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darth cookie posted:Why would you bother? Russians don't watch F1. Who told you that?
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Fumble posted:Russian Fixed that for you (same thing, amirite?)
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Linedance posted:Fixed that for you Of course not. If you pay what the mafia asks for they leave you alone, and if you pay premium, they see that you are not bothered again.
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Oct 10, 2014 16:37
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Der Kyhe posted:Of course not. If you pay what the mafia asks for they leave you alone, and if you pay premium, they see that you are not bothered again. So Bernie has definitely paid for the Extra Premium subscription.
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Oct 10, 2014 17:16
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Mimetic posted:
F1 really is such a total rip off compared to WEC.
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Oct 10, 2014 17:28
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drgitlin posted:F1 really is such a total rip off compared to WEC. I want to do F1, but I know for a fact that it won't be at Austin for those prices. If I'm doing it? First class at Montreal or a European venue of my choice. (preferably Germany or Austria). Are the prices better in Europe by any stretch btw?
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Oct 10, 2014 18:05
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Driving Silverstone Stowe circuit tomorrow in single seaters. Going to be awesome, hopefully I don't hit a tractor.
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Oct 10, 2014 18:26
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The ticket prices for the USGP at Indianapolis was great. IIRC $50 got you a 3-day GA pass. And the grandstand tickets were very reasonable too.
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Oct 10, 2014 18:42
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Yeah but if you work out how many cars you got to see for the price of that ticket it's probably a worse deal.
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Oct 10, 2014 18:43
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gret posted:The ticket prices for the USGP at Indianapolis was great. IIRC $50 got you a 3-day GA pass. And the grandstand tickets were very reasonable too. You can usually get those for the Austin one as well. I paid about $350 for some nice seats.
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CancerCakes posted:Driving Silverstone Stowe circuit tomorrow in single seaters. Going to be awesome, hopefully I don't hit a tractor. I did that last year and it was fantastic. You'll have a blast!
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Oct 10, 2014 19:00
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If I ever go to a GP right now it would have to be Canada. Cheaper for me to get to as I live in the Boston metro area, at cheapest it's a $100/8hr bus ride compared to $300 for a flight to Austin, the next cheapest.
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Oct 10, 2014 20:07
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Dicks, I need to spend almost a grand on flights and accommodation before I'm even in a country with a GP 
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Bovril Delight posted:You can usually get those for the Austin one as well. I paid about $350 for some nice seats. The most expensive seats at Indy were $150, and the best seats were $105. A grandstand seat at COTA will cost you more than $500. GA ticket for WEC? That lets you sit in any grandstand (and into the paddock)? $75.
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Oct 10, 2014 20:19
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If you ever wondered how the Russian anthem would sound played by a Renault engine, Lotus has your back! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xt_MyNWjDc
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Riso posted:If you ever wondered how the Russian anthem would sound played by a Renault engine, Lotus has your back! And because it's Lotus, someone will forget to remove the program and Pastor will have a bumpy ride down to turn one as the car accelerates and decelerates in tune.
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Oct 10, 2014 20:34
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Ghost of Mussolini posted:What's truly sad about the Russian GP is that if there is one country right now willing and able to pony up a lot of land and money to build some sort of extravagant circuit it would be Russia. It's not like cost is an issue for Putin, but of all the places to build this dumb thing they just had to make them drive around the olympic stadium. Giving birth to the dullest track in can remember in ages, as others have said, its worse than Valencia or India or whatever. But in historic terms, is this worse than the Phoenix street course, or the Ceasar's Palace GP? The reason the grand prix is in Sochi is the same reason the winter olympics were in Sochi, which is essentially that Sochi is Putin's favourite resort. While we're doing silly season driver change predictions, I reckon Alonso/Maldonado at Lotus, Raikonnen/Vettel at Ferrari, Button/Magnussen at McLaren with Grosjean going to either Force India or Sauber because Lotus need the Maldonado cash. Although when they balance the books they might find out he's broken more than he's paid for, which could conceivably change things somewhat.
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Oct 10, 2014 21:07
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Why the gently caress would Alonso go to Lotus when he can have a McLaren seat?
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Oct 10, 2014 21:16
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Probably because McLaren are a bad team for fucktards.
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Fag Boy Jim posted:Probably because McLaren are a bad team for fucktards. Rude, but accurate
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Riso posted:Why the gently caress would Alonso go to Lotus when he can have a McLaren seat? Because Flavio will run the team. FLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAVIIIIIIIIIIIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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Oct 10, 2014 21:25
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Imagine Flavio booting Ron Dennis out of McLaren and taking over the team and letting the drivers walk around in untucked shirts while Ron spins in his grave, phwoar.
