[E90SLAM]

Ready for the snore-fest?
This track has been a fail in recent F1 calender since its debut in 2008. Every year was boring, even with the introduction of new regulation in 2009, DRS and KERS in 2011. The only excitement was the flying RedBull from Webbo.

I'm not going to hold my breathe this year for any excitement with small operating window of the Pirellis. But I do want to see Kimi winning this race with 8 drivers in 8 races.

Race Date: 24 Jun 2012
Circuit Name: Valencia Street Circuit
Number of Laps: 57
Circuit Length: 5.419 km
Race Distance: 308.883 km
Lap Record: 1:38.683 - T Glock (2009)

Tire Compounds Provided:
Prime: Medium (White)
Option: Soft (Yellow)
Rain: Cinturato Intermediate (Green) / Cinturato Wet (Blue)

F1 TIMETABLE (Valencia Local Time)
Fri 22 June 2012
Practice 1 10:00 - 11:30
Practice 2 14:00 - 15:30
Sat 23 June 2012
Practice 3 11:00 - 12:00
Qualifying 14:00
Sun 24 June 2012
Race 14:00

F1 TIMETABLE (Pacific Time)
Fri 22 June 2012
Practice 1 01:00 - 02:30
Practice 2 05:00 - 06:30
Sat 23 June 2012
Practice 3 02:00 - 03:00
Qualifying 05:00
Sun 24 June 2012
Race 05:00

F1 TIMETABLE (Eastern Time)
Fri 22 June 2012
Practice 1 04:00 - 05:30
Practice 2 08:00 - 09:30
Sat 23 June 2012
Practice 3 05:00 - 06:00
Qualifying 08:00
Sun 24 June 2012
Race 08:00

WARNING!!!
SPEEDTV will be delayed broadcast of raceday on your local FOX channels. Check local listing of actual show times.
For those who wants to watch it live, please utilize vipbox or BBCPlayer. BBC will be showing live broadcast for this race.

[E90SLAM]

http://bbc-player.com/
http://www.vipbox.tv/en/watch/32669/...am-online.html

[escobar929]

at least we get a BBC broadcast but yea, not much for excitement

i wish they would rotate tracks for the European GP, why keep having it in the same boring track?

[E90SLAM]

Originally Posted by escobar929

at least we get a BBC broadcast but yea, not much for excitement

i wish they would rotate tracks for the European GP, why keep having it in the same boring track?

I wish they rotate Valencia annually with other European circuits who cannot afford to pay FOM every single year. Like Spa who said they cannot afford anymore and co-host with some other countries or so.

[escobar929]

Originally Posted by E90SLAM

I wish they rotate Valencia annually with other European circuits who cannot afford to pay FOM every single year. Like Spa who said they cannot afford anymore and co-host with some other countries or so.

yea, its gonna suck losing Spa, one of the best tracks

[MrClean335i]

Originally Posted by escobar929

yea, its gonna suck losing Spa, one of the best tracks

Damn, Spa is one of my favorites. GP of Europe is a mediocre race.

[007MCoupe]

Just looking at the layout of the track makes me yawn. I didn't even like the track on F1 2012! haha

So on topic, are they going to rotate GP of Europe since the Spanish GP is now going to be shared between these 2? They could rotate between Nurburgring, Hockenheim, Valencia, Catalunia, and Spa whenever there's not a GP at one that year. ***cough SPA cough***

[ianbiz]

wont be watching practice..

[Terraforce1]

I'm hoping for Raikkonen or even Schumacher to take the win this weekend. 8 out of 8 would be sweet

[E90SLAM]

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[BrokenVert]

Well this weekends article will be fairly short

[G-Mach1]

Originally Posted by ianbiz

wont be watching practice..

+1 I have to record and watch both qualy and race as I am doing a 200 km Ride to conquer cancer this weekend.
I am hoping for another LH win

[Elsabor67]

Originally Posted by 007MCoupe

So on topic, are they going to rotate GP of Europe since the Spanish GP is now going to be shared between these 2? They could rotate between Nurburgring, Hockenheim, Valencia, Catalunia, and Spa whenever there's not a GP at one that year. ***cough SPA cough***

You can Nix Hockenheim and the 'Ring from that list. They already alternate the Grosser Preis Santander Vom Deutschland every other year. And the race last year saw Nurburgring lose an estimated 13-16 million euros hosting the event. Incredibly, Hockenheim GP gets filled to the brim everytime they host the event. Nurburgring saw a drop in attendance at the 24 hour race this year. And that is supposed to be their "BIG" event.

Above that, you have to couple the mess going on between the Rheinland Pfalz government with the the Operating "gurus" of Nurburgring, Richter and Linder over their eviction notice served to them over 6 months ago for defaulting on their payments.

[Elsabor67]

Originally Posted by G-Mach1

+1 I have to record and watch both qualy and race as I am doing a 200 km Ride to conquer cancer this weekend.
I am hoping for another LH win

Best of luck on your ride. My brother has his in remission and he was almost done for.

[007MCoupe]

Originally Posted by Elsabor67

You can Nix Hockenheim and the 'Ring from that list. They already alternate the Grosser Preis Santander Vom Deutschland every other year. And the race last year saw Nurburgring lose an estimated 13-16 million euros hosting the event. Incredibly, Hockenheim GP gets filled to the brim everytime they host the event. Nurburgring saw a drop in attendance at the 24 hour race this year. And that is supposed to be their "BIG" event.

Above that, you have to couple the mess going on between the Rheinland Pfalz government with the the Operating "gurus" of Nurburgring, Richter and Linder over their eviction notice served to them over 6 months ago for defaulting on their payments.

Yeah that's what I mean. That's why I threw the upcoming alternating Spanish GP sites. Say this year there's a race at Catalunya (sp) and Hockenheim. There's NOT a race at the Ring or Valencia. So the European GP could be held at one of those. And vice versa for next year. It could be held at Hockenheim or Catalunya. See what I mean?

[BrokenVert]

Originally Posted by Elsabor67

Best of luck on your ride. My brother has his in remission and he was almost done for.

I lost my uncle last year to Pancreatic Cancer...seriously

Fuck Cancer

[E90SLAM]

Maurice Hamilton talks about how boring Valencia is...

http://en.espnf1.com/europe/motorsport/story/81730.html

[E90SLAM]

Updated FOM track map to show SINGLE DRS for this Sunday's race.

[tororosso1]

f1's back this weekend. YES
TOROROSSO

[johanness]

Originally Posted by E90SLAM

Updated FOM track map to show SINGLE DRS for this Sunday's race.

Why SINGLE?!? Give us two to make it just that much less boring. Glue-sniffing decision makers

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