Indian Grand Prix 2011

[rage2]

Interesting preview... some team members are arriving at the track and seeing construction all over the place. Stuff that gets TV exposure is done, but looks crappy up close, and behind the scenes stuff is incomplete.

Unpaved service road:
http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s720x720/294735_269247813113554_184338884937781_735050_62919783_n.jpg

Close up of concrete work:
http://c0014009.r32.cf1.rackcdn.com/x2_8ee5d9e

[Sentry]

Wow ghetto. I want more pics.

[djayz]

Welcome to India :D

Was expecting nothing less and with less than a week to go I doubt any of this will get finished.
Everybody remembers the common wealth games haha

[Team_Mclaren]

there had been alot of tweets and shit about how amazing its gonna be.... I guess the drivers didnt see whats behind the scene

[rage2]

Not many ppl have arrived yet. Plus, F1 drivers aren't allowed to talk shit about F1.

[cycosis]

Wow... got more shady pics?

[Alak]

"They pretended to pay us. We pretended to work."

[rage2]

5live f1 tweeted that there are no windows in the commentary box lol. Pretty funny if you've seen outsourced, the movie.

[cycosis]

The race should make for some interesting commentary :D

[Bladeh]

Will be a interesting race for sure! "no windows in the commentary box" that would be classed as air conditioning in India :poosie:

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KDqmTbPm3t8/ToC0ctr-F_I/AAAAAAAADHM/Hg3A_xzkYrU/s1600/297374_289167881094023_133097350034411_1318803_1644331254_n.jpg

[ottamania]

http://www.justin.tv/CRAZYFOLK?utm_campaign=live_embed_click&utm_source=mitierratvco2.com#/w/1976654848

FP1

[Mibz]

For those who haven't seen, a fucking dog got on the track and Senna hit it.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/95737

Hamilton and Perez got 3 place grid penalties for ignoring yellow flags.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/95731

I'm excited to see qualifying.

[cloud7]

Originally posted by Mibz
For those who haven't seen, a fucking dog got on the track and Senna hit it.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/95737

Hamilton and Perez got 3 place grid penalties for ignoring yellow flags.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/95731

I'm excited to see qualifying.

Senna didn't hit the dog this time, but did a couple of years ago when he was in GP2.

Ignoring yellow flags could be very serious. Hamilton and Perez are lucky that they only got 3 place grid penalties. If memory serves me right, Jacques Villeneuve was actually DQ'd because he ignored yellow flags in during Japanese GP in 97... but I think he did it two laps in a roll... and of course he was fighting with Schumi in a Ferrari in the championship at the time, so naturally he was DQ'd.

[rage2]

The yellow flag situation was pretty messed up. The track lights, as well as steering wheel lights went to green. 1 marshall was still waving them, even though the track was green. That was why it was "ignored" by both Hamilton and Perez. It was an inexperienced flag worker that caused all the confusion. Hamilton says he was engaging DRS at the time, so he didn't even see the 1 track marshall waving the yellow flag.

The penalty was imposed because even if there was a discrepency between the lights and flag workers, you should still assume the worse and slow down.

[Mibz]

I can't read :facepalm: Thanks for the clarification.

[rage2]

http://s1.directupload.net/images/111028/sivnxu22.jpg

http://images.planetf1.com/11/10/496x259/130671214_2671287.jpg

If you've ever been to India, cows roaming the streets isn't the biggest surprise. It's the # of stray dogs that are EVERYWHERE.

[rage2]

More clarifications on the "yellow flag" penalties for Perez and Hamilton:

http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/7371/lewishamiltonindia.jpg

Hamilton says he was working the DRS and didn't even see the marshall waving the yellow flags. Went to the stewards office, says give me whatever penalty, I don't care, and they gave him (and unfortunately Perez) a 3 grid spot penalty lol.

[lilmira]

Luck dawg! Free pass to roam around the whole facility. He can go wherever he wants whenever he wants. They look so happy :)

VIP pass is so yesterday.

[cloud7]

Originally posted by rage2
More clarifications on the "yellow flag" penalties for Perez and Hamilton:

http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/7371/lewishamiltonindia.jpg

Hamilton says he was working the DRS and didn't even see the marshall waving the yellow flags. Went to the stewards office, says give me whatever penalty, I don't care, and they gave him (and unfortunately Perez) a 3 grid spot penalty lol.

:facepalm: I guess he has been there so many times that it just doesn't matter to him what he gets.

[xnvy]

Originally posted by rage2
If you've ever been to India, cows roaming the streets isn't the biggest surprise. It's the # of stray dogs that are EVERYWHERE. My worst memory of India was riding on my cousins bike when we hit a cow that walked in front of us. Back on topic, stray dogs in India doesn't surprise me, there's like two for each person :P

[rage2]

Drivers love the circuit. The "up front" view looks great. Behind the scenes though, still a gong show. Metallica was supposed to play for F1 Rocks, but delayed from a technical issue. Fans went nuts, Metallica cancelled.

Front row view of fans charging stage:

LoRIXUULiBY

[Mibz]

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

"HIT THAT GUY"
"SHIT CUNT"
"OH SHIT FUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCK"

[DJ Lazy]

Besides Lewis and Massa having another accident with each other, that was one of the most boring races of the year. :(

[Bladeh]

Agreed! Massa broke his wishbone again, 2nd time in 3 days.

[Mibz]

I fucking LOLed at Massa breaking his car on the orange curb, bitching about the orange curb, getting told "orange curb working as intended" and then doing it again the next day.

[rage2]

I LOLed at Massa checking his mirrors 3 times, seeing Hamilton there right beside him, and STILL turning in early to clip him, then blaming Hamilton for hitting him.

I'm glad the season is over, it makes the Hamilton/Massa collisions entertaining, and not frustrating.

I agree, the race was pretty damn boring. It was more of the same old. Vettel has so much pace that he just drove +1 sec ahead of 2nd place to clear DRS, then cruised to an easy victory.