2011 F1 Thread

[Marlin]

Fixed

LOL - you idiot

[sh@un]

even worserer

[zebra]

Fixed

Nice

[Marlin]

Shaun, start a new thread, let this one DIE!!!! lol

[sh@un]

Now let's not throw the baby out with the bath water- It just needs that godawful title amended

[Roy]

So anybody else notice Ricciardo putting is hand up for Buemi's seat. The guy was quick on the first day and getting a tad quicker. Lets hope he is giving engineers good feedback and impressing enough for Marko to rethink the STR line up.

Or, perhaps with Lotus having RBR rear ends and gearboxes then maybe Lotus can be talked into benching Trulli to give the guy race miles and perhaps share some more RBR technology

[sh@un]

He's the next Aussie superstar. Bank on it

[wolverine]

http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2010/11/11553.html

Ricciardo’s best of 1m 38.102s was seven-tenths of a second quicker than Jerome D’Ambrosio in the Renault. With dry and sunny conditions, Ricciardo was able to complete 77 laps, his quickest outstripping the pole position time set by 2010 world champion Sebastian Vettel in the same car last Saturday by over a second.

I am sure he is very good but there must be more to this than what we are seeing. What tyres are they using?

2nd quickest time was Renault and even the 3rd fastest Mercedes was quicker than Vettels pole time.

[Roy]

Different tyres and I can imagine the track is rubbering in

[blackrex]

Are they on the Pirelli's yet?

[Roy]

Isnt that the whole point of the current testing? Its on the new tyres.

[djr81]

So anybody else notice Ricciardo putting is hand up for Buemi's seat. The guy was quick on the first day and getting a tad quicker. Lets hope he is giving engineers good feedback and impressing enough for Marko to rethink the STR line up.

Or, perhaps with Lotus having RBR rear ends and gearboxes then maybe Lotus can be talked into benching Trulli to give the guy race miles and perhaps share some more RBR technology

Well Ricciardo is from WA. On that basis alone he is obviously massively talented. There is a lot on hype about him over this way. Deservedly so.

Hoping they put him in a TR for next year & ditch one or other of the spankers in that team. Hence in 2011 they can get a proper driver line up at Red Bull, ie Webber & Ricciardo.

[sh@un]

Kraut boy prolly has a 17 year contract by now

[djr81]

Kraut boy prolly has a 17 year contract by now

Ferrari will doubtless poach him to replace Massa.

[Beer Baron]

YES PLEASE - mods!!!!!!!!

I don't want to be looking at one man's name all year.

done.

[Marlin]

done.

Now THAT, I like.... but surely friend, you could have thrown in a "our giant ranga mate" or a "ginga kunte" in there somewhere?!

[Beer Baron]

...Hence in 2011 they can get a proper driver line up at Red Bull, ie Webber & Ricciardo.

could not agree more... lol.

maybe 3 man team with webber and roy in one car and ricciardo as teh number 1 driver in the other car? roy and webs to have special head to head qualy session on saturdays to see who gets to drive on race day. in case of a tie it reverts to all in brawl...

[Beer Baron]

Now THAT, I like.... but surely friend, you could have thrown in a "our giant ranga mate" or a "ginga kunte" in there somewhere?!

well he's spent a few years blasting holes through the back of indian toilet bowls. so it's only natural that he's met a few Force India bigwigs in the khazi that he can chat up between battleshits?

[sh@un]

I'll get the egg-timer ready for Briz's laps

[ctjet]

Ferrari will doubtless poach him to replace Massa.

oh no they wont

While Alonso is sitting there, expect massa to stay or be replaced by somebody willing to play second fiddle. Not too many drivers are prepared to play 'bitch' like the brazilians have been.

wait... maybe senna is looking for a seat