Shanghai Grand Prix (WITH SPOILERS)
Shanghai Grand Prix (WITH SPOILERS)
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andyps

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7,819 posts

311 months

Tuesday 14th October 2008
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Nothing to say yet, but here is a thread with any comments about the race, including comments relating to stewards/FIA decisions.

marcia1

5,099 posts

219 months

Tuesday 14th October 2008
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http://www.accuweather.com/world-forecast-weekends...
Weather looking dry again.

Edited by marcia1 on Tuesday 14th October 16:44

Wanta996Gotta

5,622 posts

236 months

Tuesday 14th October 2008
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marcia1 said:
Good, i want a dry race as i feel the rain can make it a lottery. I think Lewis was sitting on pole last year before his tyre disaster so i am thinking him and Kimi/Massa will be upfront. There is a long straight that goes onto a very long right-hand bend which could be an area of FIA interference if Lewis does not get away cleanly.

marcia1

5,099 posts

219 months

Tuesday 14th October 2008
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this 1 differs slightly ,chance of rain on race day
http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/58362....
Hope so should make it a bit more interesting bounce

Edited by marcia1 on Tuesday 14th October 17:21

marcia1

5,099 posts

219 months

Wednesday 15th October 2008
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I am really looking forward to this GP as usual,but i just dare'nt get excited cause you know the Ferrari International Assistance will have something up their sleeves for lewis.

VladD

8,196 posts

294 months

Wednesday 15th October 2008
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I'm hoping that LH wins and FM scores no points. This is for 2 reasons.

1) I want Lewis to be WDC.

2) With the title decided (assuming Kubica doesn't pick up enough points), at least we'll have a race in Brazil that is just about the race and any penalties will be irrelevant. If LH is WDC, it would be nice to see FM win in front of his home crowd. But that's for two weeks time.


marcia1

5,099 posts

219 months

Wednesday 15th October 2008
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VladD said:
I'm hoping that LH wins and FM scores no points. This is for 2 reasons.

1) I want Lewis to be WDC.

2) With the title decided (assuming Kubica doesn't pick up enough points), at least we'll have a race in Brazil that is just about the race and any penalties will be irrelevant. If LH is WDC, it would be nice to see FM win in front of his home crowd. But that's for two weeks time.
Personally i'd love lewis to destroy massa in front of his home crowd yes

Edited by marcia1 on Wednesday 15th October 16:11

VladD

8,196 posts

294 months

Wednesday 15th October 2008
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marcia1 said:
VladD said:
I'm hoping that LH wins and FM scores no points. This is for 2 reasons.

1) I want Lewis to be WDC.

2) With the title decided (assuming Kubica doesn't pick up enough points), at least we'll have a race in Brazil that is just about the race and any penalties will be irrelevant. If LH is WDC, it would be nice to see FM win in front of his home crowd. But that's for two weeks time.
Personally i'd love lewis to destroy massa in front of his home crowd yes

Edited by marcia1 on Wednesday 15th October 16:11
I think Massa's a decent chap at heart. I just think at the moment that both he and Lewis are under pressure that we can only imagine and are both doing and saying things that are a bit silly.

F1 needs close competition, not a war, or next season we'll end up with all of the talking points not being about the racing, again, and I don't think I could cope with another year of that.

Scuffers

20,887 posts

303 months

Wednesday 15th October 2008
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so, can we run a sweepstake on how many penalties are handed out in China?

Personnally I am going with 3....

marcia1

5,099 posts

219 months

Wednesday 15th October 2008
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Scuffers said:
so, can we run a sweepstake on how many penalties are handed out in China?

Personnally I am going with 3....
2

Cara Van Man

29,977 posts

280 months

Wednesday 15th October 2008
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Scuffers said:
so, can we run a sweepstake on how many penalties are handed out in China?

Personnally I am going with 3....
3? But what about the other drivers apart from Lewis?

marcia1

5,099 posts

219 months

Thursday 16th October 2008
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Wanta996Gotta said:
marcia1 said:
Good, i want a dry race as i feel the rain can make it a lottery. I think Lewis was sitting on pole last year before his tyre disaster so i am thinking him and Kimi/Massa will be upfront. There is a long straight that goes onto a very long right-hand bend which could be an area of FIA interference if Lewis does not get away cleanly.
Come on bring on the rain bounce

marcia1

5,099 posts

219 months

flemke

23,490 posts

266 months

Thursday 16th October 2008
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Cara Van Man said:
Scuffers said:
so, can we run a sweepstake on how many penalties are handed out in China?