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Oct 10, 2014 21:26
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Flávio is the special spice that F1 sorely needs. My phone autocorrected and put the accent on there so I thought I'd leave it since it looks classy, just like Flav.
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Residency Evil posted:For those of you who have been to the USGP, is it worth it for a group of 6 people to buy parking passes or should we just take the shuttles from downtown? Yes, in my opinion, because you can also find room for a cooler full of beer and sandwiches, and you can have a few beers before you go inside in the morning, leave for lunch (Fri and Sat) and have a beer and a sandwich for lunch, and then instead of fighting traffic leaving the race, you just break out some camp chairs, and keep drinking and eating sandwiches.
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Oct 10, 2014 21:49
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Riso posted:Why the gently caress would Alonso go to Lotus when he can have a McLaren seat? I'm not entirely convinced he can have a McLaren seat. I don't think he's really forgiven Ron Dennis, or vice versa. I wouldn't be surprised if Ron is actually trying to land Hamilton back. Plus, Flavio/Alonso/Lotus seems like a good shout.
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Last 20 years Ron Dennis: 3 WDC, 1 WCC Flavio Briatore: 4 WDC, 3 WCC I rest my case.
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Oct 10, 2014 22:57
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Well, Renault in all it's incarnations has traditionally either been a championship contender when they have their poo poo together or very very poor. It is important to note that today's Lotus are not Senna's Lotus, they are Renault in a Lotus suit. This years Renault engine is shockingly crock of poo poo in every car, add in Lotus' money woes and you get what we are seeing now. Honda is a unknown quantity, but, we know that when Lotus had the same good engine as red bull they were easily able to get a driver on the podium, just not the top step. Lotus is getting the Merc engine, this engine is known to be awesome. If they are able to repeat what they did a few years ago and get some money to pay staff then they could be 2nd in the championship, with the right drivers. So, this is why I think that Alonso to Lotus for a year isn't out of the realms of possibility if he can't get in a merc till 2016, especially when you add in Flavio's connection to both the team and Genii who are one of the main owners.
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Flavio Briatore owns, he's the villain you love to love.
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Alonso to fill in Jules seat at Marussia, you heard it here first.
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So the strategy group voted to unfreeze engines next year, but the way the group works gets stupider as you read this explanation, including Lotus voting against engine unfreezing (?!)quote:The Strategy Group, which is compromised of six teams, Bernie Ecclestone and Jean Todt, requires only a majority vote for ideas to go forward. It’s understood that in today’s meeting that Ecclestone, Todt, Ferrari, McLaren and Red Bull voted for the unfreeze, and Mercedes, Lotus and Williams opposed it. As Ecclestone and Todt have six votes each, the outcome was presumably 15-3 in favour
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Uncle Jam posted:So the strategy group voted to unfreeze engines next year, but the way the group works gets stupider as you read this explanation, including Lotus voting against engine unfreezing (?!) Lotus is getting Mercedes engines next year, why would they want Renault and Ferrari to be able to develop any more? edit: I misunderstood. It's about getting rid of the in season freeze for next year. My bad.
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Oh I just assumed Lotus would have a million year agreement with Renault or something. They say the F1 Commission can veto it (which I guess includes Mercedes) but good luck trying to figure out who is on the 2014 commission.
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Haha, Renault is poo poo:quote:Renault has also endured a significant deficit to Mercedes under the first year of F1's new V6 turbo hybrid engine rules, but Renault Sport F1 managing director Cyril Abiteboul is unsure whether the French manufacturer would benefit from a relaxation of the engine freeze. Translation: we're not willing to allocate the resources required to beat Mercedes or even produce a decent engine. I'm going to go out on a limb here and say Red Bull Honda 2016.
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Mimetic posted:Haha, Renault is poo poo: lmao thats an incredible statement. "welp, i dunno. we'd rather not waste anymore money"
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Mimetic posted:Haha, Renault is poo poo: I thought Renault was the main people pushing for the new engines.
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Shux posted:I thought Renault was the main people pushing for the new engines. They were! They were heavily behind the new formula, and I think they were the first to get a new engine ready. And now they're getting whooped by Mercedes.
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What ever happened to that malarkey about RBR making their own engines? Sorry Are Dan.
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I guess it looks like Herr Vettel is doing the right thing after all. If you're clever enough to work it out.
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Dont forget, the renault was considered the weakest of the V8's after honda left, and they needed the FIA to bail them out by un-freezing the engine formula just for them in 2008. The next season saw vettel win his first race in a renault red bull, and the rest is history  Last time they waited 3 years to give up and beg bernie for a mulligan. Its pretty sad this year that they need to do it only a few months into a new formula.
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