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[DrM]

Hammer24, any new rumors about Mercedes upgrades in German media?

 

[DBT85]

How is anything going to make the pitstops even shorter? It's 2.5 seconds for 4 wheels for goodness sake.

Too slow.

They should be able to do it without actually stopping.

 

[AndyD]

How is anything going to make the pitstops even shorter? It's 2.5 seconds for 4 wheels for goodness sake.

One approach is the hydraulic jacks in the floor to auto lift/drop the cars. Expensive though.

Also higher speed limits in pits? Shorter pit lanes (less entry/exit time).

 

[Nicktendo86]

Too slow.

They should be able to do it without actually stopping.

Give the mechanics roller skates!

 

[DrM]

Or replace them with robots,but there is chance that Mclaren would create Skynet, imagine killer robots with Ron's smile

 

[freakzilla149]

Give the mechanics roller skates!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SzWS6GHwm0

Just copy these guys. lol

 

[Draconian]

Strategy Group coming with the awesome ideas again.

Autosport

A reduction in race length? Why? The races are the perfect length now. What are we going to do, make them last only an hour?

 

[RukusProvider]

Strategy Group coming with the awesome ideas again.

Autosport

Strategy group does this:

Make sweeping changes
Add major budget restrictions
Freeze development

Result:
One team leaps aheads with other unable to catch up due to development freezes, we get a run away season.

Then they go back to the drawing board doing the SAME EXACT THING AGAIN! in an effort to create parity.

 

[Chris R]

A reduction in race length? Why? The races are the perfect length now. What are we going to do, make them last only an hour?

I think the races are longer than they need to be with zero refueling limiting the strategy the teams can run. Not by much though, maybe 10 laps or so.

 

[ConstructMe]

One approach is the hydraulic jacks in the floor to auto lift/drop the cars. Expensive though.

Also higher speed limits in pits? Shorter pit lanes (less entry/exit time).

Ffs we just lowered the limit for good reason

 

[marvelharvey]

It's amazing how crowded the pit lane was in the days of no speed limit.

 

[John_B]

A standing start after safety car? That would immediately increase the chances of needing another safety car. The drivers are like animals starting on the first lap, it would be brutal with only 5 laps to go and everyone eyeing the podium.

 

[Shaneus]

They should send all pit crews to a training school run by Webber's old crew. Or the one that fucked Danny's stop two weekends ago.

 

[Hammer24]

Hammer24, any new rumors about Mercedes upgrades in German media?

Not that I´m aware of. Guess they run a tighter ship now.

They should send all pit crews to a training school run by Webber's old crew. Or the one that fucked Danny's stop two weekends ago.

How was your nights (non-)sleep?

 

[Shaneus]

How was your nights (non-)sleep?

It was actually Malaysia I was thinking of. I missed Bahrain because I was sick. And it's a Tilke track

 

[Hammer24]

It was actually Malaysia I was thinking of. I missed Bahrain because I was sick. And it's a Tilke track

I meant reading the regs, regarding the Merc nose.

 

[Shaneus]

I meant reading the regs, regarding the Merc nose.

Oh that, yeah. I now know everything. Try me!

Spoiler

Don't try me. I didn't make it past the contents!

 

[Hasney]

EDIT: Ignore, just found out it was a lie.

 

[DBT85]

EDIT: Ignore, just found out it was a lie.

Was that about the thing that I just was and was about to post hoping it to be true?

Not seen it pop up on any proper news sites yet.

 

[Hasney]

Was that about the thing that I just was and was about to post hoping it to be true?

Not seen it pop up on any proper news sites yet.

A tweet about MSC? Then yes.

 

[Kworn]

http://www.f1today.net/en/news/schumacher-out-of-coma-and-recognising-wife

Please be true

 

[Chris R]

Please be true

Thought it was proven false earlier?

 

[DrM]

Thought it was proven false earlier?

This info is from today...

 

[Chris R]

This info is from today...

I'm pretty sure I saw from another source that it was simply a rumor started from some Spanish news source. I'll wait for an official comment from the manager to get my hopes up.

 

[Konosuke]

Just saw this in my local news. Awesome update! How soon do we expect him to talk to the public? I'm optimistic.

 

[Hasney]

Just saw this in my local news. Awesome update! How soon do we expect him to talk to the public? I'm optimistic.

His manager has said it's not true, unfortunately.

 

[DrM]

I hate three week breaks during races.

 

[Konosuke]

His manager has said it's not true, unfortunately.

Damn these stupid rumors. I instantly believed it because it was featured in the news. Damn it.

