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

James Allen becomes Radio 5 live commentator

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Formula One driver Adrian Sutil to stand trial over 'nightclub fracas'

The former Force India Formula One driver Adrian Sutil will stand trial this month on a charge of causing bodily harm, in relation to a nightclub fracas in China last April, a Munich court said on Friday.

The German, who has yet to find a race seat for 2012, though he has been linked to Williams, is charged with attacking and injuring Eric Lux, the chief executive of Genii Capital, the owner of the Renault F1 team, in a Shanghai nightclub after the Chinese Grand Prix last year.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/jan/13/formula-one-driver-adrian-sutil

Oh, and they might be calling this guy as a witness:

http://www.gq.com/images/style/2012/01/lewis-hamilton/lewis-hamilton-06.jpg

I ride height the new double diffuser?

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/96952

and I feel bad for Kubica. He didn't need a broken leg to hamper his recovery.

Mosley v Google: battle to remove pages

Google has removed hundreds of web pages relating to former motorsport boss Max Mosley's sex life from its search results index, Britain's Leveson Inquiry on press standards has heard.

Mr Mosley told the inquiry in November he had spent over £500,000 ($750,000) trying to restore his reputation after a March 2008 News of the World article alleging he had a "sick Nazi orgy", something he strongly denied.

http://www.smh.com.au/business/media-and-marketing/mosley-v-google-battle-to-remove-pages-20120127-1qkbe.html

http://cache.jalopnik.com/assets/images/12/2008/05/medium_MaxMosleyVidClip.jpg

wouldn't mind it if google could remove that from my brain cache tbh

Here is the nose on the Caterham (formerly Lotus, not to be confused with Lotus):

http://www.autoguide.com/auto-news/wp-content/uploads//2012/01/Caterham-f1-nose.jpg

Apparently all cars this year will have those nose to pass regulations. F1 Technical Working Group, you've done it again!!

oh btw it got released early because it was debuting in F1 Racing and next month's edition got printed early.

The biggest surprise is that anyone still reads F1 Racing in 2012.

I mean, it was shit enough over a decade ago, imagine how bad and pointless it would be now?

You need the side view to really see how ugly it looks.

Sutil convicted, yet Bertrand Gachot remains the only driver to actually end up in jail.

lotus changing to caterham - makers of the old lotus seven - is a fukkin masterstroke

Sutil, celebrating with a friend, yesterday.

http://badgergp.com/images/2012/01/adrian-sutil-dolphin-3.jpg

That dolphin is a real man, much unlike ex-friend Lewis Hamilton:

http://cdni.condenast.co.uk/320x480/k_n/lhamilton_usgq_11jan12_Peggy-Sirota_GQ_b.jpg

lolwut

http://www.pitpass.com/images/cars/700x260/ferrari/2012F2012.jpg

lolol what a ridiculous-looking car

world's most expensive spatula.

Business in the front, party in the back.

...but enough of Lewis Hamilton's GQ shoot, how about that new Ferrari?

The stepped noses are so embarrassing for everyone involved.

i am now officially used to it so it doesn't bother me anymore (still NAGL) but i think there's one that has a rounded nose (McLaren) - i'm not any expert on downforce but wouldn't having a steep angled nose have a negative effect on the car? yes there would be downforce but wouldn't there be a push back effect as well? doesn't seem aerodynamic.

anyway, i'm still going to the Austin race in November

After Red Bull's performance over the past two years maybe everyone just said, "fuck speed. downforce is all that matters."

The stepped-nose thing seems to be intended to prevent debris from coming straight at the driver, as well as making it more difficult to 'scoop' a car up from behind, tossing it into the air. So the nose revisions are just safety regs, if I remember right, and not intended to contribute to anything aero-wise. There's a great article on the new nose regs online.

I'm still not exactly clear on how McLaren dodged this - the nose must be within regs but it sure doesn't look at first glance like it could be.

