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Formula One 2011 Discussion Thread

RetiredTom
Community Manager (Retired)
Community Manager (Retired)

Morning All,

 

I don't know about any of you, but I'm starting to get really excited for the new F1 season which is just around the corner!

 

Forums I've used in the past have always had an F1 thread the members can use to talk about any news, upcoming races and so on, so now we have this off topic section, I thought I'd create one here too!

 

So, who do you follow and what are your hopes for the coming season?

 

I'm a die-hard McLaren fan, so am eagerly awaiting the new car launch on 4th February. From what the team were saying when I visited the MTC back in November, this should be a competitive year, so I'm hoping for Lewis to win his second championship.

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Nabs
17: Community Champion
17: Community Champion

Oops!

I meant Tesco MObile but aparently even that is no longer just in the UK!

 

That would make for some interesting Stats!

Not sure where one would find such info.

bertyb
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For me, I do get the idea of saving the money and offering better deals, but I guess its all about global brand, whilst to all us it seems like crazy money, I doubt that many of these companies throw out the money without expecting it will grow or protect the brand.

 

Tesco and Asda done something similar in the fuel market 15 years ago, they opened up a few petrol stations.  They bought on the "spot" market, basically just bought it as and when, sold it out and grew.  They were able to grow because it wasn't there prmiary business and reduced the margins down to levels not heard of previously.

 

Now we all know they have a substantial share of the market for fuel, and thats fine with me, I am all for competition, the issues however I think can be a little similar.  The danger in my opinion with Tesco / Asda etc is that they did not put the infrastructure in that created the networks, and in letting them share it, they build a great customer base & quite a lot of people are liking their deals.  But what happens in the future ?  

 

Who knows ! 

Nabs
17: Community Champion
17: Community Champion

Ferrari have sorted outthe naming issue with their new car

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/9415505.stm

 

AND

 

Mr ecclestone has some strange ideas!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/9413796.stm

 

 

Retired-Espi
Moderator (Retired)
Moderator (Retired)

Afternoon everyone! 

 

It's a sunny Saturday afternoon and as the first race of the season draws ever closer, I wanted to give you a quick heads up about the Formula 1 VIP competitions that we are running at the moment.

 

If you head on over to the Vodafone VIP site this month you can enter all of the following, rather ace F1 competitions. 

 

Theres the 2011 Formula One Santander British Grand Prix competition - You and a mate can win tickets for the full three days at Silverstone from the 8-10 July. 

 

You can win tickets to the McLaren Technology Centre, which has been a big hit in the past! 

 

You can also win some excellent signed exclusive merchandise. 

 

Hed over to the VIP site for more details and most of all, good luck!! :smileyvery-happy:

 

Thanks, 

 

Espi

Nabs
17: Community Champion
17: Community Champion

Opinions of todays qualy?

Suprising gap up fron i though 0.8 seconds between1st and 2nd, some realy work to be done catching that.

JohnA
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I thought Brundle did a pretty good job in his first outing as (lead) commentator.

RetiredTom
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What a great quali and race! I can't believe McLaren were so competitive, very pleased.

I think Brundle and Coulthard did a great job too, so pleased to see the back of Jonathan Legard.

Nabs
17: Community Champion
17: Community Champion

Not stricly F1 2011 but i guess everyone looking here would be interested.

 

Review of the new Senna movie due for release later this year.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/andrewbenson/2011/04/senna_immortalised_in_new_movi.html

 

Nabs
17: Community Champion
17: Community Champion

Any opinions on this morning quialifier?

Much closer at the top than i think anyone expected Hamilton and Button put in some amazing laps.

bertyb
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Yep I agree, things much closer than the speculation 3 or 4 weeks ago.  I saw in the last Grand Prix, that Red Bull did not use their Kers system even although the weight of the system was on their car, and if my memory serves me right 2 or 3 years ago, McLaren had Kers working reasonablly well.

 

Its going to be close, would love to see a little bit of them in the mix to see how they all react, Vettel is amazingly quick right now, but often he seems to have little pressure.

 

What does everyone think of these moveable rear spoilers (their name escapes me), is it a step too far or not ?