Formula 1

[Michael Parnham]

Lewis Hamilton didn't qualify yesterday as his car had a disc brake problem and I think he starts at the back. I wonder if he will pull something out of the bag today? :Erm:

Will watch the race this evening!

[Michael Parnham]

That's my boy, did great at 3rd position! :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[Terpe]

That's my boy, did great at 3rd position! :xxgrinning--00xx3:

It was a remarkable performance that's for sure

[grahamw48]

A really exciting race ! :xxgrinning--00xx3:

Also, daft as it sounds, being one of the tracks I regularly race around on the Xbox, and 'knowing' all the corners, an extra dimension is added for me. :drivingx:

[Dedworth]

This was good the other week :-


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRgQ2x87PEc

[Michael Parnham]

This was good the other week :-


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRgQ2x87PEc

I'm sure she has a real soft spot for my boy Lewis! :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[Michael Parnham]

A little more bad luck qualifying for Lewis, a fire this time caused by a fuel leak, don't know for sure if he will race today we'll just have to wait and see. His team mate Nico is in Pole! :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[Michael Parnham]

Great race again today, certainly the best race this season! :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[Terpe]

Great race again today, certainly the best race this season! :xxgrinning--00xx3:

:xxgrinning--00xx3:

[grahamw48]

The racing is certainly exciting.


Just a shame they sound like Bumble Bees rather than screaming F1s. :yawn:

I'm sure lots of people must have been moaning about it, so hopefully next season the full flavour will be back.

[Terpe]

A little more bad luck qualifying for Lewis, a fire this time caused by a fuel leak, don't know for sure if he will race today we'll just have to wait and see. His team mate Nico is in Pole! :xxgrinning--00xx3:

Lewis took every opportunity that Lady Luck put his way. Great job.

[Michael Parnham]

Good man Lewis, pole position for tomorrow's Italian Grand Prix, good luck to him!

[stevewool]

Em's working all day Sunday, so I can watch it in peace :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[KeithD]

75% Of pole position starters win at this track. I hope the Mercedes takes a little bit longer on Rosberg's tyre changes :biggrin:

[grahamw48]

I'm just going to do a few laps of Monza on the Xbox to get into the spirit. :drivingx:

Nice that my girl (Mercedes) is doing so well in the sport too. :biggrin:

[grahamw48]

Here's a quick replay of a lap around Monza I did this evening.

No F1 cars on this Xbox game, so I used my Gumpert Apollo, which is about 15 seconds a lap slower than a F1.

Quality aint brill, as I recorded it on my tab. Graphics in the actual game are brilliant, and the actual track and the car physics very accurate. :smile: 200mph along the start-line straight.
Give it a few seconds and I change it to the view I use when driving.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObIUtvzwIys

[Michael Parnham]

75% Of pole position starters win at this track. I hope the Mercedes takes a little bit longer on Rosberg's tyre changes :biggrin:

Fed up of Crouts Winning! :biggrin:

[Michael Parnham]

:Britain::appl::appl::xxgrinning--00xx3:

[KeithD]

Lewis shows he's the better driver again. :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[Michael Parnham]

Here's a quick replay of a lap around Monza I did this evening.

No F1 cars on this Xbox game, so I used my Gumpert Apollo, which is about 15 seconds a lap slower than a F1.

Quality aint brill, as I recorded it on my tab. Graphics in the actual game are brilliant, and the actual track and the car physics very accurate. :smile: 200mph along the start-line straight.
Give it a few seconds and I change it to the view I use when driving.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObIUtvzwIys

Enjoyed that Graham, fast track! :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[grahamw48]

The hardest part is judging your braking point at the end of the high speed straights...otherwise you're straight across the bumpy bit, as on the race today. :smile:

[Michael Parnham]

Singapore today, Lewis in pole so hope he does well! :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[Slip]

I don't really like F1 anymore, but always try to watch the start and the finish! In between is boring now.

[KeithD]

Great race.... and brilliant drive by Rosberg :cwm24:

[grahamw48]

Actually I think the on-track action has been really good this season...just that the sound is so underwhelming.

Suzuka GP in Japan next... a great track, popular with the drivers, and also featured on my Xbox Forza4 racing, so added interest when you've 'driven' it so many times. :smile:

[grahamw48]

'Driving' the Suzuka GP track...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fzp3bd_5Im8

[Michael Parnham]

Actually I think the on-track action has been really good this season...just that the sound is so underwhelming.

Suzuka GP in Japan next... a great track, popular with the drivers, and also featured on my Xbox Forza4 racing, so added interest when you've 'driven' it so many times. :smile:

I'm pleased you mentioned sound Graham, I use my sound system and the Singapore race sounded really well as the sound echoed on the buildings, very pleased to listen to the outstanding effect that the buildings produced! :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[Terpe]

Well done Lewis and well done Mercedes :Jump:

[Michael Parnham]

Japan Grand Prix starting shortly, Nico in pole position, hope Lewis can pull something out the bag today! :Erm:

[SimonH]

Well that went well :cwm25:

[Slip]

Turned it on to watch when I got home from work this morning at 6.30..

Saw the race stopped after 2 laps....

Just woke up 20 minutes ago!

[Terpe]

I've always enjoyed the Japanese Grand Prix.
Plenty of highs and lows over the years. Always thrills.

