Bernard Jazz Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 Anyone seen this? I can't imagine anyone overtaking with all that crap being flung off the racing line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 Anyone seen this?I can't imagine anyone overtaking with all that crap being flung off the racing line. The reason it's there is because everyone sticks to the racing line through the tunnel. It looks fairly small on television, but I got to see it up close last year and it is really quite tiny. You'd be a special case to try and overtake, especially where that photo is taken at the entrance to the tunnel. The exit is another story, the approach to turn 10 opens up tons of overtaking opportunities (and opportunities to ram Adrian Sutil in the ass) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brown Sugar Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 Anyone seen this?I can't imagine anyone overtaking with all that crap being flung off the racing line. The reason it's there is because everyone sticks to the racing line through the tunnel. It looks fairly small on television, but I got to see it up close last year and it is really quite tiny. You'd be a special case to try and overtake, especially where that photo is taken at the entrance to the tunnel. The exit is another story, the approach to turn 10 opens up tons of overtaking opportunities (and opportunities to ram Adrian Sutil in the ass) unless you run too wide like we saw perez do in qualifying and end up in the barrier, hopefully we don't see another big crash like that this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 Anyone seen this?I can't imagine anyone overtaking with all that crap being flung off the racing line. The reason it's there is because everyone sticks to the racing line through the tunnel. It looks fairly small on television, but I got to see it up close last year and it is really quite tiny. You'd be a special case to try and overtake, especially where that photo is taken at the entrance to the tunnel. The exit is another story, the approach to turn 10 opens up tons of overtaking opportunities (and opportunities to ram Adrian Sutil in the ass) unless you run too wide like we saw perez do in qualifying and end up in the barrier, hopefully we don't see another big crash like that this weekend. I've got quali on delay over here and that just happened. Ooof. Without seeing all the rubber and dregs on the non-racing line through the tunnel in such quality like that photo you picked, it really is mystifying as to how he lost control. It looked like he early straightened up, but then lost it again and went into the wall. This is why I love Monaco (not that I want to see people crash), but these intricacies come with the environment, and cannot be forced, no matter how hard Hermann Tillke tries in whatever corner of the world he's plonking one of his boring tracks onto these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 There's Massa binning it through the tunnel. Love how they call it "the marbles". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brown Sugar Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 All i wanted was someone other than vettel to win Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Der_Don Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 All i wanted was someone other than vettel to win Won't happen often during this season I think (and hope ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seddo Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 All i wanted was someone other than vettel to win Won't happen often during this season I think (and hope ) Dropped 7 points in 6 races is it now, absolutely fantastic driving from him, certainly the man to beat. Slightly controversial words from Hamilton at the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Der_Don Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 All i wanted was someone other than vettel to win Won't happen often during this season I think (and hope ) Slightly controversial words from Hamilton at the end. What did he say? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brown Sugar Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 I believe he made comments about the stewards penalising him and also commented on Felipe Massa edit:here it is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vercetti27 Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 I believe he made comments about the stewards penalising him and also commented on Felipe Massa edit:here it is he was joking saying it was "because he's black" too. still to be penalised 3 times in two days must be frustrating Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 That was so obviously a joke. He even spelled out exactly where it came from. Sense of humour, plz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brown Sugar Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 Yes it's ridiculous what you'll get penalised in f1 for sometimes, but you can understand why he bsaid all the things he said, that was probably the worst weekend he's had for a long time. I expected Button to be more frustrated after having the race in his hands only for it to be ruined by a bad team decision to bring him in the pits and the 2 safety cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kryten. Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 All things aside he did deserve the penalties. Okay, he may have been faster than Massa and Maldonaldo, but you just can't run them off the track. Its not impossible to make a clean pass, even around Monaco. Webber's pass on Kobayashi in the dying laps proves that. He may think he's being harshly dealt with having 3 penatlies in two days, but they've all been self inflicted. I think the frustration just grew because he was so fast in practice and Q1/Q2, but couldn't do it in the big sessions. That said, the whole racist comment is a storm in a tea cup. Clearly a joke so just move on. Vettel and Webber got some bad luck with their pit crews looking very out of sorts. Vettel was lucky it didn't affect him as much as Webber (not a surprise really). Webber did well to get 4th from that position. Still looking like Vettel will have the championship wrapped up with 3-4 rounds to go, and its become a race to get 2nd spot in the championship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brown Sugar Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 looks like mclarens wet car setup in qualifying may pay off, it's wet right now and doesn't look like drying up in time for the race. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 Eat sh*t Hamilton. Yeah, you eat sh*t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vercetti27 Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 Eat sh*t Hamilton. Yeah, you eat sh*t. what the hells hamilton done wrong now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 Eat sh*t Hamilton. Yeah, you eat sh*t. what the hells hamilton done wrong now? Tapped Webrar and spun him, then rear ended Button and parked his car afterwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Der_Don Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 Hamilton was terrible today. Not the first stupid Move from him. Pretty interesting race so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 Hamilton is a liability. I wouldn't be surprised if McClaren drop him soon because he's not winning and he's just acting like a deranged suicide bomber. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brown Sugar Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 Hamilton is a liability. I wouldn't be surprised if McClaren drop him soon because he's not winning and he's just acting like a deranged suicide bomber. If the mclaren car was more capable of challenging the red bulls we wouldn't see hamilton making as many desperate moves as he has been to pass cras and try to beat the red bulls. His driving style is naturally aggressive anyway so I don't think mclaren would think about getting rid of him because he isn't winning because afterall who is winning apart from sebastian vettel, hamilton is the only other driver to win this season and who would mclaren replace him with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 Luckily they're playing the whole GP through to the end over here. 5:30am with 40 laps to go. idk if I'll make it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seddo Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 (edited) Luckily they're playing the whole GP through to the end over here. 5:30am with 40 laps to go. idk if I'll make it. We've had a swap on channels over here. The safety car has been on the track so much it deserves to have a couple of points put on the board. Edit: What a race from Button in the end especially after pitting 6 times, took Vettel right at the end after he messed up. Edited June 12, 2011 by Seddo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flitcroft101 Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 Impressive from Button really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Der_Don Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 Epic! What a race! The longest race in F1 history. Still gutted Vettel couldnt make it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brown Sugar Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 Still gutted Vettel couldnt make it though. yeah, it's not like he's won all but 2 races this season and willprobably win most of the remaining races, i'm so pleased vettel didn't win, not because I don't like him but because someone else needed to win for a change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Der_Don Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 (edited) Still gutted Vettel couldnt make it though. yeah, it's not like he's won all but 2 races this season So? Vettel led the race for 69 laps, so he deserved to win this race. I nearly got a heart attack watching this: Edited June 12, 2011 by Der_Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pizza guy Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 Great race, Button drove his heart out, Deserved the win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Spock Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 (edited) That was an amazing race. I'm glad button won but would've loved to see webber win, and eventhough I'm no schumacher fan, shame he didn't get a podium. Those canadian marshalls need to get their sh*t together. That's twice they fell over on camera during the weekend. EDIT: question for the british, was there no bbc forum because of the longthy nature of the race? I can't find a torrent anywhere. Edited June 14, 2011 by Barry Spock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pizza guy Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 no there wasn't. They said towards the end of the live text commentary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
