Can you honestly say his opinion was an entertaining one, or worth listening too as either Coulthards or Jordans? I can't remember a single thing he has said or done, apart from appearing in that music video of them all lip syncing to My Chemical Romance ITV released at the last grand prix they did. ITV had some terrible pundits, whereas the BBC have had some brilliant ones. Coulthard, Jordan and Davidson are the best I can remember.
The F1 Thread 2011 Season
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
HD. 
I can't wait!
I can't wait!Yes I can, I thought he was good as a co commentator and pundit. I don't want them to be memorable, I want good solid punditry in the moment
Jordan ain't all that, he often spouts a lot of crap. I like him, but Jardine was far more professional in that sense
Looks like Di Resta may get a Force India race seat, be good to have another Brit on the grid
He has been superb in DTM and deserves the seat, probably something Paffet should have done 2 seasons ago.
Almost time!
I love this time of year, so much anticipation as the new cars are unveiled and then days later they are off testing for a month.
Apparently the new McLaren is meant to be a "drastic" change from last season, the Ferrari is a mashup of all the other cars from last season and the Red Bull is anyones guess. Roll on tomorrow for Ferrari's launch.
Apparently the new McLaren is meant to be a "drastic" change from last season, the Ferrari is a mashup of all the other cars from last season and the Red Bull is anyones guess. Roll on tomorrow for Ferrari's launch.
The red bull is supposed to be a beaute.
Not a great deal of difference to last seasons car, bit different nose and flatter sidepods but there is no way this is what the car will look like come Race 1, they are giving nothing away.
I love this time of year with the teams releasing their new cars. They look so much better since the changes in the aero regs removed all the stupid little winglets they used to have sticking out all over the place.
New Lotus autosport.com - Photo Gallery: Lotus T128 (2011)
Renault unveiled its new R31 challenger autosport.com - F1 News: Renault unveils its 2011 challenger
Renault unveiled its new R31 challenger autosport.com - F1 News: Renault unveils its 2011 challenger
The Renault seems to have some kind of crazy exhaust array that might be interesting.
The Valencia testing starts today.
The Renault does indeed have exhausts that exit from the sidepods 
Rumour is that McLaren have a similar type of setup on the MP4-26.
Rumour is that McLaren have a similar type of setup on the MP4-26.
Saw something about that on twitter before, apparently it works with the new shape floors and creates downforce. Interesting innovation at any rate.
Had a glimpse at some of the comments knocking around online before, always make me chuckle that people see testing sessions as some kind of indication of which cars are genuinely fastest.
Had a glimpse at some of the comments knocking around online before, always make me chuckle that people see testing sessions as some kind of indication of which cars are genuinely fastest.
It's incredibly annoying to be honest mate, I just want to find out about each cars new bits and you have to wade through pages of people posting test times and stating stuff like "oh my god how fast" or "insert team here is struggling, look at their bad times".
that's true! Do you follow James Allen's blog at all? He is usually a pretty good source of what's going on that you'd want to know about.Yeah one of the first places I check, the autosport forum used to be pretty good to get info too but now it seems to have started to go the way of planetf1. Probably just used James's twitter tool, Scarbs and F1Technical to keep up to date with it all.
TUESDAY TIMES:
Vettel (1:13.769),
Hulkenberg (1:13.938),
Paffett (1:14.292),
di Resta (1:14.461)
Alonso (1:14.553),
Kobayashi (1:15.621),
D'Ambrosio (1:16.003),
Di Resta (1:16.337),
Petrov (1:16.351),
Schumacher (1:16.450),
Barrichello (1:17.335),
Alguersuari (1:17.774),
Karthikeyan (1:18.020)
Rosberg (1:19.930).
WEDNESDAY TIMES:
Alonso (1:13.307),
Vettel (1:13.614),
di Resta (1:13.844),
Hamilton (1:14.353),
Kubica (1:14.412),
Karthikeyan (1:14.472),
Rosberg (1:14.645),
Glock (1:15.408),
Barrichello (1:16.023),
Perez (1:16.198),
Maldonado (1:16.266),
Buemi (1:16.359),
Alguersuari (1:16.474),
Webber (1:17.365),
Kovalainen (1:20.649).
