I´m looking forward to it because I expect Williams - Räikkönen deal to be public before the race starts.
BTW have fun there, you lucky one!
Formula 1 - 2011 Season
- Thread starter Dave Baumann
- Start date
I´m looking forward to it because I expect Williams - Räikkönen deal to be public before the race starts.
BTW have fun there, you lucky one!
Yes, he matched Mansell's record but in longer season. Still quite an achievement
.I think tomorrows race won't change much at the front of the grid, maybe except Massa crashing with Hamilton and Alonso moving place or two up.
Lap 1... OMG so not expected.
DarthShader
Regular
Probably debris. Unlucky.
way to elevate the discussion
Vettel's first piece of bad luck this season, arrived 10 races too late.
Great race by Hamilton and Alonso. Alonso tried hard getting the advantage before going on primes, but it didn't work. Alonso can still beat Button for P2 in the championship.
Great race by Hamilton and Alonso. Alonso tried hard getting the advantage before going on primes, but it didn't work. Alonso can still beat Button for P2 in the championship.
Red Bull, Michelin & especially Vettel himself are dead serious on finding wtf caused the puncture - according to MTV3, Vettel said that usually the tire pressure drops during some 2-3 corners after puncture, this was completely sudden drop with no apparent reason.
He even went after the race to investigate the scene to find anything that could give some clue on what caused it, without any luck though.
They also retrieved every single piece (that they could find, obviously) of the blown tire to help finding the reason.
So far there has been no explanation of any kind for the accident.
He even went after the race to investigate the scene to find anything that could give some clue on what caused it, without any luck though.
They also retrieved every single piece (that they could find, obviously) of the blown tire to help finding the reason.
So far there has been no explanation of any kind for the accident.
Michelin sure is interested in helping Pirelli solve the problem.
Anyway, we know RBR like to go to extremes, they did it with the camber and they do it with tyre pressures. This may be them just taking it too far on Vettel's car.
LOL, ye, I shouldn't write tiredMichelin sure is interested in helping Pirelli solve the problem.
So,
Anyone looking forward to Abu Dhabi?
I know I am, 'cause I'll be sitting in corner 8 throughout the weekend
Cheers
So... how was it?
I couldn't help thinking while watching the race that some how, Abu Dhabi does have a lot of appeal. It may not be the most interesting track, but the infrastructure does look very impressive and I like that the race progresses into twilight. Any pictures?So... how was it?
Exciting. And loud!
If loudness was a direct measure of performance, the Lotus Renaults would have been world champs.
I gained a lot of respect for the slower half of the drivers/teams. The race in front was pretty boring from where we sat, - at the end of the straight. All the action between Button/Webber/Massa was in other parts of the track.
However, it wasn't unusual to see 3-4 of the slower cars trying to out-brake each other where we were sitting. Amazing how precisely they hit their brake marker lap after lap after lap. And a lot of good overtaking too.
As for the venue: The circuit/surroundings are spectacular, especially around 6 P.M. when night falls.
Everything was very well organized. You park a fair distance away from the circuit and board a shuttle bus. We only had to wait more than 2 minutes for a bus saturday night after qualifying.
My only gripe was with the after-race concerts. You had to hand in your camera before entering the concert-area. We didn't want to queue for hours after the concert to get our cameras back, so will have to see Paul McCartney some other time. The camera thing struck me as odd; Trying to make a few bucks off of official photos when we each paid 300 euros for our tickets
All in all, a very special experience. Not my last F1 race, that's for sure. I want to go to Spa and Silverstone next.
Edit: Forgot: We had 400 english fans to the right of us, to the left we had around 250 german fans. There was an entire english family sitting in front of us. On saturday, the mother had a T-shirt with "Future mother in law of Jenson Button" printed on the back, 3-4 seats down, the daughter (not a looker) sat with "Future Mrs. Button" printed on the back of her T-shirt. On race day the whole family was kitted out in official McLaren/Vodafone wear. When Vettel drove off, they leaned forward, looked to their left at the germans and kipped small Union Jacks. - We nearly pissed ourselves.
Cheers
Last edited by a moderator:
No, they're not - it's the basic rule of almost any big band / artist that you can't bring your own camera gear into concerts (in general though, this only means those professional and semi-professional.. what's the word for those cameras? not some basic pocketcams)My only gripe was with the after-race concerts. You had to hand in your camera before entering the concert-area. We didn't want to queue for hours after the concert to get our cameras back, so will have to see Paul McCartney some other time. The camera thing struck me as odd; Trying to make a few bucks off of official photos when we each paid 300 euros for our tickets
It was *all* cameras, compact cameras included, phones excluded.
It is perfectly fair and reasonable to ban cameras for a normal concert, but for a concert immediately following a F1 race, where 70% of spectators have a camera of some sort, is just plain dumb.
Cheers
