Lemonade Posted February 4, 2012 Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 So, the drivers list for 2012 is complete and we're only a month away from lights out in Melbourne.Any thoughts for the season ahead? Red Bull to dominate again, or can Ferrari and McLaren give them more of a run this season? Excited to see Raikonnen back? Can Williams turn it around? Will Hamilton be shit again? Last chance saloon for Massa to prove he's actually a Formula 1 driver? Are there too many pay drivers? Should HRT and Marussia just give up? Who's most likely to be replaced mid-season? (***cough Jarno Trulli***) Any exciting youngsters on the sidelines? Pedro De La Rosa - why? So many questions...Red Bull1: Sebastian Vettel2: Mark WebberMcLaren3: Jenson Button4: Lewis HamiltonFerrari5: Fernando Alonso6: Felipe MassaMercedes7: Michael Schumacher8: Nico RosbergLotus9: Kimi Raikkonen10: Romain GrosjeanForce India11: Paul Di Resta12: Nico HulkenbergSauber14: Kamui Kobayashi15: Sergio PerezToro Rosso16: Daniel Ricciardo17: Jean-Eric VergneWilliams18: Pastor Maldonado19: Bruno SennaCaterham20: Heikki Kovalainen21: Jarno TrulliHRT22: Pedro De La Rosa23: Narain KarthikeyanMarussia24: Timo Glock25: Charles Pic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flights Posted February 4, 2012 Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 Should be good to see how Paul Di Resta does this season. He showed real promise last season. I know he hasn't got a chance of even getting near the top 5 but it would be nice to see him get a cheeky podium finish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted February 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 Should be good to see how Paul Di Resta does this season. He showed real promise last season. I know he hasn't got a chance of even getting near the top 5 but it would be nice to see him get a cheeky podium finish.Seems like a good solid driver. Fucking boring though. Seemingly Mercedes have an eye on him to replace Schumacher so this could be a big season for him, provided he can beat the Hulk comfortably. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted February 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 Also: what about the Sky deal? Is anyone ordering the F1 channel, or will you be watching the "extended highlights" / streaming? I'm sure Sky will do a brilliant job, but I'm fucked if I'm paying for the channel, not least because Damon fucking Hill is their chief pundit. The BBC coverage has been truly world class over the past few seasons. Sky have got big shoes to fill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkaline Posted February 4, 2012 Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 Also: what about the Sky deal? Is anyone ordering the F1 channel, or will you be watching the "extended highlights" / streaming? I'm sure Sky will do a brilliant job, but I'm fucked if I'm paying for the channel, not least because Damon fucking Hill is their chief pundit. The BBC coverage has been truly world class over the past few seasons. Sky have got big shoes to fill.If you've got Sky is it not free this year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flights Posted February 4, 2012 Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 I'll probably go round my uncles to watch the sky games. He's rich as fuck and has a tv the size of a former soviet state. The sky deal will pump more money into F1 but do they really need it? The BBC will take a fair bit of beating like you said and Sky may have shot themselves in the foot with Damon Hill. He has the charisma of a wallpaper brochure. Surely he isn't doing the commentating as well? Do you know who else is going to be on the pundit team? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkaline Posted February 4, 2012 Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 If you've got Sky is it not free this year?It's free if you have any of the Sky Sports channels or the HD pack. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted February 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 I'll probably go round my uncles to watch the sky games. He's rich as fuck and has a tv the size of a former soviet state. The sky deal will pump more money into F1 but do they really need it? The BBC will take a fair bit of beating like you said and Sky may have shot themselves in the foot with Damon Hill. He has the charisma of a wallpaper brochure. Surely he isn't doing the commentating as well? Do you know who else is going to be on the pundit team?Bwahaha. He does have the personality of a domino. Also for my money one of the least deserving world champions of all time. And a cunt to boot.I don't have Sky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flights Posted February 4, 2012 Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 It's free if you have any of the Sky Sports channels or the HD pack. Just this year or forever? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flights Posted February 4, 2012 Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 Bwahaha. He does have the personality of a domino. Also for my money one of the least deserving world champions of all time. And a cunt to boot.I don't have Sky.Agreed. I have sky but grudge paying over the odds for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkaline Posted February 4, 2012 Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 Just this year or forever?I'd imagine it'll just be for this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted February 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 The Beeb will miss Martin Brundle. Dunno who this new guy is, hopefully he won't be as intolerable as James Allen was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flights Posted February 4, 2012 Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 Is Murray Walker dead? surely he has another season in him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted February 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 Is Murray Walker dead? surely he has another season in him.Lol. I don't think so. He was fairly doddery by the time he gave up!"And that's Schumacher! Schumacher's off!""No, that's Irvine, Murray".Etc. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flights Posted February 4, 2012 Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 Exactly why he should be brought back. Inject a bit of fun into it.Another question that must be answered is 'who is the best smelling F1 driver'My bet is on Hamilton. He looks like he would smell good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted February 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 Not really the discussion I had in mind, but I'd say Sebastien Buemi. I bet he smells like Swiss cheese. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flights Posted February 4, 2012 Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 Haha. Are there any rule changes this year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted February 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 No major ones. Just wee technical things, like about aerodynamics and stuff, and Pirelli (an Italian company) are changing the compound of the hard tyre to make it much softer. By SHEER COINCEDENCE, Ferrari were struggling on the hard tyre last year.FIA - Ferrari International Assistance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flights Posted February 4, 2012 Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 Are Pirelli allowed to do that? Seems a bit mental making the hard tyres softer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted February 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 Are Pirelli allowed to do that? Seems a bit mental making the hard tyres softer.The characteristics of the tyres requested by the teams for 2012 are in line with the expectations from last year: tyres that help to provide entertaining competition, with at least two pit stops per race and a wide variety of strategies. The new design of Pirelli tyres for 2012 takes into account the change in the rules from the FIA regarding blown exhausts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted February 4, 2012 Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 I'm hugely amused after reading comments the other week that Ferrari always have ethe most beautiful car that they've released one only a mother could love. I don't think the top of the leaderboard will change much this year. It'll be another fight between Vettel, Alonso, Hamilton and Button. Elsewhere I hope Di Resta does well and HRT go bust at some point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flights Posted February 4, 2012 Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 Ferrari's cars always look the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted February 4, 2012 Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 Ferrari's cars always look the same.The new one looks like it's had it's nose broken. It's hilariously ugly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted February 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 I'm hugely amused after reading comments the other week that Ferrari always have ethe most beautiful car that they've released one only a mother could love.I don't think the top of the leaderboard will change much this year. It'll be another fight between Vettel, Alonso, Hamilton and Button.Elsewhere I hope Di Resta does well and HRT go bust at some point.HRT are a joke, though Marussia possibly more so. Somehow HRT have finished above them in the championship two years in a row, and they're the only team on the grid that haven't developed KERS for this season. They are going to be desperately slow, and their new driver Charles Pic smacks of pay driver, his best result so far is finishing 4th in the GP2 championship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted February 4, 2012 Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 It really annoys me that talented drivers are restricted to testing and scrabbling around for a race drive just because inferior drivers have brought more sponsorship to the team. There's a lot wrong with F1 just now but that's one of the worst. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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