Korean GP (spoilers)

[Joeaksa]

Originally Posted by nostatic

Be interesting to see if we have a nasty crash on the pit-in. That "feature" and the walls are idiotic. When you have a purpose-built track, there is no reason for those design elements.

Agree and considering the amount of land they had to work with, putting the walls this close are simply asking for trouble. As well the pit entrance is an abortion and will cause problems...

[URY914]

F1 puts some sort of markings on the engines. They've already thought of teams making more engines,

[Joeaksa]

Originally Posted by legion

Alonso is out of engines. Ferrari claims that he is reclaiming unused mileage, but what's stopping them from just giving him fresh engines for every race? They could certainly make a new engine with an old serial number.

If Alonso really is using old engines, I'd expect them to either start blowing or him taking gridspot penalties soon...

As well Weber used his 8th engine this race as well, or so they said yesterday on Speed.

This could get very interesting...

[legion]

This is certainly the most interesting end to a season I've seen since I started watching F1.

All the right things happened to keep the five drivers in the race.

As we go into the final two races, the underdogs (McLaren and Vettel) have reliability on their sides, while Vettel and Alonso are out of engines. It's truly anyone's title to win, and every mistake will have consequences.

[imcarthur]

Originally Posted by legion

This is certainly the most interesting end to a season I've seen since I started watching F1.

Does this mean that the dwarf's manipulations are working????

Ian

[legion]

I don't know, the emergence of Red Bull this season has more to do with it, which has more to do with budget/experience than what the rules are at any given moment. Otherwise it would just be the same McLaren/Ferrari fight.

I also want to give props to Hamilton for racing a smart race. He correctly judged this as a race of attrition and did his best to stay in it without doing anything risky or stupid.

I'm re-watching the race now (watched it live last night). I'm glad Speed edited out the hour delay.

[sammyg2]

This is the sound of me me smiling

So where's the conspiracy talk? Tin foil hats on too lose? (loose?)

[URY914]

Down to 2 races with 4 guys still in the hunt. I'd say that's pretty good.

[MotoSook]

SOB! the DVR stopped recording after vettel and alonso pitted. Damn rain delay. No use watching it now. Go Alonso!

[Noah930]

It was a great race. Well, maybe not if you're a RBR fan. Can't believe Webber tossed it away. Can't believe Vettel's engine let go. But a thrilling race, nonetheless. Perhaps we'll have as good a season end as when Massa effectively lost out to Hamilton on the last corner of the last lap of the last race of the season.

[imcarthur]

Originally Posted by Soukus

SOB! the DVR stopped recording after vettel and alonso pitted. Damn rain delay. No use watching it now. Go Alonso!

BBC always has a play by play to fill in the blanks if you can't do video: BBC

Ian

[Don Plumley]

Originally Posted by Soukus

SOB! the DVR stopped recording after vettel and alonso pitted. Damn rain delay. No use watching it now. Go Alonso!

+1

I thought about my options to record the next replay and extend the time, but couldn't wait - so I read about the rest of the race; man, wished I could have seen it play out.

[Noah930]

Originally Posted by Don Plumley

+1

I thought about my options to record the next replay and extend the time, but couldn't wait - so I read about the rest of the race; man, wished I could have seen it play out.

It was replayed this afternoon, minus the hour-long rain delay (man, that was painful at midnight last night). Not that that helps you now. Don't they typically replay the race on Monday mornings, too?

[GH85Carrera]

We had to catch the re-brodcast to see the end. I like F1 but I will not get up in the middle of the night to watch it live when I can fast forward through the commercials in the morning.

I just can't imagine the talent it takes to drive a 800+ HP car in the rain at 180 MPH. The rear tires on the cars were slicks at the end of the race.