2013 Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix

solstice · 10-12-2013, 04:51 PM

Oh boy, this has the setup of potential high drama and maybe disaster if you are a Vettel fan. I think we all know by now that Vettel is faster than WEB. We also know the history between these two drivers that come to a climax when Vettel passed Webber after being given explicit team orders not to.

Vettel better pass Webber early if he want to finish the race in one piece, if he tries to make a pass in the last laps he will very likely be put into the barriers. This could be exciting to watch...

johanness · 10-13-2013, 01:38 AM

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Originally Posted by solstice

Oh boy, this has the setup of potential high drama and maybe disaster if you are a Vettel fan. I think we all know by now that Vettel is faster than WEB. We also know the history between these two drivers that come to a climax when Vettel passed Webber after being given explicit team orders not to.

Vettel better pass Webber early if he want to finish the race in one piece, if he tries to make a pass in the last laps he will very likely be put into the barriers. This could be exciting to watch...

Highly doubt MW would do anything u just said. He's still a professional

Elsabor67 · 10-13-2013, 02:11 AM

And 2 backmarkers bounced out in the first turn. Bianchi and Van Der Garde. Something happened to Hamilton on the first turn. Back in P20. Grosjean blasted past Vettel and Webber in 1st. Webber 2nd and Vettel 3. Rosberg Massa, Alonso in that order.

EINSER M · 10-13-2013, 03:12 AM

42/53 what a race what a race!!!!!!!!!

EINSER M · 10-13-2013, 03:31 AM

YES YES YESSSSSS!!!!!!!

VET WEB GRO

Red Bull Racing F1 1-2
And Renault 1-2-3 lol

Mtxzptlk · 10-13-2013, 03:34 AM

Webber shortchanged again.. what else is new.

Good luck to Ricciardo next year. lol

Fun to hear fingerboi cry about traffic when he was nowhere near being reeled by Romain who was too busy fighting off Webber.

jonasaurus · 10-13-2013, 03:37 AM

Decent race, good effort by WEB just took too much time to get by GRO. Tyre management by VET amazing as always.

Nang Vann · 10-13-2013, 03:45 AM

Great race, tense stuff around 3rd stop for Webbo.

Good podium

johanness · 10-13-2013, 03:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Mtxzptlk

Webber shortchanged again.. what else is new.

Good luck to Ricciardo next year. lol

Fun to hear fingerboi cry about traffic when he was nowhere near being reeled by Romain who was too busy fighting off Webber.

He wasn't concerned about Grosjean. He knew Webber was going to be quick on the options and didn't want back-markers fucking up his drive. It's good race savvy not 'crying'.

Seb ran a great race.

Congrats also to GUT's first F1 points for P7

solstice · 10-13-2013, 03:59 AM

WEB robbed by RBR. Patient and controlled race by Vettel. Overall pretty boring race with pit stop passes.

ashtaron14 · 10-13-2013, 09:42 AM

I didn't think the tire on HAM's car should have been that fragile VS VET's front wing? I was hoping for a good show. GRO had a great drive today.

M_Six · 10-13-2013, 01:45 PM

Meh. Getting sick of hearing Diffey get so excited about Vettel winning, like there was any question that would happen during the last few laps. I know it's his job, but his excited yelling wears on me. I'll take Varsha any day.

Back in the day folks would trash Ferrari for screwing Rubens out of a win. Now RBR is doing it. The difference between Vettel and Schumi is that Schumi was always cool as a cucumber on the radio. Vettel gets squeaky.

954Stealth · 10-13-2013, 05:08 PM

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Calm down hash brown

haha I wasn't entirely serious. That was more of a tongue-in-cheek post than anything else.

This was another good race even though the same patterns emerged once again. Championship is still alive!

E90SLAM · 10-14-2013, 12:18 PM

Oh man....I'd like to see Webber chasing down Vettel with fresher tires.
That'll be exciting final laps of the race.

But just like Hulkenberg and Hamilton in Korea. The Lotus has a better getaway from the chicane. Also, what a fantastic drive from Grosjean and excellent start!!

Nonetheless, I don't think Vettel will put up too much flight with Webber. Since Seb has a healthy lead, and still finishes ahead of Alonso and Raikkonen. There's no need to risk a DNF, he will race smarter now, and much more patience now.

First stint by Webber stuck behind Grosjean set the fate of his three-stop strategy. While Seb fell behind and nursing the tires, Mark used his up sooner than expected.

W/// · 10-14-2013, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by M_Six

Meh. Getting sick of hearing Diffey get so excited about Vettel winning, like there was any question that would happen during the last few laps. I know it's his job, but his excited yelling wears on me. I'll take Varsha any day.

Back in the day folks would trash Ferrari for screwing Rubens out of a win. Now RBR is doing it. The difference between Vettel and Schumi is that Schumi was always cool as a cucumber on the radio. Vettel gets squeaky.

