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- 26 Mar 2012, 06:03
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: 2012 Malaysia Grand Prix Discussion Thread
- Replies: 379
- Views: 16788
Re: 2012 Malaysia Grand Prix Discussion Thread
I don't believe it's been mentioned yet, but spare a thought for 'anonymous' Webber, who followed Alonso into the pits after the restart and came out with five cars between them. And as a result, several more were able to leapfrog him the following lap despite pitting later, most obviously his team...
- 31 Jul 2011, 08:38
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: F1 To Be Split Between BBC 1 and Sky Sports from 2012
- Replies: 578
- Views: 54152
Re: F1 To Be Split Between BBC 1 and Sky Sports from 2012
The subscription to Sky is going to cost 60 Euro per month? Holy crap. I didn't realize it was going to be that much more expensive for you all. I understand the complaints here. (Still, however, this is how the world of business works, like it or not.) That's my best estimate I can get using the S...
- 30 Jul 2011, 16:19
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: F1 To Be Split Between BBC 1 and Sky Sports from 2012
- Replies: 578
- Views: 54152
Re: F1 To Be Split Between BBC 1 and Sky Sports from 2012
How much don? The license fee? 21e a month. The subscription? 25e a month. (Granted, it has 7 other channels too, but since the channels cannot be bought separately and since I only really wanted MTV3 MAX... its basically 25e) Wow, your TV licence is expensive! The UK colour TV licence is about 13 ...
- 30 Jul 2011, 14:44
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: F1 To Be Split Between BBC 1 and Sky Sports from 2012
- Replies: 578
- Views: 54152
Re: F1 To Be Split Between BBC 1 and Sky Sports from 2012
This is more than simply "not wanting to pay to watch F1" Oh, please, do me a favour and stop pretending this is even remotely about morals. It's making you look ridiculous and I feel like you take the mick out of me. Face it, you people would not care if it were a famous sport you have n...
- 29 Jul 2011, 08:44
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: F1 To Be Split Between BBC 1 and Sky Sports from 2012
- Replies: 578
- Views: 54152
Re: F1 To Be Split Between BBC 1 and Sky Sports from 2012
Right, who knows what European channels show F1? Presumably they'd still retain their contracts for broadcasting in their own countries and there must be a way to view their output from Britain - then we can just turn the sound off and listen to the radio commentary.
- 29 Jun 2011, 09:36
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Your Reject of the Race - Valencia!
- Replies: 99
- Views: 5585
Re: Your Reject of the Race - Valencia!
This track is the problem, it's got no space for passing, and its layout means that there is only 1 optimal way around the track. It's the stupid not-quite-straight-straights. Yeah, the cars look really good going around those little kinks but they don't provide any challenge for the driver as they...
- 15 May 2011, 09:22
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Bernie wants more euros
- Replies: 24
- Views: 1531
Re: Bernie wants more euros
I'm one of the few people who liked the A-1 Ring, but that's probably because I never saw a race at the Osterreichring. I'm the same. I never saw the old track, but the A-1 Ring was a simple, fun little track with none of the complicated chicanery of Tilke's later designs. I notice that there is so...
- 08 Apr 2011, 17:48
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Odd product promotions by otherwise-respectable F1 drivers
- Replies: 90
- Views: 9140
Re: Odd product promotions by otherwise-respectable F1 drive
More Rosberg/Schumacher shenanigans for Mercedes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uE67arN ... r_embedded
I did enjoy the way they pointed out how much better Rosberg was last year...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uE67arN ... r_embedded
I did enjoy the way they pointed out how much better Rosberg was last year...
- 30 Mar 2011, 13:29
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Odd product promotions by otherwise-respectable F1 drivers
- Replies: 90
- Views: 9140
Re: Odd product promotions by otherwise-respectable F1 drive
What about the commercials featuring Damon Hill and Murray Walker for Pizza Hut? (and damon has spun his pizza!!!) "Hill's lost it. He's out of control." m and outtakes: m Takes me back to my childhood... great times. I still miss Murray, I'm honestly not sure I'd have got into F1 without...
