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Points: 5093 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 20 2013 at 12:20
Originally posted by JJLehto JJLehto wrote:

I do love Laguna Seca! Always one of my favorite tracks.
Must be epic as hell to fly a bike down that one.
Agreed, fantastic old-school circuit, must be pretty scary. Qualifying practices will start in a short while Smile
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Supersport motorbike race rider Andrea Antonelli passed away after his crash today during the Moskow race. RIP.
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I just love the layout, one of the best and the corkscrew is epic.
Also on racing video games I would win that track always, hands downLOL
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Sad news about Antonelli, from what I gather the race shouldn't have started as it was just raining far too hard.
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Points: 166178 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 21 2013 at 18:37
Originally posted by Gerinski Gerinski wrote:

Supersport motorbike race rider Andrea Antonelli passed away after his crash today during the Moskow race. RIP.


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Finally F1 is back.
Good ol Hungary.
I never really was a huge fan of the track (nor did I dislike it).
 
Hm, shall I be bold and predict a Hamilton win??
lol j/k it'll be Vettel obviously.
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Points: 166178 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 26 2013 at 16:26
I almost forgot about F1 existing.
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Well Hami on pole!
I know it's silly but he's had a good history there and he's been in the hunt for some wins but sh*t just keeps happening.
I'm not a betting man but I'd put $$ on Hami, I feel it in my bones.

Great result for Grosjean and Ricciardo.
Pos. No. Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Q3 Grid
1 10 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:20.363 1:19.862 1:19.388 1
2 1 Germany Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1:20.646 1:19.992 1:19.426 2
3 8 France Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1:20.447 1:20.101 1:19.595 3
4 9 Germany Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:20.350 1:19.778 1:19.720 4
5 3 Spain Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:20.652 1:20.183 1:19.791 5
6 7 Finland Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 1:20.867 1:20.243 1:19.851 6
7 4 Brazil Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:21.004 1:20.460 1:19.929 7
8 19 Australia Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:21.181 1:20.527 1:20.641 8
9 6 Mexico Sergio Pérez McLaren-Mercedes 1:21.612 1:20.545 1:22.398 9
10 2 Australia Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:21.264 1:20.503 no time 10
11 15 Germany Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:21.471 1:20.569
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12 11 Germany Nico Hülkenberg Sauber-Ferrari 1:21.028 1:20.580
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13 5 United Kingdom Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:21.131 1:20.777
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14 18 France Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:21.345 1:21.029
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15 16 Venezuela Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1:20.816 1:21.133
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16 17 Finland Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 1:21.135 1:21.219
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17 12 Mexico Esteban Gutiérrez Sauber-Ferrari 1:21.724

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18 14 United Kingdom Paul Di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1:22.043

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19 20 France Charles Pic Caterham-Renault 1:23.007

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20 21 Netherlands Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault 1:23.333

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21 22 France Jules Bianchi Marussia-Cosworth 1:23.787

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22 23 United Kingdom Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 1:23.997

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107% time:1:25.974
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Points: 5093 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 27 2013 at 11:33
Lewis did a fantastic lap but overall I think that Vettel seems to have better pace.
Not a fan on this circuit either.
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Excellent lap from Lewis, nicked it from Vettel, who looked a dead cert for pole, right at the death. Grosjean in 3rd could be a real threat for the race tomorrow.

I missed Q1, what happened to Di Resta to end up 18th?
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Sadly I fell back asleep after the alarm and woke up just after all quali ended...
I just can't wake up on Saturdays, and I may have drank too much last night


Yeah merc owns qualifying but aren't quite up to snuff on race pace, though often quite close.
Hami has had a better year overall, but it is intriguing that Nico has both wins this year, and all the wins for Mercedes!


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Looks like I spoke too soon about Grosjean, the floor of his car failed the deflection test so he'll likely be sent to the back of the grid.
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Points: 5093 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 27 2013 at 14:35
Grosjean avoided penalty, the floor had failed because one of its stays had been broken driving over a kerb.
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Holy crap I have the power!

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Hamilton and Mercedes executed that race flawlessly today!  And somehow, both McLarens finished in the points.  That's a pretty rare sight these days. LOL


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Alonso was the big loser today. Great race by Webber too. Poor Kimi, no way to win, for once he beats Vettel, Hamilton has the perfect day 
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Gorsjean gets a 20s penalty for his collision with Button but was more than 20s ahead of him at the finish so stays 6th, didn't agree with his drive through though as he was already ahead of Massa so didn't gain an advantage. Apparently even Massa has come come out in his defense on this one.

Excellent drive by Lewis, Vettel would have made more of a fight of it if hadn't damaged his front wing on Button with a never-in-a-million-years attempt to pass.  
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Points: 2504 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 28 2013 at 17:59
Ryan Newman won the Brickyard 400 today, which should help him out tremendously when it comes to securing a ride for next year.


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Points: 166178 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 28 2013 at 18:03
Congrats to Hami. Hopefully I'll remember to catch the replay later.


And woo Newman! I do wish he was staying over getting ousted for Harvick but what can you do. I suspect a move to RCR will probably happen, which isn't really going to help, at least atm.
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Points: 34550 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 31 2013 at 08:33
You would think, (hope!) McLaren would improve a bit as the season goes on.
As a big team, I wouldn't expect them to quit, at least at this point, and would keep working to get some type of improvement.
Is a surprise how far they fell this year, did Hamilton contribute that much? Or is this the old, inconsistent McLaren rearing its ugly head again?
 
 
Wow Newman, glad to hear that guy is still around. I really liked him back in the day. Esp that '03 season with all the poles and fuel mileage gamble wins. Thought he was a real quick driver, and cool that he had a college degree.
But he never did really pan out like I expected.
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