Official Formula 1 thread

[Martinius]

Banning helmet design changes is not going to fix what's fundamentally wrong with the sport. They need to get rid of archaic management (read Bernie), embrace social media and for the love of God, release official footage from the archives on YouTube!

[reni]

I have nothing against Hamilton, but his dad needs to STFU
http://www1.skysports.com/f1/news/24...le-by-mid-year

[killboy]

"...if he starts well, if the car is good, performance is good, I think Lewis could win the championship again this year.”

[Lunatic]

Originally Posted by Martinius

Alonso out for Australia. It could very well be a concussion as they officially say, but the fact they're holding back information about his testing accident has everyone suspicious.

The big question is did the accident cause his injuries, or is there something wrong with him medicialy that caused the accident.

[jdmblood]

already bought my tickets for the United States Grand Prix in Austin. Happy to see Honda in there

[Guillaume]

Bernie at his finest.

[alxtheoreo]

Originally Posted by jdmblood

already bought my tickets for the United States Grand Prix in Austin. Happy to see Honda in there

Yo, how much are they going for?

[jdmblood]

Originally Posted by alxtheoreo

Yo, how much are they going for?

it depends on where you want to sit. I paid $600 for two seats.

[Silver Ignition]

Originally Posted by jdmblood

already bought my tickets for the United States Grand Prix in Austin. Happy to see Honda in there

I went last year...Austin is a blast...what grandstand did you buy?

Got my tickets to the Canadian Grand Prix for this year...road tripping up to Montreal!

[jdmblood]

Originally Posted by Silver Ignition

I went last year...Austin is a blast...what grandstand did you buy?

Got my tickets to the Canadian Grand Prix for this year...road tripping up to Montreal!

if i remember correctly: #5

[Silver Ignition]

Originally Posted by jdmblood

if i remember correctly: #5

Awesome! The twisty bits at 3-4-5 are awesome...I was on the grass by turn 3 just past the bridge for the race.

If you got 3-day passes check out these other spots during practice/qual;
-Turn 1: AWESOME...you'll see the cars sprint uphill, heavy on the brakes, tons of downshifting and then scream when they're heavy on the throttle for the corner exit.
-Turn 2: one of the few spots you can see over the fence...good spot to practice motion blur shots if youre a photographer
-Turns 3-4-5: awesome to watch the cars cut through the twisty bits as if their tires are glued to the ground.
-Turns 6-7: theres a good GA spot between turns 6 and 7 where they come around the right hander at 6, then to the left hander at 7 then up the hill towards 8.
-Turn 11: the hairpin isn't as exciting as I thought it would be, but it is cool to watch the cars accelerate to 320kph all the way down that back straight
-Turns 12-15: not much GA access to this complex, it's all grandstand
-Turns 16-18: cool quick sweeper that has a grassy GA area to see them come around. The tower is also here...spend the $25 and go to the top...it's priceless
-Turn 19: there is a grassy area between 18 and 19 that's pretty good, you can also see over the fence here and catch the exit of the big sweeper, then the slowdown into Turns 19 and 20. Noticed a lot of the off-track excursions happened at 19 (mostly the support races; GT3 cup and Ferrari Challenge)
-Turn 20 and main straight: Pretty much inaccessible without Grandstand tickets.

Another note: 6-8 laps before the end of the race make your way down to the main straight, just next to the main grandstand on the turn 1 side for the track invasion...get up front cause I was towards the middle and just barely made it for the champagne...missed all the interviews and awards

[jdmblood]

Originally Posted by Silver Ignition

Awesome! The twisty bits at 3-4-5 are awesome...I was on the grass by turn 3 just past the bridge for the race.

If you got 3-day passes check out these other spots during practice/qual;
-Turn 1: AWESOME...you'll see the cars sprint uphill, heavy on the brakes, tons of downshifting and then scream when they're heavy on the throttle for the corner exit.
-Turn 2: one of the few spots you can see over the fence...good spot to practice motion blur shots if youre a photographer
-Turns 3-4-5: awesome to watch the cars cut through the twisty bits as if their tires are glued to the ground.
-Turns 6-7: theres a good GA spot between turns 6 and 7 where they come around the right hander at 6, then to the left hander at 7 then up the hill towards 8.
-Turn 11: the hairpin isn't as exciting as I thought it would be, but it is cool to watch the cars accelerate to 320kph all the way down that back straight
-Turns 12-15: not much GA access to this complex, it's all grandstand
-Turns 16-18: cool quick sweeper that has a grassy GA area to see them come around. The tower is also here...spend the $25 and go to the top...it's priceless
-Turn 19: there is a grassy area between 18 and 19 that's pretty good, you can also see over the fence here and catch the exit of the big sweeper, then the slowdown into Turns 19 and 20. Noticed a lot of the off-track excursions happened at 19 (mostly the support races; GT3 cup and Ferrari Challenge)
-Turn 20 and main straight: Pretty much inaccessible without Grandstand tickets.

Another note: 6-8 laps before the end of the race make your way down to the main straight, just next to the main grandstand on the turn 1 side for the track invasion...get up front cause I was towards the middle and just barely made it for the champagne...missed all the interviews and awards

wow thank you! ill keep that in mind

[White64Goat]

Alonso got his noggin scrambled.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/33-old...163935747.html

The F1/FIA act like they are NSA/CIA and we're just now finding out that his minor incident was a little more than that..........

[Martinius]

Originally Posted by White64Goat

Alonso got his noggin scrambled.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/33-old...163935747.html

The F1/FIA act like they are NSA/CIA and we're just now finding out that his minor incident was a little more than that..........

Yahoo Finance (no relation to sports), quoting Huffington Post (really?), who in turn quoted El Pais (Spanish newspaper with not a lot of credibility). I'm taking this with a mountain of salt.