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waluigi
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A new season of F1 is upon us once again, with the first round coming next Sunday in Australia. New rule changes have caused radical redesigns to cars (which I think are fugly) with lower front wings. Driver wise, many new drivers are taking to the grid, while a former champion returns after a stint in rally. As far as tracks go, the United States returns (so long as the track gets finished) at a new course in Austin, Texas, while the Turkish grand prix disappears.
But the questions we all want answered; will Vettel continue his dominance with Red Bull, or will McLaren, Ferrari, or another team take the head of the field? We find out next Sunday!

This year's drivers and teams

Red Bull: Sebastian Vettel, Mark Webber
McLaren: Lewis Hamilton, Jenson Button
Ferrari: Fernando Alonso, Felipe Massa
Mercedes: Michael Schumacher, Nico Rosburg
Lotus (formerly Lotus Renault): Kimi Raikkonen, Romain Grosjean
Force India: Paul di Resta, Nico Hulkenburg
Sauber: Kamui Kobayashi, Sergio Perez
Toro Rosso: Daniel Ricciardo, Jean-Eric Vergne
Williams: Pastor Maldonado, Bruno Senna
Caterham (formerly Lotus): Heikki Kovalainen, Vitaly Petrov
HRT: Pedro de la Rosa, Narain Karthikeyan
Marussia (formerly Virgin): Timo Glock, Charles Pic

Schedule:
March 18- Australia
March 25- Malaysia
April 15- China
April 22- Bahrain
May 13- Spain
May 27- Monaco
June 10- Canada
June 24- Europe (Valencia)
July 8- Britain
July 22- Germany
July 29- Hungary
September 2- Belgium
September 9- Italy
September 23- Singapore
October 7- Japan
October 14- Korea
October 28- India
November 4- Abu Dhabi
November 18- United States
November 25- Brazil

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MrDayCee
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Yes but something important was missing, the flag girls! How dare they
deprive me of that extra enjoyment during the pre-race show. :/


LOL I'm sure PSY with his sidekick Hyuna and all the other girls will set that straight at the Korean GP tomorrow... with their Gangnam Style!!! LOL =P

Finally Vettel is not on pole, but even though I think Webber deserves it, I'm not too happy seeing him switching places with Seb to be honest...
This means that the Red Bull is gaining an advantage over the rest of the field and is working towards a dreaded end of the season: with a red-and-blue dominance over the pack and both titels in the end. I fear a 'show's over' for Alonso and Hamilton... =/

Too bad none of the other drivers could make a stand and surprise us... Hamilton 3rd, Alonso 4th and Kimi in 5th place is nice and might just make for a nice race, but considering the RB's are so quick, I'm crossing my fingers! Hopefully not in vain...

Maybe Schumi can work his way up to the podium? *dreams* =)
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I'm getting disgusted with Red Bull, I thinks they managed to have a flexing front wing even though it's illegal. I hope they get caught and pay a big fine or get demoted. They are ruining the rest of the season and as if it wasn't enough, the Network Speed here in the US will not broadcast the Grand Prix after this season. :O
I wonder who stole the contract from them. They were doing an amazing job. I'm depressed about that as well.

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I've heard the rumours too, but the trouble is that they can't proove that RB has it and uses something illegal right now and thus they are able to ruin the championship again... =/

The first thing that came to mind when hearing the 'Korean GP' was "Whopa!", but... then I soon realised that I wasn't a big fan of this GP and it prooved itself once more! So I can conclude this GP into one clear word: booooooorrrriiiiiiiinnnnngggggg...

Vettel won (again?! Yuch!),
Webber 2nd (really nice guy, but no champion, sorry matey!),
Alonso 3rd (damage control is all the guy can do),
Massa 4th (where was he during the race?!),
Raikkonen 5th (See Kimi? The new exhaust wasn't that bad! OR... you are simply THAT good!)
Hulkenberg 6th (Great racing on his part! This guy is maturing nicely!)
Grosjean 7th (No comment...(X.X)
Vergne 8th (Good effort! Nice job!)
Ricciardo 9th (Why did you let Vergne pass?! Weird action there...)
Hamilton 10th (Not a good race, but plenty of show moments for you! Nice X-mas decorations... LOL)

Let's forget this race quickly and move on to the next, shall we?!

India here we come! =)

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Well here we are, Vettel won by 3 points out of sheer luck so I'm totally disgusted.
Alonso did everything he could and beyond but thanks to this idiot Grosjean, he lost the championship.
On a positive note, Ferrari took second place in the constructors championship.
Unfortunately, nazi NBC outbid Fox so the races will be broadcasted by NBC.
I hope their coverage won't be as sub-par as their incompetent coverage of the Olympics.

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Vettel did well in the last race, the Brazilian Grand Prix. He was almost knocked out of the race in its early stages and drove well to get back to a winning position for the championship table. I like the way Michael Schumacher in his last race let Vettel through in the latter stages to a better position to consolidate his hold on the championship.
Alonso did superbly with a weaker machine.

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