Formula One 2011

[GP]

This is fantastic!

Can't remember the last time we had a 3-way scrap for the lead.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Webber is back in the lead! I thought Massa was going to go steaming in to Alonso. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Vettel is having a shocker.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Schumacher went wide and span out. He's back on track now.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Chandhok span out. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Hamilton goes back ahead of Webber on the second round of pitstops. Then they have a scrap near the beginning of the following lap. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Alonso took the lead after pitting, then Hamilton takes the lead back!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Button is up to sixth ahead of Rosberg.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Now Button has to retire - a hydraulics problem.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Liuzzi has retired.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Vettel outpits Massa! Vettel is in to fourth on the last lap.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Hamilton wins, congrats to him. Alonso second, Webber third. Vettel fourth and Massa fifth.

[GP]

Great race. Hamilton has been outstanding all weekend.

[Ollie the Optimist]

today just showed why hamilton is by far the best driver on the grid. stunning drive, some his overtakes, esp his one on alonso were amazing.

shows also how overated vettel is, put him in a car thats quick and on pole with no traffic in front he wins, put him in car with traffic in front he wont win.

[GP]

Vettel has proved to be a very quick driver, but not a great racer.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

today just showed why hamilton is by far the best driver on the grid. stunning drive, some his overtakes, esp his one on alonso were amazing.

shows also how overated vettel is, put him in a car thats quick and on pole with no traffic in front he wins, put him in car with traffic in front he wont win.

I don't understand why we can't praise one without discrediting the other. Last year you were laughing at Vettel for getting pole and not often seeing it through (fairly so) - winning from pole has mainly what he has done this season (but not solely) and yet you now use that as a marker of his inferior ability? Strange.

The Red Bull car is clearly not that fast when it comes to straight line speed anyway in races. McClaren's is and to be fair the reverse is true in corners.

[GP]

Hungarian Grand Prix

Hungaroring, 29-31 July

Friday 29 July: Practice one - 0900-1030; Practice two - 1300-1430

Saturday 30 July: Practice three - 1000-1100; Qualifying - 1300-1400

Sunday 31 July: Race - 1300

http://www.sportinglife.com/formula1/images2000/hungary330.jpg

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sky will be showing F1 next season. Highlights only I hope.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Now I've seen the full article. So BBC will only show half the races now. :doh: Sky will show them all.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/9550930.stm

[Japan Shaking All Over]

Sky will be showing F1 next season. Highlights only I hope.

try over here! FFS we get ads every fu#king 5 mins!
suppose it s better than the footie when I first got over here. . .commercials during the game!

[Master Splinter]

Don't care about F1 but it sounds like another shocker from the Beeb.

They're racking them up.

You can usually put it down to Sky just stomping on the smaller channels, but the BBC is one of the few corporations that should still be able to stand up to them.

[GP]

Now I've seen the full article. So BBC will only show half the races now. :doh: Sky will show them all.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/9550930.stm

This is horrible. WTF have they done??

I'm seriously annoyed at this.

[Marc Overmars]

The Beeb. :rose:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I'm gonna hurt the BBC's director general.

:threaten:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

BBC's programme for qualifying starts in a few minutes. The build-up should be interesting and I hope Martin Brundle gets hold of Ecclestone at some point, he was not best pleased with the tv rights deal. Neither was Martin Whitmarsh although he tried to be as non-committal as possible.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Q3 on soon, this could be any of the front six getting pole. :popcorn:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Vettel gets pole! Then Hamilton, Button, Massa, Alonso and Webber. :wacko:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

It's pouring it down at the moment apparently. :popcorn:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Formation lap under way, everybody is on intermediate tyres.

[GP]

Here we go :popcorn:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Rosberg is up to fourth, Schumacher is fifth! :wacko:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Looks like everyone behind Vettel are fighting their cars.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Alonso is back ahead of Schumacher.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

How did Hamilton keep the car under control there? :wacko:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Alonso is ahead of Rosberg, Vettel and Hamilton are fighting.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Now Rosberg is back ahead of Alonso. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Hamilton takes the lead.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

The Ferrari's are all over the place.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Vettel is now down to third. Webber is fourth despite going off the track a few minutes ago.

[GP]

Hamilton is flying at the front. Building up a big lead.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Heidfeld's car has caught fire!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

And then part of the car exploded!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Heidfeld's car still has smoke coming out of it.