- 27 Mar 2011, 19:06
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: 2011 Australian Grand Prix discussion thread
- Replies: 350
- Views: 19251
Re: 2011 Australian Grand Prix discussion thread
http://i52.tinypic.com/ak9w2f.jpg This may explain why Heidfeld was so crap. The TVs gave him no airtime which is presumably why we all missed this. Looks like enough damage to cause a performance drop-off. Looks like enough damage to retire. It doesn't excuse his lame qualifying performance though...
- 27 Mar 2011, 18:18
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: 2011 Australian Grand Prix discussion thread
- Replies: 350
- Views: 19251
Re: 2011 Australian Grand Prix discussion thread
And trust Horner to casually throw that bon mot into the post race interview when he revealed that they'd stripped the KERS out of the car during practise because of reliability problems. As they say, Newey probably didn't design that car around KERS (instead, he designed the KERS around the car) -...
- 25 Mar 2011, 11:44
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: 2011 Australian Grand Prix discussion thread
- Replies: 350
- Views: 19251
Re: 2011 Australian Grand Prix discussion thread
free practice 1 = use whenever, free practice 2 = first hour use it, then 30 mins race trim, qualifying = use whenever, race = use in the zone, rain = switch it off... What is the point? FP2: Last half hour to test the regulating software works. Rain: Safety reasons. So how much rain is rain? Do th...
- 06 Mar 2011, 12:30
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: The "stupid suggestions and how to make them work" thread
- Replies: 50
- Views: 3661
Re: The "stupid suggestions and how to make them work" threa
I suggested this idea a few years ago but:- Award points for style like in ice skating:- Point worthy activities could include:- Actually trying to overtake. Crashing in a spectacular or amusing manner. Pushing Schumi off the circuit. Leading the race only to be robbed by bad luck or team orders. D...
- 04 Mar 2011, 17:54
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: The "stupid suggestions and how to make them work" thread
- Replies: 50
- Views: 3661
Re: The "stupid suggestions and how to make them work" threa
Another suggestion universally regarded as stupid for you to consider: shortcuts. How would you make them work and be accepted by fans and teams? Put down some of that stuff they use at Paul Ricard that causes extra tyre wear - you can take the shortcut but only at the cost of possibly having to ma...
- 27 Feb 2011, 13:18
- Forum: The Eric van de Poele Memorial Forum
- Topic: Best Feel Good Moments
- Replies: 175
- Views: 9089
Re: Your favourite "Punch the air" moments in F1
What about the opposite? How about your favourite "Head in Hands" moments, when you see your hopes crushed by cruel fate? Mine would probably include: 1) Damon Hill's ultra-reliable Renault engine giving up, at Monaco of all places, when he was well on his way to victory at a track so clos...
- 13 Dec 2010, 10:08
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Baoder turned down race drives
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1153
Re: Baoder turned down race drives
Ferrari pays tribute to Badoer By Matt Beer Saturday, December 11th 2010, 22:52 GMT Badoer received a Fiat 500 Tributo Ferrari plus a sculpture created from parts of all the Ferraris he has driven during his 13 seasons as the squad's leading test driver. He has now bowed out of the role. So, after ...
- 11 Dec 2010, 09:50
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Renault to become Group Lotus-Renault
- Replies: 288
- Views: 19990
Re: Renault to become Group Lotus-Renault
That's not a fair comparason though, as marlboro doesn't own the ferrari team, nor does vodafone own mclaren. it's just sponsorship. ferrari owns ferrari, and mclaren owns mclaren. genii capital outright owns what was renault. I mean, we don't still call HRT 'Campos', or Mercedes 'Brawn' or 'Honda'...
- 03 Dec 2010, 13:58
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Proposed Indian GP Layout
- Replies: 54
- Views: 4442
Re: Proposed Indian GP Layout
I always thought Barcelona looked a bit like a crab...
