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Kimi is the only Ferrari employee that has made it through this year without being fired.
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be nice wicka posted:no, the rumors are that mattiaci's appointment was always going to be temporary and that it was meant to groom him for the role di montezemolo held within ferrari (presumably once ferrari is spun off from fiat) Doesn't line up with the rumors that he's been poking around Aston Martin's and McLaren's road car divisions.
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Nov 24, 2014 18:11
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I get the feeling this guy is just product placement for Marlboro. He'll be chain smoking whenever we see him on camera.
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Nov 24, 2014 19:02
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Ferrari seems content to consistently demonstrate that buying a Mercedes B class is better/more prestigious then buying any Ferrari. Its amazing that in an organization devoted to building high performance cars they can't find one person in there to lead a racing team.
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Nov 24, 2014 20:35
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Sulman posted:I think the last thing F1 needs at the moment is dogshit Ferrari, as amusing as they are. Yeah the same guys who came up with the idea "Hey let's build a smaller engine with less power because the aero gains from our wind tunnel that doesn't work will be massive" should really stop making lovely cars.
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Nov 24, 2014 21:05
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Riso posted:The 2014 Ferrari's main problem is not even close to being the aero. It's the ridiculously weak and small power unit. Yes but the intention with the weak tiny power unit was to get better gains with aero. Somebody sat down at Ferrari, crunched the aero and engine data and thought this was a brilliant idea. And after years of them being nowhere with aero and them even struggling to correlate the data from the Toyota wind tunnel to on track data nobody thought to raise the point that maybe they don't know what they're talking about and this small engine idea could be a bust. Ferrari's main problem is a personnel problem.
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Nov 24, 2014 22:57
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captainOrbital posted:Hey man, Bernie says think before you drive! I wish Bernie would think about driving off a bridge.
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Nov 24, 2014 23:53
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Falken posted:I really do wonder when (if?) Vettel is going to win another championship. The way things are going you should be wondering when he's going to get points.
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Nov 25, 2014 00:05
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AgentJotun posted:Didn't he recently predict that Alonso would make an announcement regarding Mclaren at like Monza or something? He did and I also believe he posted a rant about a day or so before how all other F1 journalists are bottom feeding scum of the earth and only he can be trusted because he vets his sources and has a relationship of trust with them so he'd never get false info.
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Nov 25, 2014 15:42
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I feel sorry for whoever gets Vettel. Only way you could frame it positively is by pretending he's coming back from a sabbatical.
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Nov 25, 2014 16:36
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So that Honda seems like a helluva engine. Alonso will definitely be 2015 WDC.
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Nov 25, 2014 19:02
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Human Grand Prix posted:3 laps. Boullier says they're aiming to win in Australia though so its all good.
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Nov 25, 2014 20:20
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serious gaylord posted:I cant wait to read all the attempts at forced humour and unfunny jokes. Pause. Precisely the reason I'm not volunteering. It would sound brilliant in my head but bomb horribly.
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Nov 25, 2014 21:59
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poty posted:Will you accept a 323-page epic fantasy adventure paperback I wrote starring one L. Hamilton as the bio for Lewis? Can he morph into a blessed panther in it? If not I've got zero interest.
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Nov 25, 2014 22:12
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Myrddin_Emrys posted:Every time you guys do Claire Williams jokes, I get loving probated!! I'd like to probate Claire Williams. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Nov 25, 2014 22:43
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Dubs posted:The mclaren at testing has a dong nose To be fair they've got an engine they can't even keep running for more than 3 non consecutive laps. Removing a marital aid from the front of their car probably isn't their top priority.
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Nov 26, 2014 00:04
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AgentJotun posted:That is one fair skinned journalist.
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Nov 26, 2014 01:25
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Have to go with Rosberg. Came into this season expecting Hamilton to mushroom stamp him but he somehow got under his skin and kept in it until the last race.
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Nov 26, 2014 03:03
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Riso posted:McLaren is actually trying to test two different cars. And here I was thinking 2x1 was the number of laps Honda thought it could do without breaking down.
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Nov 26, 2014 14:42
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Sky sports is reporting that the all conquering McLaren Honda has completed an eye watering 2 laps today.
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Nov 26, 2014 15:47
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Tsaedje posted:Remember how we were all crowing about Red Bull's terrible reliability in testing, and then they won 3 races and placed second in the championship? They also completed 11 laps in the first two days of testing.
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Nov 26, 2014 15:51
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krushgroove posted:Yeah it's not great, but there are a lot of bugs that have to be sorted out with a new engine/battery hybrid system to fit into a car previously designed for a completely different system. Could have gone better but it's a shakedown run. I believe they have some sort of testing rig the engine and hybrid stuff is bolted into that can simulate bumps and stuff like that. Dont know the exact rules but I do believe the teams are barred from performing rolling road tests and stuff like that.
