2011 British Grand Prix

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  1. J@tko's Avatar
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    Re: 2011 British Grand Prix
    (Original post by Xenomorph v2.1)
    Yeah I heard about their argument, apparently it got really heated!
    I see what you did there :cool:

    According to BBC News the Renault teams are getting arsey that the Mercedes Engine injects fuel on 4 cylinders on the over-run, surely that's what they were meant to be banning in the first place??
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    You guys hearing all this bull**** about Whitmarsh and Horner having a public argument, and the amount of off throttle gases being increased from 10% to 50% because Renault complained?
    That'll partly explain why I think the Red Bull sounds like they are running the off throttle blown diffuser. I hate that noise.

    The Renault's sound different and they look like they've lost a hell of a lot of performance because of it.

    Interesting to see Stefano Domenicali and Martin Whitmarsh have a long conversation during FP2 with each other and deciding to go into the garage once cameras arrived.

    They should hire Jim off The Apprentice to talk to Charlie Whiting. It'll take about 10 seconds before he'll be convinced that off throttle blown diffuser should be made completely illegal.
    Last edited by chaz1992; 08-07-2011 at 20:18.
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    Re: 2011 British Grand Prix
    I love the BBC weather forcast for tommorow for Silverstone- 'sunny intervals with light rain shower forcast for 13:00' perfect!
    And light rain for Sunday.
    Last edited by jelly1000; 08-07-2011 at 21:08.
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    Re: 2011 British Grand Prix
    (Original post by chaz1992)
    That'll partly explain why I think the Red Bull sounds like they are running the off throttle blown diffuser. I hate that noise.

    The Renault's sound different and they look like they've lost a hell of a lot of performance because of it.

    Interesting to see Stefano Domenicali and Martin Whitmarsh have a long conversation during FP2 with each other and deciding to go into the garage once cameras arrived.

    They should hire Jim off The Apprentice to talk to Charlie Whiting. It'll take about 10 seconds before he'll be convinced that off throttle blown diffuser should be made completely illegal.


    So true!
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    Re: 2011 British Grand Prix
    Well, good morning everyone ! Great day of action ahead of us :P
  6. F1Addict's Avatar
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    The day just got even better! Murray Walker is commentating FP3!!!!! :woo: :woo:
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    Re: 2011 British Grand Prix
    RAINING AT STOWE!!!

    Clouds look like they'll stay around Silverstone so i'm expecting a wet quali.
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    Murray Walker??! **** yeh.
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    A rather damp FP3 in places, particularly towards the end, but the German machine has done it again!

    1. Vettel
    2. Nando
    3. Webber
    4. Massa
    5. Maldonado (good to see Williams back up there!)
    6. Button
    7. Kobay
    8. Rosberg
    9. Perez
    10. Di Resta
    11. Schumacher
    12. Sutil
    13. Hamilton
    14. Barrichello
    15. Petrov
    16. Alguersari
    17. Buemi
    18. Heidfeld
    19. Kovalainen
    20. Trulli
    21. Glock
    22. D'Ambrosio
    23. Ricciardo
    24. Liuzzi

    In politics news, Horner did not look very happy at all in the RBR garage today so not sure if the FIA have changed their mind AGAIN!

    G
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    Re: 2011 British Grand Prix
    http://www.raintoday.co.uk/

    Showers in the vicinity!

    FP3 indicates a straight fight between Ferrari and Red Bull however Mercedes and Renault have been allowed extra exhaust gases for this race resulting in a very angry Horner.
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    Buzzing :nutcase:
    Last edited by Ich Dien; 09-07-2011 at 12:33.
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    Hi :hi:

    Four years since I was there :emo:

    I will miss the race as I'm working nights so will be sleeping. Hopefully I can download it onto my phone and watch it at work :yep:
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    That cable camera is so cool! Hope Massa can capitalise on the changing conditions and blatant cheating from the FIA.
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    Re: 2011 British Grand Prix
    Qualifying results...

    Webber
    Vettel
    Alonso
    Massa
    Button
    Di Resta
    Rosberg
    Maldanardo
    Kobayashi
    Hamilton

    Not a true reflection of pace due to a wettening track.

    The Mercedes engined cars with the pretty substantial advantage are only 5th, 6th and 10th.

    Button was a full 1.3 seconds off the pace of Alonso.

    Ferrari and Red Bull in another league.
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    Red Bull dominance again. F1 is so boring. Mc Claren were terrible but one positive is De Resta. He is going to be a star.
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    Watch McLaren say they're using a wet setup...
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    Love they Top Gear- F1 link, seems such a great thing to waste. Gets more people involved in and exposed to F1.

    Good quali, RB in pole but closer than before, a good start from Alonso and he could take the lead. What happened to the Ham?
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    McClaren get your **** together.


    I hate Eddie Jordan, amount of cocksucking he does is horrible.

    Race should be interesting
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    Murray :love:
  20. Xenomorph v2.1's Avatar
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    Re: 2011 British Grand Prix
    Well, that was an utter shambles from McLaren :facepalm2:

    Thanks for all the corporate horse dung you were feeding us all week, cheers for raising false hopes :yy:

    Lesson to be learned is, always take what the drivers say in anger at the end of the races. Both Hamilton and Button said this would happen after Valencia's race and it turned out to be true :mad:

    I think it will be a good race between Alonso and the Red Bulls. Maybe if they're this close in quali they may even turn out faster in the race.

    Di Resta IS THE MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :woo:
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