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Formula 1 Thread

By Brainy, in General Football and Sport

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maddog

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Formula 1 is so boring.

Apart from the first few laps and the last few, it's just cars going round a track.

I flick it on for the start, then flick it on for the last couple of laps.

Can't stand it.

Brainy

Brainy

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I flick it on.

Can't stand it.

...well that makes sense.

I can't really take anyone who says "f1 is just cars going round in circles" seriously.

isaidno

isaidno

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Formula 1 is so boring.

Apart from the first few laps and the last few, it's just cars going round a track.

I flick it on for the start, then flick it on for the last couple of laps.

Can't stand it.

Go to a race, then you will enjoy it. The noise & the atmosphere is unbelieveable. 125,000 screaming fans is amazing.

Asha

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Go to a race, then you will enjoy it. The noise & the atmosphere is unbelieveable. 125,000 screaming fans is amazing.

I'll second this.

Went to Silverstone....British GP in 2002.

Was only 10, and was sat there in my Ferrari cap, T-Shirt, and bag cheering everytime Schumacher came past, amongst a mass of people wanting 'anyone but Ferrari' to win. :whistle:

Ferrari 1-2. :cool:

Absolutely nothing prepares you for how loud the cars are. My uncle and I sat on the Vale Straight, near Club hoping to see a bit of action. Can't imagine how amazing the noise would be down near Becketts.

isaidno

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I'll second this.

Went to Silverstone....British GP in 2002.

Was only 10, and was sat there in my Ferrari cap, T-Shirt, and bag cheering everytime Schumacher came past, amongst a mass of people wanting 'anyone but Ferrari' to win. :whistle:

Ferrari 1-2. :cool:

Absolutely nothing prepares you for how loud the cars are. My uncle and I sat on the Vale Straight, near Club hoping to see a bit of action. Can't imagine how amazing the noise would be down near Becketts.

I went to the Silverstone midweek F1 test last season ( Free entry ), watching Raikkonen sliding the back out at Woodcote was brilliant. My personal highlight is standing in the pits at Montreal after Hamilton had got pole, watching as he got out and stood on his car

Lovejoy

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I'll second this.

Went to Silverstone....British GP in 2002.

Was only 10, and was sat there in my Ferrari cap, T-Shirt, and bag cheering everytime Schumacher came past, amongst a mass of people wanting 'anyone but Ferrari' to win. :whistle:

Ferrari 1-2. :cool:

Absolutely nothing prepares you for how loud the cars are. My uncle and I sat on the Vale Straight, near Club hoping to see a bit of action. Can't imagine how amazing the noise would be down near Becketts.

Was that the rainy race where Barrichello came from the back to finish 1st/2nd (can'tremember which)?

Asha

Asha

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Was that the rainy race where Barrichello came from the back to finish 1st/2nd (can'tremember which)?

Yes it was, and 2nd. Fantastic drive.

Schumacher won it, and the weather changed every lap. Class.

Lovejoy

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Yes it was, and 2nd. Fantastic drive.

Schumacher won it, and the weather changed every lap. Class.

Even if it was 6 years ago that was is still to this day one of my favourite races. Ferrari were untouchable that season.

Brainy

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Has this been coming or not? Sorry if it has, but funny how the FIA decide to extend Magny Cours (Ferrari track) after saying a year or two ago that they won't race there again, but decide to drop Montreal (McLaren track)

<_< :D

Jimmy

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Has this been coming or not? Sorry if it has, but funny how the FIA decide to extend Magny Cours (Ferrari track) after saying a year or two ago that they won't race there again, but decide to drop Montreal (McLaren track)

<_< :D

In this case it's more Bernie Ecclestone then the FIA

isaidno

isaidno

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Canadian GP dropped!

Looks like you may have been to the last one Matt! :o

The Canadian Grand Prix has been axed from the 2009 Formula 1 calendar, while the Turkish round has been moved to create a month-long summer break.

The FIA issued a revised calendar for next season following a meeting of its World Motor Sport Council on Tuesday, with the Montreal race at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve omitted from its provisional June 7 slot.

The as yet unexplained decision to drop Canada means there will be no race held there for the first time since 1987 and no North American round at all.

The position in the first week of June has instead been filled by Turkey, with its round moved from a previously scheduled August slot to create a four-week break between the Hungarian and European GPs.

Originally a provisional calendar for next season, issued back in June, did not feature a mid-August recess as has been the case in recent years, prompting concerns from teams about the demands on their workforces.

The reshuffle also sees Belgium's grand prix at Spa moved forwards a week to go back-to-back with the European round in Valencia, with there now a fortnight’s gap between Spa and Monza.

Otherwise the calendar remains unchanged, with the now 18-race campaign opening with the traditional curtain-raiser in Australia on March 29 and ending on the new Abu Dhabi street circuit in mid-November.

Revised 2009 F1 calendar

29 March Australia

5 April Malaysia

19 April Bahrain

10 May Spain

24 May Monaco

7 June Turkey

21 June Britain

28 June France

12 July Germany

26 July Hungary

23 August Europe (Valencia)

30 August Belgium

3 September Italy

27 September Singapore

11 October Japan

18 October China

1 November Brazil

15 November Abu Dhabi

No Canada :cry: . Absolutely gutted, I was planning to back again next season. Bernie Ecclestone is a cnut. Getting rid of traditional venues like Estoril,Imola & Montreal and replace them with featureless tracks like Bahrain ( I did like Singapore though.) Montreal had a quarter of a million fans turn up over the race weekend. I can't see that many turning up at Bahrain or Malaysia

Jimmy

Jimmy

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new tyres for Fuji are ugly, they have 3 turquoisey stripes on then >_<

well they go back to full slicks next season, so you only have 3 races max to put up with them

isaidno

isaidno

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Japanese Grand Prix on ITV

Practice Friday 10 October 0200-0330 & 0600-0730

itv.com/f1

Live qualifying Saturday 11 October 0515-0715 ITV1

& itv.com/f1

Quali re-runs Saturday 11 October 1400-1600 ITV1

Sunday 12 October 1030-1230 ITV4

Live race Sunday 12 October 0430-0730 ITV1

& itv.com/f1

Race re-run Sunday 12 October 1500-1800 ITV1

Race highlights Sunday 12 October 2315-0015 ITV1

Highlights re-run Monday 13 October 1800-1900 ITV4

I'm assuming the race starts at 5am

dandannieldanok

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No Canada :cry: . Absolutely gutted, I was planning to back again next season. Bernie Ecclestone is a cnut. Getting rid of traditional venues like Estoril,Imola & Montreal and replace them with featureless tracks like Bahrain ( I did like Singapore though.) Montreal had a quarter of a million fans turn up over the race weekend. I can't see that many turning up at Bahrain or Malaysia

Too true, I understand the FIA need to spread their wings to globalise the sport even further but I really can't stand some of the Asian tracks, as you say they're featureless.

isaidno

isaidno

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I'm looking at going to a different overseas race next season. Australia's out now i've started my new job but Malaysia looks good (£36 for a 3 day ticket ). Need to get a cheap flight aswell.

dandannieldanok

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I'm looking at going to a different overseas race next season. Australia's out now i've started my new job but Malaysia looks good (£36 for a 3 day ticket ). Need to get a cheap flight aswell.

That is extremely cheap, although I can't imagine it being as fun as your trip to Montreal.

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