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Alt+F1: 30 - 11/05/2014 - American Ascendance

Everything's bigger in Texas, especially F1 team budgets! We discuss the potential boycott along with vampire Kimi, Marcus' new seat, astroturf, and (gasp) potential points for Pastor?

Alt+F1 is a weekly Formula 1 podcast from your friends at Giant Bomb. We run down the twists and turns of Earth's fastest and most expensive urinating contest. Join us for race recaps, news from the wide world of racing and the latest on Pastor Maldonado.

Nov. 5 2014

Posted by: Drew

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Give it to me

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Hey Pastor. Pastor Maldonado.

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Racing is eternal!

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That Dick van Dyke.

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HEY PASTOR!

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Great race this week so I've been extra looking forward to this. Hey Pastor, Pastor Maldonado!

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GO GO POINSTOR

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That Raikonnen interview is my favorite interview, as an F1 newcomer. Dude's alright.

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Loved the race! Can't wait to see what the gents have to say about it.

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Pastor is indeed in position 420.

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sorry danny, ricciardo is out of the title hunt :( only 75 points left on the table, and hes 102 behind hamilton, even if Hamilton doesn't finish any remaining races, ric will finish behind him, regardless of what rosberg does.

and i think in brazil 08, hamilton passed timo glock to win the title, i'm not 100% sure but yeah

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This podcast is the reason why I'll be renewing my premium subscription. Love it!

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Speaking of, GP2's Filipe Nasr will be joining Marcus Ericsson at Sauber next season.

http://www.crash.net/f1/news/210598/1/nasr-gets-sauber-f1-race-seat.html

So both Gutierez and Sutil are out. Bummer.

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Hey Pastor, Pastor Lassonado.

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I was so excited to see pastor finish a race.

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I wish someone would cap that Cockney segment at the beginning. The people need to hear this.

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Hot Tip: The astroturf is there to dissuade drivers from going wide on that section. If they go too far on the kerbs, then they have two wheels on a low grip surface (astroturf) and two wheels on the higher grip surface (kerbs) which makes it hard to drive, for obvious reasons.

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Eels up inside ya

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best cast of the week!

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@gyrfal said:

Hot Tip: The astroturf is there to dissuade drivers from going wide on that section. If they go too far on the kerbs, then they have two wheels on a low grip surface (astroturf) and two wheels on the higher grip surface (kerbs) which makes it hard to drive, for obvious reasons.

Also, fun fact: Korea 2012 Hamilton took some of the astroturf for a ride around the track making it incredibly hard to drive! (if you click on the black box it will play, only found the video on facebook for some reason)

As dull a venue as Korea was that track really did deliver some incredible incidents: a night race that shouldn't have been a night race, Webber crashing out of the championship, Vettel's engine exploding and a Jeep safety car!

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Here's a lap of Interlagos in RF2

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Yes!!

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Wait, you guys recorded this on the GB set and DIDN'T release a video version?!

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a podcast about speedy race cars.....

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Remember in Hungary when Vettel hit the wet astroturf and nearly smashed into the wall

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The original 1973 layout of Interlagos was even crazier.

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If a new listener tuned into the first minute, they'd be so fucking confused.

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Contrary to popular belief it snows in Texas from time to time however everything kind of shuts down once it dips below 40.

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yeah kids get the day off from school here in Texas if it gets below 30 Fahrenheit outside. it has officially snowed in the small town that I live in once in my lifetime.

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It comes down to the final race! Wrrooom.

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This amused me way more than it should

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Fascinating, Mark Webber didn't have many 'opportunities' in F1, guess that's why he left.