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be nice wicka posted:they're done for the day, hydraulic leak forcing them to change the whole engine. seven laps. how the gently caress are these problems not found out in stationary testing? it seems like they never even turned the thing on. Bravo. That's what probably a dozen actual racing speed laps they've managed then in 9 days of testing. Way over a lap a day! They are thrice as hosed as Redbull were this time last year with only 2 cars to get any mileage with.
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Well starting with a new engine manufacturer when everyone else is making their engine mk.II was always going to be a bit of a fuckup.
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be nice wicka posted:they're done for the day, hydraulic leak forcing them to change the whole engine. seven laps. how the gently caress are these problems not found out in stationary testing? it seems like they never even turned the thing on. Stationary testing wont put any g's on the cables or components. I reckon most of that stuff is caused by bits shifting around through corners and then being out of alignment or leaking slightly. A proper test shows these things up.
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serious gaylord posted:Stationary testing wont put any g's on the cables or components. I reckon most of that stuff is caused by bits shifting around through corners and then being out of alignment or leaking slightly. A proper test shows these things up. they have no way to simulate a moving chassis in the loving MTC?
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You must need a giant set of balls to do that.
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Fumble posted:You must need a giant set of balls to do that. Look up what he's referencing in 2011
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quote:But before the cars are shipped off to Australia one question hangs above all others - will Fernando Alonso, arguably the sport's greatest participant, even be there? the sport's greatest participant
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He will be there in spirit. “At about 11 a.m. ET on Tuesday (February 24, 2015), our beloved racing driver Fernando Alonso passed away. Fernando Alonso was born on July 29, 1981 in Oviedo. He will be missed but not forgotten. Please show your sympathy and condolences by commenting on and liking this page.”
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Diet Crack posted:Well starting with a new engine manufacturer when everyone else is making their engine mk.II was always going to be a bit of a fuckup. The problem with that though is even Renault weren't as bad with their mk1 engine. Honda had an extra year to see the problems everyone was having and get ahead of them, but still managed to cock it up badly.
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Diet Crack posted:He will be there in spirit. Press F to pay respects.
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1500quidporsche posted:Fuck Ron dennis If
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Xenoid posted:If Why wait? He's already dead on the inside after driving the McLaren Honda.
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Diet Crack posted:He will be there in spirit. #forzalonso
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Do you ever feel like the Fia just make poo poo up as they go along. Like they didn't air lift Bianchi to hospital because they said they don't use the helicopter to air lift people with head injury's. then airlift Alonso with a suspected concussion because that's totally fine to do now.
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"...though we are expectant of a significant increase in the precipitation index post meridian, when we shall begin verification to ensure the wet weather setup is fully optimised and aligned with our own expectations and those of our shareholders" #BlessedRonD
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be nice wicka posted:they have no way to simulate a moving chassis in the loving MTC? I suppose you could bolt it onto one of those astronaut trainers and spin it round while running but then you have to include all the stuff to keep it going. I'm sure they do simple things like bumping it around but I don't think anyone could simulate an engine being thrown around a track without it being on a track. I wouldn't be surprised that the first time an engine is exposed to serious g's is when its first in the car.
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Fumble posted:Do you ever feel like the Fia just make poo poo up as they go along. Like they didn't air lift Bianchi to hospital because they said they don't use the helicopter to air lift people with head injury's. then airlift Alonso with a suspected concussion because that's totally fine to do now. Airlift makes sense because they are cryonically preserving Alonso's body and you have to get the temperature down super quick or it goes all mushy.
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Kilmers Elbow posted:
He's technically correct (the only kind of correct Ron Dennis cares about) in that dead people can't be injured by definition
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Lotus just announced a new development driver has joined the team. A Spaniard to replace her fallen comrade Alonso... Carmen Jorda. 
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Wirth1000 posted:Lotus just announced a new development driver has joined the team. A Spaniard to replace her fallen comrade Alonso... Carmen Jorda. Well her numbers are allll in the right places, amirite? whoever reported the guy for Claire Williams ironic "*huff* *huff* if u no wot i meen" posts, you can take me deeply in your scowling jowls and choke on it for all I care - that poo poo was funny because it was making fun of people who post that sort of poo poo on many more public outlets with real sentiment behind the comments 
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Having had to compete with a car made out of bamboo makes her experience very suited to what one might expect at Lotus.
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Race statistics are a tool of the patriarchy, shitlords.
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Those results are poor imo
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Wirth1000 posted:Lotus just announced a new development driver has joined the team. A Spaniard to replace her fallen comrade Alonso... Carmen Jorda. Wow, that's not even GP2, that's GP3 results. That really is awful.
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In the backwards, sexist spirit of motorsport, I'd like to say "Carmen Phwoarda"
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Remember Lotus were the first to hire Maria too. Apparently hiring women with terrible records as test drivers who will probably never see the car is their "thing". If it wasn't more fun to continue laughing at McLaren I'd start listing the more talented options they could have gone for. But let's just remind everyone that the reason she's not in those last 2 race meetings last year is because Dean Stoneman stepped into that exact same chassis. And went win, 2nd, win in his first 3 races.
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Tsaedje posted:In the backwards, sexist spirit of motorsport, I'd like to say "Carmen Phwoarda" "Carmen" If we examine her name closely, we can break it down into "car" and "men". Even her name is sexist.
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enri posted:"...though we are expectant of a significant increase in the precipitation index post meridian, when we shall begin verification to ensure the wet weather setup is fully optimised and aligned with our own expectations and those of our shareholders" *After making this statement, Ron was immediately blown over by a gust of wind* I just completely forgot who Claire Williams and Susie Wolff are, because they no longer matter.
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Dudley posted:Remember Lotus were the first to hire Maria too. Apparently hiring women with terrible records as test drivers who will probably never see the car is their "thing". That shows you what a gifted development driver she is. She fixed all the problems with the car and let someone else take the glory. What a legend.
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pik_d posted:"Carmen"
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there have been worse test drivers and even race drivers in recent years than de villota/wolff/jorda, and few of them were ridiculed for being bad as they didn't make the unfortunate mistake of being a woman. you know this is why there aren't many female drivers, right? why would you want to be a racing driver as a woman if you knew everything you did would be treated as a joke by default?
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Yes we never make fun of Are Max
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simplefish posted:Yes we never make fun of Are Max oh don't be such a little poo poo. you make fun of a subset of bad male drivers, but most go by unnoticed. you mock 100% of female drivers.
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be nice wicka posted:oh don't be such a little poo poo. you make fun of a subset of bad male drivers, but most go by unnoticed. you mock 100% of female drivers. The last decent one who got F1 seat time was in the 1980s.
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Look there are real problems with the way women are treated in motor sport by motor sportists, motor sportist fans, and the press, and lets not forget sponsors please don't think I'm trying to say otherwise
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be nice wicka posted:there have been worse test drivers and even race drivers in recent years than de villota/wolff/jorda, and few of them were ridiculed for being bad as they didn't make the unfortunate mistake of being woman. you know this is why there aren't many female drivers, right? why would you want to be a racing driver as a woman if you knew everything you did would be treated as a joke by default? I'm pretty sure every poor driver has been ridiculed for being bad. The problem is that by the time they get to the top level feeder series the pool of drivers hasn't been selected for talent, but for sponsorship, and as there's fewer female drivers in general you're even less likely to have a young woman with both marketability and talent than you are to have a young man with both. Add onto that a sport governed by leering old men who still think things like grid girls are totally ok... E: also I have never mocked Suzie Wolff
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