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Nov 26, 2014 18:14
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Tsaedje posted:I thought have haven't done much running because they're having problems with their car's data. Not much point running a car around and getting inaccurate information. That never stopped Ferrari when they couldn't correlate wind tunnel data in 2012.
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Nov 26, 2014 18:24
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Dudley posted:Renault were doing that in March and still won 3 races, 2 laps in a test hack in November isn't good but it doesn't mean a lot. Not saying they're doomed but its not a good sign either. Red bull won those 3 races off the strength of their chassis and aero and despite the testing setbacks.
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Nov 26, 2014 19:29
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Ferrari may be the most interesting team to follow next season. Either the car was built too much around Alonso and we see a bit of a rebound or Alonso is vindicated as they struggle to get into the points.
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Nov 27, 2014 16:23
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Dudley posted:Looks like the Hulk might have landed a seat in the 3rd Porsche at LeMans. Good to see. Was afraid this was gone forever after Kubica's accident.
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Nov 27, 2014 17:42
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Lewis' brakes failed in Canada because he was behind Rosberg whereas Rosberg was getting clear air to his brakes still. Had the situation been reverse Rosberg would've retired and Lewis would've been fine.
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Nov 27, 2014 18:59
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Riso posted:lol Horner: we don't care if Mercedes leaves, changing the engine formula in 2016 is for the good of the sport Its amazing how much more of a whiny little bitch he's become just because they haven't won the title in one year.
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Nov 28, 2014 14:00
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VodeAndreas posted:They said Grid not Gate so I'm guessing they were for cattle/stock grids... So added chance of random sheep wandering on the track? Adds some extra terror I guess. Yeah they're cattle gates and absolutely brutal. Caved in my oil pan on one in a regularity rally last year.
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Nov 28, 2014 16:01
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El Hefe posted:Lewis Hamilton is gayer than Kanye West and about as much as a gangsta as him too. Kanye wouldn't have driven for a pleb manufacturer like Mercedes. He would only drive for Lambo and would've spent 5,000 hours working with engineers to get the perfect engine sound.
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Nov 28, 2014 18:29
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pik_d posted:In some actual F1 news, Carlos Sainz Jr. gets the 2nd Toro Rosso seat. Red Bull just wants Carlos Sainz' input on how to cheat better.
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Nov 28, 2014 19:16
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Dudley posted:It's not exactly like it worked out for TTE in F1. Thats because there were no turbos to cheat with then. but there are now.
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Nov 28, 2014 21:25
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we can't even have gravel traps anymore, what makes you think that's going to happen?
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Nov 29, 2014 00:09
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So who is ready for McLaren's big announcement that they're putting off announcing their driver lineup to Jan 1?
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Dec 1, 2014 15:53
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HJB posted:The lad's a four-time champion yet looks completely overawed by the whole thing. He's just shocked that Alonso almost stole the championship from him in a dogshit car like that.
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Dec 1, 2014 21:28
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keevo posted:It's too bad Ferrari doesn't have financial issues because it'd be really funny to read that they're bankrupt because of Vettel. give it time.
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Dec 1, 2014 22:53
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Riso posted:And his name is Adrian Newey. We all know it wasn't the steering column that broke and the worlds best driver decided to drive headfirst into a wall instead of losing a WDC to that fraud Schumacher.
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Dec 1, 2014 23:26
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Human Grand Prix posted:I don't understand the Japanese infatuation with Senna. I believe its brazilians in general. The only reason McLaren and Senna got the Honda engine was that Honda was quite pissed that Piquet wasn't given total #1 status at Williams. Once Piquet left Honda pulled the plug on Williams. But of course according to the Senna doc Our Patron Saint of Motorsports Ayrton Senna never held any advantage over Prost. The older I get the more I lean towards Prost being the better driver...
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Dec 2, 2014 18:41
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be nice wicka posted:joe saward has always come across as just...the biggest piece of poo poo person in F1 journalism Constantly berrating your peers and rambling on how you're the last honest voice in F1 while making completely false statements tends to do that.
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dev null posted:Not to mention moderating the comments on his articles with an absolute iron fist. Speaking of F1 comment sections that are comedy gold. Who else enjoy reading thejudge13 just for the comments section? The site itself is garbage but the comment section is full of nutjobs conspiracies like Vettel has been the set up to fail by Red Bull unlike Webber who was just a bad driver who caused KERS to fail himself and that Rosberg has been forced to surrender the lead to Hamilton by Mercedes.
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