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Formula 1 2017 Season |OT| Japanese Horror Story - Sundays on Sky
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Well if the temperature in the engine is too high, then by that point it's too bloody late to save it, in the case of an F1 engine. How they could not foresee this and every other problem they've had by ditching the design from last year that they could've improved upon is beyond me.
FrankCanada97
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Who will be the first to complete a full race distance, Alonso or Stroll?
Yagami_Sama
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Honda situation is just getting worse. I might my impression, but sometimes I think that they are clueless and don't have any idea of what to do to improve their engine performance.
Maybe if McLaren start developing his own engine they might be in a better position.
Maybe if McLaren start developing his own engine they might be in a better position.
That's to be expected. The last few years we got BBC coverage here and this year we've got sky. I don't recall ever having so much coverage/time dedicated to mentioning Palmer on BBC as there is on sky though
Yeah I remember that too lol... Jaylon who? lol
They remind me on top people in company where I work
aspiegamer
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100% chance that Alonso brings up how awesome his Honda power unit is at Indy. Sigh, I was a fool 3 years ago for thinking that Honda's work with low displacement V6 turbos for IndyCar would help them make a current F1 engine.
MightBeMagic
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The Japanese are just so stubborn, its in their psyche. The didnt want to poach anyone from rival teams, even though thats what Ferarri and Renault have done in order to catch up to Merc. Problem is by the time this engine is up to par a new spec will be introuduced (2021).
PdotMichael
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Well, the joke is that Ron Dennis blocked a possible Honda deal with Red Bull.
Now Honda is stuck with just the data of one team for the near future.
Now Honda is stuck with just the data of one team for the near future.
Talking of future engine revisions, I hope they go back to NA V8s, but with all the hybrid advances they've made with these engines.
(I have no idea if that is possible, just wishful thinking of louder F1 engines)
nekkid
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Eh...I always feel like Sky's coverage of Palmer feels like an obligation.
Kinda like how the crowd at Silverstone feel the need to give him a golf clap on his installation lap.
Poor Lewis, it begins again...
4d chess, he's trying to make his rivals think that he's distracted again.
Side note, I still chuckle over the fact that Lewis' teammate was called Nico Rosberg, his on-off girlfriend was called Nicole and he has a dog called Roscoe, plus he has siblings called Nicolas and Nicola.
I mean how does that even happen.
MightBeMagic
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I dont see why they couldnt go with hybrid V8s. The issues would be if were getting 1000bhp with these tiny V6s then the V8s would be pushing 1500 and that would be too much for tyres etc.
I think they will stay with the v6 teamed with hybrid tech because thats the only reason Honda etc have rejoined F1. Road cars are going in that direction and there is a chance another manufacturer could join which would be goodfor everybody. But it will be reworked and simplified to reduce cost.
Frankfurter
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I seem to remember reading sth. about them possibly going to V4s to attract VW.
Wonder if they should have some regs requiring you to run the engine in the same mode that you did your best Q3 time in - bit like you starting in Q2 tyres. Might discourage artificial qualy modes
PdotMichael
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He will probably title his musical album I.C.O.N.
Auto BILD reports they've learned Renault wants to get Alonso.
Alonso manager and Renault boss had their first talks yesterday in Bahrain.
http://sportbild.bild.de/motorsport...alonso-zu-renault-zurueck-51308052.sport.html (German)
Alonso manager and Renault boss had their first talks yesterday in Bahrain.
http://sportbild.bild.de/motorsport...alonso-zu-renault-zurueck-51308052.sport.html (German)
I think Renault is pretty much Alonso's only option aside from staying with McLaren. Merc won't put him next to Lewis. Vettel definitely won't have him and RIC and VER are sticking with RBR and even if one of them leaves for one of the other top teams, they will be more likely to call up Sainz.
I think Renault is already showing great improvement, and they continue to recruit more top staff, it wouldn't be the worst thing I think.
Waiting for Honda to get its shit together is gonna pay off eventually, but I have been thinking that for three years now and all they do is go backwards.
I think Renault is already showing great improvement, and they continue to recruit more top staff, it wouldn't be the worst thing I think.
Waiting for Honda to get its shit together is gonna pay off eventually, but I have been thinking that for three years now and all they do is go backwards.
Well they need to get rid of Palmer somehow, and their car is on the up and up, so they could do with someone experienced in the car with Hulk, assuming he's still there next year.
Yeah according to the article they eye a possible win next season and want to compete for the WDC in 2019.
Hulk and Alonso seems to be their best possible pairing.
MightBeMagic
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I think Merc would put him next to Lewis in a heartbeat. They enquired about him when Nico buggered off. He just couldn't break his Honda contract.
I know him and Lewis had issues at McLaren, but thats was nearly 10 years ago when Lewis was a rookie. The respect between the two now is much higher. They are also a lot more mature.
I think that would be a dream pairing. Fiesty for sure. But we know Alonso is the best driver on that grid. I want to see him in the best car alongside another great of the sport. He can only do that at Mercedes.
I know him and Lewis had issues at McLaren, but thats was nearly 10 years ago when Lewis was a rookie. The respect between the two now is much higher. They are also a lot more mature.
I think that would be a dream pairing. Fiesty for sure. But we know Alonso is the best driver on that grid. I want to see him in the best car alongside another great of the sport. He can only do that at Mercedes.
).PdotMichael
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People became super villains for less.
Fucking hell, hopefully they're both ok.
The air ambulance has only just landed near the crash scene and Billy Monger hasn't been extracted from the car yet.
It doesn't look good I'm afraid.
But nobody runs in the race in their quali mode. Merc just have a better quali mode and all the cars have several.
If you want to limit it then only allow them a rain mode and a race mode. It's more stuff that fans can't see that does nothing for the show.
Jesus that's bad. Though the question has to be, why were they not getting flagged with a car stationary on track?
apparently the driver we are onboard with in the footage was still in the car 15 minutes ago.. that's almost 45 minutes now. That crash must've fucked his legs..
Mastah
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Well, it depends what you mean by not looking good. ITV reports he's concious, but still trapped in his car.
Monger's legs are probably broken from that impact, a la Schumacher when he crashed at Silverstone in 1999. That could be why he's still in the car, as I saw that crash and he was clearly moving his head around.
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