Your funniest moment of F1 2010?

Pommy Barsteward · Post by **Pommy Barsteward** » 25 Feb 2011, 00:51

My contribution:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smW9yo-P_zk&NR=1

patrick · Post by **patrick** » 25 Feb 2011, 01:27

brilliant. I never saw that for some reason.
for me plenty of brundle's witty comments spring to mind, such as petrov "wrestling an octopus" inside the car
Lewis pushing the car back to the pits in canada was pretty funny too. All i can think of right now!

Cynon · Post by **Cynon** » 25 Feb 2011, 01:30

Di Grassi failing on the installation lap in Japan.

Aerospeed · Post by **Aerospeed** » 25 Feb 2011, 02:19

Mark Webber throwing a pool party after winning the Monaco GP.

DOSBoot · Post by **DOSBoot** » 25 Feb 2011, 03:00

At the Korean GP, during the delay. David Hobbs commented about using twitter, and paid dearly for it. Periodically for the rest of the race, Bob, Steve, and Will, would mention something twitter related. Such as "David could probably tweet Luizzi to see if he's racing for Force India next year." or something like that.

Captain Hammer · Post by **Captain Hammer** » 25 Feb 2011, 03:21

Watching Alonso get stuck behind Petrov in Abu Dhabi was pretty funny. He was forced to sit there and watch his hopes of a third World Championship slip away, knowing full well that he was powerless to do anything about it. Especially once Kubica rejoined the circuit ahead of Petrov; Alonso had to know his race was run then.

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 25 Feb 2011, 07:40

Captain Hammer wrote:Watching Alonso get stuck behind Petrov in Abu Dhabi was pretty funny. He was forced to sit there and watch his hopes of a third World Championship slip away, knowing full well that he was powerless to do anything about it. Especially once Kubica rejoined the circuit ahead of Petrov; Alonso had to know his race was run then.

Same here, and Alonso shaking his fist at Petrov was the icing on the cake.

F1000X · Post by **F1000X** » 25 Feb 2011, 07:59

Watching Rosberg beat Michael. That was hilarious.

David AGS · Post by **David AGS** » 25 Feb 2011, 08:52

Kovalainen asking for a pay rise in Singapore. He is 'unofficially' a fire fighter, for hosing down his on-fire Lotus.

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 25 Feb 2011, 10:04

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USLL6KLC-FU

I feel so immature for finding swearing in motorsports so amusing... :oops:

DanielPT · Post by **DanielPT** » 25 Feb 2011, 11:07

BlindCaveSalamander wrote:
Captain Hammer wrote:Watching Alonso get stuck behind Petrov in Abu Dhabi was pretty funny. He was forced to sit there and watch his hopes of a third World Championship slip away, knowing full well that he was powerless to do anything about it. Especially once Kubica rejoined the circuit ahead of Petrov; Alonso had to know his race was run then.

Same here, and Alonso shaking his fist at Petrov was the icing on the cake.

And here. That was a fitting finale for a team that screwed Massa great return to winning ways and broke his will for the rest of the year. I laughed massively when Kubica rejoined ahead of Petrov.

jpm · Post by **jpm** » 25 Feb 2011, 11:23

Oh there are so many!

Buemi's wheels coming off at China for one was relatively amusing.

Vettel's penalty at Hungary was great; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnSQAhLb ... r2-2r-6-HM

Hamilton's radio com at Turkey though was priceless after Button overtook him; "What the hell is going on!!!"

Sutil's antics at Korea

Any interview with Helmut Marko in the aftermath of Istanbul. He is so blatantly biased and ill-informed that it is untrue!

madmark1974 · Post by **madmark1974** » 25 Feb 2011, 11:39

"Not bad for a number 2 driver" ...

Post by **tommykl** » 25 Feb 2011, 12:22

Bruno Senna ignoring yellow flags and failing into Kobayashi's crashed Sauber at Singapore.

bighaydo · Post by **bighaydo** » 25 Feb 2011, 12:43

Mine was waking up in Melbourne, heading down to breakfast and finding the newspaper in the hotel lobby about Lewis Hamilton being busted for 'hooning'...

...then watching him from the granstand run a practice start in 3rd practice, with the circuit commentator telling us all he was "about to do a burnout"...

...followed by everyone in earshot having a bloody good laugh! :lol:

FullMetalJack · Post by **FullMetalJack** » 25 Feb 2011, 12:54

Cynon wrote:Di Grassi failing on the installation lap in Japan.

