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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester
Oct 3, 2000

1500quidporsche posted:

They're just stealing the MotoGP gimmick and MotoGP is way better at it.
I don't disagree but I think F1 has bettered itself by stealing that gimmick.

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Carth Dookie
Jan 28, 2013

Any other aussies in here having problems with the Foxtel Go app this morning?

wuffles
Apr 10, 2004

enri posted:

I love the early morning races, they're the few I get to watch live without interruption ("no princess, daddy's watching vroom vroom racing cars, we can't watch peppa pig")

The later ones are good too, again because the kids will mostly be doing their own thing by that time of day.

Our six year old daughter is a Ferrari fan, which is weird because neither my wife nor myself care much one way or the other for the Scud. When she hears the cars she says "go Ferrari!"

I'm pretty sure she just likes the car that is red like Elmo but it's still entertaining :3:

Flesh Croissant
Apr 23, 2010

by FactsAreUseless
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rgr4hVfsAEs

:italy:

dreesemonkey
May 14, 2008
Pillbug
http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN1791SH?il=0

I did not know 21st century Fox was trying to acquire Sky. This might make the F1 TV distribution rights much easier to be altered and speed along their digital offerings.

wuffles
Apr 10, 2004

All of last season:

"Ferrari could win this one if they don't gently caress up their strategy"

...

daslog
Dec 10, 2008

#essereFerrari
Honda could be great again if they bring back the V12.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxDqikS-_A0

You Am I
May 20, 2001

Me @ your poasting

fish and chips and dip posted:

Also, unless something has changed since 2013, the FIA approved hospital is just about on the other side of the city, and Shanghai is a expansive loving city.
Man that's a load of poo poo considering the hospital for Melbourne is right next door to the track. Infact it would take more time loading/unloading the driver into the helicopter than the flight time.

learnincurve posted:

Bernie is messing with my childhood memories of F1. Sitting down to murray walker and the F1 on a Sunday afternoon with my parents, and listening to my dad yelling at the TV and then explaining exactly why all Brazilians are cheats and Prost was a driving God, or why we didn't want Mansell to win (he was a boring primadonna twat out of the car). Then my mother would potter about making princes potted salmon sandwiches, and we would have a living room picnic while we watched the antiques roadshow, which would be punctuated by random angry outbursts from my dad as he worked out a new way in which Senna had personally offended him.

The lovely dusty countries and tilkedromes in the wrong time zones are robbing my children of watching the F1 with my dad :(
I, on the other hand, hate the fact that some of the races in Asia are going, since they are at a sensible hour of the day compared to the North and South American races. Euro races are ok, since they are at 10pm at night in my time, but still makes for a rough Monday morning.

Carth Dookie posted:

Any other aussies in here having problems with the Foxtel Go app this morning?
Yeah, it's hosed for me

Carth Dookie
Jan 28, 2013

Mine's just come back. Kind of was hoping to see a bit of P3 before qualy starts, but oh well.

ImplicitAssembler
Jan 24, 2013

fish and chips and dip posted:

Also, unless something has changed since 2013, the FIA approved hospital is just about on the other side of the city, and Shanghai is a expansive loving city.

In other words;

According to this, the primary hospital is 38km and the secondary is only 5km away....but even 5km would take too long in an ambulance, due to local traffic.
https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/f1-teams-to-discuss-moving-chinese-gp-to-saturday-890553/

It takes a lot for helicopters not to fly.

nsaP
May 4, 2004

alright?
I have a cost saving proposal for Liberty. Bill Burr has been summarizing F1 pretty great from a new casual viewer perspective. He also has a helicopter license. What if they make him a commentator/emergency chopper pilot. Win/Win. The savings would be as significant as Trump donating his paycheck.

Tony Montana
Aug 6, 2005

by FactsAreUseless
Melbourne is a city of 4 million people. We just have our poo poo together

Carth Dookie
Jan 28, 2013

Nice new av.

Tony Montana
Aug 6, 2005

by FactsAreUseless
Thanks :)

Shanghai has three times the population of New York. That's.. hardcore and I guess I have no idea what I'm talking about.

Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester
Oct 3, 2000
https://twitter.com/gianludale27/status/850280556205977600

Only the goodest drivers sleep in the car (Nelson, Kimi)

simplefish
Mar 28, 2011

So long, and thanks for all the fish gallbladdΣrs!