[GP]

That was insane!

That's the second time this year Heidfeld's car has caught fire.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Schumacher is out.

I hope whatever exploded from Heidfeld's car has not spilt any fuel on to the track.

[GP]

Schumacher is out.

I hope whatever exploded from Heidfeld's car has not spilt any fuel on to the track.

Hydraulic fluid, if anything. As I understand, there are nitrogen tanks in the sidepod as well.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I guess at least it happened on the exit of the pit lane where they can avoid it. The marshal probably stopped it going further out by taking one for the team! Hope he's alright though.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

The undercut worked for Alonso over Webber. Different tyre selections though.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Hamilton is in a bit of a tricky situation here, everyone is closing back on him.

Brundle and Coulthard are debating whether he can make these tyres last until the end, I'm not sure how that is possible when he put on used option tyres.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

It's now pouring with rain!

:haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Button leads. In fact Button, Vettel and Hamilton and Vettel are all bunched together now.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Hamilton leads again.

:wacko:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Now Button is ahead again.

:haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

And Hamilton again! WTF?

[GP]

Hamilton had this in the bag, but I have no idea wtf is going to happen now.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Hamilton is under investigation. I don't think anything should come of it on this occasion, even if it was a bit risky spinning in front of Di Resta.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Hamilton has a drive through pelanty. Oh dear.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Hamilton filters out in sixth, behind Massa and Webber.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Webber is up to fourth ahead of Massa, Hamilton is having a go at Massa too.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Hamilton up to fifth.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Kovalainen is out. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Kobayashi causing havoc with his two-stop strategy. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Hamilton is up to fourth. Hamilton and Webber battling with Kobayashi and his mates. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Button wins! Congrats to him. Vettel second, Alonso third. Then Hamilton, Webber and Massa. Di Resta finishes in a very good seventh.

[GP]

Great drive from Button in his 200th race.

Should have been a McLaren 1-2. but it just wasn't to be today.

[GP]

F1 Rocks at the Singapore GP will feature Rick Astley...

Now Bernie is Rick-Rolling us :angry:

[Master Splinter]

Might have to watch F1 now tbh.

[GP]

Might have to watch F1 now tbh.

If you're not familiar with it, the best driver is Karun Chandhok.

[Master Splinter]

My favourite is Nigel Mansell, followed by Narain Karthikeyan and Dick Dastardly.

[GP]

Robert Kubica's recovery is coming along well...

http://i.imgur.com/yBjew.jpg

[GP]

Belgian Grand Prix

Spa-Francorchamps, 26-28 August

Friday 26 August: Practice one - 0900-1030; Practice two - 1300-1430

Saturday 27 August: Practice three - 1000-1100; Qualifying - 1300-1400

Sunday: Race - 1300

http://www.marshalspost.com/images/tmp/biggnaqYH.jpg

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Spa. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Schumacher crashes almost immediately in Q1.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Horrible conditions to try and qualify in.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sutil hit the wall after the top of Eau Rouge.

[GP]

WTF is Maldonado doing??

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Maldonado intentionally rammed his car in to Hamilton's. Surely he won't make the grid.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Q3 under way now.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Massa goes off-track. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Hamilton has pole for about a second, Vettel gets it back! Martin Brundle. :doh:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Vettel on pole, congrats to him. Hamilton second, Webber third. Then Massa, Rosberg, Alguersauri, Senna, Alonso, Perez and Petrov.

Senna. :bow:

Alonso. :lol:

[Niall_Quinn]

Lucky dip qualifying session. Hope it's rain free tomorrow so we can get the best out of Spa.

[GP]

5-place grid pelanty for Maldonado, and a reprimand for Hamilton. Presumably for allowing Maldonado to crash into him.


:doh:

[Niall_Quinn]

5-place grid pelanty for Maldonado, and a reprimand for Hamilton. Presumably for allowing Maldonado to crash into him.


:doh:

It did look like Hamilton moved towards him first.

[GP]

It did look like Hamilton moved towards him first.

No. Hamilton stays on his line. He's moving to the right because it's a right hand bend.

What Maldonado did was ridiculous. Should have been excluded from the race.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Yeah Hamilton was on a hot lap, Maldonado wasn't. Hamilton does a few risky things but this wasn't (or shouldn't have been) one of them.

