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Why? I don't get it. Kovalainen is known to be a huge Angry Birds fan.Shouldn't that be Petrov's helmet?
Why? I don't get it. Kovalainen is known to be a huge Angry Birds fan.Shouldn't that be Petrov's helmet?
because I live in Canada.
Hey are you guys going to keep launching a different tread for each track?, or will we just keep riding this one out for the remainder of the season?
Am I still the only person not head over heels for Paul di Resta? He had a good debut season, but all I can ever hear is "future champion", "di Resta to Mercedes", "di Resta to McLaren", and he really hasn't done enough in my book for anything like that. Sutil beat him, by a fair margin, but look who is driving for Force India now, and who isn't. Even if Sutil didn't glass Lux, things probably would have turned out the same.
Sutil played a big role in turning Force India from the backmarkers, to the Midfield Champions. Consistency is key, but Force India has a relatively new, and still unproven lineup, which could be their undoing.
No, I think the reason why people like to get stuck into di Resta is because the British media (especially the tabloids) love nothing more than tearing into British drivers, and will do so given half a chance. In fact, they'll do it to just about any and every British sporting and cultural establishment they can think of.
Sorry. I should watch my colloquialisms. When I say "tearing into", I mean they like attacking the British drivers. It's usually the tabloids who do this, because they know that sensationalised stories sell better than the actual story. There was a story in a Scottish tabloid a few weeks ago that all but ran with the headling PAUL DI RESTA IS AN ARROGANT GIT. Reading the actual interview with him, di Resta basically said he was confident he could succeed in a good car, and he wasn't intimidated by the World Champions on the grid because he couldn't afford to be. A more-suitable headline for the article would be PAUL DI RESTA IS THE HOPE OF SCOTLAND, but the tabloids know that sleaze sells, and so wrote the article in such a way that Paul di Resta came across as being full of himself because they knew that angle would sell more papers.I assume that by "tearing into" you mean "overhyping". This is definitely a factor. It's not something I agree with. As a matter of fact, it's something that downright disgusts me, but it's happened for years.
F1 fanWhich is why a lot of races are on at unsociable times. I lived in Canada last year and I never missed a practice session. Fair enough, I was in Toronto so the time zones worked better, but the point still stands. There is not a single country in the world that can watch all Grand Prix at reasonable times. So it's just a matter of your own commitment.
When I say "tearing into", I mean they like attacking the British drivers.
This is why recording the race and watching it later is a lot better for me.
Oh, the televised press do. There have always been complaints about how the ITV and BBC commentators talked about the British drivers more than anyone else, and how the rest of the world had to put up with it.That what I think of when I hear "tearing into" however, the British Press seems to love their darlings Lewis, Jenson and Paul.
F1 fanSo why complain? Is it so hard to watch a recorded version? I'm just not understanding the reason for the complaint.
Yeah, I'm just not able to stay up until 7:00am to watch an entire grand prix. I've tried three times and this is what happened (not in order of occurance, because I forget the order).
I know I do - I'm in the habit of getting up at 6:30am, mostly so I can be at the ready if a school out of town calls me in. It's good; I find I have more hours in the day, and I feel better than when I sleep in.7am isn't that early. I'm sure you get up that early for school.
Why? I don't get it. Kovalainen is known to be a huge Angry Birds fan.
astrosdude91You could just go to bed early. 7am isn't that early. I'm sure you get up that early for school.
Besides, if you are a true F1 fan, you'll make the effort to watch the race. I always do.
I just noticed you're in Vancouver. So I guess that's 5am for most races. But still. It's not that hard to wake up at 5am. Go to bed at 9 or 10 the night before, and that's still 7-8 hours of sleep. And if you want, you could still get a few hours of sleep after the race ends.
Yeah, but I have trouble getting to sleep. I haven't fallen asleep before midnight in a loooong time. I usually fall asleep around 2am, and 3 hours of sleep just isn't quite enough for me. Anyway, we should stop talking about time zones, since there's been way to many posts about them already.
Oh, the televised press do. There have always been complaints about how the ITV and BBC commentators talked about the British drivers more than anyone else, and how the rest of the world had to put up with it.
