I guess the only thing to note here is that Ferrari has completed considerably more laps than any other top team. Especially Lotus and Mercedes havent even done half of what Ferrari ran today. Merc suspected a gearbox failure and it took 4 hours to get Nico back out. Kimi ran the whole day but only continued his very short stints like in Jerez.
GO MERCEDES!!! You show them your car is epic in cold weather,... xD
Alonso getting a lot of laps in is nice, obviously pre meditated that stint. Di Resta the same. Interestingly the Williams and it's Micheal Jackson nose looks ok on that time too.
1. Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull, 1:22.197, 43 laps (S); 2. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, 1:22.726, 60 laps (H); 3. Sergio Perez, McLaren, 1:22.743, 35 laps (S); 4. Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, 1:23.247, 28 laps (M); 5. Valtteri Bottas, Williams, 1:23.561, 53 laps (S); 6. Daniel Ricciardo, Toro Rosso, 1:23.718, 38 laps (M); 7. Paul di Resta, Force India, 1:24.007, 36 laps (M); 8. Nico Hulkenberg, Sauber, 1:24.638, 34 laps (M); 9. Charles Pic, Caterham, 1:26.985, 44 laps; 10. Max Chilton, Marussia, 1:28.900, 27 laps; 11. Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus, No Time, 4 laps.
Oh yes, Lewis doing well on the Hard Tyres! Hamilton has the fastest section so far, on Hard tyres!
I cant stand Craig Slater. He is a complete moron. Thank god he has nothing to do with the main F1 programme on sky, and only works with Sky Sports News.
On February 20 2013 21:54 Chewits wrote: I cant stand Craig Slater. He is a complete moron. Thank god he has nothing to do with the main F1 programme on sky, and only works with Sky Sports News.
Oh is that who he is? I was hoping that Sky weren't 'testing' him during testing.
On February 20 2013 22:08 Tobberoth wrote: This is why esport rocks and regular sports don't. Let's say I want to watch some F1. How do I find a schedule and free streams? I don't.
Lol. Testing is on atm, you will be able to find a testing stream for free on any stream site (like u wud football) Schedule is in OP for races xD
Nice long stint coming up (possibly) for Hamilton here!!
Hamilton is back on circuit, this time on the medium tyres, and has opened with laps that suggest he has plenty of fuel on board compared to earlier - 1:32.198 and 1:30.755.
Hopefully towards the end he will grab a fastest time as he is on Medium and not Hard xD
1. Sergio Perez, McLaren, 1:21.848, 46 laps (S); 2. Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull, 1:22.197, 53 laps (S); 3. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, 1:22.726, 71 laps (H); 4. Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, 1:23.247, 28 laps (M); 5. Valtteri Bottas, Williams, 1:23.561, 63 laps (S); 6. Daniel Ricciardo, Toro Rosso, 1:23.718, 46 laps (M); 7. Paul di Resta, Force India, 1:23.971, 50 laps (M); 8. Nico Hulkenberg, Sauber, 1:24.205, 52 laps (M); 9. Charles Pic, Caterham, 1:26.243, 62 laps; 10. Max Chilton, Marussia, 1:28.900, 36 laps; 11. Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus, No Time, 4 laps.
On February 20 2013 22:08 Tobberoth wrote: This is why esport rocks and regular sports don't. Let's say I want to watch some F1. How do I find a schedule and free streams? I don't.
On February 20 2013 22:08 Tobberoth wrote: This is why esport rocks and regular sports don't. Let's say I want to watch some F1. How do I find a schedule and free streams? I don't.
I don't know how to respond to that.
Schedule really ain't hard to find, and there VOD (torrent) of everything. But yeah streams are hard to find.
On February 20 2013 22:08 Tobberoth wrote: This is why esport rocks and regular sports don't. Let's say I want to watch some F1. How do I find a schedule and free streams? I don't.
I'll just point out that running a sc2 event with 50$ prize pool, seems slightly less problematic than organising F1 GP. Or any other motorsport serie...
As for schedule, tracks etc you can find them on f1 sites most likely. f1.com would be a good start... We could provide you with other ones if you dont like it.
1. Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, 1:21.875, 51 laps (S); 2. Nico Hulkenberg, Sauber, 1:22.160, 43 laps (S); 3. Romain Grosjean, Lotus, 1:22.188, 47 laps (S); 4. Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, 1:22.627, 28 laps (M); 5. Pastor Maldonado, Williams, 1:22.675, 79 laps (S); 6. Jenson Button, McLaren, 1:22.840, 29 laps (H); 7. Adrian Sutil, Force India, 1:22.877, 39 laps; 8. Mark Webber, Red Bull, 1:23.024, 46 laps (M); 9. Jean-Eric Vergne, Toro Rosso, 1:23.366, 66 laps (M); 10. Max Chilton, Marussia, 1:26.416; 33 laps; 11. Giedo van der Garde, Caterham, 1:27.344, 50 laps.
Man that Mercedes is looking quick!! Lewis posted a 1:22.7 yesterday on Hards and that is still only .8 slower than the fastest time set by Perez (this week) @ 1:21.8 a small 900th of a second slower. Rosberg started the morning off with a 1:22.6 on mediums, if he can push that down to a 1:22.2/3 then well, Mercedes are quick!
On February 20 2013 22:08 Tobberoth wrote: This is why esport rocks and regular sports don't. Let's say I want to watch some F1. How do I find a schedule and free streams? I don't.
I'll just point out that running a sc2 event with 50$ prize pool, seems slightly less problematic than organising F1 GP. Or any other motorsport serie...
As for schedule, tracks etc you can find them on f1 sites most likely. f1.com would be a good start... We could provide you with other ones if you dont like it.
I'm actually more interested in the streams. I'd like to watch some of it, live if possible, but I seriously doubt they will show any of it on any of the TV channels I have. I'm sure I could find vods eventually, but that sort of ruins it pretty hard.
On February 20 2013 22:08 Tobberoth wrote: This is why esport rocks and regular sports don't. Let's say I want to watch some F1. How do I find a schedule and free streams? I don't.
I'll just point out that running a sc2 event with 50$ prize pool, seems slightly less problematic than organising F1 GP. Or any other motorsport serie...
As for schedule, tracks etc you can find them on f1 sites most likely. f1.com would be a good start... We could provide you with other ones if you dont like it.
I'm actually more interested in the streams. I'd like to watch some of it, live if possible, but I seriously doubt they will show any of it on any of the TV channels I have. I'm sure I could find vods eventually, but that sort of ruins it pretty hard.
F1 tests are not streamed afaik but there should be plenty of livestreams (from speedtv or rtl ie) available when GP weekends come. In Poland we can watch f1 race and qualies on free TV channel, though. If you really want to take a look at or hear the new cars you may try searching some f1 forums - testing threads ie., people post some videos taken from track there, sometimes.
Lewis Hamilton spoke to the media during the lunch hour and here's a couple of choice quotes. Firstly, summing up the strengths and weaknesses of his new Mercedes, Lewis said: “The engine is the strongest point, the downforce is the weakest point. Nice and easy.”
He also set out the team’s target in terms of performance. “I think that people are talking us up at the moment. Vettel and Fernando are saying that we’re going to compete for the World Championship. I really don’t see that happening. Of course that’s our goal, but you’ve got to remember the car was over a second, sometimes two seconds, off last year. We haven’t caught two seconds up and the other teams would have put another second on this year, so we’ve not gained three seconds. That’s just a fact.
“Hopefully by the end of the year, we’ll have gained three seconds – that’s our goal. But definitely not at the beginning.” Hamilton added that he is targeting top ten finishes in the early races.
Aww Lewis xD i wanted you not to say this so i can be hopeful, but alas, i will have to settle down and shave my optimistic views xD
On February 22 2013 22:59 TheMannerMule wrote: Personally, I would prefer watching F1 on TV, rather than going to a race (unless I had a paddock pass).
I love following F1 on TV, but there's nothing quite like being there at a race. Just the noise and the atmosphere is amazing :-D
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