I hate three week breaks during races.

I watched "1" last night to compensate.

 

[Fox Mulder]

I hate three week breaks during races.

yeah, but I'm new to f1, so I've been watching season reviews and other stuff.

 

[Yagami_Sama]

I hate three week breaks during races.

So do I.

It is a complete anticlimax.

 

[AcridMeat]

Was away for the Chinese GP, is it worth watching? Not spoiled on the results yet.

 

[Leunam]

Look for highlights instead.

 

[Risgroo]

Was away for the Chinese GP, is it worth watching? Not spoiled on the results yet.

Wasn't that great, highlights should do.

 

[AcridMeat]

Look for highlights instead.

Wasn't that great, highlights should do.

Cool, checking 'em out now. So Alonso bounced back, what is wrong with Kimi still?

 

[Leunam]

I think he mentioned that the car isn't suited to his style.

 

[Konosuke]

Was that picture of Kimi crying real?

 

[DrM]

Not that I´m aware of. Guess they run a tighter ship now.

It would be funny to see how RBR and Ferrari are talking about boatload of new parts and in the end, gap to Mercedes would stay the same or even widen a bit (Lowe: let's get those engines on 80% )

 

[Dilly]

If Ecclestone leaves, is there any chance the contracts for tracks on the F1 calendar are going to be reasonable?

 

[frontieruk]

If Ecclestone leaves, is there any chance the contracts for tracks on the F1 calendar are going to be reasonable?

No, big business likes big money, so they'll absorb whats left from Bernies reduced cut

 

[systemfehler]

Gerhard Berger doesn't believe RedBull can catch up with Mercedes. He thinks RBR still has the best car when it comes to aerodynamics but without a miracle by Renault there is no way to beat Mercedes in the long run.

 

[Fox Mulder]

so I'm playing the F1 2013 game and noticed how the German tracks don't alternate in career mode. Codemasters has the tracks obviously, why not implement the unique changing schedule thing in career mode, or at least have Hockenheim as a playable track in the 2013 game.

 

[Shaneus]

Because Codemasters.

 

[bobnowhere]

so I'm playing the F1 2013 game and noticed how the German tracks don't alternate in career mode. Codemasters has the tracks obviously, why not implement the unique changing schedule thing in career mode, or at least have Hockenheim as a playable track in the 2013 game.

I suspect the contract from the FIA for this game is for 2013 only, they have to make sure you buy yearly installments.

 

[Hammer24]

The thinking at Merc is, if they can win Barcelona with 20+ secs, they got the season in the bag. Many teams would start shifting serious resources to next years cars.
Area with biggest room for improvements right now: getting the RPM´s up, closer to the limit.

 

[Juicy Bob]

I suspect the contract from the FIA for this game is for 2013 only, they have to make sure you buy yearly installments.

Yep. The FOM license is notoriously restrictive. I have no doubt that Codemasters would love to do a lot of things that would enhance their career mode, like driver moves and calendar changes, but they just aren't allowed.

However, they can certainly be blamed for a lot of issues with their games...

 

[marvelharvey]

Looks like the UK won't be paying its debt of as quickly as it'd hoped.

Ecclestone has avoided a potential £1.2bn tax bill as a result of a secret deal with HMRC.

 

[Shaneus]

The thinking at Merc is, if they can win Barcelona with 20+ secs, they got the season in the bag. Many teams would start shifting serious resources to next years cars.
Area with biggest room for improvements right now: getting the RPM´s up, closer to the limit.

Could one of those teams shifting focus be Merc as well?

Also, with the split turbo or whatever it was in the Merc engine providing the lion's share of the extra power, is it fair to say that Renault will go down that path and the power difference will be negligible (if any)?

 

[Hammer24]

Could one of those teams shifting focus be Merc as well?

Nope. They want this year so badly, there will be no (serious) shifting before this thing is securely in the bag.

Also, with the split turbo or whatever it was in the Merc engine providing the lion's share of the extra power, is it fair to say that Renault will go down that path and the power difference will be negligible (if any)?

As usual, the pursuers will try to copy the leader. The question is, if that´ll be possible in the allotted time space. Splitting the turbo, thus mitigating the temp problems, would also mean you have to build your car around an engine of different size specs.
What do you think: is REN already able to give the teams these specs for next years cars?

 

[Wax Free Vanilla]

Senna: The Last Teammate

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFUZuMBPq9o

 

[DrM]

Plus engines are freezed for the reminder of the season, so every major tweaks (ie. different turbo sizes, component placement) should wait till next year.