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CratSock
Aug 5, 2004

Sock Wielding Assassin

Sulman posted:

Hmm. I know the engine isn't mapped properly or anything but holy gently caress this is ragged.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BwMFvF0Gfk

Uugggg, that wasn't very inspiring, was it?

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captainOrbital
Jan 23, 2003

Wrathchild!
💢🧒

Sulman posted:

Hmm. I know the engine isn't mapped properly or anything but holy gently caress this is ragged.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BwMFvF0Gfk

Remember that go-kart track they used to have where the track was made of metal and they put like talcum powder all over it?

Falken
Jan 26, 2004

Do you feel like a hero yet?

Fumble posted:

I would like to see a 1000bhp ground effect f1 car hit a sausage kerb.
"brb shortcut"

BMB5150
Oct 24, 2010

2018 Indianapolis 500 Winner

Falken posted:

"brb shortcut"

Heidfeld already did that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0O3V8pJj0E

Hexyflexy
Sep 2, 2011

asymptotically approaching one

Sulman posted:

Hmm. I know the engine isn't mapped properly or anything but holy gently caress this is ragged.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BwMFvF0Gfk

Bloody hell, it didn't appear to want to point in any particular direction.

PoopSok
Jun 5, 2005

Just lemme eatcha, one time
Ay yi yiiii

Alain Post posted:


mmm that's not a bad design either, much better than Big Pastor's old helmets. maybe helmet designers are getting sane this year.

Ugh it's like getting punched in the eyeballs by an angry Venezuelan.


Vettel's helmet is actually my favorite in a long time, I love the asymmetry and how well the flag works in with the Ferrari red/yellow.
It has 4 main colors and they all play nice together.

Pastor's on the other hand... Let's see: White, Black, Gray, Bright red, Navy blue, Hi-Viz yellow, and an airbrushed fade with stars...
:captainpop:

PoopSok fucked around with this message at 19:05 on Feb 3, 2015

Vando
Oct 26, 2007

stoats about

In a ground effect car he probably still wouldn't have come down yet.

wicka
Jun 28, 2007


Sulman posted:

Hmm. I know the engine isn't mapped properly or anything but holy gently caress this is ragged.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BwMFvF0Gfk

was this the out lap after the turbo broke? those who were actually at the track watching all day said alonso was following rosberg for 10 laps and was staying right with him, car looked well balanced. they didn't get a lap in the dry though so that's why their times sucked.

MrL_JaKiri
Sep 23, 2003

A bracing glass of carrot juice!
Button WDC guaranteed

Sulman
Apr 29, 2003

What did you do that for?

be nice wicka posted:

was this the out lap after the turbo broke? those who were actually at the track watching all day said alonso was following rosberg for 10 laps and was staying right with him, car looked well balanced. they didn't get a lap in the dry though so that's why their times sucked.

I'm not sure, I found it at F1technical. It would explain how it's almost undriveable though.

MattD1zzl3
Oct 26, 2007
Probation
Can't post for 4 years!

Fumble posted:

I would like to see a 1000bhp ground effect f1 car hit a sausage kerb.

Drivers will be more hesitant to immediately drive to the runoff area instead of driving the car properly on track? Oh no, the horror.

MustardFacial
Jun 20, 2011

Fucker in charge of you fucking fucks





:monocle:

poty
Jun 21, 2008

虹はどこで終わるのですか? あなたの魂の中で、または地平線で?

Brainwrong posted:


And DeNiro on the left behind the red jacket bloke

Good to see Barrichello on the right with the Williams navy cap is still a fan

By the way, only 3 selfies at the same time? Ugh, the Spanish are so uncivilized

Rhopunzel
Jan 6, 2006

Stroll together, win together

Sulman posted:

I'm not sure, I found it at F1technical. It would explain how it's almost undriveable though.

BBC's saying that Alonso's fastest lap was set in the wet and aside from that it was apparently "not far" off the Mercedes pace.

Human Grand Prix
Jan 24, 2013

by FactsAreUseless

Sulman posted:

I'm not sure, I found it at F1technical. It would explain how it's almost undriveable though.

Lol history repeats itself.

Dudley
Feb 24, 2003

Tasty

It's amazing how things change, randomly watching the 2012 review. First race, McLarens on the front row with sponsors everywhere, Jenson winning. 2nd race, a Sauber on the podium.

And this is only 3 years ago.

serious gaylord
Sep 16, 2007

what.
The mercedes is dragging a ship anchor behind it though to throw everyone off.

Pablo Bluth
Sep 7, 2007

I've made a huge mistake.
Given their pace advantage at the end of last year I wouldn't be surprised if they turn up with basically a 2014 spec engine, still have a modest margin over the Renault and Ferrari engines who have used up all their development tokens, benefit from another six months of R&D then blitz everybody when they finally switch to their 2015 spec around August.

Rhopunzel
Jan 6, 2006

Stroll together, win together
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtopGXLKkO8 another vid of the McLaren sound

track day bro!
Feb 17, 2005

#essereFerrari
Grimey Drawer

Sounds like a bad car, with bad drivers.

