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Sulman: Apr 29, 2003; What did you do that for?

Something caught my eye in this piece in Autosport:

quote:

There have also been suggestions that Lotus and Sauber may not compete in the season opener owing to financial difficulties.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/117869

How embarrassing would that be?

# ? Mar 1, 2015 15:45

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# ? Apr 25, 2024 17:01

Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester: Oct 3, 2000

#bestdog #blessed

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# ? Mar 1, 2015 16:36

Aqualung: Oct 10, 2005; Don't worry guys, Ron knows the guy who drives the crane.

Sulman posted:

Something caught my eye in this piece in Autosport:

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/117869

How embarrassing would that be?

So that makes what - 4 teams that are having issues with being able to come out to Melbourne? Eagerly looking forward to a 14 car grid.

# ? Mar 1, 2015 17:16

pik_d: Feb 24, 2006; follow the white dove

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Aqualung posted:

So that makes what - 4 teams that are having issues with being able to come out to Melbourne? Eagerly looking forward to a 14 car grid.

Then 12 as both McLarens zap their drivers immediately after the lights go out

# ? Mar 1, 2015 17:17

gret: Dec 12, 2005; goggle-eyed freak

NtotheTC posted:

lol.

Nico "Cat Zingano" Rosberg.

# ? Mar 1, 2015 17:17

Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester: Oct 3, 2000

NtotheTC posted:

Just noticed this but where the gently caress is he that has a chrome disco ball hanging from the ceiling at chest height in what looks like a kitchen? What the gently caress?

# ? Mar 1, 2015 17:30

Fo3: Feb 14, 2004; RAAAAARGH!!!! GIFT CARDS ARE FUCKING RETARDED!!!!

(I need a hug)

For what it's worth, f1rejects new site http://gprejects.com/ is up now

# ? Mar 1, 2015 17:38

jazzyhattrick: Jul 1, 2010; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:

Just noticed this but where the gently caress is he that has a chrome disco ball hanging from the ceiling at chest height in what looks like a kitchen? What the gently caress?

#mindgames

# ? Mar 1, 2015 17:45

nsaP: May 4, 2004; alright?

Lighting for the bar/breakfast table. Fancy lighting.

# ? Mar 1, 2015 17:46

poopzilla: Nov 23, 2004

jazzyhattrick posted:

#mindgames

"Oh, whats that Lewis? You don't have a chrome disco ball in your kitchen? pity..."

# ? Mar 1, 2015 18:26

Cojawfee: May 31, 2006; I think the US is dumb for not using Celsius

They don't have many disco balls in Stevenage.

# ? Mar 1, 2015 18:33

jazzyhattrick: Jul 1, 2010; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Cojawfee posted:

They don't have many disco balls in Stevenage.

Oh they do, just not ironically.

# ? Mar 1, 2015 18:47

El Hefe: Oct 31, 2006; You coulda had a V8/
Instead of a tre-eight slug to yo' cranium/
I got six and I'm aimin' 'em/
Will I bust or keep you guessin'

The F1 Latin America channel started today and it's loving awesome

They are showing classic F1 races right now they are showing Australia 85 with Senna on pole with the Lotus

Phwoar

# ? Mar 1, 2015 19:12

CratSock: Aug 5, 2004; Sock Wielding Assassin

Possibly Chicken posted:

Which lifeless half dead guy are you talking about in the picture?

That's the saddest part, I can't tell!

# ? Mar 1, 2015 19:27

Golbez: Oct 9, 2002; 1 2 3!
If you want to take a shot at me get in line, line
1 2 3!
Baby, I've had all my shots and I'm fine

Tsaedje posted:

http://hasmaldonadocrashedtoday.com/

This is the best page. Maldonaderp!

# ? Mar 1, 2015 20:06

Feels Villeneuve: Oct 7, 2007; Setter is Better.

Nice troll. Lotus have thrown their full support behind Maldonado and absolved him for all wrong-doing in that crash. The lad is driving well.

# ? Mar 1, 2015 20:07

wicka: Jun 28, 2007

are teams allowed to completely re-do their livery during the season?

# ? Mar 1, 2015 20:32

El Hefe: Oct 31, 2006; You coulda had a V8/
Instead of a tre-eight slug to yo' cranium/
I got six and I'm aimin' 'em/
Will I bust or keep you guessin'

Watching Australia 85 and I can see why people compare Maldonado to Senna, real similarities here.

# ? Mar 1, 2015 20:40

jazzyhattrick: Jul 1, 2010; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

El Hefe posted:

Watching Australia 85 and I can see why people compare Maldonado to Senna, real similarities here.

Oh sure, all mexicans are alike.

