Pre-Season 2013 Season

[mjo]

Omega?

 

[GermanF1]

Wasn't it LG? Their logos were all over the place on the screen next to the driver's times, etc.

EDIT: Here you can read more about the new deal.
http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2012/12/14149.html

 

[mjo]

http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2012/12/05/rolex-becomes-f1-timekeeper/
Hublot.

 

[The Pits]

Jen This is not the football thread......

"Nurse, NURSE!!"

 

[Jen]

Yeh, spotted that and put it in the right thread - see what I mean about 'senior moments' though.

In my defence, I have a nasty virus and have managed to bugger my leg as well - not good at illness and pain!

 

[Brogan]

So, this is interesting.

The FIA have changed the German GP date to 7th July and reserved the 21st July for another event.
I wonder if this could be the Turkish GP coming back?

http://www.fia.com/news/world-motor-sport-council-2012

 

[Andrea_Moda_Rules]

Long Time no see!

Ha I love my twit thingymbob. Found out on there, Istanbul have got new promoters who taken over from FOM and provided new investment, The business man was looking to Bring the the GP back but still needed more investment to do it. Maybe he has found it?

Cannot remember where i found the info but France looks dead in water though anyway, Think it would have to have goverment funding who unsurprisingly are not willing to pay up.

I know which one in going all in with my chips.

 

[mjo]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/20614283
Another 'European event'.

 

[mjo]

Budapest to Istanbul is roughly 900 miles.
Joe Saward thinks that a one-off race in Austria is a possibility.
http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2012/12/05/could-it-be-austria/

 

[Mephistopheles]

Hublot.

Isn't that the watch Bernie got his head kicked in for?

 

[Andrea_Moda_Rules]

mjo, I would of though the moving of Germany would of helped with that. and Turkey is sort of counted as an european event even though the track is on the wrong side for it to be.

Austria would be bizarre, Why would Mr RedBull want to fund an one off event?

Mephistopheles Yes

 

[Josh]

Brogan There have been talks...

 

[Greenlantern101]

Not long now.

 

[Viscount]

Austria would be bizarre, Why would Mr RedBull want to fund an one off event?

Red Bull Racing winning in a 1-2 at the Red Bull Ring in Mr RedBull's home country would be pretty exciting for Red Bull and Mr RedBull.

 

[Andrea_Moda_Rules]

Do self made mulch-millionaires really do stuff like that? I suppose its good marketing for Red Bull if it were to happen.

 

[Viscount]

Well they spent 50 million euros on the most expensive advertising stunt in history (Felix Baumgartner's sky/spacedive) and hosting a GP costs less than that and would probably provide more personal satisfaction.

 

[teabagyokel]

...if Vettel won.

Or Webber.

 

[sushifiesta]

...IF VETTEL WON.

(or webber)

Fixed.

 

[Brogan]

Pirelli are planning tyres with higher degradation. It would seem they want to put things back to how they were at the start of the 2012 season, before the teams really understood the tyres.

 

[Mephistopheles]

Well come the end they were making tyres that could do the whole race, which was not in their remit...