Formula 1/ Walcotts thread.

The racing has become cleaner, better, and more competitive. It's great to see, I haven't watch a Grand Prix as good as that in a good few years.

Gone are the days of traction control, unlimited tyres, and all the car regulations that got wiped out in 2008. It's much better spectacle now is F1, always evolving which is good to see.

Though, I'm still unsure about DRS and KERS? What do people make of it?

It just seems a bit of a gimmick to me, kind of arcadey really. All this power boost and being within a second to enable the Drag Reduction System. I'm not sold on it I've got to be honest.

i dont really like drs or kers especially when some teams still have faulty systems its to much unfair advantage for other teams with working drs and kers. im understand some people like it but i dont like it much

I do like both, love watching over taking. I prefer the tyres even more though, more pit stops, teams have to be more smart on how many stops, how quickly they wear off.

Any1 else find it hilarious when Button stopped at the Red Bull garage for new tyres?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/formula_one/13109394.stm
Thats bollox. It's because he is a Ferrari driver, Ferrari are the Man Utd of Formula 1. What bollox, you cant use ur DRS when your not allowed and not get punished. Id love for Lewis Hamilton to do that in Turkey, see what he gets.

Nah that wasn't cheating from Alonso, it came out too late.

I do like DRS and KERS though I find it exciting when one team has built a better system than the others and they're all trying to copy it, like the F-Duct last year.

Late 90s and early 2000s F1 was where it's at. I struggle to watch it now cause it makes me really miss the good old days.

i was just wondering as most of the teams bosses speak english do the drivers speak it aswell

Yeah all the drivers speak English. I know on the radio they all speak English from what I have heard.

Did any1 hear about the change of engines ? something of making the F1 Cars sound like roadcars. Thats fucking shite tbh, can't beat the sound of an F1 car, especially when it's right infront of your eyes going 150-200+ mph. I know Bernie said he wouldnt be changing engines if they did sound like roadcars but there was talk of it. I don't know whats worse, sprinklers or that.

Bernie whilst being the owner of F1 is a fucking bat. He's losing it now and comes up with all kinds of crazy shit.

Luckily the final decision doesn't lie with him.

The changing of engines and fucking sprinklers () will never get passed the FIA, thankfully.

That Button thing. Can't believe he was so close to actually stopping aswell, Vettel must have been pissing himself behind him.

Also the Monaco GP, will have Soft and Super Soft tyres, no hard.

5 million people watched china grand prix on bbc

Button wanted to be cool

just watched this again incase somobody hasnt watched it still makes me cry

good news that Formula One driver Robert Kubica has been released from hospital to continue his rehabilitation.

Great news.

May see him back next season?

Yeah I can't see him back this season. He will have to do all the training again that the drivers do in the winter etc.

he'll be back next year. although at the expense of either Petrov or Heidfeld, which is a shame cos i like all 3 of them

Heidfeld has been poor this season.

Or is that Rosberg?

Heidfield has just been inconsistant. But it's probably unfair for me to say that because only 3 races have been raced.

Back next weekend!!

Can't wait!

i went karting today, droving like a beast, im like the reincarnation of alain prost

karting is class. used to go regularly when i was younger but havent for a while thanks to Uni. gonna try an go for my birthday in a few weeks

I'm too big for karts

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I went about 6 months ago with school mates, £1 a lap.

R.I.P to Ayrton Senna. Remember watching videos of him on youtube, unbelievable.

Walcott wrote:^

I went about 6 months ago with school mates, £1 a lap.

Fuck that.

at my local its £25 for 50 laps, so yeah, youve been screwed there