F1/IRL/All Other Forms of motorsports Thread

[superjames1992]

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This delta-wing thing in the Le Mans series right now is crazy...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeltaWing

[Chaos81]

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Holy... Vettel didn't have enough fuel after qualifying and has to start the GP this weekend from the back of the grid. Talk about a game changer in the championship race.

[pk500]

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Holy... Vettel didn't have enough fuel after qualifying and has to start the GP this weekend from the back of the grid. Talk about a game changer in the championship race.

And yet he still finished third. THE drive of his career to date, a performance that will be seen as pivotal if he holds the championship lead through the last lap at Interlagos.

[Tovarich]

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I love Kimi Raikkonen. Any time I hear a radio transmission during a telecast, I'm going to sit there thinking, what would Kimi Raikkonen say?

[Segagendude]

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Big congrats to Antron Brown, who became the first African-American NHRA champion!

Brown's first championship (in Top Fuel) came after Shumacher lost in the finals on a hole shot to Brandon Bernstein. Had Schumacher won, he would've had title #7.

Great finish to a great year!

Other NHRA champions crowned: Kraweic (sp) Pro Stock motorcycle, Allan Johnson Pro Stock (also his first), "Fast"Jack Beckman in Funny Car( his first as well).

See you next year, NHRA!

[Chaos81]

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Just getting around to watching practice from Austin today and am quite upset I couldn't be there. Watching the cars pull out of the pits at the start brought back memories of being at Indy in 2000. Still get the chills just thinking about hearing that sound in person for the first time.

[superjames1992]

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How does the track look? I know there's a lot of elevation changes, which is nice, but how do you all expect the racing will be? I'll be sure to tune in for qualifying tomorrow.

[superjames1992]

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Vettel is on a mission...

[Chaos81]

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Bit of brilliant strategy by Ferrari. Broke the seal on Massa's gearbox which dropped him behind Alonso, not only moving Alonso up a spot, but putting Alonso (And Massa for that matter) on the clean side of the track for the start. If the dirty side is a dirty as drivers have been saying it's going to be, that could be huge.

[superjames1992]

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Great race, especially between Hamilton and Vettel for first. I liked the new track a lot.

[Chaos81]

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I liked the new track a lot.

Same here. Not sure how good it'll be for F1 once it rubbers in and the grip comes up, but that was a fun race to watch. Would love to drive it some day.


Will Buxton:

This just in... 117,429 fans at COTA for the race today. Huge numbers. Fabulous, fabulous news. Well done everyone. And what a race!

That means a total for the weekend in the region of 260,000. That's a truly astonishing number of people. America loves its Formula 1.

[Segagendude]

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The announcers and the drivers were drooling over this track.. Well done Texas, you've done America proud! Made us forget about the debacle known as Indy 2007... Lol

[pk500]

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The announcers and the drivers were drooling over this track.. Well done Texas, you've done America proud! Made us forget about the debacle known as Indy 2007... Lol

You mean Indy 2005. And that wasn't IMS' fault; it was Michelin's fault for bringing the wrong tire to the Speedway.

[Segagendude]

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You mean Indy 2005. And that wasn't IMS' fault; it was Michelin's fault for bringing the wrong tire to the Speedway.

Ok I stand corrected. All I heard and read about was several drivers (like half the field?) refused to race, and many fans left before the race started. It was the last time an F1 race was in America, correct?

[superjames1992]

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Ok I stand corrected. All I heard and read about was several drivers (like half the field?) refused to race, and many fans left before the race started. It was the last time an F1 race was in America, correct?

Only six cars (using Bridgestone tires, I believe) raced. The Michelin teams did not race. There were still two more races (in 2006 and 2007) after the 2005 debacle, though.

It is interesting that Goodyear had a tire debacle in Indy in 2009 or 2010 with the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Indy is rough on the tires.