Just saw the Toro Rosso. Predicting that front nose to snap off by Practice 2 in Melbourne.

can i just say the 1979 Ensign N179

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyqn823le81qbm0mn.jpg

biodiesel made from millions of little bugs, scooped, compressed, made into hi-octane all in seconds

Testing with the Finns

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkSSgC3Qbzo

bernie ecclestone with opinion 4 u on the arab spring:

"A lot of kids having a go at the police."

Looks like we gotta change the name of this thread

ha I knew I'd seen that ensign before..

http://www.jugstompers.com/images/wild_bill-1.jpg

Looks like we gotta change the name of this thread

This is slightly embarrassing than "Keeping Jenson Button Employed" and 'im winning the championship, through.

lol. we're up to date.

http://indycar.cdn.racersites.com/prod/photos/341658/HOME.jpg

Er, farewell then...

in b4 Bernie sez something sexist: Marussia take on female test driver Maria de Villota

NASCAR is so ahead of the game in this department.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Zq0JRaww4Zo/T0ppG6Acd5I/AAAAAAAADkQ/GAPzsJkdWvU/s1600/danica-patrick.jpg

sorry for the huge

They're not that hug...oh, wait.

Thanks, that really brightened up my day ...

Thought this little thing with Schumi was fun

Hey, it's the Australian Grand Prix weekend! And the big story is...Bernie's Bogan Daughter: http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/labor-mp-kelvin-thomson-slams-the-50m-cost-of-the-f1-gp-saying-it-is-bankrolling-the-lifestyle-of-bernie-ecclestones-billionaire-bogan-daughter/story-e6frfmqi-1226300210612

"You're not a communist state there, are you? Any money that my children have got, they didn't steal."

bernie ecclestone great train robbery
About 26,900 results (0.27 seconds)

Congratulations to the GQ Model on his Pole Position.

More importantly: Grosjean starts third. Raikkonen starts...er, eighteenth?

Lucozade gives Jenson Button wings...wait, what?

You know what? I haven't seen a last lap like that in years (for 8th to 12th, that is).

But anyway, Alonso ~makes u think~: https://twitter.com/#!/alo_oficial/status/181304815693987842/photo/1

Perez had a brilliant race

I hear that. Sixth for KOBAYASHI~! too. PETER SAUBER IS THE GREATEST DRIVER SCOUT IN THE HISTORY OF HUMANITY.

I'm getting more and more convinced that "Charles Pic" is a fictional character btw,

WETTTTT RAAAAAAAAAACE

Stock the fridge with Magnums, the track is in a undriveable state.

RED FLAG!!

CAN WE GET SOME MAGNUMS UP IN THIS AREA??

As long as they hire the Ghost of Chris Ekonomaki, all will be well.

Teams that won't win the 2013 Constructors' Championship: Ferrari

haha, kimi interviewed on the podium by coulthard affecting the classic nonchalant form; so laidback he's practically horizontal.

that really was some drive by vettel.

Was prepared for a really tedious race but it turned out to be the best of the year. I was screaming at the screen to PIT KIMI NOW before Alonso took him down. What a race. Kimi is Snake Plissken.

Agreed on Vettel's drive, that was amazing ... even if as LH said, he was the luckiest man alive. Even the things that went wrong for him eventually ended up helping him.

Happy to see: a serene Hamilton after he'd been eliminated, saying howdy to the pit; Rosberg and Karthikeyan both walking away from that crash, and being able to laugh about it.

I never watch F1 but happened to watch some last night. Man, that Abu Dhabi track is really cool looking!

Kimi's "Leave me alone" radio message was A+ Iceman.

Bob Hauk: Remember, once you're inside you're on your own.
Snake Plissken: Oh, you mean I can't count on you?
Bob Hauk: No.
Snake Plissken: Good!

The cherry on top of the weird podium scene was DC looking like he was this close to decking Vettel

So cool to finally see the cars driving around the Austin track.

I was all set to go to this then the price shock hit. Bascially my price estimates doubled and it became too much to bear.

