Celebrating Five Glorious Years of Heikki Kovalainen: Formula 1 in 2012

Hey, remember Ferrari Team Orders?

good thing it's legal now.

lol 4ever if Perez can get up to Massa

lololololoooooool

Perez on fire!

where on earth has this come from

He waited forever to change tires, which is a huge part of it.

Remember both Sauber's were fast in qualifying at Spa but got cleared out in that first corner.

hahahaha Seb.

SAVE THE ENGINE

Nice to tell him right after the pit entrance.

ILX's favourite driver is BACK and WINNING (in some sort of minor rally): http://en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/story/88563.html

RIP Formula 1's Doctor and Fly Fishing Expert, Prof Sid Watkins: http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/102485

This is rather good read btw: http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/2012/09/13/lunch-with-professor-sid-watkins/

Thanks for the Motorsport Watkins piece!

Have to say I am psyched for Austin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvQV-l8JWJ0

The weather forecast suggests that rain might fall during the race on Sunday night.

Better stock up on Magnums and pagodas.

ok just got my hands on F1 2012 xbox game. first impression: these cars are hard to drive, no wonder pastor and roman are always stacking into people through the first turn. I am having a steeper learning curve trying to get my F1 mojo back (last competitive season: F1 97 on playstation!) than schumacher has probably had during his comeback. DRS and KERS are kinda hilariously appropriate for a game though.

second impression: the heavy rain effect is terrifying tbh.

third impression: lol dadrock soundtrack.

ladies and gentlemen, charles pic!

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/102741

"community service", lololol

you want craziness, try playing F1 2012 on an iPhone (xp)

!!! FLAVIO BRIATORE TO STAR IN THE ITALIAN VERSION OF "THE APPRENTICE" !!!

Flav naturally wears sunglasses in the boardroom: http://theapprentice.cielotv.it/

would watch

haha pastor, jesus!

he will never die wondering, that's for sure.

If I was in a Williams, I'd do crazy shit like that too.

Let me tell you a story about a gearbox...

I'm not a Hamilton fan but that's still a shame.

Yes, because that really helps Alonso.

I was more annoyed that it puts Vettel in the lead. He's the only driver I dislike more than Lewis.

HISTORY REPEATS

Schumacher out of control. Again.

incidentally, how good would button running up vettel's arse under safety have been?

CRAZY OLD MAN??!?

massa asserting himself as the true south american wild man there

I thought Massa was going to cause a helluva mess there.

He was attempting Pastorality

If you like Lewis Hamilton's Twitter, then good news for you in 2013: he'll be tweeting a lot more from back in the midfield.

Also: Sergio Perez is set to become a) the Mexican Senna or b) the Mexican Kovalainen.

And here's an exclusive sneak preview of Michael Schumacher's car for next season:

http://img.metro.co.uk/i/pix/2008/12/Schumacher_450x300.jpg

I keep singing "pastor maldonado left-hand side" to the tune of "pass the dutchie" every time his name is mentioned, I'm really starting to annoy myself.

Schumacher will land at Sauber and have one final glorious season. Mark my words.

"Hello, may I speak to Herr Marussia about a business proposal for 2013..."

Can we get Schumacher in the Ferrari for one year? Someone needs to bump Massa.

Yeah no word from Ferrari, they *have* to announce *something* soon here, don't they?

I think next year is going to suck mightily for Lewis, but 2014 could be good for him when they introduce the 1.6L turbo ters/kers V6. Happy for Perez who absolutely deserves this, and for Jenson and Whitmarsh who will no longer have to deal with tantrums and endless bitching. I think LH is a little batty, anyway, his reactions on camera to winning are so weird and guarded. It's as if his successes aren't as real to him as his disappointments, like blaming others engages him more.

Schumi should really get a gig testing cars, I can see him making sure roll cages work on track, for instance ...

Yeah no word from Ferrari, they *have* to announce *something* soon here, don't they?

di resta is on dis ting no hype

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If I were anywhere near Schumi on track I would be sweating since you know he's going to be a monster trying to get one last win before he vanishes and becomes a commentator and triathlete or something

Meaning that he would likely shove me into a wall

lol Hamilton btw. just generally.

Mr E's timing here is ... interesting

Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone has revealed that controversial environmentally-friendly new engines which are due to be introduced to the sport in 2014 are likely to be scrapped. He says the move will save the teams as much as 30% of their projected budgets, which will help them stay in business during the economic downturn.

HUGE MASSIVE NEWS:

While Psy was in the US, it was announced that he, as ambassador of the Formula One Korean Grand Prix, will perform "Gangnam Style" at the event during the 2012 edition.

And, er, in lesser news, Schumacher has announced that he's retiring again.