This

Glennerz · Post by **Glennerz** » 25 Feb 2011, 13:44

One of the Virgins re-passing Schumacher in Melbourne was pretty funny.

Post by **mario** » 25 Feb 2011, 14:01

tommykl wrote:Bruno Senna ignoring yellow flags and failing into Kobayashi's crashed Sauber at Singapore.

Ah yes, I remember the derision that drew, and it summarised his career at HRT in a nutshell too.

Another one that was quite funny at the time: the paper boats that were being raced down the pit lane in the torrents of water washing down the pit lane at the Japanese GP when the track was flooded during qualifying. Asides from the fact that there were some quite good models (IIRC, Red Bull's mechanics really put quite a bit of effort into their model), Gascoyne was teasing Heikki when his boat sank almost immediately after he tried floating it down the pit lane.

Glennerz · Post by **Glennerz** » 25 Feb 2011, 15:12

mario wrote:the paper boats that were being raced down the pit lane in the torrents of water washing down the pit lane at the Japanese GP when the track was flooded during qualifying. Asides from the fact that there were some quite good models (IIRC, Red Bull's mechanics really put quite a bit of effort into their model)

Did Red Bull not remove the hull from Mark Webber's boat and give it to Sebastian Vettel's before the final race?

Shizuka · Post by **Shizuka** » 25 Feb 2011, 15:21

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXJpdzHs ... re=related

This! :lol:

James1978 · Post by **James1978** » 25 Feb 2011, 18:27

I loved watching Alonso gradually blow up under his helmet at Valencia for Hamilton not being punished materially for passing the safety car becuase Kobayashi had bottled up the rest of the field (he was second, he is STILL second......F****!!!!)

- then Kobayashi topped it all off by passing Alonso at the end (then Passed Buemi as well when Alonso couldn't.

Then what happened to Alonso at Silverstone was even funnier becuase he'd have only lost a couple of places without the safety car that just happened to be out when he got his penatly for passing Kubica off-track.

jpm · Post by **jpm** » 25 Feb 2011, 20:12

Surely it has to be this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwthZnF8 ... r_embedded

James1978 wrote:I loved watching Alonso gradually blow up under his helmet at Valencia for Hamilton not being punished materially for passing the safety car becuase Kobayashi had bottled up the rest of the field (he was second, he is STILL second......F****!!!!) - then Kobayashi topped it all off by passing Alonso at the end (then Passed Buemi as well when Alonso couldn't.

Let me make this clear; I'm not an Alonso fan, and I agree the Kobayashi pass was funny. However I really felt sorry for Alonso when Hamilton overtook the safety car; frankly the penalty he got was ridiculous for the amount of time he saved. Alonso just realised that if he had overtaken the safety car as well, he would have been much better off. To be honest, Alonso has got the raw deal several times nowl...I remember back at Monza in 06 Alonso got the most ridiculous penalty I have ever seen for "blocking" Massa in qualifying when Alonso was no nearer to Massa than 100 metres all the way round the lap.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74il02wkvMI

the Masked Lapwing · Post by **the Masked Lapwing** » 25 Feb 2011, 20:32

Vettel losing to Webber at Silverstone.
Vettel's engine blowing up at Korea.
HRT's entire season.
Virign's fuel tank fail.
And had it happened to Petrov and Schumacher instead of Kubica and Rosberg, the wheels falling off at Japan.

dinizintheoven · Post by **dinizintheoven** » 25 Feb 2011, 21:32

Pommy Barsteward wrote:My contribution:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smW9yo-P_zk&NR=1

patrick wrote:brilliant. I never saw that for some reason.

I'm not sure it ever made it to the TV - the first time I saw it was in the official DVD season review. Actually, quite a few of these Youtube contributions are coming from the season review...

I reckon it's between Sébastien Buemi's clown car incident and Bruno Senna driving into the back of Kamui Kobayashi's crashed Sauber.

