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Massa is like Webber. The team will say they'll support whoever is leading, but they actually mean support Vettl/Alonso (circle where appropriate).
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| # ? Nov 26, 2012 07:25 |
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Well they're not stupid, if heaven forbid Alonso retires the first couple of races and Massa achieves podiums, they're going to have to put their weight behind Massa... into oncoming traffic.
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| # ? Nov 26, 2012 07:35 |
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aequalis posted:Well they're not stupid, if heaven forbid Alonso retires the first couple of races and Massa achieves podiums, they're going to have to put their weight behind Massa... into oncoming traffic. They'll accidentally lose a few tyres during pitstops....cough Eddie Irvine cough. 
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| # ? Nov 26, 2012 07:38 |
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MC Fruit Stripe posted:Find a race calendar from like, 1992. That's what I think. You really want a race at Kyalami?
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| # ? Nov 26, 2012 08:21 |
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Got round to watching the post-finish stuff that I missed because I was going out. drat, Alonso's  almost made me feel sorry for him. Even though I'm not a fan it's hard to deny that he was the driver of the year, hauling that shitbox Ferrari into the points over and over. Vettel must have found a 17-leaf clover at some point.Dammit, Hulk, why did you have to gently caress it up? We could have had A: a Force India win, which would have been awesome, or B: a possible Ham/Alo/Hul podium, which would have pushed Vettel down to 8th...
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| # ? Nov 26, 2012 08:21 |
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Watched the race, was pretty crazy in the usual last race of the year kind of way. So close for Alonso in that race, especially if the first lap incident with Vettel and Senna was worse. I didn't feel sorry for Alonso at the end, I actually felt sorry for Hamilton. He got hosed over yet again while being in front. lol posters at the end 2002 posted:Schumacher has had every single thing go his way for the last three years, he's the luckiest person on earth, that poo poo can't last for long, it just can't.
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| # ? Nov 26, 2012 08:59 |
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Here's hoping Vettel's lucky enough to get punctures and alternator failures and get repeatedly shunted next year too! (but seriously come on Felipe)
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| # ? Nov 26, 2012 09:06 |
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JohnnyDangerously posted:I'm pretty psyched Kimi got 3rd in the standings his first year back with a less than ideal car. Couldn't have asked for more. 
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| # ? Nov 26, 2012 09:16 |
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Payndz posted:Got round to watching the post-finish stuff that I missed because I was going out. drat, Alonso's In that situation, Vettel would have needed 7th for the championship. Webber was ahead of him, he'd have got 7th.
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| # ? Nov 26, 2012 09:35 |
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Webber is Alonso's friend though . . .
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| # ? Nov 26, 2012 09:41 |
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How did Maldonado retire from the race? Wikipedia says a collision on lap 1, but I don't recall seeing it on scree.
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| # ? Nov 26, 2012 10:01 |
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Since the BBC haven't said anything about doing a season review show this year, have four years of their closing credits instead. 2009 - Florence + The Machine (warning: contains Boobens in his underpants) 2010 - Alistair Griffin 2011 - Kasabian 2012 - Alistair Griffin So long, Jake.
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| # ? Nov 26, 2012 10:59 |
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radioaktivitat posted:Didn't he also finish every lap of every race this season (and a bit extra with his impromptu rallying trip)?
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| # ? Nov 26, 2012 11:11 |
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IanTheM posted:Webber is Alonso's friend though . . . Webber is also a professional athlete in F1 for Red Bull. Which probably means he has specific clauses in his contract whereby Red Bull will take possession of any children he produces, should he fail to allow Vettel to pass i n the even that Vettel is challenging for a WDC. Kimi 2013. If he could knock some more kids over on the way, that'd be swell.
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| # ? Nov 26, 2012 11:29 |
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I'd just like to take this opportunity to brag that I won the Goon league castrol predictions (as BringBackMax). I am the Seb Vettel of predictions.
