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[LabradoRacer]

JHS18, on 15 March 2012 - 12:54 PM, said:

Helmet watch again. Sorry for changing from something quite interesting. But this is cool so...

Heikki's helmet has changed. I don't like Angry Birds, but this is an original design.

I hope he Kova doesn't wear a seatbelt / HANS. Will be a delight to see him get flung out of the car, much like an angry bird. Maybe he'll take down a tier or two of the stands, killing a few people. Maybe he'll end up squashing a young woman's eggs.


Great helmet.I like.

[Caesar]

[BradSpeedMan]

Caesar, on 15 March 2012 - 06:59 PM, said:

wqiwn.jpg

did'nt you hear him when he said he likes to sleep

[Caesar]

BradSpeedMan, on 15 March 2012 - 07:28 PM, said:

did'nt you hear him when he said he likes to sleep

i know. he is interesting, that is why i put this photo. all other drivers are smiling and posing.

[Rainmaster]

I like Heikki's lid, and Kimi's and Hulk's!

Rossi is of course the greatest helmet changer, each one carrying its own meaning, usually a joke. I don't think most drivers can pull it off, though, especially if it's dictated by sponsor colours too much and isn't personal. I think the helmet is a big part of the driver's identity.

[JHS18]

Looking at the radar and it looks like one or both practice sessions will see rain. Perhaps won't be the most productive day of the weekend.

[Caesar]

found web cam link

[Massa]

#46, on 15 March 2012 - 08:10 PM, said:

Rossi is of course the greatest helmet changer, each one carrying its own meaning, usually a joke. I don't think most drivers can pull it off, though, especially if it's dictated by sponsor colours too much and isn't personal. I think the helmet is a big part of the driver's identity.

Rossi is so influential in helmet design, in fact, he is actually featured on a helmet (well, more of a mask which, if you look at all the shots, is complete with the number in Rossi's font, and with a Slovakian Ned Flanders showing his cleavage in MotoGP gear...)

http://daveart.com/m...56/default.aspx

[JHS18]

Caesar, on 15 March 2012 - 08:34 PM, said:

found web cam link

I'd have thought that for people streaming the coverage online, your best chance of seeing something is with practice before FOM get their act together and take the streams down for quali and the race.

[Rainmaster]

Massa, on 15 March 2012 - 08:35 PM, said:

Rossi is so influential in helmet design, in fact, he is actually featured on a helmet (well, more of a mask which, if you look at all the shots, is complete with the number in Rossi's font, and with a Slovakian Ned Flanders showing his cleavage in MotoGP gear...)

http://daveart.com/m...56/default.aspx

That's pretty cool!

[Massa]

I don't know if it will work for anyone outside the U.S. or Canada, but SPEED Channel stream FP1 and FP3 legally (they bought the rights from FOM) and free: http://stream.speedtv.com/formula-one

[Caesar]

JHS18, on 15 March 2012 - 08:40 PM, said:

I'd have thought that for people streaming the coverage online, your best chance of seeing something is with practice before FOM get their act together and take the streams down for quali and the race.

don't understand. that  is a link to webcam on the beach near albert park. you can see if it is raining

[Caesar]

[Massa]

Caesar, on 15 March 2012 - 08:58 PM, said:

don't understand. that  is a link to webcam on the beach near albert park. you can see if it is raining

I couldn't figure out what it was but I knew it wasn't an auto race!

Thanks Caesar, that's interesting to see the weather.

What can be fully gained from doing practice in the wet for a dry qualifying and race?  I'd love one of the more technically-minded guys to explain.  My only experience with that is a certain racing game that we get a lot of spam about where you just take a percentage of arbitrary numbers and make adjustments.  I figure it's not that easy.

Would they only run to just get the car going through the motions, or do you get meaningful data that you can convert based on past data from the circuit?  But the cars changed each year, so does old data even mean anything?

