The OFFICIAL 2013 Formula 1 thread!

[Thaubigi]

your website

Your posts are so informative that I always come back for more.

[tg318is]

Let me ask you this... If driver A races at 80% and driver B races at 100%. If racing at 80% will win the race, who will win the race?

The world class driver is the guy that can race harder and faster than the other guys and STILL manage his tires enough to win. Just cause the tires are not as good as they could be does not mean the drivers are not pushing.

I couldn't agree more.

[Hick]

Let me ask you this... If driver A races at 80% and driver B races at 100%. If racing at 80% will win the race, who will win the race?

The world class driver is the guy that can race harder and faster than the other guys and STILL manage his tires enough to win. Just cause the tires are not as good as they could be does not mean the drivers are not pushing.

[naplesE30]

The FIA is the one mandating the awful tire compounds Pirelli is making.... I understand pace/performance balance but guys cruising around at 80% of the cars capability is stupid. Guys running one lap in qualy. You don't need to be a world class driver to get 80% out of a car. Avg lap times were around 15sec slower than qualiy. Time how long that is. Its a long time. The FIA have gone off the deep end in terms of tire degradation... If I wanted to see manufactured racing Id watch nascar. Ill watch old races on http://www.justin.tv/bwass244_8

[unevolved]

That's a tad dramatic. I don't think that's the FIA's fault, teams have to be able to manage their resources, and how they do that is up to them. IIRC, Button was trying to stick to a two-stop strategy, so they were being careful with their tires. If they wanted to run three stops, they could have run balls-to-the-wall they whole time.

[naplesE30]

This is just silly...... numerous radio transmissions,,,, can I race? What a joke... FIA FTL. Close to boycotting f1.

[Hick]

Alonso is the man.

[Roysneon]

Poor Mark...

[GAbOS]

Wow! Real racing!

[pharow]

That might have been the worst qualfying session I have seen. I was sooooo bored, I fell asleep. I'm hoping the race will be better. I need to see racing till the end of the race... Not shutting down with 10-15 laps to go.

[illest318i]

Whose going next week to long beach? Isnt next week first round or something?

[PReta]

Anyone else pumped for this race? I'm happy to finally see the red bulls not be on pace. Rooting for the Mercedes boys and kimi of course

[GillesBigCowboy]

Definitely will see the movie. It takes place in the time period just before I discovered F1, but preview reminded me of that Stallone CART movie... I hope it's not too Hollywood, and maybe it will be successful enough to spur a Gilles Villeneuve biographical movie/documentary. I am sure it will not measure up to the Senna documentary (if you have not seen "Senna," you need to).

[unevolved]

I think this deserves to go here. I've already requested the day off for the release date (when they announce it), I WILL be first in line.

I'm fucking excited.

[Jean]

Lol sooo much cgi!