- 2,073
- Newcastle, NSW, Australia
- mrvajj
What Massa thinks is irrelevant. What he can get out of equal machinery is what matters, and the fact is that he is nowhere near Alonso at the moment, nor has he been since they were paired up at Ferrari.
2012 Malaysian Grand Prix
- Thread starter prisonermonkeys
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What Massa thinks is irrelevant. What he can get out of equal machinery is what matters, and the fact is that he is nowhere near Alonso at the moment, nor has he been since they were paired up at Ferrari.
- 2,935
- Geneva
- Kimky
- Kimky
Apparently Vettel reported that Abbey is acting very weird in high speed cornering. It appear Mclaren is still a bit ahead of everyone in Malaysia. Mercedes still have huge tyre wear problem apparently also. Dunno what's up with renault, they did pretty well in p1 but seems a bit behind in p2. Another exciting race ahead of us I think.
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- Newcastle, NSW, Australia
- mrvajj
- 33,155
- Hammerhead Garage
Yeah. No adjective, though. There's no Amorous Abbey.
- 2,073
- Newcastle, NSW, Australia
- mrvajj
- 2,938
- Shrewsbury
- pezzarinho17
Named after the Beatles album, but one of the previous suggestions was "Everybody's Wife". He couldn't think of why, but a mechanic suggested that it "had an ugly nose but went like a train" 
Robin
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I think he's calling her Abbey this year to line up an adjective next year... like Abbey's Cougar Mother
- 5,196
- Kuala Lumpur
- CHVRCHES_GTP
It was hot today, really hot. From the sessions, I'd say the Mercedes look much stronger here. Red Bull still finding some clues in their cars while McLaren is looking much stronger. Hamilton dominated both session but I know, it's just practise and it means nothing.
I granted an access to the pitlane and oh it was awesome!
I granted an access to the pitlane and oh it was awesome!
- 5,379
- Yokohama
- F1fan1
I granted an access to the pitlane and oh it was awesome!
Nice. I hope you took lots of pictures.
Edit: Raikkonen will have a five place grid penalty for changing a gearbox after p2.
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- Kuala Lumpur
- CHVRCHES_GTP
Thanks mate. But I won't be around the main grandstand and tower area for the next 2 days because those place will be crowded as 🤬! Instead, I will be at the Hillstand (around turn 3) and I can have a much larger view and of course, bigger space so I can lie down and have free seats anywhere I want.
Indeed. You will need plenty of water to survive there. I spent almost MYR25 only for drinks! At some point of the day, it looked almost like it's going to rain around the afternoon but it stayed dry throughout the day. You should come here and enjoy the race. It's not excellent but I'd give it a pretty good rating.
- 5,379
- Yokohama
- F1fan1
Enjoy Quali and the race. Turn 3 seems like a good place to sit. Will you be able to see a TV screen, or will you have the exciting approaching engine noise as you try to see who is in the lead?
I'm not sure if 25 MYR is a lot of money, but having converted the currency it works out at 5.1 GBP, which isn't too expensive considering you bought them at a sporting event. I think I would need 100 MYR for drinks though.
I'm not sure if 25 MYR is a lot of money, but having converted the currency it works out at 5.1 GBP, which isn't too expensive considering you bought them at a sporting event. I think I would need 100 MYR for drinks though.
- 5,196
- Kuala Lumpur
- CHVRCHES_GTP
Sure I will enjoy it!
It is a good place to sit. There was a big screen there last year, not sure if that's the case for this year though. I'd love to have one there. Otherwise, I'll just rely on someone else's FanVision. But yeah, maybe the second one will be the case if worse comes to worst
I think it's our bad currency or economy or whatever it is. For us, MYR25 for drinks is a lot of money. A mineral water out of the circuit would only cost us MYR1.50 but in the circuit, it's a whopping MYR5!
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- Charlotte, NC
Yep, I did. Please head over to my FB album to see all the pictures throughout the day.
Nice pictures. Thanks for sharing. 👍
I'm very interested to see what Mercedes can do in qualifying.
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- Yokohama
- F1fan1
A mineral water out of the circuit would only cost us MYR1.50 but in the circuit, it's a whopping MYR5!
The price inflation seems to be consistent for a sporting event. I'm guessing they stopped you taking bottles/cans into the track... When I went to the Indycar race at Toronto last year, I bought a 2L bottle of water 5 minutes before I got to the circuit, but they wouldn't let us take it in. 👎
There were some people there doing a promotion for Dr. Pepper, so we just kept walking back past them and grabbing a few free cans.
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- actionjeans
My money is on Hamilton (fastest in P1 and P2, fwiw), but I'd love to see Kimi or Schumacher pull it out. I don't want another runaway season, even though I'm a McLaren fan, so a diverse podium would work for me.
My predictions:
1.) Lewis Hamilton
2.) Jenson Button
3.) Michael Schumacher (wishful thinking, I realize)
4.) Kimi Raikkonen
5.) Sebastian Vettel
My predictions:
1.) Lewis Hamilton
2.) Jenson Button
3.) Michael Schumacher (wishful thinking, I realize)
4.) Kimi Raikkonen
5.) Sebastian Vettel
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- actionjeans
Yeah Raikkonen had a stellar race considering where he started on the grid - hasn't lost a step, it appears.
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- Manchester
- Ardius_
I think it's our bad currency or economy or whatever it is. For us, MYR25 for drinks is a lot of money. A mineral water out of the circuit would only cost us MYR1.50 but in the circuit, it's a whopping MYR5!
Convenience and license costs (most vendors have to pay a license just to sell goods on the premises of the track).
Always try to take your own food and drink if possible to motorsport events to avoid this (major events like this you probably need to smuggle it in
)
- 2,935
- Geneva
- Kimky
- Kimky
Yep, I did. Please head over to my FB album to see all the pictures throughout the day.
Nice must be fun ^^ Enjoy it and thx for sharing.
