2012 Malaysia Grand Prix Discussion Thread

sswishbone · Post by **sswishbone** » 25 Mar 2012, 08:27

of course this is where the ice cream and soda incident occurred!

DanielPT · Post by **DanielPT** » 25 Mar 2012, 08:27

mario wrote:
Wizzie wrote:Red flag. Ah bath plug.

You do realise that, if the race doesn't restart, that HRT will get half a point...

That would be very epic... I don't know if I want this race to be restarted, really!

DOSBoot · Post by **DOSBoot** » 25 Mar 2012, 08:28

Perez almost loses it on the way back.

RealRacingRoots · Post by **RealRacingRoots** » 25 Mar 2012, 08:28

mediocre wrote:Prepare the White Visors because I cannot see anything.

Fixed.

David AGS · Post by **David AGS** » 25 Mar 2012, 08:28

Red Flag.

Do HRT know where 10th place is on the grid????

the Masked Lapwing · Post by **the Masked Lapwing** » 25 Mar 2012, 08:28

Now Vergne will get to put wets on for no cost. I hate that bloody rule.

WeirdKerr · Post by **WeirdKerr** » 25 Mar 2012, 08:29

break open the magnums and coke.....

oh and the gazebos.....

Libertango · Post by **Libertango** » 25 Mar 2012, 08:29

Red flag! time for Magnum & coke :
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sswishbone · Post by **sswishbone** » 25 Mar 2012, 08:30

I have to say this once again highlights why starting this race so late is a bad idea, if we end up like Canada last year the race will get aborted due to light problems

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 25 Mar 2012, 08:30

mario wrote:
Wizzie wrote:Red flag. Ah bath plug.

You do realise that, if the race doesn't restart, that HRT will get half a point...

But the longer the SC went on for, the more likely Vergne would have binned it and HRT would have doubled their points haul :lol:

sswishbone · Post by **sswishbone** » 25 Mar 2012, 08:31

Malaysian B&Q earned a few quid this weekend...

Minardi Man · Post by **Minardi Man** » 25 Mar 2012, 08:31

mario wrote:
Wizzie wrote:Red flag. Ah bath plug.

You do realise that, if the race doesn't restart, that HRT will get half a point...

!!!
Everybody do your rain dances.

DOSBoot · Post by **DOSBoot** » 25 Mar 2012, 08:31

If the race ends at this point, would it beat the record from the 1991 Australian GP?

the Masked Lapwing · Post by **the Masked Lapwing** » 25 Mar 2012, 08:32

Wizzie wrote:
mario wrote:
Wizzie wrote:Red flag. Ah bath plug.

You do realise that, if the race doesn't restart, that HRT will get half a point...

But the longer the SC went on for, the more likely Vergne would have binned it and HRT would have doubled their points haul

The sad part will be that HRT, technically, will not be the first new team to score a point :roll:

DanielPT · Post by **DanielPT** » 25 Mar 2012, 08:33

Did McLaren just mounted tents for their cars? That is just typical for them to worry with such details. It almost looks like they are the more feminine team in F1...

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 25 Mar 2012, 08:34

DanielPT wrote:Did McLaren just mounted tents for their cars? That is just typical for them to worry with such details. It almost looks like they are the more feminine team in F1...

Looks like half th grid are doing that. I wonder if HRT have them... :lol:

the Masked Lapwing · Post by **the Masked Lapwing** » 25 Mar 2012, 08:34

DanielPT wrote:Did McLaren just mounted tents for their cars? That is just typical for them to worry with such details. It almost looks like they are the more feminine team in F1...

It's brilliant how they and Mercedes have tents, Ferrari has umbrellas and Sauber has a sheet :lol:

sswishbone · Post by **sswishbone** » 25 Mar 2012, 08:36

Anyone surprised that Sky haven't gone to an ad break?

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 25 Mar 2012, 08:36

the Masked Lapwing wrote:
DanielPT wrote:Did McLaren just mounted tents for their cars? That is just typical for them to worry with such details. It almost looks like they are the more feminine team in F1...

It's brilliant how they and Mercedes have tents, Ferrari has umbrellas and Sauber has a sheet

Ferrari brought out A tent just before the break. Emphasis on the singular :lol:

DanielPT · Post by **DanielPT** » 25 Mar 2012, 08:36

the Masked Lapwing wrote:
DanielPT wrote:Did McLaren just mounted tents for their cars? That is just typical for them to worry with such details. It almost looks like they are the more feminine team in F1...

It's brilliant how they and Mercedes have tents, Ferrari has umbrellas and Sauber has a sheet

Mercedes has tents? Missed that part. When I first looked at the grid formation only McLaren had them. Mercedes are slower to mount the thing. Another detail...

WeirdKerr · Post by **WeirdKerr** » 25 Mar 2012, 08:36

the Masked Lapwing wrote:
DanielPT wrote:Did McLaren just mounted tents for their cars? That is just typical for them to worry with such details. It almost looks like they are the more feminine team in F1...