[Niall_Quinn]

No. Hamilton stays on his line. He's moving to the right because it's a right hand bend.

What Maldonado did was ridiculous. Should have been excluded from the race.

Yeah but they aren't on a qualifying lap any more are they, so he's hardly trying to nail the perfect line. I agree, Maldonado is bang to rights guilty, but I still think Hamilton plays his part. Not that he did anything wrong during qualifying itself, he had to cut inside Maldonado or he would have been off the track. That manoeuvre was fair game.

[GP]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hHG3rPl5UM

It's pretty clear that Hamilton does nothing but follow the curve of the track.

I'd have thrown the book at Maldonado.

I bet he's not even a real Pastor.

[Niall_Quinn]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hHG3rPl5UM

It's pretty clear that Hamilton does nothing but follow the curve of the track.

I'd have thrown the book at Maldonado.

I bet he's not even a real Pastor.

LOL, that's a carefully edited clip, you can still see Hamilton wave his hand though. I'm not 100% but I'm pretty sure he gave a quick turn of the wheel right then left just before that clip commences. It'll be on the BBC highlights again later.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Formation lap under way.

[Niall_Quinn]

Formation lap under way.

Is Bolt running in this?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Vettel leads. Then Rosberg, Hamilton and Massa.

Rosberg leads in fact! He has had an amazing start.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Is Bolt running in this?

Yeah, he won.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Alonso ahead of Hamilton!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Alguersauri is out.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Vettel retakes the lead. DRS enabled now.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Button has front wing damage. Webber pitting too.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Alonso and Massa are fighting amongst themselves, Hamilton moves in between them now. Massa down to fifth. :doh:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

There have been an insane amount of car damage. Buemi's rear wing is damaged, he has to be careful with that.

Vettel pitted from the lead to put on a new set of softs. Blistered tyres I guess.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Alonso leads the GP at the moment.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Webber wasn't yielding there leading up to Eau Rouge with Alonso.

:blink:

[Coney]

Is Bolt running in this?


Yeah, he won.

:lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Kobayashi came back on Hamilton in the DRS zone and they collide. Hamilton wasn't aware Kobayashi had the outside line and thus he is out.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Safety Car is out.

[Niall_Quinn]

Safety Car is out.

Collided with Kobiyashi too?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

The race is back under way. Vettel effectively got a free pit-stop out of it.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Collided with Kobiyashi too?

He'll race anyone, the nutter.

[Niall_Quinn]

Why are Ferrari's tactics so unbelievably shit all the time? They robbed themselves of points (and even championships) so many times and Red Bull benefit.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Vettel overtakes Webber and Alonso.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Why are Ferrari's tactics so unbelievably shit all the time? They robbed themselves of points (and even championships) so many times and Red Bull benefit.

Too many teams wait to see what the leading team does and then try to do the opposite. I don't get it either.

[Niall_Quinn]

Vettel overtakes Webber and Alonso.

Ferrari should pit Alonso and send him back out with 3 wheels. Only thing they haven't tried to fuck their season up over the last couple of years.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Button up to seventh. Every time he qualified poorly it all falls in to place for him.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Button moves up to fifth ahead of Massa, great move.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Fourth for Button!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Vettel pits for the medium tyre, he filters back out just behind Button. Webber leads.

[Niall_Quinn]

Vettel pits for the medium tyre, he filters back out just behind Button. Webber leads.

Last stop for him so barring mechanical problems he's probably got this one. Bloody Ferrari and McClaren conspiring to make it another easy day for Red Bull.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Now Vettel is back ahead of Button.

[Niall_Quinn]

Now Vettel is back ahead of Button.

Looks like Brundle has won his £5 bet. No way did he want to part with the money!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Massa has a puncture, dropping way back now.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Button is closing in on Alonso.

[GP]

Superb drive by Button again.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

And now Button is up to third!

[Niall_Quinn]

What could be the thinking behind running Alonso for 11 laps on the harder tyres? It's just weird.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Vettel wins! Congrats to him. Webber in second. Brilliant stuff from Button to finish third.

Vettel is now nearly four full races ahead of second (Webber). Not a chance of catching him.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

What could be the thinking behind running Alonso for 11 laps on the harder tyres? It's just weird.