# ? Mar 1, 2015 20:56

NtotheTC: Dec 31, 2007

BBC Gossip posted:

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton is in talks with Jay Z about releasing his own music on the rapper's Roc Nation record label. (the Sun - subscription required)

Meanwhile, world champion Hamilton and his former girlfriend Nicole Scherzinger have unfollowed each other on Twitter following the end of their relationship in early February. (OK magazine)

So excited for 2015.

# ? Mar 1, 2015 20:58

Gmaz: Apr 3, 2011; New DLC for Aoe2 is out: Dynasties of India

Good to see Lewis Hamiltion following the path of Jacques Villeneuve.

# ? Mar 1, 2015 21:23

Kilmers Elbow: Jun 15, 2012

Gmaz posted:

Good to see Lewis Hamiltion following the path of Jacques Villeneuve.

Ahh....so that's why Nicole left him.

(Hey, it can happen to us all.)

# ? Mar 1, 2015 21:29

Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester: Oct 3, 2000

I thought the great white hope Nico was going to be a tasteful respectable guy, getting married and all, not like the international hip hop fraud Lewis, but no, he has a chrome ball in his kitchen. There are no more heroes left.

# ? Mar 1, 2015 21:33

Xenoid: Dec 9, 2006

Speaking of Jacques. Jacques is trying to get a track built. Hopefully it all goes through. We need something in this area that isn't a joke.

# ? Mar 1, 2015 21:36

NtotheTC: Dec 31, 2007

Xenoid posted:

Speaking of Jacques. Jacques is trying to get a track built. Hopefully it all goes through. We need something in this area that isn't a joke.

"Involving Jacques Villeneuve" and "not a joke" in the same sentence.

# ? Mar 1, 2015 21:40

Human Grand Prix: Jan 24, 2013; by FactsAreUseless

entropy1049 posted:

There's a pretty awesome video out there of Graham Hill taking the 49 out for the first time. He has what was for Graham Hill the equivalent of pants shits ("It's got some pluck"). Can you imagine coming out of a 25 (granted the Cov Climax was no slouch) and hoping into a C-DSV powered, monocoque chassis 49? Hill said it was like driving an exploding hand grenade. Probably required more pure driving skill to get the most out of that car than anything else in the history of F1, but an effective driver was rewarded with a car that would stand on it's head. What was it, 1980-82 that the C-DSV was finally retired by most teams?

1982 was the last year the DFV was really competitive, but depending on what criteria is used it technically was utilized until the end of the 1991 season.

# ? Mar 1, 2015 21:58

Butt Wizard: Nov 3, 2005; It was a pornography store. I was buying pornography.

Xenoid posted:

Speaking of Jacques. Jacques is trying to get a track built. Hopefully it all goes through. We need something in this area that isn't a joke.

I don't get this. If you're not trying to build an F1 track, why build something flat and featureless. There looks to be a perfectly usable hill up there too, Mt Panorama that poo poo.

# ? Mar 1, 2015 22:01

Sashimi: Dec 26, 2008; College Slice

Butt Wizard posted:

I don't get this. If you're not trying to build an F1 track, why build something flat and featureless.

Melbourne and Montreal are flat and rather featureless, yet they produce exciting races almost every year.

But that won't be the case here, because Jacques Villeneuve.

# ? Mar 1, 2015 22:15

Jon Von Anchovi: Sep 5, 2014

Brainwrong posted:

The greatest F1 manager of all time Ron Dennis disappointed a lot of nerds by painting his new car black and silver instead of red and white.

The greatest Mexican driver of all time Fernando Alonso was disappointed with the colour of the new car and drove into a wall killing himself dead.

The people of reddit and a lot of other virgins on the internet decided it was not a suicide bid but a conspiracy and that Ron Dennis (blessed be his name) tried to kill Alonso because Alonso grassed him up in 2007.

It was decided all women who drive are slags with no talent.

A slag with no talent has been signed to Bad Lotus to test their car. Many hilarious jokes were made by chaps who wanted spuff up her minge.

There have been some test sessions in Portugal or Mexico or somewhere awful like that. McLaren have been sandbagging in all of them and Ferrari have been cheating in all of them.

this is excellent info and all but do you know if Hamilton is still following his
ex on twitter?

and people seriously think alonso got incapacitated by electric shock?!?!

# ? Mar 1, 2015 22:16

poopzilla: Nov 23, 2004

Jon Von Anchovi posted:

this is excellent info and all but do you know if Hamilton is still following his
ex on twitter?

and people seriously think alonso got incapacitated by electric shock?!?!

Hammy and his ex are totes broken up

and dont be ridiculous, alonso was taken out with a poison bullet by the mob for crossing the Scuderia

# ? Mar 1, 2015 22:19

Tsaedje: May 11, 2007; BRAWNY BUTTONS 4 LYFE

be nice wicka posted:

are teams allowed to completely re-do their livery during the season?

