Fantasy Formula 1

Post by **HereComesPete** » March 29th, 2009, 20:20

Do we have a :belm: ?

Have a

instead, you big mong.

Post by **FatherJack** » March 29th, 2009, 20:50

Kovalainen and Kubica FTL, I didn't notice the submit button until 1am Saturday, either.

They don't seem to have any points up there yet, but it doesn't matter until the Chinese Grand Prix, anyway:

Points scored in the practice race will be reset on the 17th April 2009 at 17:00 (UK time) to start scoring points for the season from qualifying day of the Chinese Grand Prix (Grand Prix 3).

Baliame · Post by **Baliame** » March 29th, 2009, 20:54

Well that came as a surprise, so during the race I did a few swift switches.

Lateralus · Post by **Lateralus** » March 30th, 2009, 7:19

I too hadn't submitted my team until last night, so I'm very glad about the points being reset! However, if the points do come through for me this week, they should be good.

Post by **fabyak** » March 30th, 2009, 7:33

to all that Lat said!

Anery · Post by **Anery** » March 31st, 2009, 7:01

With all your none submissions I'm top of Formula Waugh! Woo! Only time this will happen so I should retire now...

Post by **HereComesPete** » March 31st, 2009, 11:56

HereComesPete wrote:I think their rules to make it better have actually made it more boring.

Well, guess I was wrong. The first race was good despite the finish with safety cars. Lots of thrills, spills and good use of that kers thingy. I may actually manage to stay awake/not wander off for a whole gp next time round.

Post by **FatherJack** » March 31st, 2009, 12:15

I kept thinking it was called CURVES. Didn't help having English, Scottish and Irish presenters to explain it to you with different pronounciations each time.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » April 2nd, 2009, 14:23

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsp ... 978186.stm

Seriously, what the fuck?

I'm starting to rate F1 as slightly less believable than professional wrestling.

buzzmong · Post by **buzzmong** » April 2nd, 2009, 14:41

Yeah, we've been discussing it on another forum.

We've come to the conclusion (with added info from ITV), that Hamilton has been penalised for saying one thing initially, then said the opposite under direction from McLaren HQ during the stewards meeting.

We reckon he should have just dropped a place though to 4th and tha Trulli should have had the 3rd place.

Still reeks of Ferrari throwing their toys out of the pram to put McLaren on equal footing to them, be interesting to see if Brawn and Toyota don't get slapped in the face during the appeal in a couple of weeks.

Post by **FatherJack** » April 2nd, 2009, 14:47

Ferrari have demanded they they be declared winners and awarded a million points.

Post by **Dog Pants** » April 2nd, 2009, 15:02

F1 has always involved lots of sulking and pouting by Ferrari and whatever the other leading team was at the time (McLaren or Williams in my memory). It's pathetic really.

buzzmong · Post by **buzzmong** » April 3rd, 2009, 11:20

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsp ... 980593.stm

Bingo.

Seems that they used Hamilton's testament of "I didn't slow down to let Trulli pass" to penalise Trulli, and it's transpired Hamilton was actually told on the radio to let him pass.

Baliame · Post by **Baliame** » April 3rd, 2009, 14:23

BALLS. I just realized I chose Australian GP as my bonus track, so basically I don't have one.

Dog Pants wrote:F1 has always involved lots of sulking and pouting by Ferrari and whatever the other leading team was at the time (McLaren or Williams in my memory). It's pathetic really.

Especially in Schumacher times, one particular moment I remember is when he storms out of his pit, goes to McLaren and starts shouting with Hakkinen after they crashed.

Post by **Dog Pants** » April 3rd, 2009, 14:29

Hakkinen was a twat too though.

Post by **fabyak** » April 3rd, 2009, 17:30

But he gave ace interviews

Like the one before this season where the guy asked a really long question about the regs and changes and he thought about for about 30 seconds and simply said: Yes

Post by **Dog Pants** » April 5th, 2009, 11:13

Well the first couple of races have been interesting, and now scoring starts. The Brawn/Button combo seems to be winning out, but will it last? If I remember correctly it's not unusual for the big teams to have a few teething problems at the start of the season then storm off into the lead after a few races. Either way, I think I'll be making a few team changes before the next race.

buzzmong · Post by **buzzmong** » April 5th, 2009, 12:16

Remember with Brawn, they've got the most advanced chassis currently on the grid, even if all the other teams have catch up to do, and even if those surpass Brawns, they only need to run at the very front for about half the season, then just need to stick in the higher parts of the field later on in order to do really well.

Post by **Dog Pants** » April 5th, 2009, 12:28

I didn't know that. It's unusual for a new team to do so well, even if it is being run by Ross Brawn. I'm reluctant to write off Ferrari and McLaren from the first two races, but I admit I don't know Brawn GP's history.

buzzmong · Post by **buzzmong** » April 5th, 2009, 15:41

Brawn are the remenant of the Honda team, Honda wrote off last season and were developing a new car really early on during the season before management decided to pull the plug.

Next year will be the hard one for Brawn as Honda did most of the leg work for them over last season, whereas they'll be on their own from now on.