be nice wicka posted:

hilarious internet comedy guys keep it coming

AgentJotun posted:

Looks like Alonso will be spending a third night in hospital. The official Mclaren version seemed reasonable enough at first, but I am starting to wonder. Either there's more too it or Alonso got an incredibly unlucky impact. I know it was side on but its not like those are extremely rare in F1.

Edit - At the very least they really downplayed the extent of his injury. Tweets after the incident said he was uninjured and fine!

Wirth1000 posted:

George Zimmer posted:

So Force India revealed their *actual* 2015 car:



Veej is even gonna try and run it on Friday. Gotta say, It's not too bad looking.

Wirth1000 posted:

Brainwrong posted:

Looks like the technical experts of reddit have solved the Alonso crash:

"Eyewitnesses to his crash noted that his head was leaned over and slumped to one side as if he was unconscious before he ever struck the wall. And Vettel said the crash looked very odd, he just drove off the side of the track at around 150 kph (far off pace for that part of the track).
I think the truth is they had an electrical problem with the ERS and Alonso was electrocuted and eventually lost consciousness.
But of course McLaren and Honda are not going to come right out and say that, it would be a PR nightmare. It's much easier to blame it on a gust of wind and astro turf."

Dubs posted:

will manor race for manor in 2015

Norns posted:

I don't care what anyone says. This is the best thread.

quote:

One day, if I ever find myself with time on my hands, I think I might write a book entitled “How not to die”. It is a pretty catchy title – and might even guarantee selling a copy to Mr E.

Alas, such a publication would not give away the secret of eternal life, but rather it would tell the story of how one can make life difficult for one’s offspring when the time comes to rendezvous with St Peter at the Pearly Gates. I rather think that given the tragi-comedy elements involved, it might do for death what Peter Mayle did for the Luberon… It would involve all manner of high jinks that occur when one’s parent passes away in a foreign hotel in the back of beyond in Switzerland, while on a holiday designed to enjoy the scenic magnificence of Swiss railways and their mighty feats of engineering. It would involve contrary Swiss bureaucracy, missing death certificates and the complications involved in having to be buried in a world-famous cathedral. And one can add sub plots of broken down paperless cars and literally tons of beautifully labelled but utterly mixed up paperwork, dating back 75 years.

Trying to put this all in order has kept me fully employed for almost a month, during which time Formula 1 has ploughed its furrow without too much drama. The Barcelona testing has been as clear as mud (as ever) with the major excitement being a crash from which Fernando Alonso emerged shaken but unscathed. The conspiracy theories are pretty lurid, but there are lots of questions about the accident. I don’t know the answer, but I do know that the first rule of PR is never tell lies because you will be found out. McLaren knows this and so a lengthy explanation from the team about what happened is to be respected because they have nothing to gain from lies.

Hopefully I will be able to get up to full speed again in the coming days, although Chapter 14 of the aforementioned book is still writing itself. Onward…

Wirth1000 posted:

In a surprise twist, it's all linked to Vettel's 4 conseuctive fraud WDCs and after a WMSC ruling he will officially be stripped of all 4 titles which will posthumously be granted to Michael Schumacher and a pity one given to Ralf.

Wirth1000 posted:

Fumble posted:

Unlike 2 time fraud WDC's, 4 time fraud WDC's don't get blow off track by a little bit of wind.
yeah I said it.

1500quidporsche posted:

All the wind goes up his butt hole, that's was the secret to Red Bull's down force.

nsaP posted:

When you hit day 3 of hospital over a supposed minor accident it's moving away from conspiracy.

Sulman posted:

Not if he had a concussion, especially the care taken with those injuries now.

Wirth1000 posted:

Actually, he's alive and well. See you in Melbourne.

be nice wicka posted:

horseshit, no one stays in the hospital for three loving days for a concussion

pik_d posted:

If you stopped posting until then this would become the best thread.

Wirth1000 posted:

Wirth1000 posted:

In a surprise twist, it's all linked to Vettel's 4 conseuctive fraud WDCs and after a WMSC ruling he will officially be stripped of all 4 titles which will posthumously be granted to Michael Schumacher and a pity one given to Ralf.