The Official 2011 F1 thread.

[Heysüß]

who's pumped for this weekend's race? I am more than usual and I have no clue why.

[YAN-3]

i am for sure! cant wait for friday FP1

[z31maniac]

Looks like Ferrari and the other big boys are exerting their influence to Todt. In season testing is looking like a real possibility for 2012. Cant help but think this will really hurt RBR as the past few years the other teams have def out devloped RBR over the course of the year. While RBR seems to always be strong out of the gate. The FIA do not want to see RBR win 3 champs in a row is my take.

I don't know if its that other teams out develop RBR so much as they start to copy RBR's designs.

[E-Thirty]

^Not to mention RBR's success started not too long ago...

[E30Kaiser]

Karun is racing against this weekend! Yay Karun, and he is replacing the dastardly Jarno, so x2 for that!

[z31maniac]

Karun is racing against this weekend! Yay Karun, and he is replacing the dastardly Jarno, so x2 for that!

Did you see the quote from the team?

"Jarno will be stepping aside for him for this race and we will use Karun's feedback over the weekend as a comparison against Jarno's and Heikki's experiences this season with a number of aspects of the car, including the power steering system, to help us keep moving forward in 2011 and beyond."


In other words, we are sick of hearing you whine about the power steering. I'd love to see Karun have a fantastic weekend and send that whiny Italian packing.

[Heysüß]

aaaaand mclaren is off the pace again, surprise surprise. :(

[E-Thirty]

I'm glad it looks like the Mercedes duo are finishing off the top 6.

[PReta]

im so pumped Hamilton finally got up to red bull pace in qualifying this morning. Hamilton and Webber just looked like they were flying around the track during Q3

[Heysüß]

YYYEESSSSSS front row start!!!

I mean he'll probably get passed and get stuck mid-field again but at least he's got a front row start. :D

[Heysüß]

and I'm thinking Vettel was playing with a bit more downforce in case it rains tomorrow so I don't think he was off the pace.

[naplesE30]

^yup and Schumi as well.

[elsabor67]

Good win for Hamilton but...........WHY THE HELL DO YOU PIT THE LEADER WEBBER WITH 3 LAPS TO GO AND A 12+ SECOND GAP ON HAMILTON AND ALONSO?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

I guess that the rift between Horner and Webber is deeper than most think. And to think that RBR was complaining about Ferrari last year about "team orders".........

[PReta]

HAMILTON FTW! im so pumped for that. and it sucks that Massa had to lose that position because of a slow pit.

[naplesE30]

Um yeah they had to use a set of the prime tires.

Good win for Hamilton but...........WHY THE HELL DO YOU PIT THE LEADER WEBBER WITH 3 LAPS TO GO AND A 12+ SECOND GAP ON HAMILTON AND ALONSO?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

I guess that the rift between Horner and Webber is deeper than most think. And to think that RBR was complaining about Ferrari last year about "team orders".........

That was prob the best full dry race I have ever seen. The top three were so close for the entire race. What an epic battle. Lewis can really credit this one to a great call by his engineer to make the last stop early. That was def the difference maker. Tough luck for button, and Schumi is so damn close to putting it all together. Damnit I can see he now has the ability in race form, he just seems to push a little hard in every race,,, he still needs to improve his qualifying.