- 26 Nov 2010, 11:15
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Ecclestone injured
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3552
Re: Ecclestone injured
Glennerz wrote:Who walks around central London wearing £200,00 of jewellery???
Someone with an estimated personal fortune of £1.5 billion?
- 26 Nov 2010, 11:14
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Your Reject of the Year!
- Replies: 226
- Views: 17317
Re: Your Reject of the Year!
Shizuka wrote:With the engines have to be used in even FP's?
Definitely. I can see the tagline now: "Nineteen Races. Five World Champions. One Engine. No Excuses"
- 19 Nov 2010, 12:48
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Can Vettel overtake?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 2711
Re: Can Vettel overtake?
To be fair, not many of the drivers from the top teams have overtaken many of the others. Several times during the title run-in I have mentioned that I didn't believe Alonso deserved the title as he's not really overtaken ANYONE all season, except at Silverstone (well and Germany as well but that w...
- 19 Nov 2010, 09:21
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Can Vettel overtake?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 2711
Re: Can Vettel overtake?
QuickYoda41 wrote:Most of the time he couldn't overtake anybody because there was no one ahead.
Fair point. Still, I wonder if anyone else has won a World Championship having to make so few passing moves (the obvious candidate that springs to mind is Mansell in '92 of course).
- 18 Nov 2010, 23:51
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Can Vettel overtake?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 2711
Can Vettel overtake?
As part of a spirited debate on who the best driver was in F1 this year (I argued Kubica narrowly ahead of Kobayashi) I heard someone make the point that Vettel couldn't possibly be judged the best driver of the season because of the mistakes he made while overtaking in Turkey and Spain. This got me...
- 16 Nov 2010, 14:44
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Hulkenberg leaves Williams
- Replies: 40
- Views: 3081
Re: Hulkenberg leaves Williams
Captain Hammer wrote:JeremyMcClean wrote:Guess that pole wasn't enough...
Go ask Fernando Alonso who he'd rather overtake: Hulkenberg (passed him within eight laps in Brazil) or Petrov (spent nearly forty laps behind him in Abu Dhabi).
Passing is actually possible at Interlagos though.
- 14 Nov 2010, 10:45
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: The title fight thread
- Replies: 220
- Views: 15720
Re: The 2010 WDC will be... (one word only)!
Controversial
- 03 Nov 2010, 13:06
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: ESPNF1 is at it again...
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3073
Re: ESPNF1 is at it again...
While we are at the point of copyright, I can ask a question which I do not think is really worth an own thread: If either one of our dear site owners is reading this: I am using a text from F1 Rejects (namely the Eric Van De Poele biography) in my IT classes (no, unfortunately it's not about F1 te...
- 02 Nov 2010, 11:21
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Max Verstappen World Champion in KF3-klasse
- Replies: 2
- Views: 484
Re: Max Verstappen World Champion in KF3-klasse
Disqualified because of an accident? No doubt about his paternity then.
- 29 Oct 2010, 17:04
- Forum: The Eric van de Poele Memorial Forum
- Topic: trivia question....
- Replies: 2625
- Views: 317174
Re: trivia question....
Identify the team and year of this F1 livery detail: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v248/Aerond/f1livery01.jpg Ligier, Adelaide(maybe more races as well, I cannot remember) in 1993. I always think of a cow when I see it... "Moooooo". Coulthard had to loan a helmet, because he couldn't ...
- 24 Oct 2010, 07:50
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: 2010 Korean GP Discussion thread
- Replies: 528
- Views: 27066
Re: 2010 Korean GP Discussion thread
dr-baker wrote:If it's bye bye to Vettel and Alonso too then I will be happy.
That would be karma.
