The 2012 Korean GP Discussion Thread

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 29 Sep 2012, 22:46

Still a few days to go, but already preperations are in full swing. Exciting news everyone!

Don't know whether to laugh or facepalm.

tristan1117 · Post by **tristan1117** » 29 Sep 2012, 23:33

kostas22 wrote:Still a few days to go, but already preperations are in full swing. Exciting news everyone!

Don't know whether to laugh or facepalm.

Excellent!

RonDenisDeletraz · Post by **RonDenisDeletraz** » 30 Sep 2012, 00:40

kostas22 wrote:Still a few days to go, but already preperations are in full swing. Exciting news everyone!

Don't know whether to laugh or facepalm.

It's funny how no one outside of Korea had even heard of him until about a month ago

Benetton · Post by **Benetton** » 30 Sep 2012, 01:31

Thread should be renamed

2012 Gangnam Style Grand Prix Discussion Thread

EDIT special feature is the f1 version of the gangnam style music video.
Some ideas

- Whitmarsh waiting for Hamilton in a parking lot. Hamilton enters with a merc. Whitmarsh shows a briefcase of money. Hamilton opens his bigger Ross Brawn faced briefcase and throws some notes at Whitmarsh and then drives away.

- Max Mosley being the guy who pumps in the elevator

- Bernie dancing gangnam style at the grid

nome66 · Post by **nome66** » 30 Sep 2012, 03:34

OH MY GOD WHO IS IN KOREA THIS WEEKEND WE NEED TO BLOODY BATHPLUGGING MAKE THIS HAPPEN

RealRacingRoots · Post by **RealRacingRoots** » 30 Sep 2012, 04:19

I demand Jaime and Enoch do the Gangnam style dance during the pre-race stream.

Post by **Londoner** » 30 Sep 2012, 06:51

I still haven't a bloody clue what this Gangnam style malarky is all about. I guess it hasn't reached East Anglia yet.

Shizuka · Post by **Shizuka** » 30 Sep 2012, 07:06

And I just finished my remix for that track this week! Oh god.

solarcold · Post by **solarcold** » 30 Sep 2012, 07:25

Op.. op.. op.. OPPAN GANGNAM SEUTAIL!
What a news!

RonDenisDeletraz · Post by **RonDenisDeletraz** » 30 Sep 2012, 10:04

East Londoner wrote:I still haven't a bloody clue what this Gangnam style malarky is all about. I guess it hasn't reached East Anglia yet.

I didn't know that it is even possible not to have heard of it

Post by **Ataxia** » 30 Sep 2012, 10:43

eurobrun wrote:
East Londoner wrote:I still haven't a bloody clue what this Gangnam style malarky is all about. I guess it hasn't reached East Anglia yet.

I didn't know that it is even possible not to have heard of it

They even play it in clubs...it's brilliant

RonDenisDeletraz · Post by **RonDenisDeletraz** » 30 Sep 2012, 10:46

BaconLettuceNinja wrote:
eurobrun wrote:
East Londoner wrote:I still haven't a bloody clue what this Gangnam style malarky is all about. I guess it hasn't reached East Anglia yet.

I didn't know that it is even possible not to have heard of it

They even play it in clubs...it's brilliant

And now there are even hipsters saying that they had heard of this sort of music before it was cool

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 30 Sep 2012, 11:02

eurobrun wrote:
BaconLettuceNinja wrote:
eurobrun wrote:I didn't know that it is even possible not to have heard of it

They even play it in clubs...it's brilliant

And now there are even hipsters saying that they had heard of this sort of music before it was cool

Good God. There's only one thing worse than a hipster and that's Piers Morgan

RonDenisDeletraz · Post by **RonDenisDeletraz** » 30 Sep 2012, 11:03

pasta_maldonado wrote:Good God. There's only one thing worse than a hipster and that's Piers Morgan

Who?

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 30 Sep 2012, 11:06

This fellow:

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 30 Sep 2012, 11:06

eurobrun wrote:
pasta_maldonado wrote:Good God. There's only one thing worse than a hipster and that's Piers Morgan

Who?

A very, very unlikable man. Jeremy Clarkson broke his nose at an awards ceremony once if my memory is correct :lol:

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 30 Sep 2012, 11:09

Wizzie wrote:
eurobrun wrote:
pasta_maldonado wrote:Good God. There's only one thing worse than a hipster and that's Piers Morgan

Who?

A very, very unlikable man. Jeremy Clarkson broke his nose at an awards ceremony once if my memory is correct

He is so typically un-British it makes me vomit that Americans love him so much. He has no morals or ethics. He is arrogant to the point of being smarmy, and he has no respect for anyone aside from himself.

RonDenisDeletraz · Post by **RonDenisDeletraz** » 30 Sep 2012, 11:12

Wizzie wrote:
eurobrun wrote:
pasta_maldonado wrote:Good God. There's only one thing worse than a hipster and that's Piers Morgan

Who?

