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Brainwrong
Mar 20, 2004

RIP Bobby K
Poland's Rose. Like a cabbage in the wind.

be nice wicka posted:

joe's award claims (CLAIMS) that sauber originally planned to run bianchi and vdg together, but that ferrari pulled their support once bianchi got injured, and vdg's money alone wasn't enough to prop up the team

Talking of joe's Award, it seems he hasn't advanced on his Photoshop skills since last season.

I'm sure we're all looking forward to reading the first issue of "Cand Pax"

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Wirth1000
May 12, 2010

#essereFerrari
Hello.

I'm just making an announcement that, with the release of the Honda aerokit, I will subject myself to one (1) IndyCar "race" this year. I think you all should, too.

Thank you,
Xau-- Wirth1000

Butt Wizard
Nov 3, 2005

It was a pornography store. I was buying pornography.
https://joesaward.wordpress.com/2015/03/11/oh-what-a-tangled-web/?replytocom=224174#respond

quote:

Joe Saward:
Look, Sauber did wrong. Fine. But why? Is saving the jobs of 330 people more important than giving some billionaire’s son-in-law a car? It’s easy to judge and say Bad Monisha, but is it wrong?

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'

wicka is Joe's Award

Human Grand Prix
Jan 24, 2013

by FactsAreUseless

Wirth1000 posted:

Hello.

I'm just making an announcement that, with the release of the Honda aerokit, I will subject myself to one (1) IndyCar "race" this year. I think you all should, too.

Thank you,
Xau-- Wirth1000

Come to Toronto.

wicka
Jun 28, 2007


El Hefe posted:

wicka is Joe's Award

unmasked at long last

Tsaedje
May 11, 2007

BRAWNY BUTTONS 4 LYFE
Argh they've changed the one really useful bit of F1.com where it shows you all the coming race weekend's session times and you can click a button to switch between your time zone and track time zone. Now it's a rolex branded clock face that gives you the current time where you are and the current time at the track.

gret
Dec 12, 2005

goggle-eyed freak


Sounds like Sauber's appeal hearing is just Sauber's lawyers being told off by the judges.

Butt Wizard
Nov 3, 2005

It was a pornography store. I was buying pornography.

gret posted:

Sounds like Sauber's appeal hearing is just Sauber's lawyers being told off by the judges.

The Judges are just not letting them get away with the poo poo they were trying to pull the other day. They've said a couple of things that were blatantly untrue such as the team not being responsible for the super license and the team not being able to set a driver up at *short notice*.

dentist toy box
Oct 9, 2012

There's a haint in the foothills of NC; the haint of the #3 chevy. The rich have formed a holy alliance to exorcise it but they'll never fucking catch him.


Wirth1000 posted:

Hello.

I'm just making an announcement that, with the release of the Honda aerokit, I will subject myself to one (1) IndyCar "race" this year. I think you all should, too.

Thank you,
Xau-- Wirth1000

Well at least you'll see one good race this year :boom:

djssniper
Jan 10, 2003


Tsaedje posted:

Argh they've changed the one really useful bit of F1.com where it shows you all the coming race weekend's session times and you can click a button to switch between your time zone and track time zone. Now it's a rolex branded clock face that gives you the current time where you are and the current time at the track.

I was pissed they did that too

djssniper
Jan 10, 2003



Love to see his attitude if someone paid more for his access

NoArmedMan
Apr 1, 2003

autosport.com still has that schedule in your timezone thing doesnt it?

Jon Von Anchovi
Sep 5, 2014

:australia:

Tsaedje posted:

Argh they've changed the one really useful bit of F1.com where it shows you all the coming race weekend's session times and you can click a button to switch between your time zone and track time zone. Now it's a rolex branded clock face that gives you the current time where you are and the current time at the track.

saw your post and got really annoyed, went to autosport as someone suggested to look at schedule there. gave up and went back to f1.com and promptly realised im an idiot and live in the same time zone as melbourne.

poopzilla
Nov 23, 2004

Jon Von Anchovi posted:

saw your post and got really annoyed, went to autosport as someone suggested to look at schedule there. gave up and went back to f1.com and promptly realised im an idiot and live in the same time zone as melbourne.

lmao

also yes, the new f1.com time thing is totally useless

Aqualung
Oct 10, 2005

Don't worry guys, Ron knows the guy who drives the crane.