Saving him for Monza? I really have no idea.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Petrov is overtaken by Massa on the last lap. That has to hurt.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Nick Heidfeld and Renault have parted ways with immediate effect.

[GP]

Renault :doh:

They only set him on fire twice, as well...

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I'm not sure what is worse, having a car ignite or having your place taken by Bruno Senna...

[Niall_Quinn]

How can Senna be allowed back in the sport having admitted deliberately crashing? It's a grubby business.

[GP]

How can Senna be allowed back in the sport having admitted deliberately crashing? It's a grubby business.

Are you confusing him with Piquet?

[Niall_Quinn]

Are you confusing him with Piquet?

Yes. What's it to you?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

The Fiat advert with Alonso cracks me up everytime. I don't know whose voice it is but it's definitely not Alonso's.

[Niall_Quinn]

The Fiat advert with Alonso cracks me up everytime. I don't know whose voice it is but it's definitely not Alonso's.

It's Sasha Distel I believe.

[GP]

Italian Grand Prix

Monza, 9-11 September

Friday 9 September: Practice one - 0900-1030; Practice two - 1300-1430

Saturday 10 September: Practice three - 1000-1100; Qualifying - 1300-1400

Sunday 11 September: Race - 1300

http://tallbom.net/monza.jpg

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Monza. :bow:

One of the DRS zones on the pit straight is going to be a bit hairy for the drivers I imagine. :wacko:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Formation lap under way. Vettel on pole. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Alonso, Hamilton and Vettel side-by-side! Alonso leads.

Huge crash behind them!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Schumacher in third. :blink:

Safety Car is out, not surprising!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Vettel back ahead of Alonso, both going at 200mph. :haha:

Webber hit Massa. In fact Webber is out now!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

So after a few laps, six drivers are out. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Schumacher forces Hamilton out on the grass. :doh: Button then passes Hamilton resulting from that. Button ahead of Schumacher now!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Even after pitstops Hamilton is stuck behind Schumacher.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Hamilton finally passes Schumacher, he is up to fourth.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Button is up to 2nd. :popcorn:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Vettel wins! Completely dominant again. Button second, Alonso third, Hamilton fourth. Schumacher fifth and Massa sixth.

[GP]

Unlucky for the McLarens. Both had to pace of Vettel, could have been very different.

[Niall_Quinn]

Nanny went and ruined the circuit. Hope they make sure the drivers are tucked up with lights out come 10pm.

[GP]

For wiping out 3 cars at turn 1, Liuzzi has been given a 5-place grid pelanty for the next race.


That'll show him! :lol:

[GP]

Singapore Grand Prix

Singapore, 23-25 September

Friday 23 September: Practice one - 1100-1230; Practice two - 1430-1600

Saturday 24 September: Practice three - 1200-1300; Qualifying - 1500-1600

Sunday 25 September: Race - 1300


http://www.vincegolangco.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/singapore-f1-night-race-streetcircuit-FI.jpg

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Worst chicane in the world. :bow:

[Ollie the Optimist]

first practice was stopped lots and delayed cos of track falling apart

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Just saw some of the chaos from the practice sessions. Cars flying everywhere, especially on that chicane.

[GP]

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/saub_koba_sing_20111.jpg

[McNamara That Ghost...]

:haha:

Guess he'll be photoshopped a la Petrov.

[GP]

For wiping out 3 cars at turn 1, Liuzzi has been given a 5-place grid pelanty for the next race.


That'll show him! :lol:

He qualified last anyway :doh:

[GP]

Liuzzi, Ricciardo, d'Ambrosio, Glock, Trulli, Kovalainen and Petrov out in Q1.

[GP]

Kobayashi in the wall!

Session red flagged.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Q3 on soon.

[GP]

Kobayashi, Alguesuari,Senna, Buemi, Maldonado, Barrichello and Perez out.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Kobayashi in the wall!

Session red flagged.

It was on that chicane again. What nutter designed it?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Punctured set of tyres for Hamilton.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Hamilton and Massa touched there.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

McClaren have taken too long for Hamilton to ge out there. :doh:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Force India haven't bothered to go out for Q3 at all.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Vettel on pole! What a surprise. Webber second, Button third. Then Hamilton, Alonso, Massa, Rosberg, Schumacher, Sutil and Di Resta.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Formation lap under way.

[GP]

Here we go! :popcorn:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Alonso up to third! Hamilton has dropped back to seventh.