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| # ? Nov 26, 2012 11:41 |
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Reminder that Kamui finished 6 points behind Perez and is losing his F1 seat while Perez gets to drive for McLaren 
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| # ? Nov 26, 2012 12:05 |
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Keyser S0ze posted:enjoy it before Evil Bernie rips it down. What I don't get about this is that it looks like he was on course to re-join the track before turning around and going back the way he came. Here it is on Google Streeview
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| # ? Nov 26, 2012 12:06 |
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marsisol posted:So who won our annual goon contests? Not you. Owned. Out 2012 WDC Prediction Championship Champion this season is Cuddles. He wins over Marsisol on account of having an astounding eight perfect guesses to marsisol's six. code:
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| # ? Nov 26, 2012 12:10 |
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AgentJotun posted:I'd just like to take this opportunity to brag that I won the Goon league castrol predictions (as BringBackMax). I am the Seb Vettel of predictions. So you're a complete stinkyhole who only won because you were lucky as hell and because four other people let you win? Not to cast aspersions, mate, but I would have picked someone else to be.
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| # ? Nov 26, 2012 12:13 |
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Zombywuf posted:What I don't get about this is that it looks like he was on course to re-join the track before turning around and going back the way he came. What you can't really see on the video, but could on TV was that there's a closed gate at the end of the support pit which prevented him from being able to rejoin the track. Kimi posted:I did the same thing in 2001 and the gate was open that year. Somebody closed it this time. Next year I'll make sure it's open again
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| # ? Nov 26, 2012 12:14 |
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nsaP posted:His drives were impressive but somewhat tainted in that he was the cause of his own misfortune. I forgot that Vettel was the one filling up his tank in Austin. Yeah, that was definitely his fault!
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| # ? Nov 26, 2012 12:51 |
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a pipe smoking dog posted:Reminder that Kamui finished 6 points behind Perez and is losing his F1 seat while Perez gets to drive for McLaren Counter-reminder that Vettel and Alonso were separated by three points in the final standings and so Kamui effectively finished two entire world driver's championships behind Perez despite being in the same car
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| # ? Nov 26, 2012 13:02 |
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Incidently, the main reason to hate Vettel is that despite everything that has been going in his favour this year, and despite being lucky to even still BE in the race after his first lap incident, he was still risking his race and championship with his stupid "look at me!" fast laps at the end. Even when he had it all wrapped up and was told repeatedly by his team to slow down. He was never going to catch the next man and the man behind him was Schumacher so there was no threat. That's taking ungrateful to a whole new level. If there was a god in heaven, he'd have spun off at that stage and would have learned to become a better person (read, not such a smug entitled baby) because of it.
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| # ? Nov 26, 2012 13:36 |
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NtotheTC posted:he was still risking his race and championship with his stupid "look at me!" fast laps at the end. If Kimi had done this then the whole internet would be going "OH MY gently caress! How cool is that? He just does not GIVE A poo poo! He's so awesome" Yet because it's Vettel, it's seen as a negative thing. If you dislike Vettel because he wants to be the fastest then you're doing F1 wrong.
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| # ? Nov 26, 2012 13:45 |
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NtotheTC posted:Incidently, the main reason to hate Vettel is that despite everything that has been going in his favour this year, and despite being lucky to even still BE in the race after his first lap incident, he was still risking his race and championship with his stupid "look at me!" fast laps at the end. Even when he had it all wrapped up and was told repeatedly by his team to slow down. He was never going to catch the next man and the man behind him was Schumacher so there was no threat. That's taking ungrateful to a whole new level. If there was a god in heaven, he'd have spun off at that stage and would have learned to become a better person (read, not such a smug entitled baby) because of it. Which was smart, actually, because Button's dumb McLaren transmission could have easily failed at any time and moved Alonso into the lead (not to many any of the other hilarious things that could happen at a soaking wet Interlagos).
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| # ? Nov 26, 2012 13:47 |
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Does anyone know where I can see Kimi's little side trip yesterday? I was listening on satellite radio while driving and it sounded hilarious.
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| # ? Nov 26, 2012 14:13 |
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WAFFLEHOUND posted:Does anyone know where I can see Kimi's little side trip yesterday? I was listening on satellite radio while driving and it sounded hilarious. Someone quoted the video in this very same page, scroll up. I'm surprised it hasn't been taken down, FOM people must be on vacation.
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| # ? Nov 26, 2012 14:15 |
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WAFFLEHOUND posted:Does anyone know where I can see Kimi's little side trip yesterday? I was listening on satellite radio while driving and it sounded hilarious. This very thread. Keyser S0ze posted:enjoy it before Evil Bernie rips it down.
