Malaysian Grand Prix

[MadduckUK]

so why dont we do the same for football. each week lets make a new thread

we should do, it would stop the smush that the premiership thread became, and of course champs league group quart/semi/final threads as well

got anything relevant to here to say? any thoughts on the weekend? any thoughts?

[Tarffie]

I agree, we should change the way we've done things for ages and only have one F1 thread. I mean we're gonna run out of threads if we're not careful. This is the funniest thing ever btw rofl.

At least Malaysia is a bit closer than Australia, I might see a bit more than just the last 8 laps this time (I doubt it really tbf tbh)

[j.o.s.h.1408]

we should do, it would stop the smush that the premiership thread became, and of course champs league group quart/semi/final threads as well

got anything relevant to here to say? any thoughts on the weekend? any thoughts?

yea i have thoughts about this weekend. i think hamilton will once again do well and finish in the top 5 again.

And to respond to your comments, yes you do the honours and make a quarter final champs legaue thread when it starts back up again.

while your at it, make a

premiership, (Game 30-31)

thread for this weeks premiership action

[MadduckUK]

yea i have thoughts about this weekend. i think hamilton will once again do well and finish in the top 5 again.

And to respond to your comments, yes you do the honours and make a quarter final champs legaue thread when it starts back up again.

while your at it, make a thread for this weeks premiership action

will do prolly Friday for the PL thread and Monday night for CL, unless there is something big in the meantime related to one or the other.

back to the task at hand now eh?

[[DW]Cougho]

yea i have thoughts about this weekend. i think hamilton will once again do well and finish in the top 5 again

I wouldn't bet on it, if its a wet race particularly.

The McLaren is severely lacking downforce, Sepang is a downforce-heavy track. Plus if its wet you can wave goodbye to the mechanical grip which was clawed back with slicks.

If Button's "smooth" driving style is true he should romp away in the wet, the Brawn GP has excellent aero grip so another 1-2 is on the cards.

[Mblaster]

yea i have thoughts about this weekend. i think hamilton will once again do well and finish in the top 5 again.

I'm not so sure on that, it's all a bit unknown because everything has changed so much and we haven't seen any of the cars in the wet, but he got very lucky in Melbourne, and there's plenty of other drivers that are good in the wet too, and in better performing cars than Hamilton.

I can see him getting some points, but to finish top 5 he'd need to get lucky again. I guess we'll have a better idea after first practice on Friday.

[j.o.s.h.1408]

I'm not so sure on that, it's all a bit unknown because everything has changed so much and we haven't seen any of the cars in the wet, but he got very lucky in Melbourne, and there's plenty of other drivers that are good in the wet too, and in better performing cars than Hamilton.

I can see him getting some points, but to finish top 5 he'd need to get lucky again. I guess we'll have a better idea after first practice on Friday.

practise/quali in aussie last week gave all of us the impression that he will struggle to even finish the race yet he came 3rd. have faith people HAVE FAITH

[kalniel]

If Button's "smooth" driving style is true he should romp away in the wet, the Brawn GP has excellent aero grip so another 1-2 is on the cards.

Buttons smooth style is very very much true. However that doesn't always help in the wet. Barrichello on the other hand has near Senna-like ability in the wet (check out the famous dony 93 race - everyone remembers it for Senna's brilliant, but look at how Barrichello did as well..) Hamilton is also meant to be good in the rain as far as getting a feel for the car goes. Massa.. I thought he was bad, but someone pointed out a few races where he did actually do better in the rain, so I'd say it depends on the car - last years Ferrari did have problems with tyre temperatures which might have been the main problem. That said, if Kimi managed to spin this years car then it can't be a huge amount easier to drive either.

What the wet should do though is nullify some of the Kers advantage (you remain traction limited for longer), giving Brawn and williams a good shot.

[alpine]

Hi guys,
Although I'm not an avid F1 fan like many I do find it interesting and hearing this recent news about diffusers in the Brawn GP car, I'm curious as to what it is or what it does.
Anyone care to elaborate?
All I know is it improves the aerodynamics :S

[MadduckUK]

Hi guys,
Although I'm not an avid F1 fan like many I do find it interesting and hearing this recent news about diffusers in the Brawn GP car, I'm curious as to what it is or what it does.
Anyone care to elaborate?
All I know is it improves the aerodynamics :S

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/73083


remember i said Brawn probably didn't want to show exactly how fast they were? http://www.planet-f1.com/story/0,189...129981,00.html little in the bag

[99Flake]

My personal feeling is that if it rains the Brawn GP cars/drivers should gain an even greater advantage. The car has proven it is fast and creates greater downforce and between Button and Barrichello they have two very good wet weather drivers.

I wouldn't want to call it between them but I can see another Brawn 1/2 as long as they stay on the track and out of trouble.

Problem is a wet race makes results very hard to predict but all being equal that would be my shout.

[alpine]

thanks for the link
and what is the general consensus on diffusers... banned/redesign? it seems certain designs have a huge impact.
Well I'll be watching the Malaysian GP supporting McLaren

[MadduckUK]

general consensus is split
personally i think, as they are within the rules (debatable.. will be decided soon) they are fine, other teams should stop crying and get designing and make sure there not one of the have-not's next time something like this happens

[alpine]

general consensus is split
personally i think, as they are within the rules (debatable.. will be decided soon) they are fine, other teams should stop crying and get designing and make sure there not one of the have-not's next time something like this happens

lol Yeah I'd agree, in my opinion if it improves the aspect of the sport then why not. I think the only thing at fault are some of the teams initiatives, although I can understand where some of the teams are coming from but they should get this mess cleaned ASAP.

[beanbandit]

practise/quali in aussie last week gave all of us the impression that he will struggle to even finish the race yet he came 3rd. have faith people HAVE FAITH

He was struggling. He just happened to keep his nose clean when all around were losing their heads, plus his car was reliable. Hence he finished 3rd. Otherwise he would have been lucky to get a point. He knows he was lucky, Mclaren know they were lucky.

[[DW]Cougho]

I agree the diffusers should stay. The "spirit" of the rules as everyone keeps going on about is a load of rubbish. The only "spirit of the rules" was to reduce Aero creating dirty air for cars behind, and as there has been no proof that the controversial diffusers do this any worse than the others there is no problem in my eyes.

In fact the only car which is said to be a bit of a pig to follow is the Renault, and that uses a conventional diffuser. See: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/moto...ne/7970602.stm around 40 secs.