OFFICIAL F1 talk Thread

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Massa was literally on fire on day 3

 

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And the results for day 2 and 3:



Wednesday test times from Valencia:

1. Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, 1:13.307, 108 Laps
2. Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull, 1:13.614, 43 Laps
3. Paul di Resta, Force India, 1:13.844, 111 Laps
4. Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, 1:14.353, 83 Laps
5. Robert Kubica, Renault, 1:14.412, 104 Laps
6. Narain Karthikeyan, HRT, 1:14.472, 80 Laps
7. Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, 1:14.645, 69 Laps
8. Timo Glock, Virgin, 1:15.408, 34 Laps
9. Rubens Barrichello, Williams, 1:16.023, 50 Laps
10. Sergio Perez, Sauber, 1:16.198, 42 Laps
11. Pastor Maldonado, Williams, 1:16.266, 29 Laps
12. Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso, 1:16.359, 46 Laps
13. Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso, 1:16.474, 64 Laps
14. Mark Webber, Red Bull, 1:17.365, 17 Laps
15. Heikki Kovalainen, Lotus, 1:20.649, 15 Laps



Thursday test times from Valencia:

1. Robert Kubica, Renault, 1:13.144, 95 Laps
2. Adrian Sutil, Force India, 1:13.201, 117 Laps
3. Jenson Button, McLaren, 1:13.553, 105 Laps
4. Mark Webber, Red Bull, 1:13.936, 105 Laps
5. Felipe Massa, Ferrari, 1:14.017, 80 Laps
6. Timo Glock, Virgin, 1:14.207, 114 Laps
7. Pastor Maldonado, Williams, 1:14.299, 101 Laps
8. Sergio Perez, Sauber, 1:14.458, 103 Laps
9. Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, 1:14.537, 110 Laps
10. Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso, 1:14.801, 73 Laps
11. Narain Karthikeyan, HRT, 1:16.535, 63 Laps
12. Jarno Trulli, Lotus, no time, 38 Laps

 

[Skeptic]

The Red bull car looks quite quick... I really am a fanboy for Mark Webber this year!

 

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McLaren MP4-26 Launch. How awesome can it be!

 

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Aggressive look. I like it.

 

[mvsf1]

LOL @ sidepods and exhaust!

 

[Storm]

Kubica has had a huge accident while racing in a rally today, he has several broken bones, especially one of his hands. It has been said that it will take a whole year for him to come back to racing.
It's really a shame, very nice guy and good driver.

 

[mvsf1]

^^ Yeah, really nice guy, but even if he could drive again, I think it's a career-ending crash. I don't think he can drive REALLY fast anymore. Sad news.

 

[Storm]

^^ Yeah, really nice guy, but even if he could drive again, I think it's a career-ending crash. I don't think he can drive REALLY fast anymore. Sad news.

well, you never know. These guys are somehow mental to begin with, so there's still a hope for him to come back to greatness.

 

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I've heard about Kubica yesterday. Very sad news indeed. He is one of the top drivers in F1, and IMO he would've been a future world champion. Wish him a quick recovery.

ps. F1 crashes are safer than almost all sports accidents nowadays.

F1 > all.

 

[mvsf1]

Of course. Do you guys remember Burti (Prost GP) crasinh at more than 250kmh in Spa, after Irvine (Jaguar) pull his front wing off? I believe it was in 2002...

 

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^ This one?

(a crash like this in any other motor sport and the driver would die 10 times at once lol, especially in rally)


The name sounds kinda familiar, but I don't remember of him. Maybe it's because I started more "seriously" with F1 @ 2001 or so :icon_mrgreen:.

 

[mvsf1]

^^ Yeah, exactly. You could also check Fisechella's crash in saturday practice @ MagnyCours in a Jordan, 2002, maybe. That's was really really scary.

Burti was a rich brazilian guy, like Pedro Diniz, he wasn't Senna at all, you know. In 2001 I was a really die-hard fan of F1. In fact, it was probably the 9th or 10th full season I followed in my life.

 

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I think you've heard about this (the F1 fanatics esp), Bahrein withdraw from the 2011 F1 season, because of their political shit. This really sucks.

 

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Other news, the tests at Barcelona went well, with Vettel dominating the first 2 days of testing, Rosberg the 3rd day, and Massa the 4th. The next tests will be in Barcelona again, on March 8-11.

And more important, Kubica's recovery is pretty good so far. Operations went well and now he's in the rehabilitation program.

Kubica starts rehabilitation programme

 

[mvsf1]

Yep, wise decission. This only happens in this kind of countries. Bring Imola back.

 

[Pickle]

weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeebbber

 

[Natzo]

McClaren is so badass this year!

 

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Yep, wise decission. This only happens in this kind of countries. Bring Imola back.

Yeah I agree. I'm not a fan of these new circuits in different parts of the world (where it's more money usually, like Bahrain, Abu Dhabi, Singapore..etc), I am a fan of the old and classic circuits, like you said Imola for example.

But oh well, money rules the world.

 

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2 weeks to go!!

Testing times are still interesting, esp with Schumacher dominating the day 4 in Barcelona. It would be awesome if his car will be one of the best this year. Can't wait.


ps. the 2010 F1 season review - it's on formula1.com also (for a better quality and stuff)