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 25 Feb 2011, 23:04

-Alonso's vicious chop at Hamilton at Melbourne, particularly the part when Webber smashed into Hamilton (sorry).
-Senna smashing into Kobayashi's stricken car at Singapore.
-Schumacher being obliterated by just about everyone at Shanghai.
-Schumacher's antics at Montreal, just because they showed how pathetic his season was.
-Sutil's antics at Yeongam.
-Virgin's issues both with their fuel tank and their mechanics messing with the gearboxes and getting penalized for it.
-HRT running a high downforce configuration at Monza because they couldn't afford a low downforce package.
-Yamamoto cutting off his engine by mistake at Hockenheim.
-Yamamoto exiting into the track at Monza with a wheel heater on.
-Virgin finishing behind HRT in the WCC.
-Glock holding off a host of better cars at Singapore.
-Buemi's face when he saw his suspension failure induced crash at Shanghai on a screen.
-A enterprise called FCACA sponsoring HRT (caca being Spanish for crap or faeces).

James1978 · Post by **James1978** » 25 Feb 2011, 23:36

I see I'm in in a massive minority here when I'm a Hamilton fan.........

fjackdaw · Post by **fjackdaw** » 25 Feb 2011, 23:55

James1978 wrote:I see I'm in in a massive minority here when I'm a Hamilton fan.........

I used to be, but the fibs really turned me off him.

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 26 Feb 2011, 00:06

James1978 wrote:I see I'm in in a massive minority here when I'm a Hamilton fan.........

I too used to support him...for the first five or so races of 2007. Now I'm beginning to be on good terms with him again (since the start of 2010, really), but I'm still not a fan, just I respect him again.

thehemogoblin · Post by **thehemogoblin** » 26 Feb 2011, 01:49

James1978 wrote:I see I'm in in a massive minority here when I'm a Hamilton fan.........

A lot of people here aren't really fans of anyone, such as myself. Everyone else seems partial to Webber, with a few exceptions here and there.

Myrvold · Post by **Myrvold** » 26 Feb 2011, 04:14

It's a bit like anonymous-F1 this

We don't support a particular driver. We are only acting on what we think is fair/unfair.

razta · Post by **razta** » 26 Feb 2011, 04:25

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsH6pbj-wOc

Nico giving Eddie some manners!

James1978 · Post by **James1978** » 26 Feb 2011, 09:19

jpm wrote:Surely it has to be this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwthZnF8 ... r_embedded

James1978 wrote:I loved watching Alonso gradually blow up under his helmet at Valencia for Hamilton not being punished materially for passing the safety car becuase Kobayashi had bottled up the rest of the field (he was second, he is STILL second......F****!!!!) - then Kobayashi topped it all off by passing Alonso at the end (then Passed Buemi as well when Alonso couldn't.
Let me make this clear; I'm not an Alonso fan, and I agree the Kobayashi pass was funny. However I really felt sorry for Alonso when Hamilton overtook the safety car; frankly the penalty he got was ridiculous for the amount of time he saved. Alonso just realised that if he had overtaken the safety car as well, he would have been much better off. To be honest, Alonso has got the raw deal several times nowl...I remember back at Monza in 06 Alonso got the most ridiculous penalty I have ever seen for "blocking" Massa in qualifying when Alonso was no nearer to Massa than 100 metres all the way round the lap.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74il02wkvMI

Actually I agree about the Monza incident. I did like Alonso in 2006 as well and I thought they were trying to give Schumacher the title. It's only since 2007 I've disliked Alonso.

Post by **mario** » 26 Feb 2011, 17:01

thehemogoblin wrote:
James1978 wrote:I see I'm in in a massive minority here when I'm a Hamilton fan.........

A lot of people here aren't really fans of anyone, such as myself. Everyone else seems partial to Webber, with a few exceptions here and there.

I would suggest that there may be a slight bias towards drivers of the same nationality for some members due to the way in which the races are presented by the local media, but otherwise the general consensus here does seem to be towards favouring the underdogs and the drivers who like to joke around and break the stereotypical image of the drivers.
At the very least, I have a pretty healthy amount of respect for most of the drivers on the grid, especially for those drivers who are capable of producing some stunning drives. Drivers like Hamilton, Alonso or Vettel (on the back of the disputes with Webber in 2010) may not always win popularity contests, but, on the other hand, with the right car at the right time, all of them have put in some mesmerising performances, and are pretty effective at keeping the points coming in.