[GP]

Button up to 2nd, Lewis has dropped back

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Webber's starts are terrible.

[GP]

Webber's starts are terrible.

Yep. Button was giving him some stick for it pre-race.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Hamilton passes Schumacher!

[GP]

Brave pass on the inside.

[GP]

HAM lining up ROS now.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

And now Hamilton passes Rosberg.

[GP]

And passes him

[Ollie the Optimist]

can i just ask how rosberg didnt get a punishment for cutting corner? he clearly got an extra place from it

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Briliant move from Webber, he goes ahead of Alsono.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

can i just ask how rosberg didnt get a punishment for cutting corner? he clearly got an extra place from it

He gave it back.

[Ollie the Optimist]

He gave it back.

ah i didnt see that, the replays didnt show it

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Glock has gone down the escape road. :lol: He's out, obviously.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Massa remains ahead of Hamilton after pitting at the same time.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Hamilton has lost his front wing! So aggressive.

Massa has a puncture.

[GP]

:lol:

[Ollie the Optimist]

will he get punished for that or is it racing incident?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Massa feeds back out way down the field, poor bastard.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

will he get punished for that or is it racing incident?

Punished probably. Massa didn't do anything wrong, put it that way.

[GP]

HAM stays out with a busted front wing. Strange.

[GP]

will he get punished for that or is it racing incident?

Drive thru probably.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Now he has pitted, he feeds back out in 16th or so I think.

[Ollie the Optimist]

HAM stays out with a busted front wing. Strange.


ted k just said it was cos mclaren were rejigging his strategy. wasnt worst thing he done, looked like he just got to far down and couldnt brake in time but yeah guess drive thr

[McNamara That Ghost...]

How has Webber ended up behind Alonso? :doh:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

And it is indeed a drive through for Hamilton.

[GP]

Drive thru probably.

:good:

[Ollie the Optimist]

probs deserved it tbh but hte only thing i will say is how did schumacher get away with nothing last week yet lewis gets punished. conspiracy theory alert but lewis always seems to get punished yet others dont.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Probably because Schumacher didn't cause a collision, though he did make a second move and a collision could've happened.

[GP]

T10 chicane is ridiculous :lol:

[Ollie the Optimist]

Probably because Schumacher didn't cause a collision, though he did make a second move.

oh i knew that, but it was blatent yet nothing happens. not that im one of those that thinks fia are just against lewis, i do feel though that he does get more decisions then others. most deserved but imo he never gets away with whereas some do

[GP]

HAM down to 16th

[McNamara That Ghost...]

oh i knew that, but it was blatent yet nothing happens. not that im one of those that thinks fia are just against lewis, i do feel though that he does get more decisions then others. most deserved but imo he never gets away with whereas some do

He gets involved in more of these decisions because he is invariably more aggressive than anyone else. Bar Kobayashi.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

T10 chicane is ridiculous :lol:

How can you design a chicane where it is better to go in a straight line? :wacko:

[GP]

ALG under investigation for giving TRU a puncture.

[GP]

HAM passes MAS

[GP]

HAM passes BAR

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Di Resta up to fifth. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Huge crash! Schumacher is out!

[GP]

Schumacher! :haha:

[GP]

SC is out! :popcorn:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Safety Car is out. Rosberg must've shat himself.

[Ollie the Optimist]

that rosberg pass on perez should be punished. he pushed him wide

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Rosberg had the racing line didn't he?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Safety Car in this lap.

[GP]

wtf is trulli doing?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Webber passes Alonso!

[Ollie the Optimist]

Rosberg had the racing line didn't he?

dont think so, as they came into corner perez was ahead of him i think

[McNamara That Ghost...]

dont think so, as they came into corner perez was ahead of him i think

That doesn't mean Rosberg didn't have the racing line. I know Rosberg had gone a little bit wide.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Hamilton passes Sutil, he's up to 7th.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Kobayashi under investigation for ignoring blue flags. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

And a drive through for Kobayashi.

Vettel might try to last the race on his current tyres.

Rosberg is under investigation.

[GP]

dont think so, as they came into corner perez was ahead of him i think

It's under investigation now.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

No further action between Rosberg and Perez.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Webber pits.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Button pits now! No idea who will make up second to fifth.

