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Ferrari blew it. Why in the hell would you follow Red Bull's screw up of pitting Webber and putting him behind cars that changed tires during the safety car? Makes absolutely no sense. These teams probably have dozens of people working strategy and that's the call they make. They deserved to lose the title with calls like that. I can understand Alonso being incredibly frustrated by sitting behind Petrov for 40 laps, but it's his job to race as hard as he can and it isn't his concern what his effect is on any championship battle. Whoever built the track in Abu Dhabi wasted a billion dollars on a parade route. Alonso qualified 1.2 seconds faster than Petrov, but couldn't pass him for 40 laps. These new tracks might be nice to look at, but they need to figure out how to build them so some passing can happen. I don't particularly care for Vettel, but he overcame a lot of bad luck and a few screwups and still won the title.
 
LTC8K6 said:
Perfectly normal for Alonso to be mad at Petrov for holding him up, imo. Not that I agree with Alonso, but Alonso is not a jackass for it.
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Of course he's a jackass. Petrov didn't hold anyone up, Alonso just didn't have the car or the stones to pass him.
 
Alonso just didn't realize the race situation, imo.

I doubt the team told him how badly they screwed him by calling him in early.

So Alonzo was probably unaware of exactly why he couldn't pass Petrov until well after the race.

In Alonso's mind, Petrov was holding him up. 😀
 
Finally got a chance to watch the race and it was well worth the wait. I was very surprised Ferrari screwed up as bad as they did but was very very happy to see Vettel win the championship. The new regs next year should make things very interesting.
 
boomhower said:
Finally got a chance to watch the race and it was well worth the wait. I was very surprised Ferrari screwed up as bad as they did but was very very happy to see Vettel win the championship. The new regs next year should make things very interesting.
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What are the new regulations? I haven't paid attention to that.
 
The main ones are single deck diffuser, KERS and an adjustable rear wing. RB should have the advantage with the diffuser because the RB5 was the quickest non DDD car on the grid. Macca might have an advantage with KERS depending on if they keep the system they used in 09.
 
Timorous said:
The main ones are single deck diffuser, KERS and an adjustable rear wing. RB should have the advantage with the diffuser because the RB5 was the quickest non DDD car on the grid. Macca might have an advantage with KERS depending on if they keep the system they used in 09.
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Plus a new tire manufacturer. Isn't overall downforce also being reduced again?
 
PlasmaBomb said:
As far as I am aware the rules only require them to submit a sample at the end of qually. They complied with that, therefore lived up to the wording of the rules, if not their spirit. Formula 1 is all about technicalities... (see double diffusers, blown diffusers etc.).
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another rule is that the cars must complete the in-lap and make it to the pits under their own power unless damaged. that's the rule they broke for 10,000. had they driven the car back and not had enough for a 1 liter sample, they would have been DQ'd.
 
Not excited, just intrigued. The power ouput will remain the same. We will not see the unrestricted four cylinder turbos from the 80's. No 1500hp beasts for YOU!

Anyway, calling a 2.4 litre engine "large capacity" is a bit LOL, IMHO.
 
So they'll be able to carry around half the weight of fuel with the same horsepower? I guess they will add weight to make up for it or something, otherwise you'd be looking at much quicker lap times.

The new engines will not do more than 10,000 revs per minute -
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Boooooo!
 
i wish they would ditch driver aids, make the cars faster again, and decrease aero

like the good ol days 😀

too bad that killed some drivers 🙁
 
hotlavaaaa said:
Ferrari blew it. Why in the hell would you follow Red Bull's screw up of pitting Webber and putting him behind cars that changed tires during the safety car? Makes absolutely no sense. These teams probably have dozens of people working strategy and that's the call they make. They deserved to lose the title with calls like that. I can understand Alonso being incredibly frustrated by sitting behind Petrov for 40 laps, but it's his job to race as hard as he can and it isn't his concern what his effect is on any championship battle. Whoever built the track in Abu Dhabi wasted a billion dollars on a parade route. Alonso qualified 1.2 seconds faster than Petrov, but couldn't pass him for 40 laps. These new tracks might be nice to look at, but they need to figure out how to build them so some passing can happen. I don't particularly care for Vettel, but he overcame a lot of bad luck and a few screwups and still won the title.
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You know, back in Schumi's days, ferrari were king of strategy and i'm quite certain Ross Brawn was the reason Schumacher became the most succesfull driver of all time... not that he wasn't great too.
 
TanisHalfElven said:
You know, back in Schumi's days, ferrari were king of strategy and i'm quite certain Ross Brawn was the reason Schumacher became the most succesfull driver of all time... not that he wasn't great too.
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Ross to Schu : we need 20 laps @ qualifying speed for our crazy strat to work
Schu : omfgwtfreally? kk
 
punjabiplaya said:
Ross to Schu : we need 20 laps @ qualifying speed for our crazy strat to work
Schu : omfgwtfreally? kk
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1998-2000 was schumacher at his prime I think... all the years after was a borefest as Ferrari had the best cars. zZzZzzZzzzzz
 
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