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Originally Posted by kiwi TK
(Post 1259688)
For those that have never heard an F1 engine at full noise; let me assure you, that no matter how loud you have the speakers turned up; it is nothing like the real thing.
My good lady wife and I were fortunate enough to attend the Melbourne GP in 2010. Her first reaction to hearing an F1 engine on the practice day was just to laugh outrageously. She simply couldn't believe that any "car" could be that fast and that loud. And when you get three or four of them in very quick succession, it really does just melt your brain. After about ten minutes, you need to stuff the complimentary earplugs in, just to try and make the headache go away. |
About the only thing I don't like about F1 is Sebastian Vettel, great driver that can win just about anything, but had to steal a win off Webber, a55hole
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Originally Posted by jarvid
(Post 1259871)
About the only thing I don't like about F1 is Sebastian Vettel, great driver that can win just about anything, but had to steal a win off Webber, a55hole
BTW I'll be over your way in april, catching up with Dutchy from ROT ( if ya happen to know him ) pete |
Originally Posted by chimp1
(Post 1259883)
Yep I'm with you Jarvid, he has the personality of a discarded tissue in a brothel however every era of F1 has one. but the bugga's can drive:icon_twocents:
BTW I'll be over your way in april, catching up with Dutchy from ROT ( if ya happen to know him ) pete Dutchy was a member of GTR-AUS a while back if I recall correctly?? Cheers, Craig |
Originally Posted by jarvid
(Post 1259871)
About the only thing I don't like about F1 is Sebastian Vettel, great driver that can win just about anything, but had to steal a win off Webber, a55hole
Good lady wife and I have always perceived Webber as the a55hole, who appears to not like the fact that maybe a German might be a better driver than he is? Of course, any opinions formed are very much guided by the snippets our own local media chooses to feed us with. History will show though, that the winningest (is that a word?) drivers in F1 have almost all come out of Europe, apart from the great Ayrton Senna (who I seem to recall, was the original reason for this post). Driver Seasons Entries Wins Percentage 1 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ermany.svg.png Michael Schumacher 1991–2006, 2010–2012 308 91 29.55% 2 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...France.svg.png Alain Prost 1980–1991, 1993 202 51 25.25% 3 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...Brazil.svg.png Ayrton Senna 1984–1994 162 41 25.31% 4 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ermany.svg.png Sebastian Vettel 2007–2013 120 39 32.50% 5 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..._Spain.svg.png Fernando Alonso 2001, 2003–2013 217 32 14.75% 6 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ingdom.svg.png Nigel Mansell 1980–1992, 1994–1995 191 31 16.23% 7 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ingdom.svg.png Jackie Stewart 1965–1973 100 27 27.00% 8 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ingdom.svg.png Jim Clark 1960–1968 73 25 34.25% http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ustria.svg.png Niki Lauda 1971–1979, 1982–1985 177 14.12% 10 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...entina.svg.png Juan Manuel Fangio 1950–1951, 1953–1958 52 24 46.15% |
That was awesome. I haven't watched an F1 race since Senna died. Some of my most prized possessions is the Marlboro Team McClaren memorabilia I got from them.
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