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Originally Posted by UltimateBMW

Btw. Screw Speed for showing that Cars 2 advert right as the drivers were getting out of their cars. That should have waited til after the trophies were handed out.

They've been doing this for years...

[E90SLAM]

Originally Posted by Jules-B

This is true. However the general knowledge of the commentators also seems to be significantly lower than ours.
I guess it will always be a bigger thing back in england!

Not a bad race though, i hope it doesnt become boring having red bull out in front!.

Congrats to petrov!

Definitely BBC Sport has better relationship with F1 teams and did much more thorough research for their pre-race show and post race forum. I always download the BBC torrent afterwards.

Its nice to watch BBC given their in-depth knowledge and closer to current F1 driver's insight (DC, Martin Brundle)...not David Hobbs in the 60-70s....

The only person that's providing better technical perspective is Steve Matchett, however, most of the time he did was "This is what the Sporting Regulation stated exactly....."...

Given the "attention" that F1 has in North America, SPEED would prefer to spend the money on NASCAR and other American oriented motor sport...will give them a wider audience base in US...

I just wish there's a satellite channel that feeds BBC 1 (or 2 in case of live football such as world cup) in North America....

[UltimateBMW]

Originally Posted by E90SLAM

I just wish there's a satellite channel that feeds BBC 1 (or 2 in case of live football such as world cup) in North America....

I've been trying pretty hard to find somethng along those lines. There really isn't any workable option for it though.

And for HD... forget about it.

[johanness]

Yay Vettel! but super congrats to Perez's point finish. HOW THE HELL did he manage his tires? Shows it can be done. I hope he and Kob have a great year

[JB135MDCT]

Originally Posted by UltimateBMW

The 107% rule is for safety. Think slow cars on the highway as the reason speed limits are still so low. Modern cars can go faster while maintaining safety but when you put in the slower moving vehicles it becomes much more dangerous. .

We need this rule for Maryland highways.

[Goonz]

I still cant believe Petrov finished 3rd, great drive for him and well deserved, I honestly expected him to pick up where he left off last season by crashing out.

Man RB is in a league of their own, but the fight of the race was def. for 5th place where Massa tried his best to hold back Button but after it was all said and done, Massa just dropped off and had nothing to show for during the race, it seems to be last season all over again.

Lets go Alonso!

[BrokenVert]

Damn good work by Petrov.

[E90SLAM]

Sauber pair disqualified for technical infringement

Sauber's Sergio Perez and Kamui Kobayashi have both been excluded from the Australian Grand Prix for a technical infringement. Sauber immediately lodged a statement of intent to appeal and said it gained no advantage

A random post-race test by the FIA found the dimensions of the rear of the cars contravened two regulations - 3.10.1 and 3.10.2 - with the upper rear-wing being highlighted as breaching the rule that states "the local concave radius of curvature may not be smaller than 100mm". The outcome removes the pair from point-scoring positions, with Perez originally in seventh and Kobayashi in eighth.

"This is a very surprising and disappointing result," said technical director James Key. "It appears that there is a question over the top surface of the uppermost rear wing element, this area is not the working surface of the component and therefore relatively unimportant to its function. Certainly this has not lead to any performance advantage. We are checking the design of the parts now to better understand the situation and we intend to appeal the decision made by the stewards."

The result is that Felipe Massa moves up to seventh and Sebastian Buemi eighth, with the Force India pair of Adrian Sutil and Paul di Resta in ninth and tenth respectively.

Force India also asked the FIA to investigate Buemi's pass on Sutil, during which the Toro Rosso appeared to run wide off the track at turn four, but the governing body deemed the move legal.

Regulations

Article 3.10.1 Any bodywork more than 150mm behind the rear wheel centre line which is between 150mm and 730mm above the reference plane, and between 75mm and 355mm from the car centre line, must lie in an area when viewed from the side of the car that is situated between 150mm and 350mm behind the rear wheel centre line and between 300mm and 400mm above the reference plane. When viewed from the side of the car no longitudinal cross section may have more than one section in this area.
Furthermore, no part of this section in contact with the external air stream may have a local concave radius of curvature smaller than 100mm.

Once this section is defined, 'gurney' type trim tabs may be fitted to the trailing edge. When measured in any longitudinal cross section no dimension of any such trim tab may exceed 20mm.

Article 3.10.2 Other than the bodywork defined in Article 3.10.9, any bodywork behind a point lying 50mm forward of the rear wheel centre line which is more than 730mm above the reference plane, and less than 355mm from the car centre line, must lie in an area when viewed from the side of the car that is situated between the rear wheel centre line and a point 350mm behind it.

http://en.espnf1.com/australia/motor...ory/44415.html

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Sunday pics

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[GregTheStig]

Even though I was half-asleep for the entire thing I enjoyed watching it. I'm still amazed how Vettel got so far ahead by the first turn. Many congrats to Vettel, Hamilton, and especially Petrov!

[EINSER M]

Thnx for the opening win to Seb. This is looking good for RBR and his repeat!

[DM1]

Not fair for Sauber, they did a good job, I am unsure about this millimetrical measure, and Perez did a great job as a rookie.

It was a very good race and we will see a lot of action this season, Petrov was impressive, Vettel was as with Hamilton, good, great as usual and Alonso a bit not to the expectation, the start got him, Massa mmmm no words.

[CDM3DCT]

It was a great race, I think RBR is going to be the top dogs to beat for not only this year but a couple more to come.

[mtla4]

What a slap Vettel dominated from start to finish. Petrov surprised me he's getting better and better. It looks like it will be a fun season to watch RB team will win again while we'll see who will be the best of the rest.

[Goonz]

Originally Posted by CDM3DCT

It was a great race, I think RBR is going to be the top dogs to beat for not only this year but a couple more to come.

They are on a hot streak, just like the Ferrari/Schumi era, but rules are different and both webber and vettel I feel are extremely inconsistent if they start the race not from pole.

Mclaren and Ferrari aren't as far as they were like in last season so hopefully this RB dominance is short lived..

[JCtx]

Man, SV kicked a$$, and is leading the championship for the first time other than the last race of 2010 (when it counted the most ).

And yes, Perez was impressive. And he could have qualified in the top 10 easy if it wasn't for bad luck. I thought he just bought the seat with Slim's money, but the guy can definitely drive. At least better than many others there.

Finally, I don't think reliability can be judged on the first race, but will know more by the end of the 3rd. How many new engines and trannies this year? The same? It was 8 and 5, right?

[UltimateBMW]

Originally Posted by elp_jc

And yes, Perez was impressive. And he could have qualified in the top 10 easy if it wasn't for bad luck. I thought he just bought the seat with Slim's money, but the guy can definitely drive. At least better than many others there.

You must have mixed up Perez with Maldonado.

Sure, Maldonado won the GP2 championship but did so in his 3rd year there. Most of the F1 recruits from GP2 are only there for like 1 year. In which case they enter, win, and move up.

[Goonz]

The G is just insanely heavy and i didnt expect it to win against the M at all. I own a regular G37S and even I feel the new IPL is just silly and ridiculous looking, looks like a cheap ricer car..

I do love the infiniti nav however

[Blake]

vettel is such a boss

[Blake]

Originally Posted by Goonz

The G is just insanely heavy and i didnt expect it to win against the M at all. I own a regular G37S and even I feel the new IPL is just silly and ridiculous looking, looks like a cheap ricer car..

I do love the infiniti nav however

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