In Brawn's defense he did say it was a matter of expanding the tires' sweet spot. Apparently that didn't happen. If today's qualifying is any indication, it looks like the WDC is going to be down between the Bulls and the McLarens. And anybody else is just a "disturbance to the field".
We've literally yet to see him finish a race when the car is working right and the team hasn't made some sort of mistake. It's the beginning of last season all over for him. Amazing.
Red Bull will always be the dominant team at the non-power circuits. Definitely. Mclaren I believe have the edge this year though. And Mercedes with muck up any of Red Bull's chances at the power circuits thus placing the championship ball in Mclaren's court.
I can see the logic in that but the season is long. Cars (Clifford?) might improve and change. I'm quite happy if one of the McLaren boys gets his second title. Both quite deserving though Vettel remains my fav.
+1 Agreed, I like the fact Vettel is getting challenged, I don't like runaway success from any driver. I also like a under dog to do well.
I went to a B'Day party Now I have 160posts to read Looking at the results it looks like I missed out on a good session
Schumacher's DRS broke just before sector 3. The team tried fixing it so he could go out again but there was no hope. What luck.
Well not sure but it seemed pretty low from what I saw, I think the cameras have been restricted, that would show the place in any shape or form in a bad light.
Well, who would actually go watch that race? I doubt any tourists are coming given how uncertain it was whether it would take place. Also the local middle class has probably different priorities these days and the elite sits in the airconditioned VIP lounges anyway. For Bahrain it is irrelevant whether they sell any tickets (although full stands do look better than empty ones). All they need from a PR perspective is the race live on TV and in all the media. And they'll get that. So: - the government gets its race on global TV - the demonstrators get their voices heard - the fans get a race Everybody is happy. Right? RIGHT!!!???
Very good article about the lack of Force India on the airwaves. Even the commentators were talking about it. The FIA up to it's usual tricks... http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/04/21/motor-racing-prix-forceindia-idINDEE83K05320120421
The biggest winners will be the protesters. The government is being hoisted with it's own petard and the sport looks bad in the international press. There will be repercussions as to how sponsors and investors view the benefit of continuing their relationships with F1. The fans are already resenting how F1 is treating them as fools. No matter what Bernie says and no matter what they hide from the TV cameras we know when we're being lied to.
Quick, fire Phil and give him the seat...... Romain.... Now, I guess her latest is for Ricciardo - 'Babalu' or something? Cheers, Ian PS - Speedy - sorry about the volume control! Didn't notice till too late
That actually I agree with and therein might lie the biggest problem Bernie and the FIA created for themselves needlessly. That open letter from the Shell employee speaks volumes. So yes, this might ultimately come back to hurt the sport if there is less $ going forward.