I'm more tired of them talking about pitstop times. "Wow!!! I'll be that's in the 2 seconds". 2.9s. We get it, just shut up already.

954Stealth · 10-14-2013, 01:34 PM

So we have India up next. It wont be on the schedule again until 2015.
Apparently they had over 7 thousand people volunteer as marshalls but could only choose 650 of them. It'll be the first time in 3 years (since the track opened) that it's been an all-indian marshall force. Oh, Seb holds the track record here too lol

dnvrdrvr · 10-15-2013, 11:17 AM

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I'm more tired of them talking about pitstop times. "Wow!!! I'll be that's in the 2 seconds". 2.9s. We get it, just shut up already.

Sure, but have you seen Rush yet? I was almost out of my seat, yelling at how long the pit stops were taking!! It really is just short of miraculous they get these cars cycled so fast.

W/// · 10-15-2013, 11:39 AM

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Sure, but have you seen Rush yet? I was almost out of my seat, yelling at how long the pit stops were taking!! It really is just short of miraculous they get these cars cycled so fast.

I haven't, that's def on my to do list. I remember specifically a few races ago, he said "WOW, that was an incredibly fast pitstop". I think it was Renault. Ended up being 3.2s.

The only person I like out of that crew is Will Buxton haha.

ptack · 10-15-2013, 12:40 PM

It's hard for us to understand how dangerous F1 was back in the 70s. Imagine Vettel coming into the pits early and just getting out of the car because he thought it was too dangerous to continue.

Everything was way more casual and disorganized. It's definitely improved a great deal.

johanness · 10-15-2013, 12:52 PM

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It's hard for us to understand how dangerous F1 was back in the 70s. Imagine Vettel coming into the pits early and just getting out of the car because he thought it was too dangerous to continue.

Everything was way more casual and disorganized. It's definitely improved a great deal.

There's a recent article in the Guardian about the 1982 season. Bananas

954Stealth · 10-16-2013, 04:57 PM

Can you imagine if technology was allowed to progress unfettered and without all the rules and regulations we have today? We'd be watching driverless cars. It would be too fast and 9+ g's of force.

Nang Vann · 10-16-2013, 09:57 PM

They would build that Red Bull X2010 car from Gran Turismo 5.