A very, very unlikable man. Jeremy Clarkson broke his nose at an awards ceremony once if my memory is correct

Oh, that guy

FullMetalJack · Post by **FullMetalJack** » 30 Sep 2012, 11:31

Wizzie wrote:
eurobrun wrote:
pasta_maldonado wrote:Good God. There's only one thing worse than a hipster and that's Piers Morgan

Who?

A very, very unlikable man. Jeremy Clarkson broke his nose at an awards ceremony once if my memory is correct

An act that made Jeremy Clarkson more of a legend than before.

Apparently Morgan tweeted he wants to die, probably sarcastically after a really bad Arsenal result, or Van Persie scoring. Don't know which one. Safe to say, I wouldn't have stopped him.

Post by **mario** » 30 Sep 2012, 12:05

Wizzie wrote:
eurobrun wrote:
pasta_maldonado wrote:Good God. There's only one thing worse than a hipster and that's Piers Morgan

Who?

A very, very unlikable man. Jeremy Clarkson broke his nose at an awards ceremony once if my memory is correct

I don't think that he did break his nose in that incident - the only injury that I can recall either party claiming to have occurred was a cut on Piers Morgan's face, which he claimed was from Clarkson's wedding ring.

Anyway, it does feel a bit odd to be talking about this race when we haven't had the preceding race in Japan yet - is there anything else relevant to this race that we can discuss?

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 30 Sep 2012, 15:03

mario wrote:Anyway, it does feel a bit odd to be talking about this race when we haven't had the preceding race in Japan yet - is there anything else relevant to this race that we can discuss?

325 million hits on YouTube says no. :lol:

Post by **Londoner** » 30 Sep 2012, 15:20

eurobrun wrote:
East Londoner wrote:I still haven't a bloody clue what this Gangnam style malarky is all about. I guess it hasn't reached East Anglia yet.

I didn't know that it is even possible not to have heard of it

Suffolk has only just exited the Medieval ages. Or at least it feels like that. :lol:

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 30 Sep 2012, 15:30

East Londoner wrote:I still haven't a bloody clue what this Gangnam style malarky is all about. I guess it hasn't reached East Anglia yet.

Then consider yourself lucky.

Post by **Nuppiz** » 30 Sep 2012, 15:32

BlindCaveSalamander wrote:
East Londoner wrote:I still haven't a bloody clue what this Gangnam style malarky is all about. I guess it hasn't reached East Anglia yet.

Then consider yourself lucky.

I unfortunately have heard of it, and don't understand one bit of why it's so popular.

Then again, It's not the first time I don't get modern culture phenomenons.

FMecha · Post by **FMecha** » 30 Sep 2012, 15:46

wmetcalf68 happened to open a ROTR thread too early (forget which GP is

) so IMO this should be locked. Mario or Phoenix, please stick your locks here.

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 30 Sep 2012, 15:48

FMecha wrote:wmetcalf68 happened to open a ROTR thread too early (forget which GP is ) so IMO this should be locked. Mario or Phoenix, please stick your locks here.

OK. I'll lock this thread for now, and I'll unlock it the week before the Korean GP (I hope I will remember).

Post by **mario** » 09 Oct 2012, 15:30

Well, since it is now much closer to the event itself, it is now worth unlocking this thread - especially since there is the important news that Lotus will be making the major shift from their current exhausts to what has been termed the "coanda" style exhausts.
The team believe that their developments in the wind tunnel now indicate that the overall performance potential from that style of exhaust is greater than their current layout (although they have indicated that they may have to sacrifice a little bit of power in the process) - as such, there will be a fairly substantial change to the rear bodywork of the car to try to maximise its potential from the moment they hit the track in Korea. The other side effect of this change is that the team have now decided to drop implementation of their DDRS again - they have confirmed that they are postponing implementation of the DDRS until the Young Driver test in Abu Dhabi because of the difficulties they have had in calibrating the device at other tracks.
http://www.f1technical.net/news/17859?s ... 49e63f45a0

Post by **tommykl** » 09 Oct 2012, 15:49

East Londoner wrote:Suffolk has only just exited the Medieval ages. Or at least it feels like that.

Does Suffolk sadly seem to sort of suffocate you? (too good to resist)

Benetton · Post by **Benetton** » 09 Oct 2012, 19:53

mario wrote:Well, since it is now much closer to the event itself, it is now worth unlocking this thread - especially since there is the important news that Lotus will be making the major shift from their current exhausts to what has been termed the "coanda" style exhausts.
The team believe that their developments in the wind tunnel now indicate that the overall performance potential from that style of exhaust is greater than their current layout (although they have indicated that they may have to sacrifice a little bit of power in the process) - as such, there will be a fairly substantial change to the rear bodywork of the car to try to maximise its potential from the moment they hit the track in Korea. The other side effect of this change is that the team have now decided to drop implementation of their DDRS again - they have confirmed that they are postponing implementation of the DDRS until the Young Driver test in Abu Dhabi because of the difficulties they have had in calibrating the device at other tracks.
http://www.f1technical.net/news/17859?s ... 49e63f45a0

We have the first ROTR then: Lotus' DDRS and its development.

