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Tsaedje posted:As I understand it he essentially took out a mortgage on the team with Diageo a few weeks back, so if he's declared insolvent they'd 'repossess' the team Looking forward to the Guinness Racing rebrand.
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track day bro! posted:Wait, so are McLaren not poo poo? idk but alonso and button seemed genuinely pleased
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be nice wicka posted:idk but alonso and button seemed genuinely pleased Key is the speed trap figures. McLaren were posting speed trap figures only a couple of kph off Hamilton's which given even in the last test week they were still 15+ kph off shows they have not just made massive improvement, but they could seriously be fighting for the top of F1 Category 2 (everyone but Merc). Still at least 1 second off joining Category 1 though, but then again so is every other team - especially given how strong Hamilton was in the practice sessions; this season does have already signs of being even more 1 sided than the previous 2. All unknown though until qualifying tomorrow, and many times Aussie practice sessions have been little help in showing how the qualifying actually plays out.
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Australia usually throws a curveball, and it is very poor at demonstrating relative pace anywhere else. I didn't see FP2, but weren't both sessions affected by rain as well?
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Tsaedje posted:Australia usually throws a curveball, and it is very poor at demonstrating relative pace anywhere else. I didn't see FP2, but weren't both sessions affected by rain as well? Both wet, yeah. Even in these conditions though I didn't expect the McLarens to break the top 10.
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ukle posted:Key is the speed trap figures. McLaren were posting speed trap figures only a couple of kph off Hamilton's which given even in the last test week they were still 15+ kph off shows they have not just made massive improvement, but they could seriously be fighting for the top of F1 Category 2 (everyone but Merc). Still at least 1 second off joining Category 1 though, but then again so is every other team - especially given how strong Hamilton was in the practice sessions; this season does have already signs of being even more 1 sided than the previous 2. it doesn't necessarily show they've made any improvement. the speed trap gaps from testing were worse than what they saw last season. it's much more likely they turned the engine down for reliability purposes so they could actually run laps in testing and make sure their deployment fixes worked. i don't think they gained like 80bhp in a month.
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What I noticed last night, and really didn't realize it until I sobered up this morning, was that Button's car was bottoming out and bouncing around in FP1. They're still very much just trying to figure out how to set up that car so there's some room for improvement.
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They're running Red Bull levels of extreme rake now Prodromou's in charge, so they're going to bottom out a lot.
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Fair few teams had serious problems with handling on turn 14 with either wild under or over steer. Only ones I didn't see have a problem were Ferrari/Mercedes.
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be nice wicka posted:it doesn't necessarily show they've made any improvement. the speed trap gaps from testing were worse than what they saw last season. it's much more likely they turned the engine down for reliability purposes so they could actually run laps in testing and make sure their deployment fixes worked. i don't think they gained like 80bhp in a month. Weren't they not running certain engine upgrades during testing that they were waiting for Australia for? I tend to agree that they didn't find a bunch of performance overnight, but I thought I remembered them saying something about saving the race spec engine for after testing for some reason.
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track day bro! posted:I just noticed that Big Robbie Bob (The Cube) Kubica is driving a Merc SLS at Mugello! He's out now - car had rear suspension failure 
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Mar 18, 2016 16:32
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Something something practice times something bacon briefcase something
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Kilonum posted:Something something practice times something bacon briefcase something something something going all out and still being 13 seconds off the pace.
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Kilonum posted:Something something practice times something bacon briefcase something How about this instead? 
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pik_d posted:How about this instead? Amazing
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Hahaha Charlie Whiting is mad at Lewis Hamilton for being a petulant child. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/formula-1/2016/03/18/lewis-hamilton-under-fire-for-immature-attitude-and-failing-to-a/ quote:Hamilton has often complained that the drivers do not have enough input on future regulations, but the world champion was put in his place by Formula One’s race director, Charlie Whiting.
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What a poo poo head. Doesn't show to driver meetings, complains about not having a voice in driver meetings.
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Yeah hammy should stay quiet considering he's not even part of the drivers association thingy
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 This old short dude gets a lot of pussy!
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YOU DIDNT CALL HIM SIR YOU rear end in a top hat 
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:
Bless!
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People Lewis has pissed off in the last week: Sky, The Telegraph, SirJackie Stewart, The New Zealand Police, everyone at the FIA Thursday press conference, Sky City Casino (Auckland), everyone at the Mercedes press conference last Friday including Toto Wolff, Mercedes sponsorship department, Hugo Boss, Blackberry, The Daily Mail, The Mirror, The Guardian, The Daily Express, and Charlie Whiting. The Daily Mail in particular is out for blood after the taking a selfie while riding a motorbike thing.
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El Hefe posted:Yeah hammy should stay quiet considering he's not even part of the drivers association thingy you knew he was unbearable before anyone else noticed it. good job.
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learnincurve posted:People Lewis has pissed off in the last week ... Sir Jackie Stewart ... Sir Jackie has always been pissed off with Lewis he was even slagging him off in his debut season, he really does have a thing against him for what ever reason Also you missed off Rosberg off the list, he's got to be pissed off with Lewis
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learnincurve posted:The Daily Mail in particular is out for blood after the taking a selfie while riding a motorbike thing. The Daily Mail in disliking non-whites shocker
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The Daily Heil disliking someone should make anyone who isn't a petty little Middle England fascist more favourably disposed to them.
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ukle posted:Sir Jackie has always been pissed off with Lewis he was even slagging him off in his debut season, he really does have a thing against him for what ever reason Racist.
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Payndz posted:The Daily Heil disliking someone should make anyone who isn't a petty little Middle England fascist more favourably disposed to them. Middle England fascists are unpicking "Lewis" from the George cross banners and trying to work out how to spell Joylin Jollyen Joylan?? as I write.
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All the best drivers have problems with Sir Jackie because Sir Jackie don't take no poo poo (e.g. The Maldonado of his day, Senna)
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Oh man a new thread to poo poo up. Woo! Almost time for my annual "willingly sleep on the sofa weekend so I don't wake the wife and kids up" event.
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Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso will podium multiple times bless this mess of an upcoming season
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Rio Harian-whatever his name is will crash while being blue flagged After Vijay Mallya is arrested, Force India will fold by the end of 2016 Sauber will get a new title sponsor mid-season: MacLaren strollers
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The Maclaren Major Elite will continue to be loving terrible
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Ok bold predictions: Hamilton will go off the rails mid-season Haas will finish the year having had a fairly respectable first year Mclaren will put last years woes to rest and get on the podium a few times at least Kimi will not be retained for 2017 That'll do for now
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George Zimmer posted:We will all be disappointed.
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Nico doesn't win the WCD
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GramCracker posted:Nico doesn't win the WCD There is nothing bold about that.
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Notre Jacques, the only former Formula-E driver with LE BALLS to say it, says itquote:Jacques Villeneuve: Drivers afraid to race without halos should just quit http://autoweek.com/article/formula-one/jacques-villeneuve-drivers-afraid-race-without-halos-should-just-quit
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