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[Mini-Mad-Craig]

You can watch the BBC quali show from today on iplayer but it's just them talking and making paper boats in the pitlane.

that was funny, and there was a duck

[miniQ]

Ya loool eddie made some boats then did'nt use them :/

[miniQ]

Hamilton is the unluckiest bloke in the world i mean cmooooooooooooooooooooon...... losing 3rd gear...dayum im just happy he didnt have to retire. Ok i decided to do some math giving hamilton the best results he could wish for and webber the worst..... it does'nt look to good lool: All Vettel and Webber really need is a win.... i havnt included DNF's and Alonso and Button (ill explian why if you really wnt me too)

1st 2nd 3rd 4th

Korea: ham jen vet web
brazil : alo ham vet web
abu dhabi: ham vet web alo


ham - 192 + 25,18,25 = 260
vet - 206 + 18,18,15 = 257
web - 220 + 12,12,15 = 259

As you can see with these good result prediction i gave hamilton he is only champ by 1 point...I gotta admit im ruling him,jens and alonso out atm


1st - 25
2nd - 18
3rd - 15
4th - 12

So what does this all mean? simple as i can put it... all webber needs is a win really...

Also redbulls front wing...
It's still giving them an advantage by rule bending i think...The actuall nose bends as well as the endplates of the wing
it just shows with the wierd failure vettel had a few races back.
and when mclaren said "they didnt understand it" what they meant was how they are pulling it off (the bending) even with the tests which are in place.
It is also widely said to give around up to a 1 second advantage if it was to flex down to the level we have cleary seen it bend too.

Also guys ive skimmed though the rules and kind find much on it BUT- before the red lights had gone out Vettel's car on pole position moved forward by around 2-3 inches and the wheels rotated a small amount (all 4)...from the camera angle i cant tell whether he moved out of his box thing but the car stopped then 1 second later after moving the red lights went out and everything started as normal...does this matter? jump start? :| videos on youtube if you wnt and you need to have a sharp eye... - http://www.f1fanatic...t-suzuka-video/

Edited by miniQ, 12 October 2010 - 08:07 PM.

[AndrewJ530]

I agree and disagree with you on red bulls front wing. As much as i hate the fact they are getting away with it (I'm a McLaren fan - Lewis in particular) it has passed the weight tests by the FIA.

Would be intersting to find out how they are doing it though because it clearly does flex.

[maggies_minder]

as above its past the test its fine, its typical childs play in F1 when one team comes up with something new, which the other teams dont have they try to get it banned or draw as much attention to it a possible to give themselves chance to copy/ make their own version.

last year was brawn and the rear diffuser (IIRC)
this year red bull.
so long as the FIA impose rules, engineers will try and bend them (red bull style )

all hail the engineers!

[miniQ]

LOL found this video of the photoshoot bernie did with the 5 championship contenders today at korea LOOOOL! -
And look who's sitting where in this "Famous photo recreation" - Full size photo's on f1fanatic. Webber would defintly be the Mansell.

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Edited by miniQ, 21 October 2010 - 08:26 PM.

[newbambeeno]

I like the handshake between Lewis and 'nando at the end of that clip!! It was so forced!
Quite looking forward to this weekend, Maclaren should be more competitive and Massa might turn up, so any of 6 drivers could be in with a shout!

[minidan]

Anyone interested in the weather for the Korean GP might want to look at this
BBC WEATHER

[Mini-Mad-Craig]

Set to be a good GP this weekend, Im excited.

Bring on the rain, we all know Jenson is the new rainman

[minidan]

heavy rain could really mix this one up. it could also be the vital ingredient that Mclaren need in their desperate hope to get more points than red bull... oh i hope it rains!!!

[miniQ]

We need rain ya. But either way Lewis will be doing a do or die in the first few laps

[Mini-Mad-Craig]

We need rain ya. But either way Lewis will be doing a do or die in the first few laps

I love that part now, generally speaking, you know if Lewis is still in with 68 laps to go then hes going to finish the race!

[maggies_minder]

kubica is good in the rain.

[miniQ]

Well what a RACE....ok some points and opinions -

-I think the race should have started earlier i mean what the hell are extreme wet tyres for?
- Webber and Vettel DNF!!!! i think i woke up my family twice in the morning from shouting at the TV LOL
- Button is most likely out of contention but i still think he needs to perform to take points of rivals...also with only 2 races to go shifting all the concetration on hamilton will it really help him? or will they produce updates for one car only meaning less production of parts needed for 2 cars then they can bring develope more updates for the single car...
- Hamilton needs to win the last 2 races i think with alonso getting a poor result and vettel underperforming in a race IF he wants to win the championship
- The mclarens performed pretty darn bad today they need to sort themselves out still :| without them 2 redbull DNF's lewis and jens would be both out of the chamionship...
- Ok as for the championship standing now i have a bit of a problem...I DONT want Alonso to win nor vettel yet vettel is performing better then all of the top drivers ATM... all we can do now is sit and wait

01 Fernando Alonso 231
02 Mark Webber 220
03 Lewis Hamilton 210
04 Sebastian Vettel 206


I hope i speak for all of us when i say WE need (in brazil) Alonso to do badly or get a DNF... webber to do bad and keep his points low... Hamilton to win and push up to second or first (in the championship) and Vettel to do his own thing which is most likely 1st-3rd which will then bring it down to the last race! for an epic finale. SO FOR MY BIG SUMMARY. Alonso needs to do badly LOL.

Edited by miniQ, 24 October 2010 - 01:41 PM.

[Mini-Mad-Craig]

That was AWESOME!!!