So I'm going to make a bold prediction that only 17 cars start the race on Sunday.

keevo
Jun 16, 2011

:burger:WAKE UP:burger:
So we're less than 24 hours away until FP1. When's the new thread going up?

Ghost of Mussolini
Jun 26, 2011

I agree with Joe's Award, seize the assets of every rich person and rich team in F1 and use it to give less well off people jobs.

ukle
Nov 28, 2005

Aqualung posted:

So I'm going to make a bold prediction that only 17 cars start the race on Sunday.

17? Ok I demand working. 18 I could understand, unless you are meaning Manor only runs 1 car.

track day bro!
Feb 17, 2005

#essereFerrari
Grimey Drawer

keevo posted:

So we're less than 24 hours away until FP1. When's the new thread going up?

The op got so long winded it got a concussion and wont be available till malaysia.

Ilanin
May 31, 2009

Smarter than the average Blair.

ukle posted:

17? Ok I demand working. 18 I could understand, unless you are meaning Manor only runs 1 car.

I'm guessing that's neither Manor and only one Sauber, though I'm not entirely sure how only running one Sauber would actually help them.

edit: Of course it could be only one McLaren, due to having run out of the relevant spare parts of Honda engines.

Aqualung
Oct 10, 2005

Don't worry guys, Ron knows the guy who drives the crane.

I mean with all that, I'm just thinking that 17 is probably a good number.

poopzilla
Nov 23, 2004

as i said earlier i dont have time for a write up on Red Bull that will be of any value, but since the season is starting here goes.

Red Bull

Red Bull, the company that made a drink that is even unhealthier than soda, decided that they wanted to enter the most expensive form of motorsport on the planet. Because... well? I guess a lot of cocaine addicts are F1 fans, and when you run out of blow Red Bull is the next best thing.

So they bought some poo poo-rear end team that used to be owned by Ford and then used all their drug money to hire Adrian Newey the autistic chassis wizard to make really good cars. Because F1 is Satan’s favorite sport this worked out alarmingly well and The Fraud known as Sebastian Vettel won a whole shitload of races and a bunch of bullshit championships. Then he got cocky and left because he’s stupid and german.

Also this guy works there I guess

Butt Wizard
Nov 3, 2005

It was a pornography store. I was buying pornography.
I'm unemployed at the moment so this court case is the most interesting thing I'll see all day.

Rhopunzel
Jan 6, 2006

Stroll together, win together
f1

Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester
Oct 3, 2000
McLaren have their chassis sorted out now, if not their engine.

One Swell Foop
Aug 5, 2010

I'm afraid we have no time for codes and manners.
Must be photoshopped, the tortoise actually won a race.

Dubs
Mar 6, 2007

Stroll Own Zone.
Disregard Stroll outside zone.

f1


gently caress YIS~~~- AU

Dubs fucked around with this message at 03:41 on Mar 12, 2015

Diplomat
Dec 14, 2009


Notice Me


Kimi "Icecreamman" Raikkonen

Overview
With only 23 open wheeled races under his belt, Kimi entered Formula 1 driving for Sauber. He had a respectable rookie season given the performance of his car and was picked up by McLaren to partner David Coulthard, replacing the retired Mika Hakkinen. The McLaren was a fast but notoriously unreliable car, however Kimi managed to win some races and put up a respectable challenge for the title in 2005 losing out to Fernando Alonso.

In 2007 Kimi left McLaren to replace the retired Michael Schumacher. Kimi piloted what was a very strong car in the the F2007. He won the Championship that year one point over Lewis Hamilton. The next two years saw a decline in the competitiveness of the Ferrari and therefore Kimi. He left Formula 1 after the 2009 season to pursue other racing interests.

Kimi spent time racing in the World Rally Championship and various Nascar series but returned to Formula 1 because the car he was driving was too poo poo.

Kimi returned with Evil Lotus and was pretty successful dragging the car to a win in both 2012 and 2013. Unfortunately for Kimi, Lotus couldn't pay him so he returned to Ferrari in 2014. He had a pretty bad year reuniting with his old team, and was thrashed by teammate Fernando Alonso. This year he is paired up with Sebastian Vettel, and the teammate battle will be interesting between them.

Back-story
Kimi has a typical Finnish demeanor which generally leads to humorous situations. Below are some of the more prominent things that may be mentioned.