If you think him sleeping in FP2 is funny you shoulda seen him 2 weeks ago on Sunday!

harperdc
Jul 24, 2007

Tony Montana posted:

Thanks :)

Shanghai has three times the population of New York. That's.. hardcore and I guess I have no idea what I'm talking about.

...and it's not even the biggest city/area in China (that would be Guangzhou). China is unreal.

F1DriverQuidenBerg
Jan 19, 2014

What's the city that was basically some walled off shithole cube of makeshift apartment complexes? That place looked cool as gently caress in photos.

Powershift
Nov 23, 2009


1500quidporsche posted:

What's the city that was basically some walled off shithole cube of makeshift apartment complexes? That place looked cool as gently caress in photos.

kowloon walled city?

F1DriverQuidenBerg
Jan 19, 2014

Yeah that's the one. I'm always surprised almost no films have ripped off that concept as a location.

Halo14
Sep 11, 2001
Yeah those mini wings look real safe...

dentist toy box
Oct 9, 2012

There's a haint in the foothills of NC; the haint of the #3 chevy. The rich have formed a holy alliance to exorcise it but they'll never fucking catch him.


They forgot about showing timing on screen again.

Tony Montana
Aug 6, 2005

by FactsAreUseless
so everything is fine. theyve got an escort. the second hospital has some backup stuff now. the heli can fly. its ON

Powershift
Nov 23, 2009


Tony Montana posted:

so everything is fine. theyve got an escort. the second hospital has some backup stuff now. the heli can fly. its ON

And after all that, it shouldn't be foggy anyways.

Tony Montana
Aug 6, 2005

by FactsAreUseless
I imagine some Chinese man from the Chinese f1 committee explaining to city officials how much the Bernie fees are and if this happens in the race China will cop the ire of most of the world. City officials say 'we paid how much?!' and order streets closed

Powershift
Nov 23, 2009


"the wing fell off, and it's frustrating for mercedes, because it's obvious that shouldn't happen"

HOLY gently caress, SERIOUSLY?

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


Powershift posted:

"the wing fell off, and it's frustrating for mercedes, because it's obvious that shouldn't happen"

HOLY gently caress, SERIOUSLY?

Which moron said that?

Powershift
Nov 23, 2009


iospace posted:

Which moron said that?

One of the two on sky, not sure which is which.

Tony Montana
Aug 6, 2005

by FactsAreUseless
well, with 10 mins of P3 to go the Ferraris once again look strong. Merc are either sandbagging or could this be the first 1-2 since 2010?

Carth Dookie
Jan 28, 2013

Powershift posted:

One of the two on sky, not sure which is which.

Not the Italian Scotsman.

gret
Dec 12, 2005

goggle-eyed freak


Lewis didn't want to show Mercedes' true pace by intentionally locking up to ruin his last sector. Clever.

Powershift
Nov 23, 2009


rai-ham-vet-bot-mas come at me

DoctorGonzo
Jul 25, 2016

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Massa is good. The RBR are trash and Ferrari is fast and i think they have a little more to show. The Mercedes drivers were all over the place.

Halo14
Sep 11, 2001
Red Hot Scud Studs

Tony Montana
Aug 6, 2005

by FactsAreUseless
dunno if i think the williams are faster than rbr

Powershift posted:

rai-ham-vet-bot-mas come at me

what i want and may well happen: vet-rai-ham-bot-ric
what will actually happen: vet-ham-bot-rai-ver

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


how about...

Ferrari and Mercedes take each other out on Turn 1, leading to RBR-Williams-Haas (GRO, KMag DNFs)

Norns
Nov 21, 2011

Senior Shitposting Strategist

who the gently caress would ever wish for a RBR podium?

Carth Dookie
Jan 28, 2013

I've put Vettel on pole but Kimi to win because I'm a broke brained idiot. :rip: my predictions accuracy.

Powershift
Nov 23, 2009


How about ferrari and mercedes take eachother out on turn one leading to str-mas-ric

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DoctorGonzo
Jul 25, 2016

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
If the Fer-Mercs are out Massa wins from Verstappen. Ricciardo hasnt show anything so far this year.

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