Singapore Grand Prix 2012, Marina Bay - Race 14/20

Kenai · 23 Sep 2012 at 15:29

gary996 said:
Yes but this may come as some surprise to you but its not all about winning races its about consistency.
Keep coming in the top 3 or so pays dividends that is why Alonso is still top of the championship

That doesn't mean they have the fastest car though, which is what was being discussed

Danthus · 23 Sep 2012 at 15:29

Nice helmet.

MagicBoy · 23 Sep 2012 at 15:31

al4x said:
Wow the hd coverage took up 6.5 gb just for the race on BBC hd

Sky HD is even higher bitrate - averages about 17.5Mb/sec. Can't fault the quality really. Full races usually munch at least 12% disk space on my HD+ box. :eek:

Kenai · 23 Sep 2012 at 15:32

Eddie asking the fans about how much they like the BBC, rather than the race, muppet.

Merlin5 · 23 Sep 2012 at 15:33

Lol at EJ offering his microphone to Vettel and Vettel replying "I have my own"

Tenzo · 23 Sep 2012 at 15:37

Jay Psi said:
Huh? What did Alonso say about/to Vettel?

Aye, what's this?

Kenai · 23 Sep 2012 at 15:39

Tenzo said:
Aye, what's this?

"It's one of the best tracks and we enjoy driving here. The atmosphere is fantastic and it was a fun race again. In Monza it was Lewis winning and Sebastian retiring and here it's Lewis retiring and Sebastian winning so as long as that keeps happening and I pick up points along the way I'll be happy."

I think people misheard 'Sebastian retiring' as 'Sebastian retarded' or something :confused:

Flibster · 23 Sep 2012 at 15:42

Hamilton looked very happy at the end of the race.

Suspect a signature has been applied to a piece of paper this weekend.

MagicBoy · 23 Sep 2012 at 15:49

Merlin5 said:
Lol at EJ offering his microphone to Vettel and Vettel replying "I have my own"

Another example of the unique way the BBC is funded.

Flibster · 23 Sep 2012 at 15:59

Button has been summoned to the stewards for the first safety car restart.

Westyfield2 · 23 Sep 2012 at 16:00

Flibster said:
Button has been summoned to the stewards for the first safety car restart.

Irish_Tom · 23 Sep 2012 at 16:02

I can't see them giving him a penalty; nothing happened.

A slap on the wrist maybe, but nothing more.

Flibster · 23 Sep 2012 at 16:03

Vettel also summoned.

Mr Men · 23 Sep 2012 at 16:06

20 second penalty for each

ThestigGT999 · 23 Sep 2012 at 16:15

Mr Men said:
20 second penalty for each

lol

also for Suzuka I hope button or webber does better to improve the championship

deuse · 23 Sep 2012 at 16:18

Not happy

Mr.Fantastic · 23 Sep 2012 at 16:19

al4x said:
Wow the hd coverage took up 6.5 gb just for the race on BBC hd

Just had a look at my recording for the whole of the race on BBC1 HD

Irish_Tom · 23 Sep 2012 at 16:19

deuse said:
Not happy

Ditto.

Kenai · 23 Sep 2012 at 16:20

ThestigGT999 said:
lol

also for Suzuka I hope button or webber does better to improve the championship

Button and Webber doing well won't improve anything, it'll just rob Vettel (and to a lesser extent Kimi and Hamilton) of points and just let Alonso run away with it.

They're too far back to do anything meaningful now.

The only thing that's going to stop this becoming a formality for Alonso at this stage, is Vettel or a series of horrendous results but given his amazing consistency this season, that seems unlikely.

edit - for example, for Jenson to win the title, he needs to literally win every remaining race with Alonso averaging 4th or lower, which isn't impossible but it's incredibly incredibly unlikely.

Skillmister · 23 Sep 2012 at 16:23

Wtf was with the forum not being on freeview red button :confused:

had to watch the useless bbc website stream instead

Wasn't far off

Fluttershy said:
Vettel to get gifted a win through safety car timing
Button 2nd
Alonso 3rd