Ice Cream - At the 2009 Malaysian GP the race was stopped due to rain. While most drivers waited in their cars for the race to resume, Kimi changed in to casual clothes and treated himself to a snack.

Having a poo poo - During a presentation at the 2002 Brazillian GP, Kimi was interviewed by Martin Brundle who asked why he missed the event.

"Leave me alone, I know what I'm doing" - Kimi won the 2012 Abu Dhabi GP with Lotus, which was his first win since 2009 and Lotus/Renault first win since 2008.

Offtrack in Brazil - Kimi missed a braking point and went off track at the 2012 Brazilian GP. Unfortunately for him the access road was blocked off and he couldn't re-enter the track without turning around.

General Team Radio Shenanigans

Monaco Boat - In the 2006 Monaco GP, Kimi's was forced to retired when his McLaren caught fire. He promptly left the track (did not return to the garage) and spent the rest of the race on his yacht that was docked nearby.

Pics



Wirth1000
May 12, 2010

#essereFerrari
I want Lewis to join Ferrari at some point. I want to witness the extreme racism he'll experience on a daily basis.

Butt Wizard
Nov 3, 2005

It was a pornography store. I was buying pornography.

quote:

It seems that Giedo van der Garde may have done well in court in Australia but the word on the street in the paddock in Melbourne is that the Dutchman made a mistake during the winter and failed to apply to his national sporting authority for them to ask the FIA to grant him a Superlicence. This means that he cannot race in Melbourne because it takes 14 days for the process to happen.

In addition it begs the question is Giedo in breach is his Sauber contract by not having done the required paperwork?

https://joesaward.wordpress.com/2015/03/12/oops/

It's the responsibility of the team to arrange the licenses, apparently. How does one dude seem to be so wrong so often?

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.
"word on the street in the paddock" is such a bad, clumsy turn of phrase

Wirth1000
May 12, 2010

#essereFerrari

Butt Wizard posted:

https://joesaward.wordpress.com/2015/03/12/oops/

It's the responsibility of the team to arrange the licenses, apparently. How does one dude seem to be so wrong so often?

My favourite part was when the other journos, including James Allen, tried to defend Saward at some point and Saward just got all arrogant and called them hacks or something along those lines.

Butt Wizard
Nov 3, 2005

It was a pornography store. I was buying pornography.
Ahahhhaha he won. gently caress you Sauber.

Wirth1000
May 12, 2010

#essereFerrari
This is cute:

quote:

Harrison Newey, the son of Red Bull Formula 1 technical supremo Adrian Newey, is to team up with Michael Schumacher's son Mick in ADAC Formula 4 this season.
The 16-year-old Newey will race with Dutch team Van Amersfoort Racing in the new series, which is Germany's FIA-approved F4 category. He will combine it with a campaign with HHC Motorsport in BRDC F4, in which he made his car-racing debut last November.
It appears that the UK-based BRDC series will take precedence in his racing program, as the plan is currently to miss two of the eight ADAC rounds.
Team boss Frits van Amersfoort is ecstatic to have secured the sons of F1's most-successful driver and technical director.
"This has been one of the most pleasant weeks in our four-decade history," he said. "We're extremely honored to have some of auto racing's most creditable persons choosing to entrust our team in the development of two promising young talents. We see their confidence as a unique challenge that everyone at Van Amersfoort Racing is ready to take up with dedication, and driven by a sincere desire to help the drivers fulfil their dreams."
VAR continues with its Formula 3 European Championship team, which brought Max Verstappen to prominence last season, and which will run Charles Leclerc, Alessio Lorandi and Arjun Maini in 2015.

Wirth1000
May 12, 2010

#essereFerrari

Butt Wizard posted:

Ahahhhaha he won. gently caress you Sauber.

Dubs
Mar 6, 2007

Stroll Own Zone.
Disregard Stroll outside zone.

Butt Wizard posted:

Ahahhhaha he won. gently caress you Sauber.

16hrs till season starts

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'
Magnussen looks like a 16 year old chav with that forearm tattoo.

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'
Actually watching the drivers press conference, they all look like 16 year olds except Bottas and Ricciardo.

At least Max is 17 I don't know what's the other guys excuses.

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RALF
Mar 15, 2009

Grimey Drawer

El Hefe posted:

Actually watching the drivers press conference, they all look like 16 year olds except Bottas and Ricciardo.

At least Max is 17 I don't know what's the other guys excuses.

It's because you've become old.

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