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The Formula 1 2014 Season |OT| Who Will Win? Nobody Nose
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Psychotext
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It's funny, they pixelate that bit, but not the bit that full on shows her panties from behind. 
Psychotext
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Just let the poor bastard stay retired. He earned it.
Eh Singapore is nice enough now that they somewhat fixed the chicane. Could be better, but it isn't TERRIBLE like other tracks coming up might be.
It isn't terrible. I guess I was more just saying Monza and Suzuka are in a different league.
Goldrusher
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More build-up photos here:
http://www.formule1.nl/media-library/images/grand-prix-van-italie-2014-voorbereiding/
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http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2014/09/04/2014-italian-grand-prix-build-pictures/
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http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-photos/10033/2014-italian-formula-1-grand-prix/
http://motorsportstalk.nbcsports.co...i-visits-monza-for-the-first-time-since-1983/
http://www.formule1.nl/media-library/images/grand-prix-van-italie-2014-voorbereiding/
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http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2014/09/04/2014-italian-grand-prix-build-pictures/
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http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-photos/10033/2014-italian-formula-1-grand-prix/
http://motorsportstalk.nbcsports.co...i-visits-monza-for-the-first-time-since-1983/
Big Takeover
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I don't think anyone has more connections than Mario. Everyone knows him, and he knows everyone.
Also JPM is back in the house, apparently the guest of Frank whom he's remained pretty close with.
Also JPM is back in the house, apparently the guest of Frank whom he's remained pretty close with.
It's a passive aggressive strategy to get both drivers to behave. The last thing they want is a new driver dynamic. We'll see if it works.
theignoramus
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Dude is only 38 and he already has extremely visible grey spots. Wish he had more racecraft in his prime, the man had pretty awesome raw speed and a big set of balls when it came to overtaking. He should have walked away from F1 with at least 1 world championship.
You guys saw the RIC interview? Very nice.
I thought for a moment that this was about Andretti, and wondering how the hell he became world champion at age four.
zomgbbqftw
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Hamilton looking good. This is where he loses out though, of he was at a rival team Rosberg wouldn't get a look at this data and would be working from his own relatively poor position rather than being gifted the lap data that gives him 7 tenths.
Careful youngster. Some of us had had the luck to have distinguished features from a rather younger age.
Sky did a great interview with Montoya where he was very candid about how he became disillusioned with F1 thanks to McLaren's politics. Watch here.
brotkasten
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I really wish he would've just switched teams.
He was too old by then. The pressure of young talents coming into F1 is not to be underestimated.
Wax Free Vanilla
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So with Hammy visiting Ferrari, him and Mercedes ceasing contract negotiations, Wolff saying they could change driver lineup and now Brawn rejoining Ferrari means Hammy is going to Ferrari next year.
Kimi into retirement.
Psychotext
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Careful youngster. Some of us had had the luck to have distinguished features from a rather younger age.
Yup. I've got more grey than brown now and I'm not 38 yet.
zomgbbqftw
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Just like Nico with his secret Whatsapp messages I think Lewis needs to be smart and sandbag in FP1/2, show some pace in FP3 and go all out in qualifying so it's too late for Nico to copy anything.
As it stands it is a one way deal, Lewis is faster, he is better on tyres and he is better on fuel consumption, the data only flows from Lewis to Nico and that isn't because Nico's garage are hiding anything, it's because there is nothing to hide. This sharing of data only benefits one side of the team. There hasn't been a clear cut case where Nico has been faster and Lewis has had to break out his lap data to get answers on why, a couple of corners sure, but nothing like Malaysia or even Montreal. where from being 2 tenths down in P1/2 and 5 tenths in P3, Rosberg magically caught up in qualifying.
Because of Mercedes team policy they are biased towards the slower driver, so it's probably not so much that they want Rosberg to win (though Toto saying they may need to change the driver line up and having already signed Rosberg on a long term deal is worrying) but for the faster driver not to build up too big an advantage. Whether that faster driver is Lewis or Alonso wouldn't make a difference and if the slower driver was Button or Massa I don't think that would make a difference either.
What it does mean though is if Lewis leaves or is forced out by Toto, Mercedes may struggle to sign a super quick driver having seen how the slower driver benefits with no gain for the faster one.
As it stands it is a one way deal, Lewis is faster, he is better on tyres and he is better on fuel consumption, the data only flows from Lewis to Nico and that isn't because Nico's garage are hiding anything, it's because there is nothing to hide. This sharing of data only benefits one side of the team. There hasn't been a clear cut case where Nico has been faster and Lewis has had to break out his lap data to get answers on why, a couple of corners sure, but nothing like Malaysia or even Montreal. where from being 2 tenths down in P1/2 and 5 tenths in P3, Rosberg magically caught up in qualifying.
Because of Mercedes team policy they are biased towards the slower driver, so it's probably not so much that they want Rosberg to win (though Toto saying they may need to change the driver line up and having already signed Rosberg on a long term deal is worrying) but for the faster driver not to build up too big an advantage. Whether that faster driver is Lewis or Alonso wouldn't make a difference and if the slower driver was Button or Massa I don't think that would make a difference either.
What it does mean though is if Lewis leaves or is forced out by Toto, Mercedes may struggle to sign a super quick driver having seen how the slower driver benefits with no gain for the faster one.
Getting grey (31 this month) and bald right now, so yeah, hardly anything to write home about.
Know a guy that was fully bald at 18 and my own brother was fully grey at 25.
nature boy
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Looks like Lewis is going to miss most of FP2.
LicenceToK1ll
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Mercedes using the Hungary engine with fire damage at the most engine demanding track.
Ofcourse it wont start now, this is hilariously bad.
Ofcourse it wont start now, this is hilariously bad.
Mercedes using the Hungary engine with fire damage at the most engine demanding track.
Ofcourse it wont start now, this is hilariously bad.
For practice. I don't doubt there will be a fresh one in there by tomorrow.
Engine count is tough, teams have got to be frugal or face grid penalties.
I've had grey strands since my late 20's, and it's been spreading ever since, although I'm still largely brown at 34. I do, however, have a very thick head of hair, so there's no baldness (Dad is much the same - went grey fairly young, although that was possibly linked to a thyroid operation, and still has a full head of white hair even now he's the far side of 60. Makes it very easy to pick him out of a crowd!)
nature boy
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Holy crap is that Lotus a dog.
Fox Mulder
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why should Mercedes care about grid penalties for going over the count though. Hamilton has stormed from the back multiple times now.
Every year there are rumors about RB returning to Maranello around Monza race...
Heh, I'm sure they'd prefer him to get on the front rather than get mixed up in midfield at the start where there could be incidents.
This is Monza though, you'd be hard pressed to overtake half or more of the grid on this track.
And not only that, you burn an engine just for practice and then you're on the edge for yet more penalties at other races like Singapore.
Elvin Atombender
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You can't really compare him to Merhi in FP1.
During the first stint Ericsson was faster.
Then they put a different rear wing on Ericsson's car. I don't know if he had the new floor that Lotterer had at Spa on as well but if you have a recording of FP1 I suggest you look at the slo-mo showing Ericsson at about 16 minutes left of the session. I can't remember seeing an F1-car "wobble" like that so something obviously wasn't working.
His front-tires was gone after just a few laps so he didn't run any more.
I'm not saying he is a fantastic driver compared to others but you can't just look at the quickest FP-times and draw conclusions.
yeah, that would be small step into right direction... but Ferrari still needs major staff reshuffle with a lot of new blood (Ross wouldn't be enough) to reboot the F1 program.
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