[Big Eggy]

Hi all!

thought i'd start a thread about this seasons F1 world campionship.

just wanted to know what all you petrolheads are thinking about this years current happenings?

First of all i'd like to congratulate Webber for a Stunning performance in China at the weekend starting 18th on the grid and charging through the field to finish 3rd.

I'm liking that the FIA has brought back KERS but not so sure i'm feeling the DRS.. Button was robbed of 3rd by webber on the finial lap due to KERS but maybe i'm just bias being english?? Had it been the other way round i'd probably feel different?

Loving the new tyres too really shaking things up.. cant wait for Monaco when the choices will be Soft and Super Soft.

I'll Update this section with Current Standings and next Race dates.
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Current Standings:
1 Ger S Vettel 204
2 Aus M Webber 124
3 Spa F Alonso 112
4 GB L Hamilton 109
5 GB J Button 109
6 Brz F Massa 52
7 Ger N Rosberg 40
8 Ger N Heidfeld 34
9 Rus V Petrov 31
10 Ger M Schumacher 28

FIA Formula 1 constructors' world championship:
1 Red Bull-Renault 328
2 McLaren-Mercedes 218
3 Ferrari 164
4 Mercedes GP 68
5 Renault 65
6 Sauber 33
7 Toro Rosso-Ferrari 17
8 Force India-Mercedes 12
9 Williams-Cosworth 4
10 Lotus-Renault 0
11 Hispania-Cosworth 0
12 Virgin-Cosworth 0


Next stop FORMULA 1 GROSSER PREIS SANTANDER VON DEUTSCHLAND 2011
Fri 22 July 2011
Practice 1 09:00 - 10:30
Practice 2 13:00 - 14:30
Sat 23 July 2011
Practice 3 10:00 - 11:00
Qualifying 13:00
COLOR="blue"]Sun 24 July 2011[/color]
Race 13:00
Times shown are UK GMT (+1.00hr for local times)

Nürburgring GP Layout

[Big Eggy]

Well i'm gonna keep posting on the off chance someone else loves F1?

First Practice has been very wet @ Istanbal.

Vettel has crashed out in first practice.. leaving Alonso to go fastest with a 1:38.670.

the rest of the top are:

2 germany N Rosberg 1:40.072
3 germany M Schumacher 1:40.132
4 germany N Heidfeld 1:40.338
5 russian federation V Petrov 1:40.401
6 japan K Kobayashi 1:40.421
7 brazil F Massa 1:40.697
8 australia D Ricciardo 1:41.094
9 switzerland S Buemi 1:41.178
10 germany N Hulkenberg 1:41.347

Webber could only manage 11th 3.894secs of the pace.

both the McLarens spent most of the session in the garage, Hopefully it's not technical problems.

I'm looking forward to Qulifiying tomorrow hopefully there will be more rain.

Eggy

[Big Eggy]

[Big Eggy]

Button top in dryer second half.



Standing are:

1 great britain J Button 1:26.456
2 germany N Rosberg 1:26.521
3 great britain L Hamilton 1:27.033
4 germany M Schumacher 1:27.063
5 australia M Webber 1:27.149
6 brazil F Massa 1:27.340
7 russian federation V Petrov 1:27.517
8 great britain P Di Resta 1:27.725
9 mexico S Perez 1:27.844
10 germany A Sutil 1:28.052

Nice to see Paul Di Resta in the top 10, and Schuey in 4th.

[bird]

hell yeah gonna be recording the turkey gran prix

[Rocky Mtn Squid]

F1 is one of the very few sports that captures my attention.

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[Big Eggy]

What a Race!! Too much action to write about.

It was always gonna be the case Redball ran away with it.. i hope it's not gonna be like when schumacer was on top of his game.

lots of action down the field though and well done to kobayashi managing 10th place after charging from the back of the grid.

I Gotta admit i was a bit worried about DRS and the new tyers pre season but this is giving us some great racing.. we just need the rest of the top 10 to catch the Redbulls.

[Big Eggy]

Originally Posted by Rocky Mtn Squid

F1 is one of the very few sports that captures my attention.

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Is that Spa?

[Rocky Mtn Squid]

Big Eggy.......yes it is. Eau Rouge is one of the fastest, most challenging section of racetrack in F1 that generates very high G's.

RMS

[Big Eggy]

Yeah love Circuit.. i hope they bring out an update for GT5 on the PS3 (if it ever come back on line).

bet you can't stand that close these days with all the European H&S quangos.