2011 Formula 1 thread - Bigger and better than 2010!
 

Only 45 days to go before the start of the 2011 season. It's gonna be a long one this year with a 20 race schedule and in HD for the first time. (Hopefully Speed picks up the feed here in the US!)

Race Schedule:

1. Bahrain 13th Mar
2. Australia 27th Mar
3. Malaysia 10th Apr
4. China 17th Apr
5. Turkey 8th May
6. Spain 22nd May
7. Monaco 29th May
8. Canada 12th Jun
9. Europe 26th Jun
10. Great Britain 10th Jul
11. Germany (Nurburgring) 24th Jul
12. Hungary 31st Jul
13. Belgium 28th Aug
14. Italy 11th Sep
15. Singapore 25th Sep
16. Japan (Suzuka) 9th Oct
17. Korea 16th Oct
18. India 30th Oct
19. UAE 13th Nov
20. Brazil 27th Nov

(wow it's hard to format things like that in BBcode)

Other major news for 2011:

• Team Renault is now Group Lotus-Renault and will be sporting the classic black and gold lotus trim. (Team Lotus will remain green.)
• Pirelli is now the sole tire supplier replacing Bridgestone.
• Movable rear wings are in... KERS is back... double decker diffusers are out!
• BBC has announced that they will broadcast the new HD FIA feed.

Last year had the slowest start of any season that I can remember but it grew into one of the most exciting. Lets hope this one starts off fast and keeps up the pace.

Last season's thread

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay :driving: :excited::excited::excited::excited::excited:

Love F1!

Can't wait to see what the 2011 cars look like and how the lap times compare with last year.

I love the Abu Dhabi track. That place is something else.

They were saying that the trick diffusers were worth 2s/lap. I can't wait to see if they were able to compensate and get faster... The adjustable rear wing might be interesting..

:happydance:

:excited::excited::excited:Ferrari unveils the new car tomorrow!

http://www.ferrari.com/English/Formu..._premiere.aspx

Can't wait! :tup:

I can't wait until F1 comes back to the US in a year or so, but I'm excited for the start of the new season this year, too!

hah! When you said 'tomorrow' I thought you meant Saturday...
Ferrari F150 Studio Shots & More | Planet F1 | Formula One | Photo Gallery
Monday we get Renault, Lotus, and Sauber. Woo! Closer and closer.

Nice :tup:

The Ford, I mean Ferrari, F150!

http://planet-f1.com/photo-gallery/6...Livery#photo=1

Lotus-Renault, that car looks sick!

Old school livery there. :D

Yeah, I'm loving it. Reminiscent of the John Player Specials.

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/wp-conten...8_lotus_76.jpg

Look how small that is to todays car! Man if you crashed in that thing, you dead

Oh man the R31 looks awesome:
Renault Unveil Their New R31 | Photo Gallery
and the Sauber C30 looks silly:
Sauber's C30 Unveiled | Photo Gallery
uh... Wow. Has the Team Lotus T128 even been built?:
A Glimpse Of The Team Lotus T128 | Photo Gallery

They show more pictures of the butt ugly team than the sexy car!

Ooh man the RB7 looks cool
Meet The New Red Bull RB7 | Planet F1
The W02 looks pretty sweet too... best for last I guess?
And This Is Merc GP's Contender | Planet F1

Apparently Kubica was injured in a rally crash today... Planet F1 is saying that both hands may be broken. Barrichello tweeted that he is in surgery now.

Kubica suffers multiple fractures in crash | Planet F1 | Formula One News

Mexican driver finally in F1.. Gotta prove Top Gear wrong.. In all reality I doubt he'll be in the top half but it's always exciting to see some progress for Mexico in Motorsports.

Haha, I don't think there's been a successful Mexican F1 campaigner since Pedro Rodriguez more than 40 years ago.

I just saw that last night! Crazy!

It's official today that the Bahrain GP has been cancelled. Next race is Australia March 13th. BOO!

Damn, that sucks! I think that was to be expected though...

:mad::mad::mad::mad:

am so upset!! i even got a free ticket :mad::mad:

some people here really don't deserve a a Grand Prix circuit :shakes head:

Well I heard that the race might be run later in the year, so there's hope yet.

im pretty pumped that the season is starting up again. I cant wait to see how the new wings and KERS coming back works out.

But it seems that the tires are going to be the big story this year. They are designed to not last incredibly long and with more stops strategy will be interesting.

Who watches the races live or does everybody "respect the pause" and DVR them?

what does everyone think about bernie's idea of "making it rain" or wetting down the track for the last 10 laps or whatever to make the racing more interesting?

waste of talent, doesnt seem to be the safest idea either!

That would be gay

I think that the tires are going to make things interesting. The best races last year were the ones where the tires went off really fast. Maybe add back some of the strategy lost with refueling.

I usually download/pirate the BBC coverage Sunday morning and watch with friends and beer in the afternoon. No comparison to the Speed broadcast.

The rain thing is retarded... I actually like the option of cutting a chicane x times a race more than the rain idea.

http://www.formula1.com/wi/597x478/s...d1109ma248.jpg

Tire wear on the inters...

The dry's go out even worse, and last about 1-2 laps at most, and according to some your off by 2 seconds after than.


This season will make almost every race seam like Canada last year. good stuff

Seems like they finally got the memo from NASCAR. If the tires go to crap after a few laps you end up wih some good racing ala Canada last year. Should be a great season!

you must tell me how to do this and get it to stream to my HDTV.

i hate the speed broadcast and would love to get the BBC feed

So this will be my first season trying to get into F1. What's so bad about the Speed coverage versus BBC? If it's that much better, then I can see waiting until Sunday and downloading it as well (probably available on Newsgroups).

The prerace is a fun hour with Coulthard, Martin Brundle, Eddie Jordan, and whats his face... It's worth grabbing them for the pre race alone. I usually pull them off alt.binaries.formula1 about 1-2 hours after the race ends. If you're willing to wait a bit longer you can grab them off various torrent sites. Usually still same day. I then use my PS3 or Xbox to watch on my way-too-big-for-my-house TV. TiVo works in a pinch too.

If y'all want I can post up Hungary, Italy, or Brazil if you want to see the usual quality/size. It's going to be even better this year with the races in HD. I have Brazil quali buildup/qualifying if you want to see that too.

Basically... I'm a nut.

the announcers are really not that great. In F1 there is a camera crew that feeds every broadcasting company and Speed announcers really have to just "wait and see" what views they are going to give you. its called "the world feed" so the announcers dont really control the cameras they just comment on whatever is fed to them. Pretty sure the BBC has to do this too but F1 is huge in the UK. Most of the teams are located in the UK so they take it much more seriously and have better announcers.

F1 just isnt that big in the states. We dont even have a race here anymore. (soon to change hopefully) America loves NASCAR i guess. I never have understood that but I do respect the drivers and their abilities. the F1 races are all over the world and that means if you want to watch it live you have to stay up at like 3am to watch. (perfect if you just came home from a night of drinking and have some jack in the box) but otherwise pre-DVR world kinda sucked

The BBC has been broadcasting the F1 series for years except for a couple of years they lost the contract a couple of years ago. Their broadcasters are pretty good. Even David Couthard makes a funny every once in awhile.

Plus i think BBC has multiple feeds. I know they have a feed thats just for kids as well as the regular broadcast.

this is why I want it. That team is just great!


me too and yet no one understands.....:shakes head: