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JFairfax
Oct 23, 2008

by FactsAreUseless


http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2284173-formula-1-salaries-vs-points-won-which-driver-provided-the-best-value-in-2014

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djssniper
Jan 10, 2003


Needs Euros brought in, to balance that sheet

Wirth1000
May 12, 2010

#essereFerrari

quote:

Ex-Formula 1 driver Rubens Barrichello has won Brazil's V8 Stock Car Championship, his first title since taking the British Formula 3 crown in 1991

:toot:

Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester
Oct 3, 2000
That's an entire generation between titles.

willcrouch
Jul 2, 2007

Hah, Torro Rosso drivers are younger than that split.

andyf
May 18, 2008

happy car is happy


What is it with Ferrari 458's crashing into Prototype cars? I swear to god it happens every year at some endurance event or another.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW3NDGk6YQE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW3NDGk6YQE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZALL-eKEdE

Wirth1000
May 12, 2010

#essereFerrari
They're mostly driven by "gentleman" drivers.

George Zimmer
Jun 28, 2008
That McNish crash was his fault though.

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

andyf posted:

What is it with Ferrari 458's crashing into Prototype cars? I swear to god it happens every year at some endurance event or another.
Don't forget this one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27F26UA1i6M&t=2280s

Although in at least two of those (McNish, Rockenfeller) I think it could be said it was not the Ferrari driver's fault. Arguable anyway. McNish was making a pretty aggressive move, the Ferrari was just on the racing line. And I've heard commentators talk about how the Audis had ridiculously bright lights and the GT drivers could barely make out how close the Audis actually were in their mirrors at night. Both of them were passing on the inside at high speed.

George Zimmer
Jun 28, 2008
If you're Tracy Krohn, you don't even need a prototype:

http://youtu.be/6IFu4cG4quQ

Wirth1000
May 12, 2010

#essereFerrari
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldUtrqk4EWA

keevo
Jun 16, 2011

:burger:WAKE UP:burger:
That Porsche sounds cool as hell.

GEORGE W BUSHI
Jul 1, 2012


Wow, Your Dan got screwed in pay negotiations.

Jonny Nox
Apr 26, 2008




Let's be honest, when they were negotiating, everyone thought that Vettel would be staying and so would get the good car.

Butt Wizard
Nov 3, 2005

It was a pornography store. I was buying pornography.

Jonny Nox posted:

Let's be honest, when they were negotiating, everyone thought that Vettel would be staying and so would get the good car.

Those are salaries, it's pretty common for newbies to get performance pay/pay per point.

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

keevo posted:

That Porsche sounds cool as hell.
Too bad it looks like rear end.

Falken
Jan 26, 2004

Do you feel like a hero yet?
LMP cars haven't looked good for a good 10 years.

Well, the open top Acura ARX things are kind of neat, but other than that... they look like Jetsons cars.

SniffPetrol posted:

A jubilant Lewis Hamilton has been shaken from the elation of his second F1 world championship after realising that he must spend the next few months with the sound of Nicole Scherzinger.

‘Lewis is used to having a high pitched, painful noise right next to his ear,’ said a source close to the driver. ‘But for 19 weekends a year he can at least drown her out by driving his F1 car. In the off season, however, there’s only so many times he can claim he needs to ‘go away testing’.’

Sources say Hamilton’s other complaints about having to spend the whole winter with his girlfriend include ‘shower full of shampoo products’, ‘yoghurt for every meal’ and ‘still doesn’t understand difference between qualifying and race’.

‘After winning his second title Lewis can’t wait for the next season to begin,’ our mole continued. ‘Not because he wants to start trying for a third championship but because it means he can get away from that voice. It’s like crows being punched through a wood chipper.’

stirlo
Aug 12, 2007
Feeding mums cat, find old shoebox of my treasures including:



From the bad old days when it was in Adelaide and not the sacred Albert park track.

NtotheTC
Dec 31, 2007


Falken posted:

LMP cars haven't looked good for a good 10 years.

Well, the open top Acura ARX things are kind of neat, but other than that... they look like Jetsons cars.

Didn't see the sniffpetrol at first and genuinely thought you'd pasted a Daily Mail article in the thread

Jedit
Dec 10, 2011

Proudly supporting vanilla legends 1994-2014

willcrouch posted:

Hah, Torro Rosso drivers are younger than that split.

At Australia next year the average age of the Red Bull and Toro Rosso drivers will be 21 years and 40 days.

Sashimi
Dec 26, 2008


College Slice

Jedit posted:

At Australia next year the average age of the Red Bull and Toro Rosso drivers will be 21 years and 40 days.
I hear rumours that they are also going to rename the team Scuderia Liceo before the start of the next year.

krushgroove
Oct 23, 2007

Disapproving look

Holy poo poo,

keevo posted:

That Porsche sounds cool as hell.

but

Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:

Too bad it looks like rear end.


But now when I'm pushing a trolley around the supermarket or biking to work I'll have to make not just the upshift/downshift noises with my mouth, but also the KERS and turbo sounds as well. That video looks like driving in a video game, with the car having so much more power and grip than the GT3 cars you're passing someone every half a minute.

withheldmcfakename
Oct 30, 2011

did you know that
knuckles once smoked
out of a bong made
out of a disco ball?
Caterham have been given special dispensation to run this year's car in 2015 if they can find a buyer.

Lapped before first round of pit stops, anybody?

serious gaylord
Sep 16, 2007

what.

withheldmcfakename posted:

Caterham have been given special dispensation to run this year's car in 2015 if they can find a buyer.

Lapped before first round of pit stops, anybody?

Are the regulations changing that much that they have to change radically?

CratSock
Aug 5, 2004

Sock Wielding Assassin

Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:

Goddamn those Gulf Astons look good.

They do. Gulf and Martini livery looks good on just about anything, it's so classic and badass.

krushgroove posted:

But now when I'm pushing a trolley around the supermarket or biking to work I'll have to make not just the upshift/downshift noises with my mouth, but also the KERS and turbo sounds as well.

I am ashamed to admit I totally do this in my head while I'm walking through pedestrian traffic on my commute to/from the train station. And I usually take the racing line around the file cabinets in the office. :saddowns:

krushgroove
Oct 23, 2007

Disapproving look

CratSock posted:

I am ashamed to admit I totally do this in my head while I'm walking through pedestrian traffic on my commute to/from the train station. And I usually take the racing line around the file cabinets in the office. :saddowns:

Don't be ashamed. Own your geekdom!

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'

serious gaylord posted:

Are the regulations changing that much that they have to change radically?

The noses are going to be completely different, that's the biggest change I think.

serious gaylord
Sep 16, 2007

what.
As if you don't plan your shopping around an invisible race track. This time of year the supermarkets get tilked though with all the chicanes of christmas product.

Tony quidprano
Jan 19, 2014
IM SO BAD AT ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT F1 IN ANY MEANINGFUL WAY SOME DUDE WITH TOO MUCH FREE MONEY WILL KEEP CHANGING IT UNTIL I SHUT THE FUCK UP OR ACTUALLY POST SOMETHING THAT ISNT SPEWING HATE/SLURS/TELLING PEOPLE TO KILL THEMSELVES
So who is ready for McLaren's big announcement that they're putting off announcing their driver lineup to Jan 1?

Wirth1000
May 12, 2010

#essereFerrari


lmao Alonso's expression

NtotheTC
Dec 31, 2007


Here's a thought. Don't let Mark Webber drive expensive cars around Brazil.

MattD1zzl3
Oct 26, 2007
Probation
Can't post for 4 years!
This just in, Mark webber signed to drive for the "Jason Lefkowitz Cosmetic Dentistry" Spec miata team for the 2015 season. (Comes in 31st)

hyper from Pixie Sticks
Sep 28, 2004

serious gaylord posted:

As if you don't plan your shopping around an invisible race track.
See also: taking the perfect racing line round your work's car park while keeping to the 5 mph speed limit. IT MATTERS.

nsaP
May 4, 2004

alright?
If you front load your shopping it's easier to kick the rear end out.

wicka
Jun 28, 2007


1500quidporsche posted:

So who is ready for McLaren's big announcement that they're putting off announcing their driver lineup to Jan 1?

maybe they'll announce it along with that new title sponsor

Wirth1000
May 12, 2010

#essereFerrari
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_Y47PhY1PY

ukle
Nov 28, 2005

NtotheTC posted:

Here's a thought. Don't let Mark Webber drive

Edited for accuracy

Ghost of Mussolini
Jun 26, 2011
How broken a childhood do you need to have to not pretend your shopping trolley is a race car even when you are an adult??

Ghost of Mussolini
Jun 26, 2011

Four more titles here we go boys

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McMadCow
Jan 19, 2005

With our rifles and grenades and some help from God.

Ghost of Mussolini posted:

Four more titles here we go boys

That's the 2012 car, it was a complete shitcan throughout the first half of the year and Alonso still won races with it. I wonder if Vettel came away from that with the harsh realization that he's second-tier.

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