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03-23-2009, 09:39 PM | #26 |
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J.Button M.Webber; R.Barrichello F.Alonso S.Vettel K.Raikkonen N.Heidfeld Pick submitted on 2009-03-23 21:19 EST for Austrian GP Ok its just wishfull thinking I guess R- Im very excited my GF is not but that is what the DVR is for its also whay she reads books, shhss who wants books when you can have vroom vroom
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I'm not a big Ferrari fan but I have to be realistic.
I really hope Macca sorts out their problems. 1. Kimi 2. Button 3. Massa 4. Barrichello 4. Kubica 5. Vettel 6. Alonso 7. Hammi 8. Trulli |
03-23-2009, 10:27 PM | #29 |
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03-24-2009, 07:19 AM | #30 |
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I've been counting the seconds. After being on the Pick6 podium for a couple of years straight, I turned into Force India last year. So, as I list my picks, I advise most other Pick6-ers to run in the other direction.
Actually, I think this year will be very unpredictable until the drivers figure out how not to run over each others' front wings. They look impossibly wide to me and when all those fat noses go into a first turn somewhere, I think it will be carbon fiber city. Anyway, here's what an old man thinks: Massa. Focused Kubica. Don't know why. I like him Button. I think the Brawns are fast now. We'll see a bit later in the season. Raikkonen. Massa is focused. Kimi is thinking about getting ****faced. Rubino. From the outhouse to the points. He's a great guy too. Vettel. Probably should have him higher. Rosberg. At 7 and 8 it's a crapshoot, could also be a Toyota, Maclaren. I like Nico. Alonso. Could flog a Tata Nano into the points. Also be aware: On The Gas offers Crispy Creme Doughnuts for podium finishers at the end of the year. With a purse this great, the competition this year will be fierce. Have the DVR all set. |
03-24-2009, 09:51 AM | #31 |
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Wild guesses
Each year the OZ GP seems to be a crap shoot. There are always driver mistakes, vehicle failures, and surprises during this race.
The new regs have really overturned the apple cart, judging from the testing times. I revised my picks 3 times, before deciding the testing times may be a worthwhile indicator, (which is traditionally unwise). So my picks are relatively radical:
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03-24-2009, 11:59 AM | #32 |
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I'm going for a Rubens win!!!! YAY!
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http://f1.gpupdate.net/en/news/2009/...rior-williams/
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03-24-2009, 01:24 PM | #34 |
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That's a nice compliment.
Can we build a time machine and move to Thursday night? |
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No doubt. I've just tried to fill the week until Thursday with as many must do items as I can by procrastinating for the last two weeks. |
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03-24-2009, 02:20 PM | #37 |
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I am going to be very very tired come Friday morning. It is absolute lunacy to go to bed early, wake up in the middle of the night, watch TV for an hour, then go back to bed for a few more hours...all to watch PRACTICE....but I'm going to do it, sanity be damned.
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I wonder if the library will let me download it.
No yahoo guys? NO internet and no tv coverage at home make Parker something something. Especially with a shake up likely. |
03-24-2009, 05:18 PM | #39 |
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Ok I'm in this year, here goes nuttin':
F.Alonso R.Barrichello R.Kubica F.Massa K.Raikkonen L.Hamilton S.Vettel H.Kovalainen |
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Is anyone webcasting this year? I imagine the BBC is capable of it.
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1. Button 2. Raikkonen 3. Alonso 4. Barrichello 5. Kubica 6. Hamilton 7. Massa 8. Vettel Pick submitted on 2009-03-24 21:03 EST for Austrian GP |
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Deja Vu & Red Bull threatens Brawn GP protest
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However it plays out, it does have dramatic implications for the race pace. If Williams, Toyota, and BGP's interpreation is approved, then everyone will be sporting various double decker diffusers in a few weeks. Which change the competitive dynamics of the field, (for instance Ferrari & McLaren may suddenly be fighting at the front end of the field for wins and podiums again, like last year). Does this story bring anyone else a little deja vu all over again feeling? Remember 2007 Australia, where there was the weird question about splitter floor of the Ferrari flexing at speed? I thought that was very strange, and I corresponded with Bira & Scarborough over at Autosport.com on that subject, as well as Adam Cooper @ SpeedTV.com. I asked about the sources for the stories (it was senior folks at McLaren, I forget the names, or titles at the moment), and I asked what it was the splitter was doing, and how it affected the aero (going up or down, creating down force, or reducing drag), and interestingly received conflicting technical answers (one up, one down ). But of course the real drama behind the whole Ferrari splitter story at Australia was that it was, in fact, poorly played part of McLaren's espionage of Ferrari via McLaren's chief designer Mike Coughlan's relationship with Ferrari's Nigel Stepney. Ferrari was so perplexed by McLaren's actions, (most teams had flexible splitters), that they wondered about how McLaren would be so acquainted with Ferrari's designs. Ferrari must have figured something out pretty quickly, because by June, Ferrari had some sort of criminal charges brought against him, which were flimsy. Then they fired Stepney. By July 3rd, the whole story began to break out into the day light, when it became known that Coughlan's wife took the Ferrari designs to the local FedEx/Kinko's to make a copy or two. I guess the point is that little request for clarification by McLaren regarding how splitter floors are tested had lasting, and large implications. Last month, the charges of corporate espionage against Coughlan, and senior McLaren engineers Paddy Lowe, Jonathan Neale and Rob Taylor were dropped after a 'nolo contendere' (no contest) agreement was reached, and the McLaren (or ex...) boys received large 150,000 euro fines, or larger. Also last month, the FIA lifted any, and all restrictions against Stepney, and Coughlan. Quote:
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KAX: Pick 6!
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I just want to enjoy the racing! Im sure this year, with all thats going on with F1, I won't need any outside entertainment to keep me going I don't see the "double decker" section of the Brawn rear diffuser. . . However, WTH is this on the back of the McLaren diffuser? |
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Ferg - good points, as always.
I had read Sam Michael's prediction that other teams will have similar diffusers soon. He mentions in this article from Feb 26 that he has noticed two teams have components on their cars "perfectly positioned to have it on their cars for Melbourne." So, as you point out, if Newey cars can't easily expand their diffuser, that is 2 out of 10 teams. There are now 3 teams with expanded diffusers, and Sam Michael claims he spots two other teams who could change easily, so that could be quickly half of the field. Of the five remaining teams, the Newey cars would be difficult, so that leaves 3 other teams, which are unknowns. It will be interesting to watch this drama unfold, though I wish it didn't exist. |
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03-24-2009, 10:41 PM | #49 |
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L.Hamilton; R.Barrichello; F.Massa; N.Rosberg; J.Button; F.Alonso; S.Vettel The first race of the year is always a bit of a crapshoot. |
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