Webber passes Hamilton for fourth.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Vettel does pit. Sensible decision really.

Though Vettel nearly got wiped out by one of the Lotus'!

[GP]

Vettel does pit. Sensible decision really.

Though Vettel nearly got wiped out by one of the Lotus'!

That would have been hilarious

[GP]

Trulli out.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Hamilton is back up to fifth ahead of Di Resta again.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Button is eight seconds behind Vettel with five laps to go.

[GP]

BUT is catching VET but it's too late really.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

The gap is 3.7 seconds. :blink:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

The Williams have been racing each other though, that must've slowed Button's progress down a bit.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Vettel wins! Congrats to him. Button second, Webber third. Then Alonso, Hamilton and Di Resta. :bow:

The title can only be between Vettel and Button now but Vettel will surely win it in Japan.

[GP]

1.VET
2.BUT
3.WEB

[GP]

KOB held up BUT after the SC. He could have won it otherwise.

[Ollie the Optimist]

vettel just needs a point now to win the title i think so yeah he is champion

[Ollie the Optimist]

Ructions in TV scrum. Massa shoved Hamilton mid question. Hamilton was asked if he could see Massa's point. Ham storms off to save exploding

from someone on twitter. interestingly enough eddie jordan thinks it was a racing incident and so do a few other journos on twitter.

though massa has a right to be annoyed thats actually v petty from him to do that during an interview

[GP]

Massa is still bitter over 2008

[Niall_Quinn]

Massa is still bitter over 2008

He's bitter because Lewis is driving like an utter pratt this season. He's cost himself a bag of points with his dumb decision making.

Vettel is good but not as good as his lead suggests. McLaren and Ferrari are total fuck-ups this year, especially Ferrari. With all their money to see how slow their cars are even in the hands of a top, top racer, they should be ashamed.

[GP]

Massa is still bitter over 2008

:gp:

[Ollie the Optimist]

He's bitter because Lewis is driving like an utter pratt this season. He's cost himself a bag of points with his dumb decision making.

Vettel is good but not as good as his lead suggests. McLaren and Ferrari are total fuck-ups this year, especially Ferrari. With all their money to see how slow their cars are even in the hands of a top, top racer, they should be ashamed.

agree totally with this. think lewis aggressive driving coems from being totally fucked off with mclaren not being able to give him a quick car for last three years and is desperate to win at all costs.

vettel is a good racer when out in front, he knows how to manage the car etc but when under pressure he buckles. china and montreal are two examples. if button today wasnt caught in traffic it would have been very interesting to see what vettel did. if you lewis in a red bull vettel wouldnt win a race again

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I highly doubt it is anything to do with the car he has and to suggest it is would show how immature a driver he still is, Button has the same car but does not drive like a dick. This is his style and it's a high-risk one. I don't know why he keeps sticking to it when it causes him so many incidents.

All this stuff about Vettel is just plain weird, the guy was runner-up in 2009 and won without winning from the front too often last season. Is he flawless? No. None of them are.

If Hamilton was in a Red Bull, he'd do exactly the same thing as he does now (error strewn but fast). Talking as though the McClaren is dog slow is for me, disingenuous.

[GP]

Some plans for McLaren's next car have been floating around.

http://static.sidepodcast.com/content/2011/09/mclaren-secret-flux-capacitor.jpg
http://static.sidepodcast.com/content/2011/09/mclaren-secret-time-circuits.jpg

[GP]

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/6816/massatowel4sin11.jpg

[GP]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mJcAbyTDKlE/ToGhq5dbJwI/AAAAAAAABB8/3GCRXeGERcA/s1600/Angry-Birds-Online.jpg

[GP]

Japanese Grand Prix

Suzuka, 7-9 October

Friday 7 October: Practice one - 0200-0330; Practice two - 0600-0730

Saturday 8 October: Practice three - 0300-0400; Qualifying - 0600-0700

Sunday 9 October: Race - 0600

http://en.espnf1.com/PICTURES/CMS/500/565.jpg

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Suzuka. :bow:

Also, Vettel crashed in practice.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Just watching Q3 now.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Vettel on pole again! Button second, Hamilton third. Then Massa, Alonso and Webber. Again four drivers didn't bother going out due to the tyre degradation.

Hamilton didn't get out in time for a flying lap, again.

[PGFC]

Suzuka, awful bloody circuit.