Sulman
Apr 29, 2003

What did you do that for?

Pablo Bluth posted:

Given their pace advantage at the end of last year I wouldn't be surprised if they turn up with basically a 2014 spec engine, still have a modest margin over the Renault and Ferrari engines who have used up all their development tokens, benefit from another six months of R&D then blitz everybody when they finally switch to their 2015 spec around August.

Best case scenario for their opposition is that they've been too conservative, and the Ferrari bombing around the track is actually looking good. I'm not sure how likely this is. It's equally possible Mercedes are really not trying very hard to set competitive times, and they may have another two seconds in the bag.

One thing about testing that rings true is that if drivers can post quick times, they usually will. The big outlier is Sauber; I just don't believe they're within a half second of Ferrari or Mercedes.

gret
Dec 12, 2005

goggle-eyed freak


The Ferrari engine must be a beast. Manor GP 2015 WDC incoming.

Riso
Oct 11, 2008

by merry exmarx
Nico pretty much confirmed Merc are doing reliability testing.

Human Grand Prix
Jan 24, 2013

by FactsAreUseless

Sulman posted:

Best case scenario for their opposition is that they've been too conservative, and the Ferrari bombing around the track is actually looking good. I'm not sure how likely this is. It's equally possible Mercedes are really not trying very hard to set competitive times, and they may have another two seconds in the bag.

One thing about testing that rings true is that if drivers can post quick times, they usually will. The big outlier is Sauber; I just don't believe they're within a half second of Ferrari or Mercedes.

Sauber has surprised me, no doubt.

Tony quidprano
Jan 19, 2014



Riso posted:

Nico pretty much confirmed Merc are doing reliability testing.

This would be the rational thing to do after last season's lovely reliability record and introducing a bunch of changes to the engine so that's impossible.

Dudley
Feb 24, 2003

Tasty

This seems relevant in respect of Sauber's pace.

http://patronisef1.com/wordpress/features/in-memory-of-prosts-2001-testing-adventure/

dreesemonkey
May 14, 2008
Pillbug

serious gaylord posted:

The mercedes is dragging a ship anchor behind it though to throw everyone off.

Does anyone actually think they're not sandbagging?

I'm genuinely interested to see how Ferrari do this year, if they start competing with Williams and RBR I really think there may be some weight behind the "Alonso sucks at testing" sentiment and they just needed someone in there like Vettel to put in the time.

Cojawfee
May 31, 2006
I think the US is dumb for not using Celsius
If anyone thinks the Mercedes magically got slow this year, they are pretty dumb.

HJB
Feb 16, 2011

:swoon: I can't get enough of are Dan :swoon:

dreesemonkey posted:

I really think there may be some weight behind the "Alonso sucks at testing" sentiment

McLaren are starting to think the same.

Ayem
Mar 4, 2008

Is it a lot louder than the others, or is that just the video? I seem to remember other cars sounding way quieter.

Butt Wizard
Nov 3, 2005

It was a pornography store. I was buying pornography.

Ayem posted:

Is it a lot louder than the others, or is that just the video? I seem to remember other cars sounding way quieter.

no the car is broken

wicka
Jun 28, 2007


dreesemonkey posted:

Does anyone actually think they're not sandbagging?

running over double the mileage of anyone else on the first day of testing is the opposite of sandbagging

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.

PoopSok posted:

Ugh it's like getting punched in the eyeballs by an angry Venezuelan.


Vettel's helmet is actually my favorite in a long time, I love the asymmetry and how well the flag works in with the Ferrari red/yellow.
It has 4 main colors and they all play nice together.

Pastor's on the other hand... Let's see: White, Black, Gray, Bright red, Navy blue, Hi-Viz yellow, and an airbrushed fade with stars...
:captainpop:

It's a billion times better than his older helmets imo. It's like a mid-2000s design which was the last era of helmets actually being good.

MrL_JaKiri
Sep 23, 2003

A bracing glass of carrot juice!

be nice wicka posted:

running over double the mileage of anyone else on the first day of testing is the opposite of sandbagging

"Going a long way but slowly" is sandbagging in a speed based sport

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.
Kimi is reportedly much happier with the 2015 Ferrari now that he's in a car not developed by World's Worst Test Driver Fernando Alonso. Good news.

wicka
Jun 28, 2007


MrL_JaKiri posted:

"Going a long way but slowly" is sandbagging in a speed based sport

i don't think you know what sandbagging means

MrL_JaKiri
Sep 23, 2003

A bracing glass of carrot juice!

be nice wicka posted:

i don't think you know what sandbagging means

Deliberately hiding your ability, in this case only going pretty fast not very fast?

djssniper
Jan 10, 2003


Remember when Brawn 'sandbagged'

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.
Remember in 2009 when everyone assumed McLaren (and Ferrari) wouldn't be as poo poo as their testing times indicated and it turns out that they were

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wicka
Jun 28, 2007


MrL_JaKiri posted:

Deliberately hiding your ability, in this case only going pretty fast not very fast?

did i get teleported to reddit

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