F1 2012

[Will Hewland]

I have a feeling I know who this is. But this is a 'no names website'..

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[Maxum]

Once met never forgotten.

 

[Will Hewland]

Does his name rhyme with `Terry Pond`?

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[techguy]

I went to the British GP a few years ago, and was lucky enough to get to go down the pit lane, and actually stood in one of the team garages while they were rebuilding a car from a qualifying crash. Then had a beer in their team hospitality suite. Very very surreal experience, but one of the best days of my life!

I'm a bit gutted about the BBC only having 10 live races though

I too love all the techy geeky stuff!

 

[VicW]

The Indy Car series raced at the oval at Rockingham near Corby in 2001/2. The pits were open to everybody on practice day and you couldn't wish to meet a more friendly bunch.

There were no closed doors,no attempt to hide everything from view and the guys were more than happy to answer questions including the drivers.

The new circuit had been drenched with rain in the days before the meeting and the new track surface had drainage problems with water seeping back up through the track.Efforts to put things right meant that the cars didn't get any running until late morning on race day with practice and qualifying still to complete.

Within ten laps these guys were lapping Rockingham at over 200mph!

Vic.

 

[Will Hewland]

Hi Vic

I remember it well. Champ car world series to be precise. Kenny Brack beat Gil de Ferran at the end. Great race. Ruined by 4 hour trek to exit car park!

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[JonSkeet2]

The Indy Car series raced at the oval at Rockingham near Corby in 2001/2. The pits were open to everybody on practice day and you couldn't wish to meet a more friendly bunch.

There were no closed doors,no attempt to hide everything from view and the guys were more than happy to answer questions including the drivers.

The new circuit had been drenched with rain in the days before the meeting and the new track surface had drainage problems with water seeping back up through the track.Efforts to put things right meant that the cars didn't get any running until late morning on race day with practice and qualifying still to complete.

Within ten laps these guys were lapping Rockingham at over 200mph!

Vic.

Rockingham is scary, I have driven the oval there and even at 100mph I was bricking it whilst the instructor was pulling away despite being in a much less powerful car. I was taken round the infield track the same day by Nicholas Minassian SP? and that was awesome

Jon.

 

[VicW]

It was all the more remarkable in that the US had had 9/11 just before the Champ Car series came to Europe to race in Germany and then the UK on successive weekends but they still came.

Then in an horrendous accident during the German race,Alex Zanardi lost both legs in a T-bone collision.

Yeah, the traffic trying to leave the car park was unbelievable,as you say it took four hours and all because the brain dead louts who were supposed to be directing the traffic simply sat and watched it.

I went the following year when Dario Franchitti won.We sat opposite the pits opposite Dario's pit so that we could see the cars powering out of Turn Four.

Fascinating what the pit crews do with only six over the wall compared to the two football teams that F1 uses.

The oval at Rockingham is hardly used now.There was a series for a few years for Nascar type racing which was very good,but apart from the Champ Cars the closest racing I have seen on the oval was the pickup trucks.

Vic.

 

[Salopian]

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So you know Jerry Bond?

Good guess but no coconut.

What is your line of work? What product do you supply the Racing Industry?

 

[Will Hewland]

Hi,

I make gearboxes. JB used to work for me.

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[tiptop]

James Hunt, didn't they call him 'hunt the shunt' because he would either win or crash.

 

[Salopian]

Is that you William?

 

[Will Hewland]

Is that you William?

Yep!

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[TobyM]

Australian GP odds for the win

Sebastian Vettel 11/8 Lewis Hamilton 4/1

Jenson Button 11/2 Mark Webber 15/2

Fernando Alonso 9/1 Nico Rosberg 20/1

Michael Schumacher 22/1 Kimi Raikkonen 22/1

Romain Grosjean 50/1 Felipe Massa 50/1

Paul di Resta 80/1 Nico Hulkenburg 80/1

Sergio Perez 125/1 Kamui Kobayashi 125/1

Jean-Eric Vergne 250/1 Daniel Ricciardo 250/1

Bruno Senna 250/1 Pastor Maldonado 500/1

Vitaly Petrov 500/1 Heikke Kovalainen 750/1

Timo Glock 2000/1 Charles Pic 2000/1

Pedro de la Rosa 3000/1 Narain Karthikeyan 3000/1

 

[ExSCA]

Do you know - in all my years of gambling (football and horses) - I have never thought about putting a bet on a GP.

 

[TobyM]

One bet caught my eye - Webber; fastest lap 7/2.

 

[Hamster]

I have never comprehended gambling :???: , so you put £10 on Hamilton and hope to pick up £40 if he wins? And if he does what do you do with the £40 that you couldn't do anyway if you really wanted to, without a wager? I can understand a couple of quid on the Euro or a fiver a week on the lottery because as unlikely as it is that you'd win, the returns are life changing, £40 quid won't buy you a slab of cheap ammo.

 

[ExSCA]

Seems like you comprehended it quite well to me - You gamble £10 and win £40 - thats 30 quid you didn't have before - not life changing, but neither is the stake gambled. It's all relative.

I gamble quite regularly - for the thrill mainly - for instance today, I chose 6 horses from the Cheltenham Gold Cup meeting - and put 10pence each way on all the possible bets for those 6 selections - thats called a lucky 63 bet - if all the horses come in first, I could win about £3500 - its unlikely. but it is a little thrill if you are sitting at a desk and occasionally checking the racing results.

I don't do it every day - and occasionally I'll have a straight bet (£10 or £20) on a horse or a game I like. Net-net over the last 10/15 years - I've won a bit, lost a bit - won some big lumps and lost a little as I've gone on. I once bought a very nice watch on the back of a win on the Grand National, on the flip side I once walked out of a casino about £500 lighter. Swings and roundabouts.

None of it is life changing - but it is a tiny bit of fun to brighten the day.

 

[TobyM]

Matt, do you use on-line betting or pop in to the bookies?

 

[ExSCA]

Paddypower account - since it was a baby website.

Occasionally will wander into a bookies on a big race day, just for the buzz.