The Official European Formula 1 GP ***Spoilers***

[davepoth]

Well, onto Valencia. Traditionally quite dull, will Red Bull be able to pull further ahead? Can it possibly match the last two races? Will my heart take it?

[hotrod scott]

Is it a race who can open the next F1 thread first?

[davepoth]

hotrod scott said:

Is it a race who can open the next F1 thread first?

Well no, but best to have discussion on Valencia in a thread about Valencia rather then Canada, don't you think? I wanted to ask questions about Valencia.

right back at ya.

[anonymous-user]

whats the spoiler? seriously man its 2 weeks to thd race.

[davepoth]

acer12 said:

whats the spoiler? seriously man its 2 weeks to thd race.

Yes, but I wanted to ask questions related to the upcoming European GP and did not want to clutter the Canadian GP thread with them. Tradition would dictate that discussion about each GP remains in a single thread, and as time goes on said thread may contain spoilers about the race, which the thread starter may not be around to amend the title of to show that the thread may contain spoilers.

Thus, I had some questions about the upcoming European GP, could not see a thread about the European GP in which to place my questions, and thought I would start a thread about the European GP using the standard naming scheme used for the other threads.

Not really that difficult is it?

Anyway, more high speed corners suggest it's probably a Red Bull circuit, but I wonder whether other teams will get into a positive mindset after this weekend?

[MarkRSi]

My predictions

1. Vettel for the win

2. Lewis will attempt to overtake someone who 'forgets' to check his mirrors, turns into Lewis and everyone screams for Lewis to be burned on a stake.

[Bugeyeandy]

What's official about this thread? Just don't get it

anyway, times from the testing at Valencia earlier in the year if they mean anything

testing said:

1. Robert Kubica Lotus Renault GP-Renault 1m 13.144s
2. Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1m 13.201s*
3. Fernando Alonso Ferrari-Ferrari 1m 13.307s W
4. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m 13.553s*
5. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m 13.614s W
6. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m 13.844s* W
7. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m 13.936s
8. Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1m 13.938s* T
9. Felipe Massa Ferrari-Ferrari 1m 14.017s
10. Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1m 14.207s*

11. Gary Paffett McLaren-Mercedes 1m 14.292s* T
12. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth 1m 14.299s
13. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m 14.353s* W
14. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1m 14.469s
15. Michael Schumacher Mercedes-Mercedes 1m 14.537s
16. Nico Rosberg Mercedes-Mercedes 1m 14.645s W
17. Sebastien Buemi Scuderia Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m 14.801s
18. Jarno Trulli Team Lotus-Renault 1m 15.679s F
19. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1m 15.831s T
20. Heikki Kovalinen Team Lotus-Renault 1m 15.910s F

21. Jerome D'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth 1m 16.003s* T
22. Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1m 16.023s W
23. Vitaly Petrov Lotus Renault GP-Renault 1m 16.351s T
24. Jaime Alguersuari Scuderia Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m 16.474s W
25. Narain Karthikeyan Hispania-Cosworth 1m 16.535s*

Looks quite promising for Mr Alonso so long as he can stay out of Buttons way

Edited by Bugeyeandy on Monday 13th June 00:12

[Bugeyeandy]

p.s. T=Tuesday, W=Wednesday and *means they used a version of last years car.

Lotus were the only team to run on the Friday so F=Friday

[davepoth]

Bugeyeandy said:

What's official about this thread? Just don't get it

I couldn't tell you, but it's the thread title used for all the other races, it seemed like a sensible idea at the time.

[Bugeyeandy]

Yep, not having a dig at you. Just don't get the Official titles.

Anyway, my money is on another Vettel bore-fest. I really can't see any other result unless the weather plays into it again which is unlikely in Valencia.

[Teppic]

Bugeyeandy said:

anyway, times from the testing at Valencia earlier in the year if they mean anything

Looks quite promising for Mr Alonso so long as he can stay out of Buttons way

The circuit at Valencia that they test on is a purpose built race track and the one they race on is a street circuit, making those times meaningless.

[MondeoMan1981]

Teppic I was just thinking similar!

Just to put the cat among the birdies i'm going Fred for the win.

[Bugeyeandy]

Teppic said:

The circuit at Valencia that they test on is a purpose built race track and the one they race on is a street circuit, making those times meaningless.

Ooops

[matc]

Wurls said:

Are there extra PH Miles for starting the "Official" thread 2 weeks before the event?

You get 10 PH miles for every page of the thread, and a bonus 1000 points if it makes it over 100 pages; plus this one has more stars in the title than has been used in the past, so the OP could be on to a winner and joining 'jasandjules' in the Bahamas after the miles he racked up from starting the Canada thread!

[davepoth]

matc said:

You get 10 PH miles for every page of the thread, and a bonus 1000 points if it makes it over 100 pages; plus this one has more stars in the title than has been used in the past, so the OP could be on to a winner and joining 'jasandjules' in the Bahamas after the miles he racked up from starting the Canada thread!

-packs suitcase-



Seriously though, look at the other threads, this one is not especially early.

[Life Saab Itch]

It's called the official thread so plebs don't start hundreds of the same threads on race day then argue that "yours isn't the official one..."

It saves hassle.

Next.


This circuit is gash. It will probably be a Red Bull win. Let's hope it's Webber.

If it's wet it could be Schumacher.

[davepoth]

Life Saab Itch said:

It's called the official thread so plebs don't start hundreds of the same threads on race day then argue that "yours isn't the official one..."

It saves hassle.

Next.


This circuit is gash. It will probably be a Red Bull win. Let's hope it's Webber.

If it's wet it could be Schumacher.

If it's wet:

1.Schu
2.Kob
3.Not really bothered.

[johnoz]

davepoth said:

Seriously though, look at the other threads, this one is not especially early.

I agree, the Canada one started on the 1st of june, so all in all 2 weeks

[BoRED S2upid]

Well my mates and I are discussing it already so why not a thread on PH's.

Circuit should favour RedBull, very little overtaking and a tight track could be interesting especially if Lewis doesn't do well in qualy and tries to overtake everyone on the first lap. One for Lewis to get a decent finish even if it means qualifying in 3rd and staying there he needs a solid race after the last two incident packed ones.

Lets hope it rains, not too hard though.

[oyster]

Very little chance of rain in Valencia in late June.

Pole will be more important here, though with the walls there could be safety cars.