Coulthard commentates a battle between Ricciardo and Kvyat in RB7's, while he drives behind them in an RB8: http://www.redbullracing.com/article/battle-bulls
Pretty cool, actually.
Pretty cool, actually.
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Icefire1424
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Well, let's not get into fantasy, shall we? Either way, glad to hear we're supposedly back to the old format.
Psychotext
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Something is screaming in my head that it'll get killed at the final stage.
We've just finished Qualifying Format Discussion 2. While there's a clear leader at this point, it's quite possible that when the times are reset for Qualifying Format Discussion 3, there will be a different format taking pole.
brotkasten
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Cars are faster now, so what would V8s accomplish? The fuel limitation would still be in place.
V6 are fine. I never doubted they would be fast enough soon. The fuel limitation needs to go though. Should be up to the team strategy. Wanna refuel? Fine. Wanna preserve and go to the end? Do that. (no one would though)
Psychotext
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Why on earth would you want to listen to Americans on F1? I'm sure must be some, but it wouldn't be my go to country for F1 experts.
Especially when you have people like Peter Windsor and Scarbs out there.
Especially when you have people like Peter Windsor and Scarbs out there.
What are their podcasts? I know that PW has a YT channel and that Scarbs has a blog.
:lol
Psychotext
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It was "the racers edge", and apparently it's not on any more. Oh well.
Fox Mulder
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All this stupid shit over qualifying. Something that is supposed to be so fucking basic.
Bunch of clowns.
Bunch of clowns.
brotkasten
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To the surprise of no one, Vettel is getting a new engine for China.
Ferrari was initially unsure of the cause, but post-event investigations at Maranello have attributed it to a software issue at low speed, which ultimately led to a valve failure.
"A software failure meant that a problem arose during the formation lap at low revs," a Ferrari spokesman explained to GPUpdate.net, when asked about the problem.
"[It was a] very unlikely combination of circumstances, but eventually one valve broke, so we're looking at replacing the ICE (Internal Combustion Engine) for China."
http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/337776/vettel-to-take-on-new-engine-for-china/
Ferrari was initially unsure of the cause, but post-event investigations at Maranello have attributed it to a software issue at low speed, which ultimately led to a valve failure.
"A software failure meant that a problem arose during the formation lap at low revs," a Ferrari spokesman explained to GPUpdate.net, when asked about the problem.
"[It was a] very unlikely combination of circumstances, but eventually one valve broke, so we're looking at replacing the ICE (Internal Combustion Engine) for China."
http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/337776/vettel-to-take-on-new-engine-for-china/
The promoters. Wasnt broken but they wanted to make it more exciting to sell more tickets for saturday.
If the main goal is cars-out-on-track, I wonder if it'd work to have it to restrict a softer tyre compound to just the last five minutes of each qualifying session? I'd expect that to encourage people to put in an early banker lap on the harder tyres, but also have an opportunity to improve in the closing stages - but only long enough to get one such opportunity, at a time when everyone else is in play too)
(I'm not sure that's necessarily a good idea, but I'm curious if it'd at least meet a few of the stated goals)
(I'm not sure that's necessarily a good idea, but I'm curious if it'd at least meet a few of the stated goals)
Fox Mulder
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f1 costs the tracks too much and bernie is always threatening to drop them for more money. they're asking for ways to get more bang for their buck with qualifying tickets.
The leadership structure for f1 is just a joke with changes.
It's an accent thing. I find it much easier to listen to American voices than British ones on a Podcast (I'm British).
Icefire1424
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Interestingly enough, as an American I much rather prefer listening to commentators with a non-American accent. We get Brits David Hobbs and Steve Matchett, and Austrailian Leigh Diffey on NBC Sports in the States. I really enjoy those guys.
They should just give each team one set of each type of tyre used in the race per Q session: do an aggregate of their best time per set, extend sessions to 20minutes.
-> Forces each team to seek a balance on tyres and make them all work for their car
-> Will see a minimum of 3 "timed" laps per driver in Q1, Q2 and Q3
-> Aggregate times are pretty strategical so there's not just "who has the fastest car" but also "who is the most regular"
I think that would make it interesting and if they want to add more pressure, make it so you can only do 1 timed lap with each set.
Good news though, 2015 format is certainly better than that early 2016 abomination !
-> Forces each team to seek a balance on tyres and make them all work for their car
-> Will see a minimum of 3 "timed" laps per driver in Q1, Q2 and Q3
-> Aggregate times are pretty strategical so there's not just "who has the fastest car" but also "who is the most regular"
I think that would make it interesting and if they want to add more pressure, make it so you can only do 1 timed lap with each set.
Good news though, 2015 format is certainly better than that early 2016 abomination !
Bernie will continue to pay their paychecks and travel expenses until they find a buyer, just like he did for Lotus.
Celebrimbor
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It seems that the PU problem is real, dropping 15 kph while still on full throttle.
brotkasten
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Ecclestone has now stated that a race could replace Saturday's qualifying session.
"We've been looking; basically more the qualifying than anything," Ecclestone told Sky Sports.
"Maybe having a race on the Saturday which would count instead of qualifying, for example.
"We're looking at all these things, which would be [on the agenda] for next year obviously. We've made a big enough muck up to do that for this year, so must not do that again."
Can't wait for it.
"We've been looking; basically more the qualifying than anything," Ecclestone told Sky Sports.
"Maybe having a race on the Saturday which would count instead of qualifying, for example.
"We're looking at all these things, which would be [on the agenda] for next year obviously. We've made a big enough muck up to do that for this year, so must not do that again."
Can't wait for it.
FP3 results probably. Its what the screen was displaying at the start of Q1 in Australia and Bahrain
Fairly logical idea. Never gonna happen.
Bring back something like the BMW M1 Procar Championship and it would be great!
nature boy
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Yep said that a couple of pages back, not sure why they were so hell belt on stupid variations of qualifying.
Big Takeover
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GPs aren't nearly as sprint-y as they should be, so the real danger would be Sat>Sun. In fact you could just about book it. Then they'd change Sundays, so if you like it as is, vote no on Saturday sprints.
It would cost the teams a fortune anyway, so it ain't going to happen.
Vettel's engine is toast due to electronic mapping issues that simply pushed exhaust valve into overdrive mode. (Motorsport)
No issues with our PU fo' sure
Same could be observed with other teams using 2016 Ferrari engines. Also there were reports about engine vibrations from Ferrari customer teams
No issues with our PU fo' sure
Same could be observed with other teams using 2016 Ferrari engines. Also there were reports about engine vibrations from Ferrari customer teams
Goldrusher
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Where has this desire to change the Saturday schedule come from exactly?
At the races I've been to the Saturday schedule has always been packed from 8am through to 5pm with F1, GP2, GP3, Porshe's. I've never felt particularly short changed in what I was getting, and I'm sure places like Silverstone have between 90-100k attendance on the Saturdays (I'm guessing other European tracks have similar).
At the races I've been to the Saturday schedule has always been packed from 8am through to 5pm with F1, GP2, GP3, Porshe's. I've never felt particularly short changed in what I was getting, and I'm sure places like Silverstone have between 90-100k attendance on the Saturdays (I'm guessing other European tracks have similar).
Norwegian Rudo
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If the basic idea is to scramble the grid for the GP, the reverse grid idea sounds far more likely to produce the desired result.
As for the Ferrari dropping speed at the end of straights; isn't that just the engine starting to harvest energy? You see the lights at the back start blinking for all manufacturers at a similar spot.
One thing to keep in mind; wouldn't a Saturday race raise costs significantly? I would think it would result in at least one or two extra engines per car over the season.
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