James1978 wrote:
jpm wrote:Surely it has to be this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwthZnF8 ... r_embedded

James1978 wrote:I loved watching Alonso gradually blow up under his helmet at Valencia for Hamilton not being punished materially for passing the safety car becuase Kobayashi had bottled up the rest of the field (he was second, he is STILL second......F****!!!!) - then Kobayashi topped it all off by passing Alonso at the end (then Passed Buemi as well when Alonso couldn't.
Let me make this clear; I'm not an Alonso fan, and I agree the Kobayashi pass was funny. However I really felt sorry for Alonso when Hamilton overtook the safety car; frankly the penalty he got was ridiculous for the amount of time he saved. Alonso just realised that if he had overtaken the safety car as well, he would have been much better off. To be honest, Alonso has got the raw deal several times nowl...I remember back at Monza in 06 Alonso got the most ridiculous penalty I have ever seen for "blocking" Massa in qualifying when Alonso was no nearer to Massa than 100 metres all the way round the lap.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74il02wkvMI

Actually I agree about the Monza incident. I did like Alonso in 2006 as well and I thought they were trying to give Schumacher the title. It's only since 2007 I've disliked Alonso.

I have to agree that that particular penalty struck me as being extremely arbitrary, and seemingly designed to manipulate the title race in Schumacher's favour. Even Max Mosely said afterwards that the penalty was probably unfair, and that the stewarding of the race was flawed. The penalty might have also been behind Alonso's engine failure in that race - Renault said later that they were using a more aggressive engine map that race to make up the lost ground, which might have contributed to excessive engine wear.

DanielPT · Post by **DanielPT** » 28 Feb 2011, 10:48

thehemogoblin wrote:
James1978 wrote:I see I'm in in a massive minority here when I'm a Hamilton fan.........

A lot of people here aren't really fans of anyone, such as myself. Everyone else seems partial to Webber, with a few exceptions here and there.

Kamui Kobayashi to the power! :lol:

Ed24 · Post by **Ed24** » 28 Feb 2011, 13:50

jpm wrote:Let me make this clear; I'm not an Alonso fan, and I agree the Kobayashi pass was funny. However I really felt sorry for Alonso when Hamilton overtook the safety car; frankly the penalty he got was ridiculous for the amount of time he saved. Alonso just realised that if he had overtaken the safety car as well, he would have been much better off. To be honest, Alonso has got the raw deal several times nowl...I remember back at Monza in 06 Alonso got the most ridiculous penalty I have ever seen for "blocking" Massa in qualifying when Alonso was no nearer to Massa than 100 metres all the way round the lap.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74il02wkvMI

At least Alonso was able to still score points at Valencia 2010, while Massa had the full impact of the awful SC rules, Hamilton's overtake, and had to queue behind Alonso in the pits. Most people don't mention him when they talk about that race.

That whole race was a farce really. I can't believe the SC rules haven't been changed for 2011. Not only is it potentially downright dangerous to have drivers racing back to the pitlane after a SC is called, it produces artificial results. When there was refuelling, I can understand why the pitlane should stay open, but there is absolutely no reason to have it open now. The Hamilton situation made it even worse.

mario wrote: Renault said later that they were using a more aggressive engine map that race to make up the lost ground, which might have contributed to excessive engine wear.

Renault do have a big vested interest in saying that, though.

James1978 · Post by **James1978** » 28 Feb 2011, 13:53

What I didn't get about the Valencia safety car thing what that Ferrari would have been in the same situation whether Hamilton overtook it or not - then Vettel would have been away on his own. They should have brought it out earlier infront of Vettel! (And as the championship turned out it should have been Vettel they shoud have worried about rather than Hamilton!)

Ed24 · Post by **Ed24** » 28 Feb 2011, 15:09

They couldn't bring the SC out earlier, because the crash only happened as the leaders passed the final turn (that's why some cars made it into the pits and others didn't)

I think Alonso would have been angry about it even if it was Kubica or someone else not in the championship battle, he was thinking about the injustice in that race, not the bigger picture, I think.

CarlosFerreira · Post by **CarlosFerreira** » 28 Feb 2011, 16:13

Renault explaining that Petrov had just crashed out of Q1 in Spa because he had decided to test how wet the track rumble strips were was quite funny. Alonso taking Massa in the pit lane entrance in China (or was it elsewhere?) was pretty funny too.

tristan1117 · Post by **tristan1117** » 28 Feb 2011, 21:38

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SdubVYrxPE
Mark Webber, doing his best Kovalainen impression.

TimmyB · Post by **TimmyB** » 01 Mar 2011, 12:27

I've got to say that it's quite heartening that so many of these funny moments are thanks to Mark Webber. It's the icing on the cake of pride for me.

My moment? The ninja pitstop in London: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5YyYUpl ... 13E2093924