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a176
Canada6688 Posts
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bmml
United Kingdom962 Posts
On March 27 2011 04:26 a176 wrote: in case anyone didn't know, drivers are allowed to use DRS anywhere on the track during practice+quali, hence vettel's fast time. you probably won't see that time during the race later today as you can only use DRS on the main straight here. Afaik you can only use it to overtake too? not just on any straights. Thoguh maybe I'm wrong. Should be an interesting race anyway, hopefully nothing like last season's Bahrain. On March 27 2011 01:49 Klive5ive wrote: Because he doesn't have it  He was just winding the journalists up saying "I couldn't find the button". According to the BBC they've taken out the charging part of the KERS and are just going to have a one-use system to use off the line. This might effect their race pace. No KERS means you need slightly more fuel and even 1kg will give a noticeable time difference in F1. OR they might just have a much better balance to the car without KERS and Vettel will use his boost to stay in front of Hamilton off the line and then dissapear into the distance. We'll just have to wait and see Thats a pretty good theory but I can't help but think that the pirelli's will not make it as simple as it was last year to gain a lead then just take care of your wheels. Something that Vettel did pretty darn well last year. | ||
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a176
Canada6688 Posts
On March 27 2011 04:30 bmml wrote: Afaik you can only use it to overtake too? not just on any straights. Thoguh maybe I'm wrong. Should be an interesting race anyway, hopefully nothing like last season's Bahrain. Thats a pretty good theory but I can't help but think that the pirelli's will not allow make it as simple as it was last year to gain a lead then just take care of your wheels. Something that Vettel did pretty darn well last year. that too, within 1 second of a car ahead of you | ||
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Lori.
Germany97 Posts
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Stenstyren
Sweden619 Posts
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GTR
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GTR
51574 Posts
On March 27 2011 16:19 Stenstyren wrote: Anyone have any livestreams for today's race? http://onehd.com.au/motorsport-live-streaming.htm not sure if it works outside of aus, either way the race has only 7 laps to go. | ||
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TranceStorm
1616 Posts
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Tranqje
Belgium89 Posts
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Greg_J
China4409 Posts
I think Hamiltons gonna be disqualified. they said there was a minimum ride hieght of 10mm or something and that piece on the bottom of the car was littreally scraping along the floor for most of the race. Unless enough has fallan off to make it beat that regulation bot not to much to fall victom to any other regulations. Anyway Red Bulls pace looks scary when you consider they have no kerrs. Vettel and Hamliton coasted home and there wasn't any mind blowing action but an interesting start to the new season. Great job Petrov, Sergio Perez (1 stop WTF) and Kamui Kobayashi. I think jensen Button was really stupid not letting the Ferrais through yeah it sucks but he had no case at all about been first to the corner or anything like that. He was just stubben and paid a big price for it. Formula One is awesome. | ||
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fLyiNgDroNe
Belgium4069 Posts
PS. Vettel is imba | ||
zere
Germany1287 Posts
On March 27 2011 16:50 Greg_J wrote: I forgot about this thread and the lack of live report I think everyone else did too. I think Hamiltons gonna be disqualified. they said there was a minimum ride hieght of 10mm or something and that piece on the bottom of the car was littreally scraping along the floor for most of the race. Unless enough has fallan off to make it beat that regulation bot not to much to fall victom to any other regulations. I remember in the 90s, Schumacher once won (in Hungary, I think), but during the race he slid over the curbs and demolished his bottom. He was disqualified post-race, so you might be onto something here... | ||
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Greg_J
China4409 Posts
'I was first to the corner so he should have pulled of the throttle, he didn't so i had no where to go' 'Ferrai imediately pitted so there was nothing I could do after that' I'm not buying it Button stop been so bitter, Ferrai didn't pit just to ruin your race. They pitted because they needed to pit and it was about 5 laps latter you had plenty of time to give baqck the place. This is why as a Brit I prefer Hamiltion he just seems like a nicer guy. Buttons cool and all but he just gets a bit to bitter and angry. | ||
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Asshat
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Existential
Australia2107 Posts
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jaebigdong
87 Posts
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sunnata
Russian Federation228 Posts
Single pitstop by Perez in his first race made my day. Go Sauber! | ||
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imweakless
757 Posts
but anyway go alonso and massa. | ||
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SixTwo
Netherlands68 Posts
All in all a little bit of a boring race in my opinion with surprising end results (contradict much lol?) Looking forward to Malaysia. | ||
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Klive5ive
United Kingdom6056 Posts
On March 27 2011 16:50 Greg_J wrote: I forgot about this thread and the lack of live report I think everyone else did too. I think Hamiltons gonna be disqualified. they said there was a minimum ride hieght of 10mm or something and that piece on the bottom of the car was littreally scraping along the floor for most of the race. Unless enough has fallan off to make it beat that regulation bot not to much to fall victom to any other regulations. Anyway Red Bulls pace looks scary when you consider they have no kerrs. Vettel and Hamliton coasted home and there wasn't any mind blowing action but an interesting start to the new season. Great job Petrov, Sergio Perez (1 stop WTF) and Kamui Kobayashi. I think jensen Button was really stupid not letting the Ferrais through yeah it sucks but he had no case at all about been first to the corner or anything like that. He was just stubben and paid a big price for it. Formula One is awesome. I don't think Hamilton will be disqualified. If your car is damaged they allow you to fix it before testing it. Obvious it's not fair otherwise. Red Bull made the right decision on KERS again. Horner at the end said that Adrian Neuey simply wouldn't let them put KERS in if it interfered with his aero package and it makes sense. Good downforce and balance is more important than KERS. Jenson got wrongly frustrated and should have sucked it up and given the place back to Massa. Stubborness cost McClaren it was obviously an illegal move. I fell a bit bad for Jenseo though because he had the pace in his car but couldn't utilise it thanks to the bad start that Hamilton had. If Hamilton doesn't spin off the line Jenson could've used the obvious boost he had to get into third instead of getting stuck behind Webber and blocked out. Which brings us to the DRS... they were worried it would be too easy to overtake but actually it made almost no difference. You still can't overtake in a much faster car. I know they were unsure about the effect it would have and so played it safe. Now is the time to adjust the regulations fast imho and perhaps allow DRS for the whole of the next lap if you cross the line 1second behind your opponent. Then we might see the turbulent air of the car infront cancelled out a bit more. | ||
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