2010 Chinese Grand Prix Discussion

[CarlosFerreira]

People here need to get jobs.

Another 4 years as a student beckons to me...Carlos, sooner or later, I'll pass you, you know...

I remember, not that long ago, when you were quite a bit behind me. Now you're more than 200 posts ahead.

Phoenix, you be crazy.

It's easy to do it, Phoenix, but the challenge is to stay on topic... which I don't all the time...

[Phoenix]

I remember, not that long ago, when you were quite a bit behind me. Now you're more than 200 posts ahead.

Phoenix, you be crazy.

It's easy to do it, Phoenix, but the challenge is to stay on topic... which I don't all the time...

Well, I do the trick by organising myself so I can have 2 void slabs of time the afternoons for me to relax And I reckon I'm usually out of topic as well

[Nessafox]

I remember, not that long ago, when you were quite a bit behind me. Now you're more than 200 posts ahead.

Phoenix, you be crazy.

It's easy to do it, Phoenix, but the challenge is to stay on topic... which I don't all the time...

Well, I do the trick by organising myself so I can have 2 void slabs of time the afternoons for me to relax And I reckon I'm usually out of topic as well

how you mean there are actually topics here?

[DemocalypseNow]

People here need to get jobs.

Another 4 years as a student beckons to me...Carlos, sooner or later, I'll pass you, you know...

I remember, not that long ago, when you were quite a bit behind me. Now you're more than 200 posts ahead.

Phoenix, you be crazy.

As for me, my post count has ground to halt recently.
How close am I to 2000?
E: Miles off yet...I could swear its been at >1000 since January.

[Phoenix]

how you mean there are actually topics here?

Yeah...I mean, no...maybe...I'm not sure...

[thehemogoblin]

It's easy to do it, Phoenix, but the challenge is to stay on topic... which I don't all the time...

Well, I do the trick by organising myself so I can have 2 void slabs of time the afternoons for me to relax And I reckon I'm usually out of topic as well

how you mean there are actually topics here?

Do not take this personally, but I seriously can only remember off-topic things you mention. I'm not saying you don't contribute, but you're far more memorable when you're being off-topic.

[Nessafox]

it's hard to say something useful when i'm only repeating what others are saying, you know... so i usually decide to shut up. So i do what i'm good (well, better ) in.
It's not that i don't want to be informative and informed, but i'm just a regular F1 lover, not en encyclopedia. Usually i would be one who says his opinion a lot, but when my opinion is already there, it makes no sence in constantly saying 'second that', does it? This leads to the image that i'm only saying nonsens
and i'm aware of the fact that i'm not the most contributing and perhaps not even the most loved member, but i won't take it personally, as long as i don't receive a pm i assume i'm not doing anything wrong, and if i receive one, i'll take that one serious.
But let's try to get back on topic

[CarlosFerreira]

it's hard to say something useful when i'm only repeating what others are saying, you know... so i usually decide to shut up. So i do what i'm good (well, better ) in.
It's not that i don't want to be informative and informed, but i'm just a regular F1 lover, not en encyclopedia. Usually i would be one who says his opinion a lot, but when my opinion is already there, it makes no sence in constantly saying 'second that', does it? This leads to the image that i'm only saying nonsens
and i'm aware of the fact that i'm not the most contributing and perhaps not even the most loved member, but i won't take it personally, as long as i don't receive a pm i assume i'm not doing anything wrong, and if i receive one, i'll take that one serious.
But let's try to get back on topic

And we love you and the location you live in.

[Nessafox]

i love you too honey
wanna move to my location?


wait, did i type that out loud?

[thehemogoblin]

i love you too honey
wanna move to my location?


wait, did i type that out loud?

Remember, Carlos is a Portuguy, not a Portugal.

[CarlosFerreira]

i love you too honey
wanna move to my location?


wait, did i type that out loud?

Remember, Carlos is a Portuguy, not a Portugal.

'goblin, you are on an absolute roll today.

[Nessafox]

i'm bringing out the best of the 'goblin


(though not on the most orthodox ways of doing that )

[CarlosFerreira]

i'm bringing out the best of the 'goblin


(though not on the most orthodox ways of doing that )

You are! In a minute we'll hear his say "Thank you, I'll be here all week!".

[Nessafox]

no i work some days per week

i actually do have a life...

[thehemogoblin]

i'm bringing out the best of the 'goblin


(though not on the most orthodox ways of doing that )

You are! In a minute we'll hear his say "Thank you, I'll be here all week!".