10-12-2013, 04:51 PM	#45
solstice Major General 5524 Rep 7,083 Posts Drives: 2015 M3 6MT Join Date: May 2013 Location: Seattle iTrader: (0)	Oh boy, this has the setup of potential high drama and maybe disaster if you are a Vettel fan. I think we all know by now that Vettel is faster than WEB. We also know the history between these two drivers that come to a climax when Vettel passed Webber after being given explicit team orders not to. Vettel better pass Webber early if he want to finish the race in one piece, if he tries to make a pass in the last laps he will very likely be put into the barriers. This could be exciting to watch...
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10-13-2013, 02:11 AM	#47
Elsabor67 aiming for 450..... 314 Rep 2,910 Posts Drives: Totaled :-( Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Louisiana iTrader: (28) Garage List 2009 135i [10.00]	And 2 backmarkers bounced out in the first turn. Bianchi and Van Der Garde. Something happened to Hamilton on the first turn. Back in P20. Grosjean blasted past Vettel and Webber in 1st. Webber 2nd and Vettel 3. Rosberg Massa, Alonso in that order. __________________ Quote from Ezeedee regarding car mods: "you're only done when you sell the car "
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EINSER M Major General 426 Rep 5,728 Posts Drives: BMW i3 rex Join Date: May 2006 Location: SoCal iTrader: (44) Garage List 2018 I01 i3s \| CURRENT [10.00] 2018 G01 X3 \| CURRENT [10.00] 2017 I01 i3 \| SOLD [10.00] 2017 F48 X1 \| SOLD ... [0.00] 2016 I01 i3 \| SOLD [0.00] 2017 F22 M240 \| SOLD [8.00] 2016 F25 X3 diesel ... [0.00] 2006 E60 550 \| SOLD [6.00] 2011 E90 335 \| SOLD [8.66] 2012 E82 135 \| SOLD [5.50] 2011 E82 1M \| SOLD [7.94] 2007 E85 Z4M\| SOLD [4.50] 2003 E53 X5 4.6is S ... [9.00] 2008 E92 328 \| SOLD [0.00] 2008 E82 135 \| SOLD [0.00] 2008 E90 335 \| SOLD [0.00] 2003 E46 M3 \| SOLD [7.50] 2006 E90 330 \| SOLD [10.00] 2003 E46 330ZHP \| SOLD [0.00]	42/53 what a race what a race!!!!!!!!!
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EINSER M Major General 426 Rep 5,728 Posts Drives: BMW i3 rex Join Date: May 2006 Location: SoCal iTrader: (44) Garage List 2018 I01 i3s \| CURRENT [10.00] 2018 G01 X3 \| CURRENT [10.00] 2017 I01 i3 \| SOLD [10.00] 2017 F48 X1 \| SOLD ... [0.00] 2016 I01 i3 \| SOLD [0.00] 2017 F22 M240 \| SOLD [8.00] 2016 F25 X3 diesel ... [0.00] 2006 E60 550 \| SOLD [6.00] 2011 E90 335 \| SOLD [8.66] 2012 E82 135 \| SOLD [5.50] 2011 E82 1M \| SOLD [7.94] 2007 E85 Z4M\| SOLD [4.50] 2003 E53 X5 4.6is S ... [9.00] 2008 E92 328 \| SOLD [0.00] 2008 E82 135 \| SOLD [0.00] 2008 E90 335 \| SOLD [0.00] 2003 E46 M3 \| SOLD [7.50] 2006 E90 330 \| SOLD [10.00] 2003 E46 330ZHP \| SOLD [0.00]	YES YES YESSSSSS!!!!!!! VET WEB GRO Red Bull Racing F1 1-2 And Renault 1-2-3 lol
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10-13-2013, 03:34 AM	#50
Mtxzptlk Driving Dog 902 Rep 1,223 Posts Drives: 635/1815, X3M Comp Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: That somewhere over the rainbow iTrader: (10)	Webber shortchanged again.. what else is new. Good luck to Ricciardo next year. lol Fun to hear fingerboi cry about traffic when he was nowhere near being reeled by Romain who was too busy fighting off Webber.
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10-13-2013, 03:37 AM	#51
jonasaurus Brigadier General 77 Rep 3,178 Posts Drives: E90 M3 [Sold] Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: NYC iTrader: (0)	Decent race, good effort by WEB just took too much time to get by GRO. Tyre management by VET amazing as always. __________________ ///M3 \| E90 LCI \| Space Grey \| Fox Red with CF Structure \| 6MT \| 260M \| My build
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10-13-2013, 03:45 AM	#52
Nang Vann Lieutenant Colonel 27 Rep 1,513 Posts Drives: E46 M3, R35 GT-R Join Date: May 2011 Location: Australia iTrader: (0)	Great race, tense stuff around 3rd stop for Webbo. Good podium
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10-13-2013, 03:59 AM	#54
solstice Major General 5524 Rep 7,083 Posts Drives: 2015 M3 6MT Join Date: May 2013 Location: Seattle iTrader: (0)	WEB robbed by RBR. Patient and controlled race by Vettel. Overall pretty boring race with pit stop passes.
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ashtaron14 Major 1152 Rep 1,082 Posts Drives: G80 M3 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: HK iTrader: (0)	I didn't think the tire on HAM's car should have been that fragile VS VET's front wing? I was hoping for a good show. GRO had a great drive today. __________________ My G80 M3 Follow me on IG
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M_Six Free Thinker 19700 Rep 7,561 Posts Drives: 2016 MB GLC300 4matic Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Foothills of Mt Level iTrader: (0)	Meh. Getting sick of hearing Diffey get so excited about Vettel winning, like there was any question that would happen during the last few laps. I know it's his job, but his excited yelling wears on me. I'll take Varsha any day. Back in the day folks would trash Ferrari for screwing Rubens out of a win. Now RBR is doing it. The difference between Vettel and Schumi is that Schumi was always cool as a cucumber on the radio. Vettel gets squeaky. __________________ Mark markj.pics "Life is uncertain, eat bacon now." -UncleWede
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E90SLAM Supreme Allied Commander 2031 Rep 61,781 Posts Drives: A BBS WHORE Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: . iTrader: (6) Garage List 2022 BMW X3 sDrive30i [0.00]	Oh man....I'd like to see Webber chasing down Vettel with fresher tires. That'll be exciting final laps of the race. But just like Hulkenberg and Hamilton in Korea. The Lotus has a better getaway from the chicane. Also, what a fantastic drive from Grosjean and excellent start!! Nonetheless, I don't think Vettel will put up too much flight with Webber. Since Seb has a healthy lead, and still finishes ahead of Alonso and Raikkonen. There's no need to risk a DNF, he will race smarter now, and much more patience now. First stint by Webber stuck behind Grosjean set the fate of his three-stop strategy. While Seb fell behind and nursing the tires, Mark used his up sooner than expected. __________________
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ptack Brigadier General 306 Rep 4,483 Posts Drives: 135i Join Date: May 2008 Location: NJ iTrader: (0) Garage List 2008 135i [6.50]	It's hard for us to understand how dangerous F1 was back in the 70s. Imagine Vettel coming into the pits early and just getting out of the car because he thought it was too dangerous to continue. Everything was way more casual and disorganized. It's definitely improved a great deal. __________________ 135i, SGM, Coral, Sport Package, Auto, Premium Hifi, USB/ipod, Apex EC-7s, PPK Stage II
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