Official F1 2013 Thread

[Tuna]

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^^^Watched that on Netflix on the weekend, interesting watch. I'm not a huge follower of F1, I was surprised how much politics was in it even back then.

[Canadian Turbo]

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Senna is a must watch I think, and yes F1 has been about a lot more than racing for a long time.

The Chinese GP was pretty good, looks like team orders had no relevance though as Webber had a lot of bad luck and Mercedes supposedly has dropped team orders but Rosberg was not really a factor all weekend either. The tire strategy made for some interesting laps, especially with Vettel at the end and I still think Kimi is the one to watch as he seems to be making things look pretty easy in his Lotus and that consistency could be the difference as the year moves on.

I like these quick turnaround weeks, so Bahrain next weekend!!!

[96vwVR6]

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Senna is a must watch I think, and yes F1 has been about a lot more than racing for a long time.

The Chinese GP was pretty good, looks like team orders had no relevance though as Webber had a lot of bad luck and Mercedes supposedly has dropped team orders but Rosberg was not really a factor all weekend either. The tire strategy made for some interesting laps, especially with Vettel at the end and I still think Kimi is the one to watch as he seems to be making things look pretty easy in his Lotus and that consistency could be the difference as the year moves on.

I like these quick turnaround weeks, so Bahrain next weekend!!!

i think if Kimi and Perez didnt get together, Kimi would have given Alonso a run for the win, the hole in the nose of the car cant be good for straightline speed. Was crappy to see Massa not really recover from his 2nd set of tires as he was as fast as Alonso all weekend.

Was good to see some of the other teams in the top 10 like Sauber, Toro Rosso and Force India.

Couldnt believe that the 2 force india cars got together in the early laps. All in all it was an entertaining race to watch, i cant wait till the Europe races start, like Spa and Monza!!

[Canadian Turbo]

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The intro the BBC is using so far this year, love the mix of vintage, modern and some computer graphics to build the excitement!

[PRY4SNO]

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Not his biggest fan, but man... Webber can't buy any luck lately.

Iceman is driving like he's on fire, love it, the guy's a maniac!

[Jay's Euro]

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Vettel just made that race look easy..

Nice bit of teammate rivalry between Button and Perez

Lotus with a really solid performance, they are really after that constructors championship, Gros. doing some good work making up places after pitting and such. Same with di Resta.
Really thought Rosberg was showing some promise after qualifying, and he held position pretty good for the first bit of the race, but after Vettel with the pass things didn't get any better.

[Wildfire]

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What channel do you guys watch this on? Since moving over I cant get my head around the time difference and the million tv channels you have here...

[Jay's Euro]

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I have shaw cable - watch it on TSN #20 or TSN HD #225
Shows a couple of the practice/qualifying + the race live

[96vwVR6]

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TSN, TSN2 are pretty much the only channels that show it anymore, SPEED used to show practice and qualifying but the race was always blacked out.

[PRY4SNO]

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Helluva race by Fernando, guy was driving like a man on fire!

[B4NE1]

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Kimi is close only 4 points off of Vettel now.

[PRY4SNO]

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Kimi is close only 4 points off of Vettel now.

For sure, the Iceman drove another boring race haha He's trending in the right direction. Seems like if Ferrari can keep their car competitive the championship could be a three horse race between (IMO) the three best drivers on the grid: Seb, Kimi, Fernando.

[RONDAL]

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ferrari looked good, hamilton didn't seem pleased with his car

[PRY4SNO]

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ferrari looked good, hamilton didn't seem pleased with his car

He's like that tho... whiny kinda so and so, IMO. Always taking the credit when he wins or blaming the car/strategy/tyres, etc when he loses.

Really, he qualified in the front row but couldn't sustain?

[Canadian Turbo]

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Well obviously Mercedes has some issues as they can qualify very well but their race pace is quite poor, but I can understand the frustration of Hamilton. I like Button's interviews he is usually pretty honest and just calls it as he sees it. Ferrari did look strong but yes Kimi with 4 podiums is quietly putting the pressure on everyone else.

Monaco next!!