Thank you, I'll be here all week!*

*Editor's note: That's a lie. A big one. School has me crazy busy. While I've been talking to you for most of my morning, I've been writing an assignment for my reporting class on how to cultivate medical marijuana. It's due in 2 1/2 hours, and I'm not close to done with it yet. Stuff like this happens to me all the time. Also, in the long term, I'm going to be taking a more labor-intensive position at the paper (I don't know which one yet), so I'll be on less in the fall.

[Phoenix]

So much for contributing...(sorry, but someone had to point it out).

[shinji]

So much for contributing...(sorry, but someone had to point it out).

Point what out?

[Phoenix]

So much for contributing...(sorry, but someone had to point it out).

Point what out?

How green are the leaves of the trees lately.

[shinji]

So much for contributing...(sorry, but someone had to point it out).

Point what out?

How green are the leaves of the trees lately.

You're just off the wall.

[thehemogoblin]

So much for contributing...(sorry, but someone had to point it out).

Point what out?

How green are the leaves of the trees lately.

HAAAAHAHAHAHA

Oh man. You're hilarious. Thank you for that. Made my morning.

[Phoenix]

HAAAAHAHAHAHA

Oh man. You're hilarious. Thank you for that. Made my morning.

Thanks. You made my afternoon by telling me I was hilarious

[watka]

Man, I don't think this is the right time to post my usual race review of each driver...

I can't be bothered anyway.

And thanks for providing my new sig BTW, Mr Goblin.

[thehemogoblin]

Man, I don't think this is the right time to post my usual race review of each driver...

I can't be bothered anyway.

And thanks for providing my new sig BTW, Mr Goblin.

Watka, I'm sure the next page will have F1 mentioned again.

And you're welcome.

[mario]

A little thing which I noticed on the BBC website amongst Kravitz's comments about the Chinese GP was a little explanation as to why Jaime might have been showing better form as of late, compared with his first season. According to comments made by Ascanelli (the Toro Rosso technical director), the main reason is down to the fact that Jaime has considerably improved his fitness and stamina over last year, when Ascanelli became concerned about the state of Jaime after some of the races (particularly Valencia). http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsp ... 633980.stm

There is also a comment on why Mercedes seemed to be suffering from heavier wear on their intermediates - as we know, the car currently doesn't have the optimal weight balance, with the weight overly biased towards the rear. With the front tyres not getting fully up to temperature, that means that the car tends to understeer.
To compensate, the mechnics moved the ballast as far forwards as possible - the problem is, it is still not far enough forwards for Schumacher, hence the severe understeer he had, whilst the removal of ballast from the rear of the car meant that it had poor traction. That, in turn, meant that the rear end tended to slide, causing the rear tyres to wear out too quickly on both cars.
There is also a rather revealing comment by Brawn - he let slip that in the early 2000's, one of the reasons that Ferrari were so fast on the straights was down to the fact that they designed the rear wing to flex at speed, allowing it to stall (in a way which complied with the rules at the time, he said).

[CarlosFerreira]

A little thing which I noticed on the BBC website amongst Kravitz's comments about the Chinese GP was a little explanation as to why Jaime might have been showing better form as of late, compared with his first season. According to comments made by Ascanelli (the Toro Rosso technical director), the main reason is down to the fact that Jaime has considerably improved his fitness and stamina over last year, when Ascanelli became concerned about the state of Jaime after some of the races (particularly Valencia). http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsp ... 633980.stm

Not at all surprised if that was the case. Yeah, Ascanelli's comment is slightly tongue-in-cheek, but the truth is the guy hadn't done an F1 pre-season, training for the sort of stress modern cars cause. Even established drivers suffer - Brundle commented in Bahrain (anti-clockwise track, making it worse) how Alonso was resting his had in the left-handers for the last 10 laps.

Incidentally - it was often said that fitness was a large part of Schuey's success...

[RejectSteve]

Even established drivers suffer - Brundle commented in Bahrain (anti-clockwise track, making it worse)

Last I checked, Bahrain International Circuit was clockwise. Most of the longer turns are right-handers anyway.

[CarlosFerreira]

Even established drivers suffer - Brundle commented in Bahrain (anti-clockwise track, making it worse)

Last I checked, Bahrain International Circuit was clockwise. Most of the longer turns are right-handers anyway.

Mmmm, forget that bit. The argument still applies, though.