Vettel (1:13.769),
Hulkenberg (1:13.938),
Paffett (1:14.292),
di Resta (1:14.461)
Alonso (1:14.553),
Kobayashi (1:15.621),
D'Ambrosio (1:16.003),
Di Resta (1:16.337),
Petrov (1:16.351),
Schumacher (1:16.450),
Barrichello (1:17.335),
Alguersuari (1:17.774),
Karthikeyan (1:18.020)
Rosberg (1:19.930).
WEDNESDAY TIMES:
Alonso (1:13.307),
Vettel (1:13.614),
di Resta (1:13.844),
Hamilton (1:14.353),
Kubica (1:14.412),
Karthikeyan (1:14.472),
Rosberg (1:14.645),
Glock (1:15.408),
Barrichello (1:16.023),
Perez (1:16.198),
Maldonado (1:16.266),
Buemi (1:16.359),
Alguersuari (1:16.474),
Webber (1:17.365),
Kovalainen (1:20.649).
Few weeks ago we talked about Lewis and his dad this just been put on the BBC site
1307: Hamitlon also confirmed that he hopes to appoint a new manager within the next two weeks.
1300: Some nice quotes have just come into us from Lewis Hamilton. Well, he didn't send them personally but you know what I mean. The 2008 champion has revealed that his relationship with dad Anthony is now far healthier than it was last year. Just two weeks prior to the 2010 season, Lewis axed Anthony as his manager, which resulted in a sad period of silence between the two. But the 26-year-old McLaren driver said: "I just feel things in my life are much better now, and I feel in a much better place, that I'm able to focus even more energy on to winning than I've done in the past. But every year I've always approached it the same. Sometimes your training doesn't go as well, sometimes you're more drained by appearances or certain things you do. Whereas this year things have been a lot clearer and the training has been a lot more productive, and I'm feeling a lot better about the car. Of course, I always want it more. I can never want it enough."
1307: Hamitlon also confirmed that he hopes to appoint a new manager within the next two weeks.
1300: Some nice quotes have just come into us from Lewis Hamilton. Well, he didn't send them personally but you know what I mean. The 2008 champion has revealed that his relationship with dad Anthony is now far healthier than it was last year. Just two weeks prior to the 2010 season, Lewis axed Anthony as his manager, which resulted in a sad period of silence between the two. But the 26-year-old McLaren driver said: "I just feel things in my life are much better now, and I feel in a much better place, that I'm able to focus even more energy on to winning than I've done in the past. But every year I've always approached it the same. Sometimes your training doesn't go as well, sometimes you're more drained by appearances or certain things you do. Whereas this year things have been a lot clearer and the training has been a lot more productive, and I'm feeling a lot better about the car. Of course, I always want it more. I can never want it enough."
Good for him, glad they've resolved any rifts.
One of the many reasons why I can't stand Red Bull, Dr Helmut Marko:
It may be true but to come out and state that after 3 days testing and some of the cars not even launched stinks of arrogance. What an absolute helmut.
what a plonker, statements like that can only ever bite you on the arse.Well that was a different kind of launch by McLaren. The car looks radical though, L shaped sidepods, undercut floor and a double air intake. Images should be online soon I would imagine.
From quates from the Press confrence
Apparently a lot of the McLaren launch model was plastic.
The exhaust solution on today's launch car "WILL NOT BE THE FINAL ONE"
Martin Whitmarsh : "you've haven't seen it all yet" - very telling!
Apparently a lot of the McLaren launch model was plastic.
The exhaust solution on today's launch car "WILL NOT BE THE FINAL ONE"
Martin Whitmarsh : "you've haven't seen it all yet" - very telling!
The sidepod bits definatly didn't look final as they had no heat shielding inside them which you would expect.
new McLaren looks very impressive , hope to goes has well as it looks.
Robert Kubica has supposedly suffered serious injuries while racing at a Rally in Italy.
EDIT: Injuries are not life threatening.
EDIT: Injuries are not life threatening.
Possible hand amputation
Just heard about kubica, any more info on the extent of his injuries?
Broken Leg and arm. Chance of amputation is apparently diminishing but most are saying don't expect him back this year.
Damn, just heard about Kubica, poor guy I hope he makes a full recovery and we see him back soon.
When will these drivers realise not to spend their off-season putting their lives and careers at risk? It's like Webber breaking his foot twice in one season by mountain biking.
What do you propose they do, spend the off season sat on the couch watching reruns of Lost? These guys are adrenaline junkies and it's no surprise that their hobbies reflect that. When you go on holiday do you plan your time to ensure nothing could get in the way of your job when you get home?