[freaky2]

Hiya!! Mere hours left until the event of the week! I just wanted to mention that I'm still alive and the report will be written... but not immediately after the race as I will be busy. And now I gotta go, so enjoy the weekend ^^

[JHS18]

Massa, on 15 March 2012 - 08:57 PM, said:

I don't know if it will work for anyone outside the U.S. or Canada, but SPEED Channel stream FP1 and FP3 legally (they bought the rights from FOM) and free: http://stream.speedtv.com/formula-one

Thanks for that Eric. I recall watching a practice session through Speed a number of years ago. Doubt I'll stop up till 1:30am though, and if it rains, I probably won't miss much action anyway.

Historically, if it rains in practice but has a forecast for dry quali/race, they won't do much because all they'll risk is a damaged car. Will make the track very green for the first dry session though.

Edited by JHS18, 15 March 2012 - 09:18 PM.

[Caesar]

Massa, on 15 March 2012 - 09:10 PM, said:

I couldn't figure out what it was but I knew it wasn't an auto race!

Thanks Caesar, that's interesting to see the weather.

What can be fully gained from doing practice in the wet for a dry qualifying and race?  I'd love one of the more technically-minded guys to explain.  My only experience with that is a certain racing game that we get a lot of spam about where you just take a percentage of arbitrary numbers and make adjustments.  I figure it's not that easy.

Would they only run to just get the car going through the motions, or do you get meaningful data that you can convert based on past data from the circuit?  But the cars changed each year, so does old data even mean anything?

i think all teams would like free practice without rain. more time to make the best setup for totally new cars never raced here. after few races it will be easier when they know their cars better.

[Quiet One]

freaky2, on 15 March 2012 - 09:13 PM, said:

Hiya!! Mere hours left until the event of the week! I just wanted to mention that I'm still alive and the report will be written... but not immediately after the race as I will be busy. And now I gotta go, so enjoy the weekend ^^

tsk, tsk...women...

[yurp]

Massa, on 15 March 2012 - 03:32 PM, said:

I've corrected people on NASCAR forums about this before, and they told me that "Grenadan-English is his nationality African-American is his race."

Oh dear

[Caesar]

small rain

[AleHop]

Live timing shows strange characters all the time. Anybody same problem?

It's just started and Alonso already on top.


COME ON!!!

[duest]

AleHop, on 16 March 2012 - 02:01 AM, said:

Live timing shows strange characters all the time. Anybody same problem?

Yep same problem here too. I guess F1 is such a tiny little pokey racing series that they can't spare the cash nor effort to get something so basic right.....

[Massa]

I just wanted to let you guys know that Formula One is back and we have a twenty-four way tie for the WDC.  Let's go!

[LabradoRacer]

Hope HRT & Marussia are thrown out.

[BradSpeedMan]

So Ferrari looking fast, Mclaren looking very sleek, especially with the onboard camera shot and Mercedes are going to suprise BIG TIME is my feeling!!

[dribbler]

BradSpeedMan, on 16 March 2012 - 06:17 AM, said:

So Ferrari looking fast, Mclaren looking very sleek, especially with the onboard camera shot and Mercedes are going to suprise BIG TIME is my feeling!!

Ferrari look awful! Schumacher on board looked beautiful. Minimal steering inputs; that car looks sorted.

[LabradoRacer]

On ESPNF1:

A reader on the Red Bull's top speed: "The increased top speed differential doesn't bode well for Red Bull - Mark Webber was regularly overtaken last season in the DRS zone."

ESPNF1: Good point. And many of Vettel's victories were won in qualifying and the first few laps when he pulled a big enough advantage to avoid being attacked by other dirvers using DRS. If the other teams are closer he'll struggle to do that again this year.




Hope it's true.

[LabradoRacer]

dribbler, on 16 March 2012 - 06:25 AM, said:

Ferrari look awful! Schumacher on board looked beautiful. Minimal steering inputs; that car looks sorted.

Schumi was progressively faster in sector 1, no idea why he didn't set a new fastest time in later laps. Anyway, glad to see you enthu about Schu + car.

[Hector Troyano]

After 2 years sucking a## in Renault with 2 infamous cars that I'm not going to even remember and in the third year on Ferrari,
I honestly hope that Ferrari is throwing out there the biggest bluff ever...
I'm watching test 2 with all the hopes in my heart...

[BradSpeedMan]

Whats wrong with team poochie, why are'nt their drivers out? Has'nt KR steering problems been sorted??