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| # ? Nov 26, 2012 14:22 |
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Brainwrong posted:If Kimi had done this then the whole internet would be going "OH MY gently caress! How cool is that? He just does not GIVE A poo poo! He's so awesome" Right, though I found it pretty humorous when his race engineer kept telling him different variations of "SLOW THE gently caress DOWN JESUS CHRIST YOU'RE GOING TO CRASH". Of all the things to hate Vettel for, the fact he's a pure racer isn't one of them.
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| # ? Nov 26, 2012 14:24 |
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I was waiting for Rocky to come on the radio and say "Sebastian, you can't get the fastest lap, it was set in the dry".
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| # ? Nov 26, 2012 14:29 |
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Goddamn Vettel, he just drives fast all the time! What a cock!a pipe smoking dog posted:Reminder that Kamui finished 6 points behind Perez and is losing his F1 seat while Perez gets to drive for McLaren I'll be sure to visit him at the sushi restaurant 
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| # ? Nov 26, 2012 14:46 |
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It will bite him in the rear end one day. Much like Hamilton was massively praised in his first few years for his aggressive passing. Started to come unstuck in the last few years.
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| # ? Nov 26, 2012 15:08 |
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Brainwrong posted:If Kimi had done this then the whole internet would be going "OH MY gently caress! How cool is that? He just does not GIVE A poo poo! He's so awesome" Well you only have to go back to 2005 and people (retards) were making GBS threads on Kimi for driving too hard and helping grenade the engines.
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| # ? Nov 26, 2012 15:12 |
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At least Sauber were interesting to watch this year. Hulkenberg should do OK there I guess. If HRT is going kaput, I can't imagine if anyone would replace them next year seeing as everyone is going to have to start retooling for the following year. But I guess some whacko will stump up the cash just to watch it disappear at the back of the grid.
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| # ? Nov 26, 2012 15:26 |
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In a surprise announcement, at the last minute HRT is bought and renamed "Toro Rojo".
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| # ? Nov 26, 2012 15:29 |
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Brainwrong posted:If Kimi had done this then the whole internet would be going "OH MY gently caress! How cool is that? He just does not GIVE A poo poo! He's so awesome" I'm not Vettel's biggest fan but I completely agree with this. I wonder how many people bashing Vettel for this think Senna's racing spirit was awesome despite binning it at Monaco in 1988 trying to completely destroy Prost. It's a habit he needs to get under wraps though, look how much pushing beyond the need to cost Our Lewis around 2009-10, I can't remember exactly but he definitely lost quite a few podiums. To be fair to Vettel, he hasn't actually crashed or broke the car pushing for his little records though.
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| # ? Nov 26, 2012 15:34 |
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Xisticide posted:Been a really good season this year, hopefully Ferrari and Mercedes are more on the ball from the start of next year and we get a 7 or 8 way championship fight for a while. Couldn't he just use his "Ice Ray" to blast the fence away? Also, I admire how he just goes right for the grass on the return trip, giving exactly zero poo poo about it. I won't root against Vettel next year, but there is no way he is running away with it and it will come down to some random poo poo the last two races again. Is there any way Brawn has some secret poo poo in store for Lewis and Nico to use next year? Keyser S0ze fucked around with this message at Nov 26, 2012 around 16:15 |
| # ? Nov 26, 2012 16:04 |
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My point was that it was a stupid thing to do. I'm not a fan of kimi for his "dont care" attitude, and in fact you picked the wrong person to make that point with because if theres one person that knows to do only exactly what it takes to finish high, and not dumb risks, its kimi. There are faster drivers than vettel to support if out and out speed is what turns you on. I most definitely was not critisising vettet for being quick, i was critisising his recklessness and borderline autism when it comes to making pretty delta numbers come up on his steering wheel. I also beleive that 'pure racer' fits vettel less well than 'time trialist'. I like pure racers. Time trialists bore me hence why i dislike vettel despite his undeniable talent. This is just an opinion of course. NtotheTC fucked around with this message at Nov 26, 2012 around 16:30 |
| # ? Nov 26, 2012 16:22 |
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NtotheTC posted:I most definitely was not critisising vettet for being quick, i was critisising his recklessness and borderline autism when it comes to making pretty delta numbers come up on his steering wheel. How are you not getting this? He was driving fast because there was still the possibility that he'd have to make up a position to win the world championship.
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| # ? Nov 26, 2012 16:31 |
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i loving hate vettel but this is the dumbest possible thing to criticize him over can we get back to the fact that every race he wins is poo poo boring again?
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