;_:

I was priced out too. Stupid expensive.

reserved a motel in LaGrange for $85 dollars a night back in March. went to check on it in September and they had jacked the price up to $250/night

That's some crazy bullshit!

Leave Austin alone, they know what they're charging.

Peter Windsor, the man who gave us 'USF1', says swearing is bad because something to do with America: http://en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/story/94656.html

USFU1, amirite

u rite

Vettel on pole again; Formula 1 press writes up twenty articles asking, "is Vettel really that good? Can't be as good as Alonso!"

148,000 people the first two days. Silverstone levels of attendance thus far.

pretty decent race so far.

Yeah really enjoying it. What was Vettel complaining about with that overtake?

I think he thought Hamilton was too close to his side? If so, it's because Vettel didn't give him enough space even though he was good and got via DRS.

great inaugural COTA race.

that is an excellent track imo. are there any upcoming races in other classes on it, le mans prototypes or something?

I believe the next race is MotoGP in April.

I really dug the COTA track too. Horner was saying it's obvious they'd intentionally stolen bits of other tracks, which sounds awful but it came together really well - it feels a bit like Interlagos and looks like great fun to drive. New tracks get a lot of complaints these days but most everyone seems well pleased.

It's totally Tilke's greatest hits - bit of Turkey, bit of that. But it looks like it'll be the best Tilke track for passing, at least.

also: V8 Supercars next year

I don't "get" that part of the marketing plan.

Not sure if I enjoyed the GP as much as everyone else did (well, until the podium ceremony), possibly because it was on at 6am on a Monday morning. As good as Lewis' stalking of Seb was, I preferred PASTOOOOR's barging past B. Senna. If that didn't bring a smile to the face of Sir Frank, nothing will.

Can't get too excited about Brazil either; I want Vettel to win because OL' HAIRY EYEBROWS but it would be something of an anti-climax, if you know what I mean.

!!! SUTIL MIGHT BE COMING BACK TO FORCE INDIA !!!

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/forc_suti_vale_2011-1.jpg

He probably won't be able to get visas for several races so it seems a weird choice.

Charles Pic moves up to the dizzying heights of...Caterham?

McLaren lock out! Nicely done.

Poor Alonso :(

yeah but red bull have a special qualifying car that is highly illegal and that is making alonso look bad (just ask any internet f1 b0ard)

oh, please let it end this way.

This is nuts

absolutely goofy.

Dammit! It was so close. Alonso is champion in my book. There is no way that car is even close to the Red Bull and yet it's only a few points that separate them at the end of the season. Remarkable.

still remember alonso in qualifying for his debut GP, melbourne 2001 - one of my pals and I went along and got a good position in a braking area with some trees throwing shade, so you could see all the cars' brakes heat up. so you could tell really easily that alonso was going in metres later than everybody else in that piece of shit minardi!

Had to wait almost a day to watch this.

Bloody 'ell.

CRAZY RAIN RACE + OL' HAIRY EYEBROWS NOT WINNING + THE HULK LEADING SOME LAPS = PRETTY AWESOME

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u mad, marussia?

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/104598

lol butthurt

<3 interlagos, what a mental race

'PETROBRAS' is one of the most awkward brand names of all time, u feel me

360-degree video from a Red Bull test run

A friend of mine has to research how Formula 1 works (teams, money, development, etc) for his job. Anybody know of any good sites/books that might give a solid rundown?

I follow a lot of F1 stuff and the only people I've found so far who really work the financial side are Buxton and Saward. Saward in particular made it clear to me how the prize money is structured as an incentive and life support, ie the race for tenth place really is life or death for teams. You'll never hear anyone on TV actually talking in depth about money, sponsorship, etc and how it affects the sport - it's mentioned in passing.

The unapproved bio of Ecclestone is interesting not in that it demonstrates he's obnoxious (we all knew that) but how brilliant he is at a. structuring deals and b. playing the media.