F1

[lurkist]

Yeah, best race for years!  And Jensen's first win amid all the action.  All the pre-race commentary about no overtaking opportunities, more overtaking than ever!

[Vincent]

Definitely race of the year so far.  Who says 13 is an unlucky number?  Oh yeah, MS, FA and KR I suppose!

Shame not to see the leaders actually finishing, but they did extremely well starting from way down the grid.

Great to see de la Rosa get a podium aswell :-)

[Hyperspeed]

Wow, he's won a Grand Prix after 113 attempts or something. A budding young star in the making... like Tim Henman!



:lol:

Now what IS interesting is that Red Bull plane racing thing on Channel 5. Sort of like Formula 1 but planes flying through hoops.

[lurkist]

Air race - yeah, that can only end in disaster, really.  It seems very irresponsible.

To be fair to Jensen, he hasn't had the tools to get the job done.  Or he has, but it's conked out on the third lap or something!

[Vincent]

To be fair to Jensen, he hasn't had the tools to get the job done.  Or he has, but it's conked out on the third lap or something!

He has had quite a bit of bad luck.  Just a pity it's too late in the season to really capitalize on this though.

[blobrana]

Hum,
The Brazilian GP is about to begin...

[blobrana]

Two-time world champion Fernando Alonso said he would be happy to retire after winning his third Formula One title.
The Spaniard, who clinched his second title on Sunday, is leaving Renault to race for McLaren next season.

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[Hyperspeed]

Now this is how Formula 1 should be!

[blobrana]

Melbourne - go, go , go

[PMC]

This was the first race I've watched in a while, a Ferrari leading from start to finish meant that it felt like I'd never  been away, hehe.

Hamilton drove a storming race, incredibly mature for a 22 year old rookie.  He was clearly the equal of Alonso today.  

[sicky]

This was the first race I've watched in a while, a Ferrari leading from start to finish meant that it felt like I'd never been away, hehe.

Yes the Ferrari is very strong at the start of the season but I think other teams will be catching them up after Malasia GP.

Hamilton drove a storming race, incredibly mature for a 22 year old rookie. He was clearly the equal of Alonso today.

Yes indeed, a future champion I am sure :-)

[lurkist]

Woohoo, 'tis the season to be speedy!

World Cup Skiing / Snowboarding has kept me going through the winter, now it's motorsport season!

Keep an eye on the other championships too, they can often be even better than F1.  Check out Formula Renault/BMW/Ford - those youngsters have no fear!  Also the BTCC, Seat Cupra, Clio Cup, Carrera Cup, it's all good!

[Vincent]

Great race.

Just really annoying that there's a 3 week break already!

[Hyperspeed]

by Vincent:
Just really annoying that there's a 3 week break already!

Why are there no women Formula 1 drivers? Are they only good for parading with umbrellas?

Formula 1 wish list:
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· Women drivers
· Pit crew bustups
· Explosions
· Swearing/driver gesticulation
· Damon Hill
· Cooler cars with greater variety in design and tech
· New track location/layout each season
· Harry Hill doing the commentary

[Vincent]

· Women drivers - no idea.  We've only just got the first black driver, so maybe in the years to come...

· Pit crew bustups - flick to Jerry Springer or Trisha :-P

· Explosions - there are good crashes now and then

· Swearing/driver gesticulation - they do happen, not too recently though - no-one to get pissed of at now that Scumi's gone ;-)

· Damon Hill - Why?  He's not a good racer anymore.  After watching his "commentating" on ITV digital's subscriptioin/ppv thing I'd say he's never going to do it voluntarily again.  He'd maybe good for the odd interviews, but as he's now the BDRC top dog he'll be too busy making sure we still have Silverstone

· Cooler cars with greater variety in design and tech - Blame the safety rules and regulations for this one.  There was a bit of variety between cars in the 70s/80s but some were apparently a bit dangerous.

· New track location/layout each season - yeah right.  The cost of keeping circuits is big enough for some countries without having nothing to subside the costs when they don't get the race.

· Harry Hill doing the commentary - :lol:  I get too bored with him though.  Greg Proops would be good (SW Episode 1 pod race).

[Doobrey]

Vincent wrote:
· Women drivers - no idea.  We've only just got the first black driver, so maybe in the years to come...

IIRC, the last female F1 driver was way back in 1992, she drove for Brabham but failed to qualify in the first 3 races and was replaced by Damon Hill.

Dunno why there haven't been any more in F1 since then, Katherine Legge will hopefully be back doing ChampCar again this year, and Danica Patrick is in Indy.