- 24 Oct 2010, 07:28
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: 2010 Korean GP Discussion thread
- Replies: 528
- Views: 27066
Re: 2010 Korean GP Discussion thread
thehemogoblin wrote:
So no tire changes are required at all then? Hmm. I either change to inters now or I wait as long as humanly possible to change my full wets.
I thought they had to stay on full wets while they're behind the safety car?
- 24 Oct 2010, 06:48
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: 2010 Korean GP Discussion thread
- Replies: 528
- Views: 27066
Re: 2010 Korean GP Discussion thread
Right. This is ridiculous. I'm off to have an ice cream
- 23 Oct 2010, 13:22
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Your Reject of the Race - South Korea!
- Replies: 115
- Views: 9976
Re: Your Reject of the Race - South Korea!
( i still don't like it because of Tilke) If Tilke designed Spa tomorrow, would you hate it? Likewise, if someone else designed Korea, how would you feel about it? Tilke himself doesn't bug me, as he's shown himself to be plenty creative when given the opportunity. Just look at turn 8 in Istanbul, ...
- 14 Sep 2010, 16:01
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: The End Of The Ledge?
- Replies: 81
- Views: 5979
Re: The End Of The Ledge?
Do you know what I think they should do? A Pop Idol style commentator search. It would fill hours of winter airtime with F1-related stuff and there must be hundreds of knowledgeable fans out there who could do a decent job. Hell, I'd give it a go.
- 27 Aug 2010, 08:56
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: F1 in the (distant) future
- Replies: 91
- Views: 9711
Re: F1 in the (distant) future
Can't one of us marry his daughter and then make a bid to carry on the sport as a sort of family business? F1 run by F1 Rejects? It'd be brilliant.
- 13 Aug 2010, 15:55
- Forum: The HWNSNBM Memorial Forum
- Topic: The wonderful world of shoe spam!
- Replies: 1181
- Views: 323403
Re: Отличные футболки, майки, и:купить футболку через интернет,
Henrique wrote:Wtf am I reading?
Question marks, mainly.
- 05 Aug 2010, 08:40
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Andrea Montermini Cup A.K.A New Team Championship
- Replies: 48
- Views: 3283
Re: New Team Championship
Bleu wrote:Andrea Montermini Cup serves it well because he drove for Simtek, Pacific and Forti within two years of each team beginning.
Surely the Luca Badoer cup in honour of all those who are there just to take part?
- 30 Jul 2010, 09:11
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Your Reject of the Race - Germany!
- Replies: 171
- Views: 8901
Re: Your Reject of the Race - Germany!
The Portuguese Autosport is reporting that, when Yamamoto accidentally activated the fire extinguishing system, he was on a straight in 7th gear - and the resulting emergency shutdown immediately broke the engine and the gearbox in the HRT car... He should probably have his Superlicense revoked for...
- 29 Jul 2010, 16:56
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: For America
- Replies: 76
- Views: 5609
Re: For America
Holding the next F1 race in Texas makes sense for only one reason I can think of, it puts it closer to South America, where more interest in F1 lies. That's a pretty good point, but I wonder how many South Americans could afford travelling to Austin to watch a GP. Not many South Americans, but you ...
- 25 Jul 2010, 21:39
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: Your Reject of the Race - Germany!
- Replies: 171
- Views: 8901
Re: Your Reject of the Race - Germany!
I'd throw the book at Ferrari to be honest. It is true that team orders are a part of motorsport and the ban on them is, to an extent, unenforceable. And I don't think anyone really minds when a driver who can't win the championship moves over to help his teammate who can. Basically what the rule am...
- 05 Jul 2010, 23:01
- Forum: The Paul Stoddart Memorial Forum
- Topic: 2010 British Grand Prix Discussion
- Replies: 146
- Views: 8721
Re: 2010 British Grand Prix Discussion
Your in Surrey??? People are usually awash with money there, most Surrey residents would only have to look down the back of the sofa to find that sort of money. On the weather, we've had months of almost unbroken sunshine, virtually no rain since March. Its quite eerie to live in London in consiste...