Personnally I am going with 3....
3? But what about the other drivers apart from Lewis?
rofl


ferrari-passion

78 posts

216 months

Thursday 16th October 2008
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marcia1 said:
Wanta996Gotta said:
marcia1 said:
Good, i want a dry race as i feel the rain can make it a lottery. I think Lewis was sitting on pole last year before his tyre disaster so i am thinking him and Kimi/Massa will be upfront. There is a long straight that goes onto a very long right-hand bend which could be an area of FIA interference if Lewis does not get away cleanly.
Come on bring on the rain bounce
Uhmmm... didn't last year's race start in wet conditions...? and we all know how that one ended.... laugh

Wanta996Gotta

5,622 posts

236 months

Thursday 16th October 2008
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ferrari-passion said:
marcia1 said:
Wanta996Gotta said:
marcia1 said:
Good, i want a dry race as i feel the rain can make it a lottery. I think Lewis was sitting on pole last year before his tyre disaster so i am thinking him and Kimi/Massa will be upfront. There is a long straight that goes onto a very long right-hand bend which could be an area of FIA interference if Lewis does not get away cleanly.
Come on bring on the rain bounce
Uhmmm... didn't last year's race start in wet conditions...? and we all know how that one ended.... laugh
Yes and this year - we know how pathetic Kimi and Massa are in the rain? smile

Edited by Wanta996Gotta on Thursday 16th October 11:58

ferrari-passion

78 posts

216 months

Thursday 16th October 2008
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Wanta996Gotta said:
ferrari-passion said:
marcia1 said:
Wanta996Gotta said:
marcia1 said:
Good, i want a dry race as i feel the rain can make it a lottery. I think Lewis was sitting on pole last year before his tyre disaster so i am thinking him and Kimi/Massa will be upfront. There is a long straight that goes onto a very long right-hand bend which could be an area of FIA interference if Lewis does not get away cleanly.
Come on bring on the rain bounce
Uhmmm... didn't last year's race start in wet conditions...? and we all know how that one ended.... laugh
Yes and this year - we know how pathetic Kimi and Massa are in the rain? smile

Edited by Wanta996Gotta on Thursday 16th October 11:58
Sorry, my mistake... I completely forgot how brilliant LH was in the wet in Monza....

Also, the trouble Ferrari has had in the wet this year has had nothing to do with the drivers - they found in testing in the wet that the car was not heating up the brakes enough in cooler conditions and thereby not allowing the drivers to get enough heat into the front tyres.... that problem has been sorted.... so possibly check your facts first before you say certain drivers are pathetic in the wet...


Altrezia

8,741 posts

240 months

Thursday 16th October 2008
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ferrari-passion said:
Sorry, my mistake... I completely forgot how brilliant LH was in the wet in Monza....

Also, the trouble Ferrari has had in the wet this year has had nothing to do with the drivers - they found in testing in the wet that the car was not heating up the brakes enough in cooler conditions and thereby not allowing the drivers to get enough heat into the front tyres.... that problem has been sorted.... so possibly check your facts first before you say certain drivers are pathetic in the wet...
hehe Brake heat effects the power oversteer at Silverstone, eh?

Cara Van Man

29,977 posts

280 months

Thursday 16th October 2008
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ferrari-passion said:
Wanta996Gotta said:
ferrari-passion said:
marcia1 said:
Wanta996Gotta said:
marcia1 said:
Good, i want a dry race as i feel the rain can make it a lottery. I think Lewis was sitting on pole last year before his tyre disaster so i am thinking him and Kimi/Massa will be upfront. There is a long straight that goes onto a very long right-hand bend which could be an area of FIA interference if Lewis does not get away cleanly.
Come on bring on the rain bounce
Uhmmm... didn't last year's race start in wet conditions...? and we all know how that one ended.... laugh
Yes and this year - we know how pathetic Kimi and Massa are in the rain? smile

Edited by Wanta996Gotta on Thursday 16th October 11:58
Sorry, my mistake... I completely forgot how brilliant LH was in the wet in Monza....

Also, the trouble Ferrari has had in the wet this year has had nothing to do with the drivers - they found in testing in the wet that the car was not heating up the brakes enough in cooler conditions and thereby not allowing the drivers to get enough heat into the front tyres.... that problem has been sorted.... so possibly check your facts first before you say certain drivers are pathetic in the wet...
I think someone needs to watch the British GP again. None of the Ferrarsi spins were done on the brakes, they were all on the throttle.

HTH

Edited by Cara Van Man on Thursday 16th October 12:18

Wanta996Gotta

5,622 posts

236 months

Thursday 16th October 2008
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ferrari-passion said:
Wanta996Gotta said:
ferrari-passion said:
marcia1 said:
Wanta996Gotta said:
marcia1 said:
Good, i want a dry race as i feel the rain can make it a lottery. I think Lewis was sitting on pole last year before his tyre disaster so i am thinking him and Kimi/Massa will be upfront. There is a long straight that goes onto a very long right-hand bend which could be an area of FIA interference if Lewis does not get away cleanly.
Come on bring on the rain bounce
Uhmmm... didn't last year's race start in wet conditions...? and we all know how that one ended.... laugh
Yes and this year - we know how pathetic Kimi and Massa are in the rain? smile

Edited by Wanta996Gotta on Thursday 16th October 11:58
Sorry, my mistake... I completely forgot how brilliant LH was in the wet in Monza....

Also, the trouble Ferrari has had in the wet this year has had nothing to do with the drivers - they found in testing in the wet that the car was not heating up the brakes enough in cooler conditions and thereby not allowing the drivers to get enough heat into the front tyres.... that problem has been sorted.... so possibly check your facts first before you say certain drivers are pathetic in the wet...
The facts are Kimi and Massa have had more school boy racing spins than anyone else - FACT. How many cars has Kimi written off this year?

As for Monza? Lewis had a great drive at Monza and it was only the fact that it became dry and he took an un-scheduled pit-stop stopped him from winning SO maybe you should get your facts right??





Edited by Wanta996Gotta on Thursday 16th October 12:33