But I'm talking about print media. The Daily Mail, The Sun and the (now-extinct) News of the World are all guilty of it. They won't hesitate to attack and criticise the British drivers. If ever they post something positive about them - like rumours of Hamilton going to Red Bull - it's because they're preparing another salvo, and they want the driver to fall harder and further than they normally would when the tabloid publishes it. It's how they think: scandal equals sensationalism, and sensationalism equals sales. The more negative they can make it, the more readers they will get.
There is only one activation point in Melbourne, similar to the system used in Valencia and Montreal last year. The idea is that if an attacking driver gets past in the first zone, he can use DRS in the second to pull away a little bit. If he doesn't get past in the first zone, he gets a second chance at it. However, last year the FIA was talking about introducing a system that would register a pass in the first zone, and deactivate DRS in the second.Why have they put the DRS zones back to back through what could be called a chicane (a rather fast one) like that?
I seem to recall Abu Dhabi last year having a similar setup, and it rather defeated itself most of the time. Overtakes in the first were re-overtakes in the second, simply because there was no time for the overtaking car to stretch a gap and hold the position. Might as well only have a single DRS zone, it would accomplish it's purpose better.
So I'm not allowed to have an opinion about him that's not positive, simply because his debut season was a good one?
I never called him an untalented or unimpressive driver in my post. All I said was that he is overhyped. Halfway through 2011, he was already being regarded by many to be a future champion, and I couldn't see why. He had a good 2011 season, but he hasn't proven to me as yet, that he can win a championship, or even be up to a McLaren or Mercedes drive.
People so seem to forget that Sutil got 42 points, and Di Resta only got 27 points...
He might be a champion in the future, but he's not fast enough right now. He still needs to improve before I'll say that he will be a future champion. He could develop into one, but right now he's not quick enough.
Tired TyresDi Resta was in his first season, Sutil his 5th...
Additionally, I take that you noticed the ridiculous strategies the team gave di Resta?
I have no idea how good or otherwise di Resta is going to be but I not going to prejudge him based on a personal dislike of the way certain types in the media treat him.
I try not to be biased in favour of drivers. Being a rookie is not an excuse for finishing lower in the standings. Saying that you haven't reached your full potential, and that you just need more time to develop is an excuse.
He preformed worse then Sutil in qualifying, and in the races. Being a rookie is not an excuse for this. Not reaching your full potential is a perfectly good excuse. Paul may develop into a world champion driver, but he's not there yet. I wish him the best, and I hope that he develops into a champion driver, but isn't quick enough yet.
Ooh the irony. Bruno Senna's one man fan club thinks Di Resta is overrated. I will agree that Di Resta made some crucial mistakes. There were a few occasions where he had worked himself into a good position, only to make contact and have to pit. He needs to work on this. As for Sutil, he has been wanting to leave Force India for years. At the end of every season, he has made it clear that he wanted to see if there was a better offer on the table. Maybe FI just got sick of it.
And as for Sutil, with the legal case hanging over him, no team was going to sign him up. It might have been a different story if the nightclub incident never happened, but Sutil did it and was subsequently found guilty. Can you really blame the teams in this situation?
I try not to be biased in favour of drivers. Being a rookie is not an excuse for finishing lower in the standings. Saying that you haven't reached your full potential, and that you just need more time to develop is an excuse.
It's getting catty here already! Chill people, or it will be a long season otherwise!
I try not to be biased in favour of drivers. Being a rookie is not an excuse for finishing lower in the standings. Saying that you haven't reached your full potential, and that you just need more time to develop is an excuse
Bram TurismoBeing a rookie is the most valid excuse a new driver can have for lack of pace.
Do you seriously expect a rookie to perform on the same level, or higher than a driver who's been in the F1 circus for 5 years? Seriously?
Are you Flavio Briatore by any chance?
gorsadBut doesn't being a rookie contribute to not having reached your full potential.
jcmLewis Hamilton beat Alonso in his rookie season. No, I don't expect a rookie to beat a former world champion teammate, I'm just saying that it's possible, Lewis proved it. Yeah, "Seriously".
MattyAnd if I'm correct he was 1 point of the WDC that year only beating Alonso on the count back? Wasn't that also ITV's last year of broadcasting F1?