2012 Malaysian Grand Prix

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Teams got smart this year and brought some canopies along. :p

It'll be interesting to see how long they keep it red-flagged, considering the new four-hour absolute time limit.
 
Teams got smart this year and brought some canopies along. :p

It'll be interesting to see how long they keep it red-flagged, considering the new four-hour absolute time limit.

They learned from Mercedes last year in Canada. :)

I think it will be dark before four hours.
 
Good to see McLaren can organise the BBQ's this year, at least with their gazebo's.

HRT are sticking with the brolly though.
 
Why restart race? Ever since they introduced the plank the car has been alot harder to drive as it steers the car. Also shall we just go back to the f1 death race of past years? If your going down that route.

Gazebos :lol:
 
So they stopped due to hydro planing.

1: Who cares, it adds excitement, their is huge run off so no one will get hurt.
2: They are F1 drivers, they can handle it.
3: Crack open the esky and toss me a cold one is what Webber is thinking.
 
I don't know the details, but De La Rosa wasn't able to start on the grid. Had to begin his race a few laps later from the pits.

Sounds like bad luck to me, could happen to anyone really I mean look at Merc GP with Shumi's car. They were scrambling to get it out there on time, could have gone the other way. Same thing happened to Lewis last year and cut very close, I recall them working on the car at the grid.

I thought it was more serious.
 
It's not a tire issue, it's a visibility issue. Not being able to see combined with a track covered in standing water is a bad combination and doesn't make for good racing. Exciting for us to watch but the drivers can't push at all.
 
Grayfox
So they stopped due to hydro planing.

1: Who cares, it adds excitement.
2: They are F1 drivers, they can handle it.
3: Crack open the esky and toss me a cold one is what Webber is thinking.

Obviously they couldn't handle it, half the field on wets were going off. And who wants to watch a race, when everyone is going no more than 100 km/h.
 
I remember schumi times when the rain was so hard drivers couldn't see infront of them. And now red flag for this pussys.

PS. doesn't that mean they have to line up just like on start?

Agreed, but not for all of them. Button surely was the first to protest though. Not surprised.
 
Sounds like bad luck to me, could happen to anyone really I mean look at Merc GP with Shumi's car. They were scrambling to get it out there on time, could have gone the other way. Same thing happened to Lewis last year and cut very close, I recall them working on the car at the grid.

I thought it was more serious.

Yeah i'll agree it pretty much was bad luck, just i'm far from a HRT fan so any chance to slate them off, i'm first there. :sly:
 
So they stopped due to hydro planing.

1: Who cares, it adds excitement.
2: They are F1 drivers, they can handle it.
3: Crack open the esky and toss me a cold one is what Webber is thinking.

You do realize that certain corners can flood on Sepang circuit. Thus it becomes more then an issue of hydro planing.
 
Yes it is. Don't use it.

It isn't! Here, look at these couple of pussies:

3-Cats.jpg
 
Yeah i'll agree it pretty much was bad luck, just i'm far from a HRT fan so any chance to slate them off, i'm first there. :sly:

I see, that I appreciate all the work each team puts in, gives me various things to watch. At least they're trying.
 
superbike81
It's not a tire issue, it's a visibility issue. Not being able to see combined with a track covered in standing water is a bad combination and doesn't make for good racing. Exciting for us to watch but the drivers can't push at all.

They're supposedly the best drivers in the world, get paid millions per year and they're not racing? Prost, Senna, Schumacher and so on have all raced in worse conditions and they won't race now? Great for the sports image...
 
Right, so, in the spirit of all the commentators, who wants to discuss the gazebos? :dunce:
 
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