2013 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix
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Not gonna lie this is one of the most morning F1 seasons I have ever seen.
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Indeed, I thought last year was pretty afternoon...
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Hang on, NBC came back from commercial just a few minutes ago, WTF!?
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Aaah tracks!
Well Tilke tracks are all a bit the same tough; i'm already glad they stopped making corner 1 into these damned loops already, but the slow entry corner/ long straight is definitely "made" to create overtaking and all the new tracks have exactly that.
I miss the days of original circuits build by different enthusiasts with different ideas. Tilke just steals from those classic tracks and copies part Silverstone, part Spa, part Suzuka etcetera in there.
Not bad but artificial nonetheless
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Literally 1 place to try to overtake but even that is a 50/50, drivers not able to race flat out due to tires.
I'm becoming very disillusioned with F1, if 2014 is more of the same I can't see the interest remaining for me and a lot of others.
I'm becoming very disillusioned with F1, if 2014 is more of the same I can't see the interest remaining for me and a lot of others.
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That was a nice move from Alonso
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Oh well, maybe Vettel will do donuts afterwards, just to piss-off the FIA again. 
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So are you going to just do the funny bits for the remainder of the season since there isn't anything else for us to do. Either way I don't mind.
Funny bits? That's Kimi's job.
Sadly, he's out for the season getting cybernetic impants courtesy of Ferrari.
Ricciardo finally past Paul and into the points. Brave brave brave. That boy will do okay at Red Bull.
Alonso overtakes. Another cut to a pretty girl! That calls for another shot of whiskey!
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Red Bull to Vettel: "SLOW DOWN!" (some rubbish about tires)
Vettel to Red Bull: "Screw you. Send me a message when there's a real emergency. I'll just keep on hotlapping."
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2014 will be a whole different ballgame i hope, and then it will take a year or 5 again before routine sets in and FIA decides we will go electric
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Man, lots of people complaining about the boring race. Not just on this forum either. I wonder what gimmick they'll come up with next since drs and bad tires aren't good enough. Bernie did suggest random sprinklers and short cuts years ago lol.
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Alonso hunting 4th..
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Aaah tracks!
Well Tilke tracks are all a bit the same tough; i'm already glad they stopped making corner 1 into these damned loops already, but the slow entry corner/ long straight is definitely "made" to create overtaking and all the new tracks have exactly that.
I miss the days of original circuits build by different enthusiasts with different ideas. Tilke just steals from those classic tracks and copies part Silverstone, part Spa, part Suzuka etcetera in there.
Not bad but artificial nonetheless
Yeah but you could only really say that about Abu Dhabi, India, Korea, Singapore, China the rest are more than a decade old (except for the U.S.)
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2014 will be a whole different ballgame i hope, and then it will take a year or 5 again before routine sets in and FIA decides we will go electric
Electric wont happen, they'll run in UFOs before they run electric in F1, that is what Formula E is.
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A couple years ago the tires weren't too bad. Now it's just ridiculous. The super softs in GT3 last longer than these pieces of crap.
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Tilke has been putting his stamp on tracks since Malaysia and the Hockenheim rape so that's more than a decade already
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The mini-Silverstone section spreads them out too much for the DRS zone to help overtaking. That's probably a good thing since the racing we're seeing is real and the best guy will win and the underdog hero in second is given a fighting chance to hold on. It also means the driver behind needs big balls to overtake.
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2014 will be a whole different ballgame i hope, and then it will take a year or 5 again before routine sets in and FIA decides we will go electric
We hope! (2014 being a new start!)
I just hope the tires are better aswell, new regs are all well and good but if you can only push for 3 laps then have to drop back again is all abit pointless!
Personally I'd quite like the refuelling to be bought back in to help mix up the pit strategies!
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Tilke has been putting his stamp on tracks since Malaysia and the Hockenheim rape so that's more than a decade already
But Sepang is a really good track actually
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NOooo!! the less races are decided in the pits the better!
Still can't tip a Spa, Monza or Suzuka tough
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Tilke has been putting his stamp on tracks since Malaysia and the Hockenheim rape so that's more than a decade already
I realize that but it sounds like a ton of Tilke hate than really constructive bias, to be honest Malaysia isn't that bad it's pretty good and Hockenheim isn't every year, I'm talking about this year so that doesn't really count. The new tracks I agree are horrid and cookie cutter, but I'd say the older Tilke tracks at least have some good aspects. The only track from Tilke since Malaysia that I enjoyed are Circuit of Americas and Turkey. I'll be glad to see India take a rest for a while.
Grosjean just went Purple, I'd be nice to see him win but in four laps I doubt it.
still praying for for a gearbox failure/miracle.
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NOooo!! the less races are decided in the pits the better!
'Splash and Dash's' were exciting tho!!
Minimum fuel with super sorts on for all out attack.
Their only exciting on track if there is somewhere to overtake!
