F1 Fanatic on The Flying Lap Episode 12

17 comments on “F1 Fanatic on The Flying Lap Episode 12”

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   AndrewTanner (@andrewtanner)
   24th March 2011, 20:04

   Hope you managed to catch your train Keith ;)

   It was a great show, seen a couple before including the one you were on before.

   Christian Horner seems his typically relaxed self. I’d love to see Ross Brawn on there.
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   Scott Joslin (@scott-joslin)
   24th March 2011, 20:05

   Great show. What’s it take to get Peter to buy some books for his shelves? Lol!
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   mateuss (@mateuss)
   24th March 2011, 20:11

   Interesting episode, and how could it not be with Willem Toet and Keith, also interesting to hear an american’s views.
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   Calum (@calum)
   24th March 2011, 20:17

   Did you enjoy you orange juice? :D

   It’s great to watch that – an hour and a bit of F1 talk – it’s like a pre race F1 Forum on BBC!
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   Hare (@hare)
   24th March 2011, 20:23

   I’ve always got behind TFL since ep 1. What a great enterprise! A great way to avoid the mainstream media bottlenecks that we all have to deal with.
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   Viper-7
   24th March 2011, 20:53

   Keith i find it hilarious you are staring at peter for ages.
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   US_Peter (@us_peter)
   24th March 2011, 21:42

   Haven’t watched it yet, but I’m hoping I’ll have enough time after work to watch it quick before FP1 which starts at 6:30 PM my time. I really enjoyed both Keith and Willemstad Toet on the earlier episodes, so I can’t wait to see this one.
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      BasCB (@bascb)
      25th March 2011, 3:22

      Really do, its well worth it (again). Love the idea of it and great work really.
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   F1Yankee (@f1yankee)
   24th March 2011, 22:00

   heh, franchitti and tracy were my answers as well
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      US_Peter (@us_peter)
      24th March 2011, 22:24

      Speaking of Franchitti, did you see Letterman last night? I missed it, but I guess Franchiti was on talking with him about Jim Clark. I’ll have to look it up.
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         F1Yankee (@f1yankee)
         24th March 2011, 23:30

         http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UqZVvOpdvY
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   driftin
   24th March 2011, 22:26

   Cool video. You look different in this video to your photo at the bottom of the blog, Keith.
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    Russell Gould (@russellgould)
    24th March 2011, 23:16

    After seeing you on there for the second time, all I can say is that if I’m ever on an F1 quiz show, I want you (and Karun C.) on my team! I’ve been enjoying TFL, as, until the USF1 phase, we Speed Channel folk were regularly treated to Peter Windsor’s pit walks and interviews. I’m glad to see him with a long format show, especially when he invites in our own Keith C!
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    DeadManWoking
    24th March 2011, 23:46

    Thanks Keith. I didn’t know my question had made it into the show! Unfortunately, I had to leave before the end and it wasn’t in the replay. :(
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    The Last Pope
    25th March 2011, 1:21

    I’ve noticed the first thing Christian Horner says in every interview he has, is “Yeah no”. I wish he would make up his mind lol.
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    Pionir (@pionir)
    25th March 2011, 15:07

    Never heard of this before you mentioned it, but what a great programme and you seem in your element.

    I look forward to more episodes :)
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    Salty (@salty)
    28th March 2011, 23:46

    First timeI’ve seen TFL. Thank you for the link. You did a grand job Keith, as did Willem and Todd. Some really good points touched on. Tyre wear and downforce were given particular focus and since KERS puts more energy through the rubber, does that put more pressure on ‘downforce kings’ Red Bull, who were harder on tyres than McLaren in pre-season and Melbourne testing?

    Further food for thought in this area for the next episode must come from the exceptional performance by rookie Sergio Perez. Assuming that the minor wing infringement by Sauber didn’t turn the C30 into a magic carpet, have the teams misjudged the Pirelli tyres heat profile? 36 Laps on the option in the second half of the race looks like track temp may play a massive role in tyre profile – Albert Park track temp was low, but dropped off as the race went on and evening moved in.

    If Pirelli wear is going to prove so track temp dependant, Sepang will underline this in two weeks time. Providing no monsoon, generally high track temps plus the DRS/KERS on the long straights could shake things up.

    Another interesting pick from the show was Christian Horner’s obvious dislike of KERS. Personally agree, F1 should be about making it as sleek, slippery and fast as humanly. KERS destabilises when gathering then creates no benefit as everyone has it – no net gain, just overly complicates what should be the purest form of racing this side of a drag strip.

    But why is Red Bull so wary? Red Bull didn’t run their KERS in Melbourne. Horner has since confirmed that it was unreliable during Friday testing and Newey may have been rather uncompromising with the design of this years car in that area. Do RB have cooling issues with KERS? Indeed, are they worried about higher tyre wear from KERS added to their high downforce?

    Hope PW will be addressing some of these issues on Wednesday. Anyway, again, grand job KC and intelligent cast by PW.

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