I sense Alonso and Massa could do well since they seem to enjoy this track somewhat, maybe it just suits Ferrari. Hopefully Sauber can continue and challenge McLaren and Lotus in Tier 2 after Ferrari and Red Bull.

Sunshine_Baby_[IT] · Post by **Sunshine_Baby_[IT]** » 09 Oct 2012, 21:48

A little off topic, but at what time (UTC) will start qualifying and race? The same time of Japanese grand prix or an hour later?

IdeFan · Post by **IdeFan** » 10 Oct 2012, 11:17

Looks like same time as Japan: 6AM Quali 7AM Race (BST).

If you're in doubt just go to the official f1 website, they have session times on the right and you can convert to your local time.

Sunshine_Baby_[IT] · Post by **Sunshine_Baby_[IT]** » 10 Oct 2012, 12:06

IdeFan wrote:Looks like same time as Japan: 6AM Quali 7AM Race (BST).

If you're in doubt just go to the official f1 website, they have session times on the right and you can convert to your local time.

thanks

nome66 · Post by **nome66** » 10 Oct 2012, 21:16

IdeFan wrote:Looks like same time as Japan: 6AM Quali 7AM Race (BST).

If you're in doubt just go to the official f1 website, they have session times on the right and you can convert to your local time.

Conversion Complete to Eastern USA Standard Time: slllleeeeeeeeeeeeppppp

GwilymJJames · Post by **GwilymJJames** » 12 Oct 2012, 08:35

Hi.

@NobleF1 wrote:Michael Schumacher has been given a reprimand for impeding Pedro de la Rosa and Narain Karthikeyan during FP2.

Lol.

RonDenisDeletraz · Post by **RonDenisDeletraz** » 12 Oct 2012, 08:44

Both regular Williams drivers considerably faster than Bottas across the two practice sessions. I am not trying to start anything, I am just pointing out a fact to justify why I don't think he deserves to get the Williams race seat

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 12 Oct 2012, 10:35

GwilymJJames wrote:Hi.

@NobleF1 wrote:Michael Schumacher has been given a reprimand for impeding Pedro de la Rosa and Narain Karthikeyan during FP2.

Lol.

After almost managing to DNQ at Suzuka, this is hardly surprising! Man needs a Zimmer frame at this rate...

RonDenisDeletraz · Post by **RonDenisDeletraz** » 12 Oct 2012, 10:48

kostas22 wrote:
GwilymJJames wrote:Hi.

@NobleF1 wrote:Michael Schumacher has been given a reprimand for impeding Pedro de la Rosa and Narain Karthikeyan during FP2.

Lol.

After almost managing to DNQ at Suzuka, this is hardly surprising! Man needs a Zimmer frame at this rate...

Zimsanity comes to F1 :lol:

Post by **Nuppiz** » 12 Oct 2012, 10:54

kostas22 wrote:
GwilymJJames wrote:Hi.

@NobleF1 wrote:Michael Schumacher has been given a reprimand for impeding Pedro de la Rosa and Narain Karthikeyan during FP2.

Lol.

After almost managing to DNQ at Suzuka, this is hardly surprising! Man needs a Zimmer frame at this rate...

He's just making sure he qualifies for the F1Rejects "Hang Up the Keys" award. :lol:

DanielPT · Post by **DanielPT** » 12 Oct 2012, 12:31

eurobrun wrote:Both regular Williams drivers considerably faster than Bottas across the two practice sessions. I am not trying to start anything, I am just pointing out a fact to justify why I don't think he deserves to get the Williams race seat

What? Bashing Bottas again?

There are two things that might give Bottas a seat: He is not crash-prone and he is not a bitter disappointment of a driver by trundling along battling with Toro Rossos when his team-mate shows how fast the car is (right before crashing into something. Or getting a penalty. Whichever comes first).

RonDenisDeletraz · Post by **RonDenisDeletraz** » 12 Oct 2012, 13:01

DanielPT wrote:
eurobrun wrote:Both regular Williams drivers considerably faster than Bottas across the two practice sessions. I am not trying to start anything, I am just pointing out a fact to justify why I don't think he deserves to get the Williams race seat

What? Bashing Bottas again?

There are two things that might give Bottas a seat: He is not crash-prone and he is not a bitter disappointment of a driver by trundling along battling with Toro Rossos when his team-mate shows how fast the car is (right before crashing into something. Or getting a penalty. Whichever comes first).

Judging by practice speeds Bottas would be trundling along behind the Toro Rossos