Topic: 2011 Formula 1 thread (incl new driver lineup)

[Surprise me.]

Di Resta & Hulkenberg confirmed at Force India according to Hembrey.

[paulrazor]

I thought Alguersuari was alright when he got his act together, but I suppose they're not looking for alright.

they are looking for a big star but buemi and algursauri are young so hopefully they get seats somewhere else

williams maybe?

bit of a silly cut throat approach from toro rosso at times, its not like its a front line car

[paulrazor]

Di Resta & Hulkenberg confirmed at Force India according to Hembrey.

sutil bumped out

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they are looking for a big star but buemi and algursauri are young so hopefully they get seats somewhere else

williams maybe?

bit of a silly cut throat approach from toro rosso at times, its not like its a front line car

All about the Red Bull money.

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Surely there's a chance that Alguersuari will take the other seat at HRT given the Spanish connotations the company has?

[RacerX34]

Surely there's a chance that Alguersuari will take the other seat at HRT given the Spanish connotations the company has?

Saw Brundle mention that on twitter today.
I think he deserves a seat in an F1 team.

Problem with Torro Rosso now is as a "Youth" team it is ruthlessly moving on to the next wave of young drivers
even though Jaime Alguersuari did well in the second half of the season.
He's still only 21.

[paulrazor]

Surely there's a chance that Alguersuari will take the other seat at HRT given the Spanish connotations the company has?

talk of barrichello and de la rosa i think

horrible seat but better than nothing

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Di Resta & Hulkenberg confirmed at Force India according to Hembrey.

Yup, confirmed now. http://twitter.com/clubforce/statuses/147695128214126593

What seats are left and what drivers are out in the cold?  Just one at Williams and HRT isn't it?

[Djimothy]

Yup, confirmed now. http://twitter.com/clubforce/statuses/147695128214126593

What seats are left and what drivers are out in the cold?

Williams-between Sutil and Barrichello?

HRT-Alguersari?

Don't think Trulli is confirmed at Caterham yet either.

Sutil,Barrichello,Senna,Petrov,Buemi,Alguesari,D'Ambrosio,Liuzzi,Karthikayan(sp?) could be all out of work.

[paulrazor]

Yup, confirmed now. http://twitter.com/clubforce/statuses/147695128214126593

What seats are left and what drivers are out in the cold?

top 4 teams (ferrari, mercs, bulls and mclaren) all stay the same

so are caterham (ex lotus) sauber

renault now lotus have kimi raikkonen and romain grosjean (petrov and senna, and heidfeld to an extent are out)

force india kept di resta and hulkenberg is promoted to seat 2, sutil bumped

toro rosso have ricciardo and jean eric vergne, out go algursauri and buemi

williams are keeping maldonado, the other car was driven by barrichello but no one has been confirmed yet

HRT confirmed de la rosa and thats all, Ricciardo is now at toro rosso, no word on liuzzi. i think narain karthikeyan also drove there last year

only other team is marussia (virgin). glock stays and is joined by someone called charles pic. the driver to lose out there is D'Ambrosio

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Good stuff, I presume the third driver scene is a little more complicated?

[paulrazor]

Good stuff, I presume the third driver scene is a little more complicated?

just a bit. theres 3 names on wiki, guttierez at sauber is one

jules bianchi will probably stay at ferrari. i wouldnt be a bit surprised to see massa dropped by the end of the season to give him a go if massa isnt up to scratch again

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Doesn't Massa have two years left?

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just a bit. theres 3 names on wiki, guttierez at sauber is one

jules bianchi will probably stay at ferrari. i wouldnt be a bit surprised to see massa dropped by the end of the season to give him a go if massa isnt up to scratch again

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012-f1-season/2012-f1-drivers-teams/  Got four from that.  Could see Sutil continuing at Force India if he wants to maintain a relationship with them but that's probably highly unlikely.  Petrov at Williams I'd say is likely if he's a pay driver for the most part.

Massa's an interesting and sad case.  When he was hitting his potential in the season Lewis won it you could have had a new world champion there, only it wasn't to be.  Since then you'd think he'd slipped back, especially since the arrival of Alonso and the accident, each of those will do something to you mentally.  It's a shame as he's just about the only person at Ferrari I can bring myself to like continually, though as time's gone on and they seem to be somewhat less of a protected force I'm mellowing somewhat...

Doesn't Massa have two years left?

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2010/06/09/ferrari-extend-massas-contract-to-2012/

No, just next season.

[paulrazor]

yeah end of this season his contract was up. unless he has an 08 esque season hes a gonner. unless he wants to play second fiddle to alonso

difficult to pinpoint where it went wrong for him. has to be brazil 08

though the 09 ferrari was a pig. 2010 people point to germany but after that he did score a lot of points in the next few races
he went 2nd, 4th ,4th, 3rd, 8th (from last on grid on a street circuit with no kers/drs), 3rd

last year the ferrari struggled on hard tyres, interestingly it went well on tracks where both compounds werent needed. silverstone alonso won cos it rained he didnt need both. massa was looking good in canada til he broke his front wing

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Epic thread: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=456016

(genuinely, decent read)

[RacerX34]

You'd never know from his epic performances this year but:

http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/272922/alonso-and-pop-star-wife-divorce/

Thanks for that link btw.

[jackh]

Apologies for the bump but I was hoping for a bit of help...

I'm really struggling to find the 2011 Brazilian Qualifying and Race available to download - Ive been absolutely fine (albeit sometimes very slow) with other races but this one has me absolutely stumped.

I'd be really grateful if somebody is able to provide a reliable set of links - cheers in advance, if so.

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Are you handy with torrents? http://isohunt.com/torrents/brazilian+grand+prix?iht=-1&ihp=1&ihs1=1&iho1=d

[jackh]

Are you handy with torrents? http://isohunt.com/torrents/brazilian+grand+prix?iht=-1&ihp=1&ihs1=1&iho1=d

Not had a problem all season using TPB...until the final race!

Fine with torrents...just struggle with the websites sometimes - often find myself clicking a link as part of a list and it just directs me to a different link page?