Spanish GP 2012 - Barcelona

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bhallg2k wrote:
Autosport wrote:Hamilton failed to return to the pits after his final qualifying lap, a move that is likely to be investigated by the stewards as drivers are required to make their way back to the pitlane.

"I stopped on track, I don't have any idea why," he said.
Running a bit too light on fuel, perhaps?
perhaps they feel that the car be under weight if he drove it back to the pitlane, and they are shutting down to keep remaining fuel on board

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Indeed, and I think that goes against the regulations.

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I hope he gets a huge reprimand after he robbed me of some massive points on the Interforum F1 prediction game!

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Whitmarsh said they had to stop the car due to an technical issue.

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ForMuLaOne wrote:
stefan_ wrote:I am really looking forward to what the troglodyte will do at the start and the first laps :)
You should mind your words :wink:
I am sorry but this is the impression he left me after some situations he was in and he behaved like he was alone on the track. No harsh feelings.

We're in for an interesting race tomorrow. What is the weather prediction for the race time?
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Is it illegal to run softs and hards on the car at the same time?

Not saying anyone should do that just was curios.
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I would love to see the car balance running two different Pirelli tyre compounds on a car.

Any news on Hamilton stopping after Q3? Does he keep his pole?

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Nando wrote:Is it illegal to run softs and hards on the car at the same time?

Not saying anyone should do that just was curios.
Yes it is illegal to mix compounds. All four wheel must use the same tyre compound.

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ok cool.
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remember those days when everyone had 4 hotlaps available, and the epic duels we'd have between 2 drivers.

remember those days when we'd have 2 teams battling for the win at every race, pushing for every lap of the race between fuel stints. (schumacher v hakkinen. schumacher v montoya v raikonnen v ralf. schumacher v alonso. alonso v raikonnen. schumacher v alonso. massa v ham. kimi v alonso v ham. And that was pretty much every race)

i miss those days. still, should be exciting tomorrow right?! all the drivers driving to a pre-determined laptime set by a computer, to ensure the tyres last. i love these tyre economy tests, its proper racing.

plus who knows who will win tomorrow, it could be the fifth different driver in 5 races! Maybe by the end of the season we'd have had 20 different winners, which would therefore make it the most exciting season of all time.

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fiohaa wrote:remember those days when everyone had 4 hotlaps available, and the epic duels we'd have between 2 drivers.

remember those days when we'd have 2 teams battling for the win at every race, pushing for every lap of the race between fuel stints. (schumacher v hakkinen. schumacher v montoya v raikonnen v ralf. schumacher v alonso. alonso v raikonnen. schumacher v alonso. massa v ham. kimi v alonso v ham. And that was pretty much every race)

i miss those days. still, should be exciting tomorrow right?! all the drivers driving to a pre-determined laptime set by a computer, to ensure the tyres last. i love these tyre economy tests, its proper racing.

plus who knows who will win tomorrow, it could be the fifth different driver in 5 races! Maybe by the end of the season we'd have had 20 different winners, which would therefore make it the most exciting season of all time.
yea and we might have 1 million overtakes with noone knowin whats going on and the commentators heads almost exploding like last race.......

they said they took away refueling because it was to confusing for the viewer....

when these tyres are to confusing for someone like damon hill , martin brundle , coulthard etc what hope does the average viewer have?

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Pandabeer wrote:I would love to see the car balance running two different Pirelli tyre compounds on a car.

Any news on Hamilton stopping after Q3? Does he keep his pole?

It'll be quite interesting if they strip him of his pole. That'll give Maldonado pole. :o :o :o



But that's not happening.
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"We have a new toy" - Fernando Alonso.

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teacher´s favorite? Must be the most idiotic comment i have ever read here.
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If it turns out Hamilton will lose his position then if i was Hamilton i would slap Martin right across the face.

It´s been more then one occasion where they have totally raped him of any chances to win a race. It´s starting to get ridiculous.
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