F1 its just soooooo

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Marki

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15,763 posts

271 months

Sunday 23rd May 2004
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What a great race i have not watched an F1 race for some time but lhe lure of Monaco was too much .

No track shows the sheer speed of these cars like Monaco , quite an action packed race.

The F1 cars are truly at Comic book speeds

Byff

4,427 posts

262 months

Sunday 23rd May 2004
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Fantastic end, really nail biting stuff

hornet

6,333 posts

251 months

Sunday 23rd May 2004
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Marki said:

The F1 cars are truly at Comic book speeds


Some fairly comic book driving too...

DanBoy

4,899 posts

244 months

Sunday 23rd May 2004
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What a race!

Shame Button just missed out really.

Marki

Original Poster:

15,763 posts

271 months

Sunday 23rd May 2004
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hornet said:

Marki said:

The F1 cars are truly at Comic book speeds



Some fairly comic book driving too...


Some of the incar footage was just ridiculous it really looked as if it had been speeded up , also cant think of the name of the chicane (bend) i think its Tabac the camera had the cars coming directly at it in a fairly tight shoot , the cars go left then right it is almost unbelivable how fast the cars change direction through there.

Yes pity for Button he really had a good race but well done Mr T

JonRB

74,615 posts

273 months

Sunday 23rd May 2004
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I'm sure we'll get the usual crowd complaining it was boring. No pleasing some people.

I thought it was a fantastic race.

JonRB

74,615 posts

273 months

Sunday 23rd May 2004
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Marki said:
Some of the incar footage was just ridiculous it really looked as if it had been speeded up
I think it is more a case of the cameras almost always making the cars look slower than they are. Monaco is one of the few (the only?) tracks that give an idea of the true speed of the cars. That is probably why it looked 'speeded up'.

Jay-Aim

598 posts

242 months

Sunday 23rd May 2004
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Yes cracking race

lots happened

only 9 cars to the finish. Just like the old days

g4ry13

17,021 posts

256 months

Sunday 23rd May 2004
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The marshals were terrible there. They really need to sort it out. On friday Mark Webber had to extinguish his car whilst the marshals were standing around looking at it. They didn't improve much with the race either, they just seemed to stand around and cause general confusion for the drivers.

>> Edited by g4ry13 on Sunday 23 May 15:59

FourWheelDrift

88,555 posts

285 months

Sunday 23rd May 2004
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g4ry13 said:
The marshals were terrible there. They really need to sort it out. On friday Mark Webber had to extinguish his car whilst the marshals were standing around looking at it.


They were thinking if it burnt a bit more and closer to where they were standing they would be able to light up their Gauloise.

Marki

Original Poster:

15,763 posts

271 months

Sunday 23rd May 2004
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JonRB said:

Marki said:
Some of the incar footage was just ridiculous it really looked as if it had been speeded up

I think it is more a case of the cameras almost always making the cars look slower than they are. Monaco is one of the few (the only?) tracks that give an idea of the true speed of the cars. That is probably why it looked 'speeded up'.



Exactly ,, as i said the lure of Monaco made me tune in, its a pity really the cars performance is as exciting to watch at all the race`s its just that Monaco is the only race where you actuall get a sence of the speed they are traveling at

BugattiQueen

111 posts

241 months

Sunday 23rd May 2004
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You should have been there last weekend for the Historics, now that is MOTOR RACING ,not Scalectric won on computers

BugattiQueen

111 posts

241 months

Sunday 23rd May 2004
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Having said that it was an exciting race for a change

littlegearl

3,139 posts

258 months

Sunday 23rd May 2004
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yeah, i tuned in... and fell asleep!!!

thats actually down to me being horrendously tired, not boring for once!!!

luckily i woke up just before alonso's accident... and it turned out to be a bloody exciting finale

i was on the edge of my seat shouting at the cat... close... to close!

v8thunder

27,646 posts

259 months

Sunday 23rd May 2004
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Brilliant, especially to know that Herr Schumeister is capable of the odd bit of driver error too!

GreaseNipple

391 posts

242 months

Sunday 23rd May 2004
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v8thunder said:
Brilliant, especially to know that Herr Schumeister is capable of the odd bit of driver error too!


Schumacher didnt make a mistake he was being his usual arrogant self and montoya should him what he could do with it! Twas a good race definitely best of the season, If all the races are gonna have no overtaking, might as well make them in cool places.

Ballistic Banana

14,698 posts

268 months

Sunday 23rd May 2004
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First one i have watched for yonks, Twas an interesting race for a change, shame Jenson didnt make a sprint earlier really but then he wouldnt have been able to get past anyhow

What the Firk was Alfonso doing even if frustrated with R S a bit of a crazy move.

And M S what a Birk

BB

Frik

13,542 posts

244 months

Sunday 23rd May 2004
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BugattiQueen said:
You should have been there last weekend for the Historics, now that is MOTOR RACING ,not Scalectric won on computers
Are you one of those people who think road cars are not as much fun to drive with their new-fangled disk brakes?

agent006

12,040 posts

265 months

Sunday 23rd May 2004
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g4ry13 said:
The marshals were terrible there. They really need to sort it out. On friday Mark Webber had to extinguish his car whilst the marshals were standing around looking at it. They didn't improve much with the race either, they just seemed to stand around and cause general confusion for the drivers.

>> Edited by g4ry13 on Sunday 23 May 15:59


They were truly dreadful. Quite what that joker at the hairpin though he was doing standing in the track waving a yellow flag is a mystery.

The DJ 27

2,666 posts

254 months

Sunday 23rd May 2004
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Cracking race. Not much wheel to wheel racing, but still exciting all the same. Personally I feel a bit sorry for Alonso, he didn't really have anywhere else to go. Giving RS the finger before the car had stopped disintegrating was pure class. As was Herr Shoemaker making a complete tit of himself.