As far as I remember, they can get special dispensation to do so. I remember not so long ago BAR ran 555 livery in China because they don't sell Luckies there, for instance.

# ? Mar 1, 2015 22:48

Butt Wizard: Nov 3, 2005; It was a pornography store. I was buying pornography.

Sashimi posted:

Melbourne and Montreal are flat and rather featureless, yet they produce exciting races almost every year.

But that won't be the case here, because Jacques Villeneuve.

Aren't they both effectively street races though?

# ? Mar 1, 2015 22:53

Riso: Oct 11, 2008; by merry exmarx

If there was a ban on changing liveries they would not be able to remove smoking/alcohol sponsorship in various countries.

# ? Mar 1, 2015 22:59

Dubs: Mar 6, 2007; Stroll Own Zone.
Disregard Stroll outside zone.

Gmaz posted:

Good to see Lewis Hamiltion following the path of Jacques Villeneuve.

Not just Jacques, RALF was also known for his beats

# ? Mar 1, 2015 23:02

Sashimi: Dec 26, 2008; College Slice

Butt Wizard posted:

Aren't they both effectively street races though?

Not sure about Melbourne but Circuit Gilles Villeneuve is for all intents and purposes a race circuit. The only reason it is sometimes called a street circuit is because the public is free to drive around most of the track when an event isn't happening. I think the track also leads to a few buildings inside of the circuit that are not related to racing.

# ? Mar 1, 2015 23:03

Tsaedje: May 11, 2007; BRAWNY BUTTONS 4 LYFE

Riso posted:

If there was a ban on changing liveries they would not be able to remove smoking/alcohol sponsorship in various countries.

21) CAR LIVERY
21.1 The provisions of the Code relating to national colours shall not apply to the Championship.
Both cars entered by a competitor must be presented in substantially the same livery at each Event, any change to this livery during a Championship season may only be made with the agreement of the Formula One Commission.
In order that the cars of each team may be easily distinguished from one another whilst they are on the track, the on board cameras located above the principal roll structure of the first car must remain as it is supplied to the team and the second car must be predominantly fluorescent yellow.
21.2 Each car will carry the race number of its driver as published by the FIA at the beginning of the season or the race number that has been allocated to his replacement under Article 19.1(b)(iii). This number must be clearly visible from the front of the car and on the driver's crash helmet.
Prior to the start of the 2014 World Championship season race numbers will be permanently allocated to drivers by ballot, such numbers must then be used by that driver during every Formula One World Championship Event he takes part in throughout his career.
Any new drivers, either at the start of or during a season, will also be allocated a permanent number in the same way.
The only exception to this allocation process will be for the reigning World Champion who will have the option to use the number one. The number that was previously allocated to him will be reserved for him in subsequent seasons if he does not retain the title of World Champion.
21.3 The name or the emblem of the make of the car must appear on the front of the nose of the car and in either case be at least 25mm in its largest dimension. The name of the driver must appear on the external bodywork and be clearly legible.

# ? Mar 1, 2015 23:23

Small Strange Bird: Sep 22, 2006; Merci, chaton!

Tsaedje posted:

The name of the driver must appear on the external bodywork and be clearly legible.

Whereabouts - on the sidepod, or the underside of the nosecone? From what distance? Five centimetres, or five hundred metres? To the human eye, or a camera? If the latter, what lens length? Jeez, it's no wonder we get things like the double diffuser or the F-duct when they leave the rules this slack and open to interpretation. :v:

# ? Mar 1, 2015 23:33

Low Percent Lunge: Jan 29, 2007

Sashimi posted:

Not sure about Melbourne but Circuit Gilles Villeneuve is for all intents and purposes a race circuit. The only reason it is sometimes called a street circuit is because the public is free to drive around most of the track when an event isn't happening. I think the track also leads to a few buildings inside of the circuit that are not related to racing.

You've basically described Albert Park too.

# ? Mar 1, 2015 23:42

Butt Wizard: Nov 3, 2005; It was a pornography store. I was buying pornography.

Whitey Ford posted:

You've basically described Albert Park too.

Yea Albert Park is able to be driven around but the front straight is so far removed from the regularly used part of Albert Park that it was basically deserted when I first went there.

Naturally we parked our lovely Falcon hire car on the grid in P1 and thought we were clever.

When you're choosing a greenfield track build instead of setting up a track in a developed area then you're just being an rear end in a top hat if you don't try to include some decent elevation - Mt Panorama should be a bare minimum IMO.

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# ? Apr 25, 2024 17:01

Aqualung: Oct 10, 2005; Don't worry guys, Ron knows the guy who drives the crane.

pik_d posted:

Then 12 as both McLarens zap their drivers immediately after the lights go out

Might as well just say it's Rosberg vs. Hamilton's emotional state in that particular moment.

# ? Mar 2, 2015 00:30

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