The 2011 Formula One Season

Cancel it! I'm karting that weekend, so I'd get to see the first race, and it'd be in Australia again - doubly sweet :p

Just found this article, and I totally agree with it. Read it here, it's highly recommended.



Stats: 139 Starts / 7 Wins / 9 Poles / 5 Fastest laps

unfurtunately for us, it seems it will be cancelled..

teams will have to fly there next week, and i'm sure they probably won't... first they'll announce that the programmed test session will be canceled, and if the situation doesn't improve next week, so will be the event.

there's no way they can just race on another track, for logistic and strategic reasons

after todays test at barcelona Schumacher was dissapointed about the new tyres pirelli did bring to this test also Vettel said tyres were now completely different....surely bad news for massa and button who were very happy with earlier version that had strong grip on the front...now the rears have.

Well I wouldnt have thought they would have changed a great deal, nothing that setup wont fix im sure.

Alonso's long runs were pretty quick compared to the rest today. Hopefully some uninterupted weather and driving tomorrow.

Really unsure about Mclaren atm. Whether they are quick or not... same with Williams. 2009 and 2010 have been okay years for Williams, I just hope they can be quick more often. It seems over the last two seasosn they've been very on-off.

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

McLaren looked decent on the last day of testing at Jerez. Over similar runs the McLaren seemed quicker than the Ferrari. Red Bull were in a league of their own over the same length run though.

Yeah I do not think the 1st race is going to happen now, today its got even worse.

Just go to Algarve and make there the 1st race
Would love to see the F1's competing there for real..

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vesuvius Wrote:
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> after todays test at barcelona Schumacher was
> dissapointed about the new tyres pirelli did bring
> to this test also Vettel said tyres were now
> completely different....surely bad news for massa
> and button who were very happy with earlier
> version that had strong grip on the front...now
> the rears have.

I haven't seen these comments posted on any F1 news sites, can you say where you found them?

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X (@ed24f1)

I doubt it'll be cancelled outright, it'll probably be pushed towards the back of the year.

There's a week either side of Abu Dhabi where they could put it, it's just an island-hop away.



Don't know if it's been mentioned anywhere yet but Williams are launching their new livery on Thursday 24th Feb on their website. One final thing to look forward to, hopefully :P



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I saw on the Daily Express today that Ecclestone says there is no chance of moving the race. This is the Daily Express, though.

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They wont move the race. They might shift it to a later date but the venue shall not change with such a short time frame. If the race is cancelled then Australia will be round 1, simple as.

What is important is that the teams manage to sort out a test venue. As for the race, thats out of their's and Bernies hands.

edit - JB on Mclaren and other teams

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Sooo, have Minardi finally built a good car? Its the first season in 4 where you can say its their own car (i dont class the 2010 as STR designed, so 2007+). If this car is pretty I just wish it had good drivers using it. I really dont rate Jamie or Seb.

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



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I have a nasty feeling RBR are going to 100% dominate this year, no one is setting times anywhere near what they can.

Even if they do, there are plenty of races for Vettel to find something to crash into, for Webber to make the odd (huge) error and for Renault engines to inexplicably munch themselves down back straights. We'll see.

I would say RBR have a lead, but I think Ferrari are close if not equal. Vettels race simulation today wasnt quite as world beating as I expected... Mclaren deffo seem behind at least RBR and Ferrari, and maybe even others.

Williams and STR remain for me the biggest unknowns.

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

in my view the red bulls are blindingly fast in qualy runs, however not so impressive in race simulations. Besides, when you have hamilton, alonso and the schuey you can never have a championship decided in july at the 12 th race of the season ;p. There was only one who was doing it and he is in an inferior car now , so dont worry. we ll have a stunning season again.

Edit: i'm just unsure whether the racing wont become too boring in terms of overtaking, now that we have that Rear wing system. what do you think about it ?

We need to wait until Massa and Hamilton do a race simulation today or tomorrow to get a better gauge of the race performances.

I agree that Red Bull have a big margin in qualifying, but I am yet to be convinced that they are unbeatable in the race.


Of course this doesn't necessarily mean that they will get a lot of poles, as they may use their advantage to qualify on the harder tyres for a strategical advantage.

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X (@ed24f1)

Maldonado is doing a cracking job already this season. I've lost count of how often he's stuck it in the kitty litter.

I liked him a few seasons ago in GP2 - not because he's good, but because he's entertaining. Always a good one to watch. He made Sato look consistent.

In other news, Typical British McLaren fans annoy me. I wish they'd stop calling the 26 'radical'. The ideas it uses have been done before, and they're still being used now, just in an ever-so-slightly different way. Typical British fans, dare I say new watchers since 2007, can't really be that naive can they? Do the text feeds and their contributors only cater for ITV viewers?



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Massa's looking more like his old self. He's stopped the session twice in 30 minutes with two spins.



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Ive heard/read alot of differeng opinions but it seems the media is being an arse. I guess there are always two or more sides to every story though. The link is worth a read...

Gav - just had to check whether i said radical or not :p

another wet morning... I suppose its good, the teams have had a chance to test both the wet nad intermediate tyres, and thankfully we've had no full wet days.

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guys on Atlas have translated it to say if Vettels 23.3 was 30kg of fuel, then the Williams can do that too.

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