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aks · 09-26-2004, 07:04 AM

woah, the BAR cars look mad! FUCK, i wish i hadn't missed the race!

yeh, 555 is bloody popular in hong kong too

thanks for the pics mate, help me catch up a bit on wat i missed

sikx5 · 09-26-2004, 07:21 AM

It was a mad race!!
Glad to see button up there, and also rubens no.1 again, good stuff. Poor schumi, unulucky about the spin, the puncture, it just wasnt happenin for him

Im glad they were able to show the race at 3pm here! i didnt have to stay up until the early mornings to watch

hey when i was watching i didnt see those colours on the BAR cars

dingo · 09-26-2004, 07:29 AM

aks, the cars were not like that in the race....same as usual.

I agree with you sikx5, it was great having it on so early (1.30pm here)...the next race is also earlier, at 3.30pm in WA and 5.30PM over east.

aks · 09-26-2004, 07:35 AM

Im glad they were able to show the race at 3pm here! i didnt have to stay up until the early mornings to watch

that's wat screwed me up! i forgot to check the time and took it for granted that the race would be late!!!

it's always that one time u forget isn't it? :cry:

gis · 09-26-2004, 10:48 AM

what a race,awesome having the top 3 finish within 2 seconds of each other.i really wanna see Button win a race this year,if anyone deserves it he does,and seeing him today is why he should stick with BAR.

sameerrao · 09-26-2004, 11:12 AM

Good drive by Sato - he went from the back of the field to finish sixth in an incident free race....

5vz-fe · 09-26-2004, 02:01 PM

Good 'quiet' race from Sato.......most of the racing footage (@TSN) focus on Kimi and Rubens........

ZfrkS62 · 09-26-2004, 02:12 PM

IMO, Ronin, Schumacher would have finished in the points if it wasnt for the puncture. and the decision to load up on fuel when starting from the pitlane was made on the gamble that most teams were going to run a 3 stop strategy. They were going to try and keep him out longer so that he could make up ground while everyone dove for the pits. but like i said, that puncture screwed it all up.
as for his spin, i think one of his weak points this year has been his brake biasing.
he was messing around with it when he crashed in Monaco; he had been playing with it when he spun in Monza; and i would be willing to bet that he had been playing with it when he spun both times this weekend.

Aks, i think that livery that is posted above was for the 3rd car since the rules state that livery is allowed to be different on the T-car.

And damn you all for being able to watch it at 3PM...I had to stay up til 1AM to see it live.

mindgam3 · 09-26-2004, 02:55 PM

Originally Posted by ZfrkS62

as for his spin, i think one of his weak points this year has been his brake biasing.
he was messing around with it when he crashed in Monaco; he had been playing with it when he spun in Monza; and i would be willing to bet that he had been playing with it when he spun both times this weekend.

but then again schumi constantly changing is brake bias so much is probably just one more reason he's that much faster than everyone else

ZfrkS62 · 09-26-2004, 03:38 PM

true. i wouldn't be surprised if he adjusted it for each corner. And since Monza's climactic conditions were changing and China was a new track with an interesting first corner complex, he probably misadjusted it. Can't explain Monaco really except for that maybe he was adjusting it at the wrong time and place. It's all speculation at this point. But look for Schumacher to DOMINATE Suzuka in 2 weeks. I think he'll be looking to avenge his two losses.

gottacatchup · 09-26-2004, 11:09 PM

god damn i need speed channel so bad

this actually sounds like a good race and i wish i could see it

sameerrao · 09-26-2004, 11:17 PM

Originally Posted by gottacatchup

god damn i need speed channel so bad

this actually sounds like a good race and i wish i could see it

Speed is awesome - you'll love it ... the good stuff IMO is:

- F1 telecast
- F1 decade
- WRC - this gets the short shift though with odd times
- Autorotica - good period pieces
- Wind Tunnel - phone/talk show
- Speed GT
- Superbikes and Moto GP

Its got something for everyone ... a bit too much Nascar but what the heck...

Toronto · 09-27-2004, 12:03 AM

Originally Posted by sameerrao

Originally Posted by gottacatchup

god damn i need speed channel so bad

this actually sounds like a good race and i wish i could see it

Speed is awesome - you'll love it ... the good stuff IMO is:

- F1 telecast
- F1 decade
- WRC - this gets the short shift though with odd times
- Autorotica - good period pieces
- Wind Tunnel - phone/talk show
- Speed GT
- Superbikes and Moto GP

Its got something for everyone ... a bit too much Nascar but what the heck...

ya way to much nascar and that tuner transphormation thingy? but it is good, but i like my local sports channel feed of the f1 races (TSN) they use the ITv feed unlike on speed.

sameerrao · 09-27-2004, 01:14 AM

^^ cool!

ZfrkS62 · 09-27-2004, 11:08 AM

i thought speed did use the ITv feed? they just have their commentators add all the insight and stuff.