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Points: 34550 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 29 2011 at 00:34
Yes, I was a big fan of the Texas circuit...I like the really long, sweeping flowing nature of it.
This one looks kinda bland IMO but hey, a street circuit with elevation is always a good thing.


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I dont know, that back section at the top of the hill looks like it'll be pretty tricky to get right.
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Points: 34550 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 30 2011 at 02:31
No doubt.


Vettel on pole for the Indian GP. Excited to see what this track has in store for us.
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I like the look of the NJ track...at least on paper.
 
And the Indian track seemed pretty cool in the practice/qual. Looking forward to see how it does in race conditions.
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Points: 3658 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 30 2011 at 04:21

It seems like the Indian GP is giving India and the Indian people a lot of positive PR. As much as $ 400 mill will give you. I like Eddie Jordan's new Indian shirt, btw. Will check out the shops in Glasgow to find a similar one or ask an Indian friend of mine.  

The track is good too so a big victory to India as a whole. Congratulations ! Clap

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Rowan's reaction to Mass vs Hamilton
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These Hamilton/Massa clashes are turning into kindergarten stuff now. Massa sees Hamilton approaching and turns into him just to get Hamilton punished and with no regards to any lifes or the state of his own car. And that after we lost two fine young men in accidents. This is so, so childish.    

Grow up, Felipe !   

And yes, I thought this was all Hamilton's mistake until I spotted the head movements of Massa just before the accident (on the replays). That's what the stewarts spotted too and landed Massa with a penalty. 
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Decent first race in India today.



Has anybody watched the film "Senna" yet? I saw it twice recently. Absolutely amazing docu and portrait of an incredible racer. Anyone who's not seen it should definitely watch it. 
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Originally posted by topographicbroadways topographicbroadways wrote:

Decent first race in India today.



Has anybody watched the film "Senna" yet? I saw it twice recently. Absolutely amazing docu and portrait of an incredible racer. Anyone who's not seen it should definitely watch it. 

It's a brilliant documentary and the last 20 minutes are some of the most powerful and difficult to watch film I've ever seen, even if it does kind of gloss over his foibles.

Not the most exciting of races but a damn good track in India and it looks like it has a better chance of gaining a local following than most of the recent new races have.
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Damn, I forgot about the film!

Probably because it released to....a crowd of crickets.
I wonder where the hell it's even playing??? I do want to see it though.


Was a decent race, any thoughts of SV taking it easy with the title in hand were fooling themselves, I called it he'd probably be even more determined!
Damn, the Grand Chelem for the young German! What a dominating win.
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Originally posted by topographicbroadways topographicbroadways wrote:

Has anybody watched the film "Senna" yet? I saw it twice recently. Absolutely amazing docu and portrait of an incredible racer. Anyone who's not seen it should definitely watch it. 
 
Has it been released in English?


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Originally posted by JJLehto JJLehto wrote:

Damn, I forgot about the film!

Probably because it released to....a crowd of crickets.
I wonder where the hell it's even playing??? I do want to see it though.


Was a decent race, any thoughts of SV taking it easy with the title in hand were fooling themselves, I called it he'd probably be even more determined!
Damn, the Grand Chelem for the young German! What a dominating win.

Its been out on DVD and Blu-Ray for about two weeks now.
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Originally posted by MillsLayne MillsLayne wrote:

Originally posted by topographicbroadways topographicbroadways wrote:

Has anybody watched the film "Senna" yet? I saw it twice recently. Absolutely amazing docu and portrait of an incredible racer. Anyone who's not seen it should definitely watch it. 
 
Has it been released in English?

Released in English, its made by a group of Englishmen! Most of the narative is in Portuguese because that was Senna's main language, same applies to the Italian journalists that appear regularly (only for their own language).
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Spotted it in a Tesco supermarket in Scotland one hour ago. £ 14 for the two disc package. 
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Points: 89372 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 31 2011 at 15:33
I fell asleep through most of the race.  From the highlights I saw, it seems I didn't miss much.

Rowan Atkinson's reaction was the highlight.
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Points: 34550 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 31 2011 at 22:12
Originally posted by sleeper sleeper wrote:

Originally posted by JJLehto JJLehto wrote:

Damn, I forgot about the film!

Probably because it released to....a crowd of crickets.
I wonder where the hell it's even playing??? I do want to see it though.


Was a decent race, any thoughts of SV taking it easy with the title in hand were fooling themselves, I called it he'd probably be even more determined!
Damn, the Grand Chelem for the young German! What a dominating win.

Its been out on DVD and Blu-Ray for about two weeks now.


Ah excellent. Wont have the some power as in a theater but with how insanely busy I've been...doubtful I would've gotten out to it anyway.
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Points: 16449 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 04 2011 at 05:31
It appears the Lotus name debacle has finally been sorted out, from next year Team Lotus will be Caterham F1, Renault will be Lotus and for good measure Virgin will be Marussia.

Apparently we may have to wait a while longer before we see Kubica back. Reports are that its taking longer than expected for his berves in the right hand to regenerate, so he doesnt currently have the dexterity needed for the controles of an F1 car. Its thought they'll start next year with either Senna or Grosjean, and that they'll have to step aside when Kubica's ready to come back.
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Surprise of the century

Pos No Driver Constructor Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Grid
1 1 Germany Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1:40.478 1:38.516 1:38.481 1
2 3 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:39.782 1:38.434 1:38.622 2
3 4 United Kingdom Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:40.227 1:39.097 1:38.631 3
4 2 Australia Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:40.167 1:38.821 1:38.858 4
5 5 Spain Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:41.380 1:39.058 1:39.058 5
6 6 Brazil Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:41.592 1:39.623 1:39.695 6
7 8 Germany Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:41.120 1:39.420 1:39.773 7
8 7 Germany Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1:42.605 1:40.554 1:40.662 8
9 14 Germany Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:40.595 1:40.205 1:40.768 9
10 15 United Kingdom Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1:41.064 1:40.414 no time 10
11 17 Mexico Sergio Pérez Sauber-Ferrari 1:41.311 1:40.874
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12 10 Russia Vitaly Petrov Renault 1:40.955 1:40.919
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13 18 Switzerland Sébastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:41.737 1:41.009
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14 9 Brazil Bruno Senna Renault 1:41.391 1:41.079
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15 19 Spain Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:41.386 1:41.162
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16 16 Japan Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1:41.613 1:41.240
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17 12 Venezuela Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth 1:42.258 1:41.760
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18 20 Finland Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault 1:42.979

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19 21 Italy Jarno Trulli Lotus-Renault 1:43.884

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20 24 Germany Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1:44.515

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21 22 Australia Daniel Ricciardo HRT-Cosworth 1:44.641

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22 25 Belgium Jérôme d'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth 1:44.699

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23 23 Italy Vitantonio Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth 1:45.159

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107% time: 1:46.766
24 11 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth no time

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Please tell me that's not one of Vettel's new camera angles for the race?  Urgh.  I don't want to have to look at his ugly mug all the way around a lap!
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