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Spaced God
Feb 8, 2014

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:siren:FOR THOSE WANTING TO DO FANTASY:siren:
I set up a group over at FantasyRacers.com
Group name: SomethingAwful Racer Goons
Group ID (needed to join) : 1417
Group password: chiltonwdc
Join up!

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Feb 8, 2014

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Gg Hamilton.

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Hamilton had to get through security to get to the paddock
:cop: : Do you have your pass?
:v: : I'm a driver

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Feb 8, 2014

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I'm surprised they haven't shown Sutil's girlfriend yet

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:siren: SEB ON TRACK. MAN THE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS :siren:

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Chilton posts a 1:46.922. WDC in the making, folks.

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Spaced God posted:

I'm surprised they haven't shown Sutil's girlfriend yet

I stand corrected

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According to an article on CTVNews, when some RAAF jets flew over, Chilton said "Finally some noise returns to the F1 paddock."
Who doesn't like Chilton

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Keyser S0ze posted:

So jelly of you lads on not the opposite side of the world right now. :colbert:

Fixed for my feelings.

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Since I was tired as hell last night, I finally just watched the Quali's. Holy poo poo the last 30 seconds of Q3 ruled.
I'm really surprised that the rookies Kyvat and Magnussen (the former's fuckup notwithstanding) managed to get into Q3. I dunno if that says more about their skill or the needing of the other drivers to get used to the new cars. Either way, tomorrow's gonna be super interesting. I might even stay up to watch it live.

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LOSS posted:

He stored some extra kg of fuel in his big, grinning, mouth.

This is from a couple pages ago but this is all I can imagine:

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You Am I posted:

F1 2014: Formula One's not noise pollution

F1 2014: The Noise Pollution Solution

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In the interim between race weekends, what classic races do you lot recommend to someone whose first (full) year of F1 is 2014?

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Cojawfee posted:

Why bother when the wheels are already tiny.

I want to see an F1 car on monster truck wheels.

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serious gaylord posted:

their engine is illegal

Pardon my ignorance, but how exactly could an engine be illegal in a way that isn't blatantly obvious? Don't they have sensors that detect everything?

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Funzo posted:

I think they're going to end up scrapping the fuel flow rules altogether. If Red Bull wins their appeal, then the rules would be pointless anyway, since every team will just claim the readings are bad and rely on their own "internal measurements."


I think there's a better chance of literally anything else happening.

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Barnsy posted:

Why don't they just tack on an extra 10kg? Seriously, that should be enough to make all the drivers happy.
I think the solution they need is making a minimum weight for drivers like in horse racing.

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I really want RBR to say "Yeah, some unknown saboteur killed the FIA sensors" and then cut to CCTV of Horner in a fake long 1920's curly mustache sneaking up to the cars.

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enri posted:

Just a few more things I need to get off my chest... I know the Sky coverage is considered to be universally poo poo, but watching the BBC coverage today with whatsisface and old box face commentating was really painful to listen to. I think I prefer Brundle and Croft.. there, I said it. DC with his RB bias just pisses me off.

Eddie Jordan does my tits in (yes yes we get it he's a crazy mad loud irishman), never been a fan of Suzi Perry, DC see above and the other commentator guy is completely forgettable.

The BBC has Lee McKenzie though, that's the only upside of the beeb coverage.

Is Sky really that hated? I can't see anything wrong with it. Brundle and Croft and Mosby all have amazing chemistry and they make the race weekend more personable.

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Red Bull's Christian Horner: "We intentionally sabotaged the FIA sensors at Malaysia."

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pik_d posted:

Until he tried it on a tree.

:golfclap:

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Nice pass, BLDR

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So it looks like Williams are definitely doing better this year

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Oh no Vettel Lost his DRS. Poor him :jerkbag:

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Holy poo poo those Mercs

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Holy hell this is actually a race.

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It's amazing that the Mercs are having battles like that so far in the lead and yet are using ~1% less fuel than the Williams.

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I'm digging this up-close racing.

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El Hefe posted:

Hamilton leaves McLaren and is now challenging for the WDC, Perez leaves McLaren and is now challenging for a podium.

lmao

Button sticks with McLaren and loses DRS :v:

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Nico's saving a bit more fuel than Hammy. Setting up for a last-stint push?

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Bottas with the save!

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Holy poo poo! :stare:

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"Can the stewards give Pastor 12 penalty points instantly to ban him from a race?"
I love you Ted Kravitz.

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Hamilton no!

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Good race, holy crap.

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Apparently Nico said on the radio "Tell me this sport is boring!"

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priznat posted:

Dr Sid died in 2012 :(

What!? Oh my god how did I not know this?
And now I'm sad :cry:

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But guys what about Danica? :downsgun:

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enri posted:

Looking forward to seeing more criminally stupid moves from him as the season progresses.

The criminal part being attempted vehicular homicide, yes?

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Sulman posted:

Historic F1 battles often become background noise when you get into F1, but it's fascinating to actually take a look at them. This is Villeneuve vs Pironi at Imola. Overtaking on the outside at Tamburello :wtc:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ua70zL52pt0

I love how calm the announcers are compared to Crofty and Brundle :v:

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