[KeithD]

Oops :cwm3:

[grahamw48]

Suzuka is one of my favourite tracks on the Xbox car racing sim. :xxgrinning--00xx3:

Glad I got up at the crack of dawn to watch it, though knacked now of course. :NEW5:

[Michael Parnham]

It certainly ended with the right result! :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[raynaputi]

It certainly ended with right result!:xxgrinning--00xx3:

Good result for Hamilton but tragic for Jules Bianchi. :NoNo: Hope he can recover from what happened.

[andy222]

That was the down part of the race. I hope he recovers too but its not looking good.

[Terpe]

That was the down part of the race. I hope he recovers too but its not looking good.

I hope he gets through this.
Haven't seen any recent updates

[Michael Parnham]

I hope he gets through this.
Haven't seen any recent updates

Didn't know about Bianchi until now. When watching the race, I heard about Sutil and that he was ok. Also Hamilton's win then switched off. What bad luck for Bianchi. Hope he makes a full recovery soon so that he can get on with his career. Keep fingers crossed!

[Michael Parnham]

Lewis in pole for tomorrow's Russian Grand Prix. Great stuff! :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[Michael Parnham]

Enjoyed Russian Grand Prix today, nice track and a great first race!:xxgrinning--00xx3:

[KeithD]

A very boring track, and those who go off suffer little in the way of a penalty. Terrible design, similar to the also bring Bahrain.

[Ako Si Jamie]

A very boring trackAren't they all? :cwm3:

[grahamw48]

Agree...very processional race, and of course the usual rubbish noise those hybrid things make. :yawn:

To be fair though, there have been some very entertaining races on other circuits this season. :smile:

[Michael Parnham]

Just watched yesterdays race at Austin, thrilling race and my boys won again! :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[Terpe]

:xxgrinning--00xx3:

Yep, great job from Lewis and from the Mercedes Team.

That's 5 wins in a row.

[KeithD]

Great race for Lewis. Crap for watching .... another 2 car race. The same as 90% of the season.

[Michael Parnham]

Hope the final race is a better one than Brazil for Lewis, Well done Nico! :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[Terpe]

Hope the final race is a better one than Mexico for Lewis, Well done Nico! :xxgrinning--00xx3:

I think you mean Brazil Michael :wink:

[Terpe]

With Lewis on 334 points and Rosberg on 317 points mathematical permutations of just how the title can be won or lost come into focus with a double point last race in Abu Dhabi on November 23

Here's how the points get awarded:-

1st = 50
2nd =36
3rd = 30
4th = 24
5th = 20
6th = 16
7th = 12
8th = 8
9th = 4
10th = 2

It's an added nail biting dimension to the 'local' rivalry.

C'mon Lewis

[KeithD]

Double points is a pathetic idea by some idiot.

[Terpe]

Double points is a pathetic idea by some idiot.

Could easily cost Lewis his title :Erm:

Ramps up the media interest .....allegedly

[Michael Parnham]

I think you mean Brazil Michael :wink:

Oops!

[andy222]

Hamilton should have won, it was a driver error that cost him. I think he will still be champion though. :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[KeithD]

Hamilton should have won, it was a driver error that cost him. I think he will still be champion though. :xxgrinning--00xx3:

He would only have won if he'd got out the pits first. He had ample opportunity to overtake Rosberg during the last 12 laps, but only tried to force him into an error. He knew it wasn't worth risking his points trying to overtake the idiot.

[Terpe]

Lewis Hamilton has shown himself to be best driver this season with the fastest drives in the best car.

If he doesn't win the title solely down to this nutty new double points game then F1 will not only look stupid the fans will be livid. :doh

[KeithD]

If they wanted double points in the last race, they should do what Indycar does. Have two races on the same day.

[Trefor]

Initially I thought the double points rule mean't 50 points for the winner, then 18 for second and so on. Since I realised that second place gets 36 points I'm not so upset about the rule. Lewis needs to finish the race then win the championship - if he finishes then he's bound to finish in the front four anyway.

[Terpe]

Title permutations for the final race:-

Hamilton, 334 points.......................Rosberg, 317 points
How the Briton can win the title.......How the German can win the title:
Finish ahead of Rosberg................ Win the race with Hamilton third or lower

Finish no lower than 2nd if Rosberg wins.....Finish second with Hamilton sixth or lower

Finish fifth or better if Rosberg doesn't win..... Finish third with Hamilton seventh or lower

Finish sixth or better if Rosberg is not in the top two......Finish fourth with Hamilton ninth or lower

Finish eighth or better if Rosberg misses out on the podium...... Finish fifth with Hamilton 10th or lower

Finish ninth or better if Rosberg is fifth........Should Hamilton not score any points, Rosberg still must finish no lower than fifth to overturn the 17-point deficit.

Source (http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/29982917)

[grahamw48]

Thanks Peter.
Now how long for this headache to go ? :Cuckoo:

[Michael Parnham]

Well Done Lewis, we're so proud of you! :unitedkingdom: :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[Dedworth]

F1 transporter truck breaks world record by jumping over speeding Lotus race car

video

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/motorsport/formulaone/11248659/F1-transporter-truck-breaks-world-record-by-jumping-over-speeding-Lotus-race-car.html

[Michael Parnham]

F1 transporter truck breaks world record by jumping over speeding Lotus race car

video

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/motorsport/formulaone/11248659/F1-transporter-truck-breaks-world-record-by-jumping-over-speeding-Lotus-race-car.html

Great Video, enjoyed that! :xxgrinning--00xx3: