The Official 2009 Singapore Grand Prix Thread ***SPOILERS***

I'd love to play some footy on that floating pitch by the race track

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canon m8

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Wow, anyone else instantly seeing one of the pre-Rothmans Williamses when they look at that picture? :P

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Like Monza! They will be tippytoeing round there I guess!

Lewis in the wall FP1? :p

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"Trulli was slowing down like he wanted to have a picnic" LOL

The Lopper Wrote:
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> Wow, anyone else instantly seeing one of the
> pre-Rothmans Williamses when they look at that
> picture? :P


Yep, the first thing I thought of when I saw that picture was a Williams. Can't wait to see this Brawn on track.

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Good ol' Canon. Immediately thought of the Williams, that's pretty perfect brand identification if you ask me.

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Awesome to see that Canon logo back! The first thing I thought of when I saw that pic was a 1990 Williams.
I can't wait to see the Brawn in action as well. Nostalgic sights FTW.

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chet Wrote:
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> Fincent Wrote:
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> > > As for that little chicane it was pretty
> tight
> > > before, if they could I would have prefered
> > them
> > > to remove it, and move the exit wall further
> > back,
> > > making it quite a fast left hander, would
> have
> > > made braking for 11 quite difficult and maybe
> > > force some mistakes.
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> > IIRC, they originally wanted to have that as
> one
> > corner and not a chicane, but local government
> > wouldnt allow it as theres some sort of
> historic
> > building on the exit of the corner and they
> wanted
> > to keep speeds down
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> Ah, at least theres an explanation, thanks!


if i'm thinking of the right chicane, its the anderson bridge that is the reason for it being there.
its quite narrow (and as fincent points out, a historical landmark)and so they wanted them going across it single file.

What?!
This is an F1 circuit? might aswell put speed cameras along the s/f straight!

if they wanted to protect it, just not drive over it instead of dicing the track up!

btw, my brain was not working when i asked about the time-zone question!! i forgot it was a night race!!! no point getting up at say 6/7am to only go to bed at say, 4/5am!!!

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"Trulli was slowing down like he wanted to have a picnic" LOL

Shame that Canon is a quick temporary thing, it looks good on the Brawn!

Yeah it does, matches well with the Virgin logo, and doesn't require a major colour scheme change.

Here's a better pic of the nostalgia-ridden Brawn... What a beaut



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Probably just the angle of the shot, and thats its abit blured, but the sidepod undercut looks bigger!!

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"Trulli was slowing down like he wanted to have a picnic" LOL

Now it just lacks a few more black lines outlining bits of the car to look gorgeous! My girlfriend likes Brawn and Button, Brawn because of the color scheme and Button because she likes shouting it like BUT-ton! I say Buh'on :P

Maybe she fancies him really :p!

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"Trulli was slowing down like he wanted to have a picnic" LOL

Guimengo Wrote:
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> Now it just lacks a few more black lines outlining
> bits of the car to look gorgeous! My girlfriend
> likes Brawn and Button, Brawn because of the color
> scheme and Button because she likes shouting it
> like BUT-ton! I say Buh'on :P


Careful! Don't give away info like that, You never know when Chet might start flirting with Kayla

And awesome! Virgin Media's on the car too :D. On the sidepod undercut, seems like they found a new way let the air pass through the car perfectly. Although I still think they won't get that on until qualy

hahahaha Monil, thanks for the name ! haha!

btw, when will get official confirmation of Turn 17 being called Piquet?! Has to happen!

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"Trulli was slowing down like he wanted to have a picnic" LOL

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> Probably just the angle of the shot, and thats its
> abit blured, but the sidepod undercut looks
> bigger!!

They were meant to have an upgrade here, including deeper undercuts, weren't they? Had I just imagined that?

Either way, it might just be the more extreme shadows you'll inevitably get.

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> btw, when will get official confirmation of Turn
> 17 being called Piquet?! Has to happen!


Gold :P