Official Formula 1 2012 thread

[AE_m20]

Haha that look on Hamilton's face after the race...

it was priceless. I really thought he was gonna maintain 2nd but that yellow flag really fucked things up. Glad to see some actual competition this year. The red bull massacre last year got real old real quick.

[Court M3]

Ham wasn't to happy with third, but Vettel drove a good race.

[tg318is]

Haha that look on Hamilton's face after the race...

Haha so funny everyone boo'd him on the podium.. Was a fricken awesome race. Good weekend in Melbourne

[A Sucked Orange]

Anywhere online I can view the race (s)?

[Dave]

Sauber leads Ferrari in the points . . .

That Ferrari is a pig. Alonso should be drive of the day. Button was great, but he has what is clearly the best car (for now).

Poor Maldonado.

[Heysüß]

damn hamilton, this better not be what the season's gonna be like

[z31maniac]

Sauber leads Ferrari in the points . . .

That Ferrari is a pig. Alonso should be drive of the day. Button was great, but he has what is clearly the best car (for now).

Poor Maldonado.

Fuck Maldonado, he crashed out Grosjean (Grosjean gave him PLENTY of room) he's just luckey Frank produced a decent car this year (so far).

I can't believe Webber's car stood up the first corner incident.

[Irish1]

Agree

They fine Kovaleinin (sp?) 5 places in the next race and let Maldonado go without a hand-slap. It's a little fishy.

Fuck Maldonado, he crashed out Grosjean (Grosjean gave him PLENTY of room) he's just luckey Frank produced a decent car this year (so far).

I can't believe Webber's car stood up the first corner incident.

[naplesE30]

I thought Kimi drove a fantastic race as well.

Has it been confirmed that schumi's trans went before the off? I was hoping against hope he would finish on the podium,,,,, The mercs are def quick but it looks like they are eating tires. Same with the Mcmercs, or maybee its just hamilton, as the redbull's seem to get good longevity out of them.

My bet is Ferrari will have an entireley new chassis by the time the european leg rolls around.

[E-Thirty]

Fuck Maldonado, he crashed out Grosjean (Grosjean gave him PLENTY of room) he's just luckey Frank produced a decent car this year (so far).

Thank you. That prick needs to just drive for one of the new teams so he can just get out of everybody's way.

[HarryPotter]

Yeah I was pretty excited to see grosjean at the front. I wish massa would just fuck off already and retire. He's garbage.

[Hick]

I thought Kimi drove a fantastic race as well.

Has it been confirmed that schumi's trans went before the off? I was hoping against hope he would finish on the podium,,,,, The mercs are def quick but it looks like they are eating tires. Same with the Mcmercs, or maybee its just hamilton, as the redbull's seem to get good longevity out of them.

My bet is Ferrari will have an entireley new chassis by the time the european leg rolls around.

No conformation but by the attitude of the car I would say it went while he was down shifting for turn one. No brake lock up, no attempt to gain the corner... just drove off.

Massa will be out before the end of the year (it pains me to know this)

NINJA:

"It was an unfortunate end to my race when I lost drive going into turn one. I was trying different gears and occasionally the drive came back, but in the end, I had to go onto the grass to avoid the risk of the car being forced into a spin. It was especially unfortunate as we have not had this problem during the winter tests and were very reliable. This is why I am not concerned, as I know things like this happen in racing, and our reliability is not in question. I believe I could have had a good race this afternoon, and I can still take some positives out of the weekend as we have seen our car was confirming our feelings, and is definitely a clear step forward. We can now build on that and start improving further."

http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2012/3/13123.html

[Dave]

I'm not a Maldonado fan by any stretch - just felt bad as he'd had a good run and lost it right at the end. As far as his touch with Grosjean, I wonder how much the fragility of the Lotus front suspension contributed. They barely touched there.

Grosjean was like a kid on Christmas in the post quali interviews.

For sure Kimi looked good.

I feel bad for Felipe - I was pulling hard for him in 2008, and even more so after his accident. But he clearly is not the same driver now. If this week was an indicator of how his season will go - it will not be pretty to watch.

[PReta]

did anyone else find it funny that kimi didnt know what the blue flags were for?

[e30rapidic]

did anyone else find it funny that kimi didnt know what the blue flags were for?

lol...iceman probably didn't care!