's nobody left there who was a key player in the team, the preferential "works" support on engines goes to red bull, so really, it's not.

[smarm]

hello marussia




hello HRT



I like their livery

[Lima]

Marussia kunts changes their press login. Who do they think they are.

Anyway, for Herr Leng -> http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/97866

Although Red Bull and McLaren remain favourites heading for Melbourne, when asked if he felt those teams were out of reach, Boullier told AUTOSPORT: "If I think this I should give up now.

"What is very encouraging is that even if we believe strongly that they are ahead of us, then the gap last year to this year has been reduced so it shows we can catch up. We obviously need to push more on this but we can close the gap, and it is up to us to do better this year and do even better for next year."

[Lima]

A few punters here might like this link...

http://www.infiniti-performanceteam.com/media/

No password required.

[smarm]

paranoid android.

[MickyD]

[IML337]

It's funnier to see how young Alan Jones looks, rather than Webber

[smarm]

It's funnier to see how young Alan Jones looks, rather than Webber

Yeah I don't see the young webber either

[R32DBPGenV]

Yeah I don't see the young webber either

Notice But Plug and That Scottish git having a laugh and a perve too.. hahahhaa

[smarm]

new datto for lemans

[mdt]

Wow, they made it. Good to see.

Can't compete for classification though, which is odd: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/...r-Le-Mans.html

[smarm]

[Lima]

Wow, they made it. Good to see.

Can't compete for classification though, which is odd: http://ausm.tv/1d5

It's running by invitation as an experimental car, so it doesn't conform to any of the official categories. They expect its lap times will sit in between the LMP1 and LMP2 cars.

[Lima]

I hope the test drive of the Evoque goes a bit better...

https://twitter.com/#!/BNothling/sta...74196489007104

[[c e r e a l]]

Shared my flight back from Hong Kong on Monday night with half the RBR engineering team. Didn't see anyone I recognised, but this guy was sitting across from me: http://www.redbullracing.com/cs/Sate...63748#/image-3 (Not MW...)

[Lima]

"Mark with his race engineer Ciaron Pilbeam"

Should have asked him if Vettel smells.

[WAY]

I flew with the Ferrari team a few years back during Kimi's time. Friendly bunch. Also stayed at the same hotel with the Ferrari bunch in Shanghai a few years back.

Speaking of Kimi, like me, DC thinks Kimi will surprise everyone. Yeah I know DC is crap at his predictions, but this time he is right. http://planetf1.com/driver/18227/759...mi-to-surprise

[Al Walker]

"Mark with his race engineer Ciaron Pilbeam"

Should have asked him if Vettel smells.

No he should have asked him when Mark is going to do the right thing and give the seat to Ricciardo.

To say I'm underwhelmed for this F1 season wouldn't be an exaggeration, not even sure if I'm going to bother with streaming anything live this year even with access to a SkyHD web feed for the non BBC races. I might just download it all from RacingforMe unless something happens to liven things up a bit.

Sorry F1 but for the first time in 40 odd years you've lost me. Bring on the WRC, IRC, ERC and ARC for some real action.

Cheers Al

[The Pork Hunt]

[WAY]

No he should have asked him when Mark is going to do the right thing and give the seat to Ricciardo.

To say I'm underwhelmed for this F1 season wouldn't be an exaggeration, not even sure if I'm going to bother with streaming anything live this year even with access to a SkyHD web feed for the non BBC races. I might just download it all from RacingforMe unless something happens to liven things up a bit.

Sorry F1 but for the first time in 40 odd years you've lost me. Bring on the WRC, IRC, ERC and ARC for some real action.

Cheers Al

What? This is going to be one exciting year Al! 6 WCs, no one team appear to be dominating, mercs and Lotus look quite fast, inter team mate wars of future world champs in STR and force India, Caterham giving mid field a run for their money, McLaren looking fast so inter team mate war there will be interesting as well...it's all happening!

[Lima]

No he should have asked him when Mark is going to do the right thing and give the seat to Ricciardo.

To say I'm underwhelmed for this F1 season wouldn't be an exaggeration, not even sure if I'm going to bother with streaming anything live this year even with access to a SkyHD web feed for the non BBC races. I might just download it all from RacingforMe unless something happens to liven things up a bit.

Sorry F1 but for the first time in 40 odd years you've lost me. Bring on the WRC, IRC, ERC and ARC for some real action.

Cheers Al

Really.

I reckon it's shaping up to be one of the most open seasons for a few years.

I'm even foolish enough to have a funny feeling inside to suggest that Mark might... no, don't say it.