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Started by HandyNZL , Feb 05 2013 08:36 AM

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#1 HandyNZL

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Posted 05 February 2013 - 08:36 AM

Well, they are going vroom vroom like a Mazda at Jerez....and leading the way as I type this, Massa, setting a 1:36 and change.  Future World Champ that lad.... :P

More times to come when they, er, complete some laps....

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Posted 05 February 2013 - 08:37 AM

No, wait....a 1:22 and change by Maldonaldo....he'll be word champ with that sublime pace!

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Posted 05 February 2013 - 08:41 AM

Stupid stupid stupid....Button stops on track...way to go Macca...Posted Image

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Posted 05 February 2013 - 09:07 AM

Rosberg now topping the times with a 1:20.8...looks like HE'LL be word champ...oh it's so confusing and hard to keep up with all these possible world champions!!!

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Posted 05 February 2013 - 09:13 AM

So after one hours running it looks like Rosberg will be world champ (Merc WCChamps), Massa as the bridesmaid (Ferrari first loser in the WCChampionship), Maldonaldo third, the Hulk fourth with his super snazzy slimline sidepods (how do you like my alliteration, huh, huh?), Webber in fifth showing that RBR are going to fall massively from grace, and Greedo....er I mean Guido van der Garde in sixth...not bad for a green alie...er, I mean rookie driver in his first season...

I'm so glad that pre-season testing shows me acurately the strengths and weaknesses of the cars and who is gonna clean up (Rosberg!!)...I'm off to the betting shop to lay a bet on him now....I'm thinking 2-million pesos...

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Posted 05 February 2013 - 09:15 AM

WDC runner up....MASSA!!!

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Posted 05 February 2013 - 09:21 AM

Britney's backside (kind of)

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sorry...I meant the car.....

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Posted 05 February 2013 - 09:24 AM

Chilton slots in a 1:33...I like the car, and Sam had big props out of the UK media during the GP2 season (not that I saw what they saw), but I will be genuinely interested in seeing Marussia progress this year...actually, with Force India possibly having no money, I can see both Marussia and Caterham overtaking Force India...

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Posted 05 February 2013 - 09:27 AM

Oh bloody heck...I just lost all me pesos on Rosberg...he just stopped out on track...oh why oh why did I trust in the first hours testing form???? I feel like such a newbie....

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Posted 05 February 2013 - 09:28 AM

Report is that he has stopped with a small amount of smoke coming from the car....maybe it was his Dad driving and he's stopped for a fag?

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Posted 05 February 2013 - 09:45 AM

Appears Button had a fuel pump issue.  Wonder if that means it was the pump on the car, or the pump in the pits?  Either way, he wasn't getting no gas.

Doing his bit to save the world that lad.

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Posted 05 February 2013 - 09:48 AM

Chilton and his super smooth race car are now turning sub 90-sec laps...lets see how far he progresses...still just under 5-seconds slower than Webber who is the man just ahead of him.

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Posted 05 February 2013 - 10:10 AM

After two hours of going around in circles, the times are:




1: ROS1.20.846

2: MAL1.21.215

3: RIC1.21.316

4: HUL1.21.533

5: MAS1.21.598


6: WEB1.22.959

7: GAR1.24.994

8: CHI1.25.176

9: BUT

10: DIR


11: PER

12: GROundefined

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Posted 05 February 2013 - 10:20 AM

Almost midnight...time to leave the little boys driving around in circles and hit the hay....

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Posted 05 February 2013 - 10:25 AM

Mercedes reveals their secret weapon - AFTERBURNERS !!

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Posted 05 February 2013 - 10:41 AM

Britney looks out of scale to the car....looks like his head has been shrunk....

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Posted 05 February 2013 - 10:46 AM

:lol:

Brilliant, guys.
"There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the Universe, and it has a longer shelf life" - Frank Zappa

"Great drivers are the ones who win the races they're not supposed to" - K.Chandhok

"On the rare occasions that I play a racing game I often think ‘you know what this needs? A boss battle or two.’ A Formula One game in which, suddenly, everybody else has a monster truck and their sole desire is to squash you. A street racing game with a tank or two blowing the roads and buildings to bits. A Nascar game with a track that occasionally bends to the right" (Adam Smith - RPS)

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Posted 05 February 2013 - 10:54 AM

View PostHandyNZL, on 05 February 2013 - 09:07 AM, said:

Rosberg now topping the times with a 1:20.8...looks like HE'LL be word champ...oh it's so confusing and hard to keep up with all these possible world champions!!!
Don't joke like that, after topping the times DURING first testing last year the Alonso fans went crazy!!!!
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“We keep on working, we do our thing,” Vettel shouts over the team radio, “We are who we are!”

"Vettel is a champion. That’s not referring to his achievements, but rather to his approach to everything he does. He wins. All the time. His preparation is meticulous, his attention to detail reminiscent of Michael Schumacher at his peak, and his performance on the track is almost always flawless. Vettel is capable only of domination. He knows no other way... Vettel is not in Formula One to be liked. He is there to win. And in the words of Ayrton Senna, perhaps the greatest of all Formula One drivers, “Nice men don’t win.”"
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Posted 05 February 2013 - 11:06 AM

Ricciardo is now the new world champion, he posted a 1m20.547s
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“We keep on working, we do our thing,” Vettel shouts over the team radio, “We are who we are!”

"Vettel is a champion. That’s not referring to his achievements, but rather to his approach to everything he does. He wins. All the time. His preparation is meticulous, his attention to detail reminiscent of Michael Schumacher at his peak, and his performance on the track is almost always flawless. Vettel is capable only of domination. He knows no other way... Vettel is not in Formula One to be liked. He is there to win. And in the words of Ayrton Senna, perhaps the greatest of all Formula One drivers, “Nice men don’t win.”"
Chris Cameron-Dow

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Posted 05 February 2013 - 11:45 AM

Button ran over a shopping trolley...

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(look at his right hand sidepod)

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Posted 05 February 2013 - 11:47 AM

Nice pic of the brick

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Posted 05 February 2013 - 11:51 AM

Rosberg gets in a fender bender with a soccermum-mobile...

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Posted 05 February 2013 - 11:53 AM

More soccer-mums get in on the action, whilst the coach has set out the cones for dribble practise...

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Posted 05 February 2013 - 11:55 AM

Last years car, this years nose...guess Williams has ditched the step nose too

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Posted 05 February 2013 - 12:00 PM

Same corner, cars almost the same spot....Sauber-pods look very narrow compared with the Marussia

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Sauber-pods clearly inside the wheels...reminiscent of Formula Ford....maybe someone from Swift is working for them?

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Posted 05 February 2013 - 12:05 PM

OK...so RBR just went from looking nice to looking like it hit every branch falling down the ugly tree...that....nose...ugh...

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U G L Y you ain't got no alibi...

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Posted 05 February 2013 - 12:07 PM

Is it a bird?

Is it a plane?

No...

It's a platypus with wings.....

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I am going to have to retract my earlier comment comparing the RBR nose with Alain Prost's nose.  Clearly I was wrong.  Prost's nose is considerably more beautiful.

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Posted 05 February 2013 - 12:11 PM

Interesting little wings next to the mirror.  A little design detail to oogle as it were....

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Posted 05 February 2013 - 12:16 PM

Ferrari's rendition of Williams Walrus nose.  Williams were just ahead of the times...

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Posted 05 February 2013 - 12:18 PM

Button:  God damn it....why do I have to get the ugly one?

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