2012 FORMULA 1 UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX - LIVE THREAD

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[Chode]

Formula 1 Austin 2012

Race Date:	18 Nov 2012
Circuit Name:	Circuit of The Americas
First Grand Prix:	2012
Number of Laps:	56
Circuit Length:	5.513 km
Race Distance:	308.405 km
Fri Sunny 68F Sat Sunny 68F Sun Sunny 72F

[Chode]

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one of these links should work... http://www.justin.tv/directory/sports/auto_racing ...or... vipbox-F1

[Chode]

UP!!! it's been a looong time coming...

[Paladin2]

Things have changed some since I went to the Watkins Glen GP in the 60's. (My next door neighbor was the Chief Timer and Scorer.

(I got my Dad to drive the family Station Wagon 'round the course some months off of the race w/e.)

[Paladin2]

"Butterball Special"

"This work was performed in the Flight Research and Vehicle Dynamics Department of Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory under the direction of William Close."

[Coffee_drinker]

I wish I could be there to watch with several of my friends. I will try and post some pictures that they send my way.

[Paladin2]

" A SCIENTIFIC HAY BALE

"It seems reasonable to assume that, for racing purposes at least, a 'scientific hay bale' can be built—a large, low-density penetration barrier which would absorb the speed of a runaway car while being penetrated by it. The center of gravity would be higher than the car's to prevent climbing and overturning. Perhaps straw and broken cornstalks mixed with a tar binder would provide the desired characteristics. No one really knows; this is a problem for the physicist and the chemist. Continue Story"

[Chode]

then we saw the same races... i was at every F1 ever held at the Glen and 99% of the rest too, i even have a picture of my mother pregnant with me at the track in 1954

[Chode]

coool...

[West Texas Chuck]

A few of my local pals, here in the general MetroMess area, are headed down this weekend. It is all any of them have been talking about for a while. Good on ‘em, I can only hope Tilke has built a gooder ‘un.

Go Alonso, make Enzo proud. I’ll be on a 64 mile mountain bike ride up north, along the Rio Rojo. Catch up on what happened when AutoWeek drops in my mailbox next week.

Tifosi Up!

[Chode]

stay safe, ride careful, have fun...

[al_c]

I was hoping to be there for this one. Just can’t make it happen this year. -sigh-

[Chode]

i feel your pain... believe me

[EscapedDutch]

[Paladin2]

I have a bunch of slides taken just outside of the garage near the middle of the track.

I remember the "scream" of the high revving Honda as it smoked 'round the track.

Much less security back then.

I met Jackie Stewart a couple of times much later.

[Chode]

the 16cyl Honda???

[mykroar]

Brother and I will be heading over for practice in a few minutes. I’ll check in later.

[Paladin2]

I think so. The cylinders were real small and the thing ran at such high revs it was like a bee buzzing about.

None of those cars idled well, so they were always blipping the throttle on the road between the garage and the pits.

[Lockbox]

Party sponsored by Lamborghini tried to airlift yacht into Austin lake for F1 race

This was the kind of understatement we didn't expect to encounter in the Lone Star State: on our way into Austin to attend the Grand Prix of the Americas, the man sitting next to us on the plane – an Austinite born and raised – said, "There's gonna be a lot of wealthy people here." You know, as if Texas didn't have its fair share already.

Wealthy people need wealthy things to do and not-as-wealthy people to arrange such things for them. Case in point is My Yacht Club, which follows the Formula 1 parade and other rah-rah events around the globe, hosting guests and parties on yachts. In Austin the event group has had to change its schtick; there's no way to navigate one 150-foot motor yacht into Austin's Lady Bird Lake. MYC principal Nicholas Frankl told KUT News, "We spoke to the Army Air Corps. They couldn't lift it." We believe he meant the Army Corps of Engineers, but no matter, they couldn't lift it either.

So MYC has switched to a land-lubbers venue, The Long Center where Ballet Austin, the opera and the symphony perform. In case you readers are worried about how guests will manage without chiseled Italian deckhands in epaulets, not only has Frankl promised that "the elements of decadence and luxury and coolness and exclusivity are all there," guests will get to guzzle 24-karat gold-infused champagne. Because the stars at night just aren't as big and bright without it, obviously.

http://www.autoblog.com/2012/11/16/party-sponsored-by-lamborghini-tried-to-airlift-yacht-into-austi/

[Chode]

thx...

[Chode]

2012 FORMULA 1 UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Time/Retired	Gap	Laps
1	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing-Renault	1:37.718		17
2	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing-Renault	1:38.475	0.757	36
3	5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:38.483	0.765	35
4	4	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:38.748	1.030	31
5	3	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1:38.786	1.068	32
6	6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:39.029	1.311	33
7	8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:39.448	1.730	32
8	19	Bruno Senna	Williams-Renault	1:39.531	1.813	38
9	14	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	1:39.653	1.935	36
10	7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:40.115	2.397	30
11	9	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus-Renault	1:40.166	2.448	32
12	18	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	1:40.230	2.512	35
13	10	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	1:40.286	2.568	32
14	15	Sergio Perez	Sauber-Ferrari	1:40.326	2.608	35
15	16	Daniel Ricciardo	STR-Ferrari	1:40.435	2.717	30
16	17	Jean-Eric Vergne	STR-Ferrari	1:40.516	2.798	32
17	12	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1:40.700	2.982	34
18	11	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	1:41.430	3.712	35
19	20	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham-Renault	1:42.476	4.758	38
20	24	Timo Glock	Marussia-Cosworth	1:42.652	4.934	33
21	21	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham-Renault	1:42.846	5.128	38
22	25	Charles Pic	Marussia-Cosworth	1:43.538	5.820	38
23	22	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT-Cosworth	1:44.453	6.735	16
24	23	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	1:45.114	7.396	20