It's brilliant how they and Mercedes have tents, Ferrari has umbrellas and Sauber has a sheet

Its not a tent its a gazebo........

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 25 Mar 2012, 08:37

DanielPT wrote:
the Masked Lapwing wrote:
DanielPT wrote:Did McLaren just mounted tents for their cars? That is just typical for them to worry with such details. It almost looks like they are the more feminine team in F1...

It's brilliant how they and Mercedes have tents, Ferrari has umbrellas and Sauber has a sheet

Mercedes has tents? Missed that part. When I first looked at the grid formation only McLaren had them. Mercedes are slower to mount the thing. Another detail...

Shame on you for missing that part. Mercedes invented the bloody tent last year :lol:

dinizintheoven · Post by **dinizintheoven** » 25 Mar 2012, 08:37

mario wrote:You do realise that, if the race doesn't restart, that HRT will get half a point...

Mike Gascoyne and John Booth have just been seen doing an anti-rain dance. Clenched arses all round at the blunt end of the grid!

the Masked Lapwing · Post by **the Masked Lapwing** » 25 Mar 2012, 08:38

DanielPT wrote:
the Masked Lapwing wrote:
DanielPT wrote:Did McLaren just mounted tents for their cars? That is just typical for them to worry with such details. It almost looks like they are the more feminine team in F1...

It's brilliant how they and Mercedes have tents, Ferrari has umbrellas and Sauber has a sheet

Mercedes has tents? Missed that part. When I first looked at the grid formation only McLaren had them. Mercedes are slower to mount the thing. Another detail...

Merc were the pioneers, they had them at Montreal last year.

14 Hundred Hours · Post by **14 Hundred Hours** » 25 Mar 2012, 08:38

Gazebos, tents, umbrellas, sheets... which team will be first to build a bivouac?

RealRacingRoots · Post by **RealRacingRoots** » 25 Mar 2012, 08:38

DanielPT wrote:Did McLaren just mounted tents for their cars? That is just typical for them to worry with such details. It almost looks like they are the more feminine team in F1...

It wouldn`t surprise me if Adrian Newey is designing an new kind of tent with a DRS so that it can get to the grid faster.

DanielPT · Post by **DanielPT** » 25 Mar 2012, 08:40

the Masked Lapwing wrote:
DanielPT wrote:Mercedes has tents? Missed that part. When I first looked at the grid formation only McLaren had them. Mercedes are slower to mount the thing. Another detail...

Merc were the pioneers, they had them at Montreal last year.

I only saw the end of that race. A silly timezone conversion error made me lose most of the thing.

FullMetalJack · Post by **FullMetalJack** » 25 Mar 2012, 08:40

I'm not sure I want the race ended, Williams will be behind HRT.

sswishbone · Post by **sswishbone** » 25 Mar 2012, 08:41

gotta say Mclaren must be a bit annoyed the safety and red flag happened, they were pulling away very quickly from everyone else

dinizintheoven · Post by **dinizintheoven** » 25 Mar 2012, 08:41

"We haven't seen Kimi with an ice cream in his mouth yet, but it's only a matter of time..."

Jenny Gow interviews some bloke from the Torygraph and he comes up with this. Marvellous!

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 25 Mar 2012, 08:45

BREAKING NEWS: It's official. Bellof would have won the 1984 Monaco Grand Prix had the race kept going according to Martin

sswishbone · Post by **sswishbone** » 25 Mar 2012, 08:46

Nah Senna would have, still, boo the FIA for red flagging that race, watched it as classic F1 last season, absolutely amazing

DanielPT · Post by **DanielPT** » 25 Mar 2012, 08:48

Two drivers standing up, left foot against the wall, talking. Driver sitting on the floor, back against the wall, talking. Driver worried about his shoes, Nico Rosberg...

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 25 Mar 2012, 08:49

Two Force Indias still side by side :lol:

DOSBoot · Post by **DOSBoot** » 25 Mar 2012, 08:49

Kimi out of the car now. Wait for it....wait for it.

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 25 Mar 2012, 08:50

De La Rosa also started on the full wets. Could he have done better than Karthikeyam had the car not crapped itself on the grid?

Libertango · Post by **Libertango** » 25 Mar 2012, 08:52

Did Vettel just give Alonso the finger :lol:

?

Ed24 · Post by **Ed24** » 25 Mar 2012, 08:53

I'd say Pedro could definitely have got further up the points, his experience (and general pace) is higher and better than Narain's.

WeirdKerr · Post by **WeirdKerr** » 25 Mar 2012, 08:53

quack quack

TimmyB · Post by **TimmyB** » 25 Mar 2012, 08:55

Thank goodness the Australian coverage is sorted now, that was getting annoying...

Just thinking: "The Kimi has eaten the ice cream" could be the new "The fat lady has sung" for F1.