tweety bird

Sebastian Vettel is predicting a short first stint in Sunday's Indian GP as the front runners pit early to get rid of their soft tyres. The soft Pirellis suffered high wear during Friday afternoon's practice at the Buddh International Circuit. Although a second quicker on the first lap than the medium tyres, the softs quickly lost pace as they began to grain. Several drivers highlighted the issue to their teams while the graining was very notable on both Vettel and his team-mate Mark Webber's front lefts. Vettel, though, is confident that as the weekend progresses and the track rubbers in, the tyres will last longer although he still expects a short first stint come Sunday's Indian GP. http://www.planetf1.com/news/3213/8990486/Seb-Vettel-Reveals-Soft-Tyre-Concerns

P2 Times 01 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 1:25.722 35 laps 02 Mark Webber Red Bull 1:26.011 +0.289 38 laps 03 Romain Grosjean Lotus 1:26.220 +0.498 36 laps 04 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:26.399 +0.677 36 laps 05 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:26.430 +0.708 39 laps 06 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:26.582 +0.860 40 laps 07 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:26.601 +0.879 41 laps 08 Kimi Raikkonen Lotus 1:26.632 +0.910 32 laps 09 Sergio Perez McLaren 1:26.857 +1.135 40 laps 10 Jenson Button McLaren 1:26.972 +1.250 39 laps 11 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso 1:27.304 +1.582 17 laps 12 Adrian Sutil Force India 1:27.375 +1.653 36 laps 13 Valtteri Bottas Williams 1:27.429 +1.707 31 laps 14 Nico Hulkenberg Sauber 1:27.491 +1.769 40 laps 15 Paul di Resta Force India 1:27.608 +1.886 38 laps 16 Pastor Maldonado Williams 1:27.720 +1.998 23 laps 17 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber 1:27.949 +2.227 34 laps 18 Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso 1:28.431 +2.709 30 laps 19 Giedo van der Garde Caterham 1:28.692 +2.970 39 laps 20 Jules Bianchi Marussia 1:28.799 +3.077 32 laps 21 Charles Pic Caterham 1:29.366 +3.644 37 laps 22 Max Chilton Marussia 1:30.164 +4.442 27 laps http://www.planetf1.com/news/3213/8990251/Prac-Two Following on from their Japanese €60,000 fine for a loose wheel, Williams have again been hit with the same fine for the same offense. http://www.planetf1.com/driver/18227/8991110/Williams-slapped-with-another-hefty-fine

Ignore this, the race will go ahead..

P1 Times 01 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 1:26.683 24 laps 02 Mark Webber Red Bull 1:26.871 +0.188 17 laps 03 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:26.899 +0.216 23 laps 04 Romain Grosjean Lotus 1:26.990 +0.307 20 laps 05 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:27.227 +0.544 21 laps 06 Jenson Button McLaren 1:27.335 +0.652 22 laps 07 Sergio Perez McLaren 1:27.416 +0.733 23 laps 08 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:27.692 +1.009 21 laps 09 Nico Hulkenberg Sauber 1:27.770 +1.087 19 laps 10 Valtteri Bottas Williams 1:27.800 +1.117 23 laps 11 Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso 1:28.035 +1.352 25 laps 12 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:28.214 +1.531 6 laps 13 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso 1:28.336 +1.653 18 laps 14 Pastor Maldonado Williams 1:28.342 +1.659 21 laps 15 Adrian Sutil Force India 1:28.468 +1.785 20 laps 16 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber 1:28.538 +1.855 18 laps 17 Kimi Raikkonen Lotus 1:28.730 +2.047 18 laps 18 James Calado Force India 1:29.197 +2.514 22 laps 19 Giedo van der Garde Caterham 1:29.413 +2.730 23 laps 20 Jules Bianchi Marussia 1:29.560 +2.877 20 laps 21 Charles Pic Caterham 1:30.026 +3.343 23 laps 22 Max Chilton Marussia 1:30.471 +3.788 17 laps http://www.planetf1.com/news/3213/8989828/Vettel-s-Run-Of-P1s-Continues-In-India

i've been thinking i should sign up to this, it looks worth it.

This weekend's Indian GP could yet be cancelled as the race's organisers have allegedly not paid entertainment taxes for the 2012 event. According to the BBC, India's Supreme Court will hear a petition on Friday to cancel this year's Indian GP. "We will hear the petition tomorrow," said Chief Justice P. Sathasivam. Not for the first time, campaigner Amit Kumar has petitioned the Supreme Court with regards to Jaypee Sports International Limited and unpaid taxes. Two years ago, the Court stepped in and ordered a freeze on a quarter of the ticket revenues in relation to a tax dispute. Kumar argued back in 2011 that F1 was entertainment and not sport and therefore should not benefit from tax exemptions. Now, the Court is once again involved although this time the consequence could be for Sunday's race to be cancelled. A spokesman for Jaypee Sports International Limited said: "Whatever the court says, we are ready to follow. "I have been contacted by other teams but we know where we want to be." Howver, Vicky Chandhok, head of the Indian motorsport federation, is confident Sunday's race will go ahead. "You do find the odd persons going out to try to stop sporting events - be it cricket or whatever," he told Autosport. "It has happened before and it is nothing new to this country. "We are the world's largest democracy and filing a public interest litigation [PIL] in any court is possible. "However, the courts by themselves are just a system, and the judges do not take kindly to a sporting event being stopped, especially on the eve of the event." The long-term future of the Indian Grand Prix is already in doubt as the race will not take place in 2014 as its a bid new date the following year. http://www.planetf1.com/news/3213/8988600/Sunday-s-Indian-GP-In-Doubt

Awesome!

big jump.. Daniil Kvyat will feel overwhelmed like his bro Sergey Sirotkin.. i can't wait to hear the sky f1 guys try to pronounce those names.

this is what i cbf writing.

No. I'll post some better details when I get out of bed..

What the hell is this shit?

The new Honda f1 engine sound. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jqt9PhRpALk&feature=player_embedded&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DJqt9PhRpALk%26feature%3Dplayer_embedded&app=desktop

fyp!

Rumours of Maldonado being dropped by Williams are floating around.

boobs. more here. http://www.speedcafe.com/2013/10/16/gallery-grid-girls-bathurst-1000/

As much as I hate to say it it's true..

I think we need some pics. for science of course!

lol, only if they move sydney airport to bathurst!

"-1"

Now it starts to rain..

India next..

Someone link him the other thread pls. Edit: all good he found it.