2009 Formula 1 Season discussion

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[quote=“ILC,post:36,topic:61576"”]

and we both enjoy banging your wife… and your commercials suck

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I just laughed so hard I choked… and our commercials are awesome.

[quote=“MPD47,post:35,topic:61576"”]

I hate the medals system, the reason we’re in the points dilema we’re in right now was due to Schumie dominating the first half of the season (before his retirement obviously) and it being mathematically impossible for anyone else to win. I think there should be slightly more points for 1st place (the whole you only get 2 more thing just doesnt promote passing). HOWEVER, the past two seasons we’ve been down to the final race for the Championship and I can’t argue with that, it has been INTENSE. I was standing in front of my TV yelling this year.

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I was doing the same thing… last corner, last lap, last race… you can’t argue with that. I guess I would agree with altering the points system so there is more emphasis on winning because that needs to return to racing.

[quote=“ILC,post:37,topic:61576"”]

but yes.. lets go racing soon.. you better make all the events! Cause i know I am

oh yea.. and

01 2009 FORMULA 1 ING AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX (Melbourne) 27 - 29 Mar

Where we watching it?

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somewhere that serves Crown and chicken wings.

[quote=“fiend540,post:39,topic:61576"”]

So there is no reward for consistency? You could win 5 races, and then dnf in all the others yet still win championship and as long as no one else has more wins you beat them. Totally stupid imo, what are they using as a tie breaker?

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of silver medals then # of bronze and so on

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I meant under the new medal system.

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Oh, tied for golds then goes off silvers IIRC. It ends up boiling down to a glorified points system.

Royal flushes for me. Unless I’m planning on going all out no straight tequila or crown.

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Scott Witter could make better commercials…

Might be a late race (local time) like 11pm idk where we could go…

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64 days, got some time to plan.

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Sounds like a house party pot luck kind of thing…

a central location would be perfect to find out first

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I’ll bring the Crown.

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Looks like we need to wait on the time of the race :frowning:

I can’t find the exact time but it would be saturday night… so thats awesome

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Probably 7 or 8pm EST.

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Melbourne is +16 … so 6-8pm sounds about right

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I’m in, now we just need to go somewhere that will put the race on

EDIT: all this talk about wings is making me hungry… i’m going to eat.

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So is 4th on back meaningless in regards to the championship?

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http://vimeo.com/2898272?pg=embed&sec=2898272

Testing from yesterday, interesting to see McLaren using the '08 interim car with '09/'08 combo wings when they’ve already debuted their '09 car… clearly it’s not ready for testing.

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i think alonoso is guna carry on this year where he left off last year. hopefully all these rule changes dont hurt the renault to much this year. he still is the best driver in F1

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Ferrari’s newly launched 2009 single seater, the F60, has been declared “illegal” by a specialist German motoring publication.

Auto Motor und Sport said the car, revealed last week at the Mugello circuit in Italy, features rear exhaust outlets that contravene the sweeping new technical regulations.

The magazine said some of the Italian team’s rivals have noted that because of the new rules cracking down on bodywork appendages like aerodynamic winglets, exposing the exhausts in the way the F60 is designed is not allowed.

A glance at the other new cars revealed so far - the Renault, Williams, McLaren and Toyota - shows that their exhausts have all been mounted in-board.

Auto Motor und Sport said it should not be too much of a problem for Ferrari to redesign the exhaust housing, but it may help to explain the team’s retreat from the Portimao group test this week to Mugello.

Officially, Ferrari decamped to Mugello because of adverse weather forecasts for this week, but the magazine said the F60 also showed a significant problem with its front wing when tested last week.

It is suggested that, in light of these challenges, Ferrari concluded that it should be conducting the car’s first major test as close as possible to its Maranello base.

Source: GMM

We’ll see how this plays out, I hope they are allowed to keep them exposed. FOM and the FIA should take note, keeping things like exhaust pipes exposed ties public minds to the fact that they are “real cars” with internal combustion engines. It enhances the show/increases the spectacle by making it easier to see the engine blowing fireballs. That way it MIGHT be visible at races other than Singapore. Not only that, but it looks AWESOME.

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I wouldn’t hold your breath FIA seems to mess everything up when it comes to what fans really want to see.

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i second that. great find though mike, never even noticed that in the rules.

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yea that sucks… looks sexy

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http://vimeo.com/2912547

Yesterday’s test session, interesting to see McLaren is still running the interim 2008/9 car AND their new 2009 car. I dont see the point of running obsolete aero?

Sebastien Buemi - 1.29:435 - 56 laps (Red Bull)
Nico Rosberg - 1.33:816 - 64 laps (Williams)
Fernando Alonso - 1.34:610 - 52 laps (Renault)
Lewis Hamilton - 1.38:962 - 27 laps (McLaren)
Timo Glock - 1.41:923 - 44 laps (Toyota)

Keep in mind the Red Bull is still the RB4 and not the new 2009 model, so it’s definitely going to be faster during initial testing.

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my boy alonso is guna kill it this year. he is waiting to pounce