The_Hitcher89
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I used to dislike Button based on pretty much nothing, then I caught a few interviews and he seems pretty awesome.
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The Formula 1 2014 Season |OT2| Louder Than Formula E
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Adam Scott Aukerman
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They're cleaning house, not penny pinching.
How does this even happen?
Get out
Strong words from Monisha about Sutil's speech: "I don't know why he said that. We've announced our drivers, and it's not of my knowledge that we're going to have more than two cars. We've announced our drivers, and that's the way it's gonna be. I'm well aware of my situation and I know what I'm doing. We announced our drivers and anything else about it will be discussed internally."
PS: they've announced their drivers.
PS: they've announced their drivers.
Psychotext
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theignoramus
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Theres definitely a career for Jenson doing audio commentary. He guest commentated the Monaco GP back in 2005 when BAR got a multi race ban and he did really well. Very insightful and articulate.
they're her babies
Might be speaking too soon, but could Webber have forseen the exodus of older F1 drivers to WEC? The way it's shaping up with the new manufacturers, it could become infinitely more interesting than F1 in the coming years. Just need to add more dates to the calendar.
Psychotext
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A shark will attack you from wherever the fuck it feels like.
Yeah but, cmon, a Panther is just way cooler.
Reports are saying that Button and Dennis are not getting along well because the team wants to keep Magnussen instead of him alongside with Alonso just because he's cheaper, and that the only chance of him staying is if McLaren manages to get a third car on the grid. So Jenson is pissed and showed it on his interview.
theignoramus
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I thought DTM was the happy hunting ground for ex F1 drivers.
This popped up in my FB feed, something to read I guess:
Mark Webber reveals his fantasy F1 racing team line-up his choices will surprise you.
He goes on, mentions Penske as team principal (maybe we could see Webber drive for DJR Team Penske in the Aussie V8s?!?) and obviously Newey as designer.
Mark Webber reveals his fantasy F1 racing team line-up his choices will surprise you.
He goes on, mentions Penske as team principal (maybe we could see Webber drive for DJR Team Penske in the Aussie V8s?!?) and obviously Newey as designer.
Yeah...he's going to say, "Good riddance." Its called professional courtesy, and they seemed to get along well together. Still doesn't make Button less pedestrian. I've had issue with him since 2001 though, so this is a long running dislike I've had. PEACE.
Looks like the Safety car is going to get looked at at last.
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/116657
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/116657
hmm maybe you could save up fuel by using less, let yourself be lapped, and then get awarded a lap by the safety car. Then go full power for the rest of the race. Of course you still have the fuel flow limitation so I don't know if this would actually be a viable strategy (not even taking into account that the safety car timing needs to fit)...
I still think it's a better system than we have now.
The only potential downside is that all lapped cars would now end up with a little more fuel than they would otherwise.
But considering when they unlap themselves they don't run at full beans anyway, I doubt it'll be much to worry about.
This way the entire field can get re sorted in like 1 straight, and the SC can pit as soon as the carnage is cleared rather than after 10% of a race.
You can't rely on being lapped, as the cars in front might never get to you, and the fuel you'd save is going to be minimal.
But considering when they unlap themselves they don't run at full beans anyway, I doubt it'll be much to worry about.
This way the entire field can get re sorted in like 1 straight, and the SC can pit as soon as the carnage is cleared rather than after 10% of a race.
You can't rely on being lapped, as the cars in front might never get to you, and the fuel you'd save is going to be minimal.
Eh, no worse than people lucking out with the safety car back in the refueling days. It's so rare to see a competitive car get lapped anyway.
Of course luck has always been a factor when it comes to Safety Cars, but it's just that with this solution, you could end up with a driver who completes a 70-lap race on the lead lap being scored behind a driver who has physically completed only 69 laps.
Now of course you could argue, 'well they'd have done that extra lap under SC conditions, so it doesn't matter', but this is Formula 1, so I'm going to be anal about the fact that a car could get away with completing a few kilometres less than a driver he finishes ahead of.
#BelieveInMax
Palmer still thinks he's going to get a seat but I'm really not seeing where that's going to come from.
People who haven't completed the full race distance get points now.
As soon as the leader crosses the line the lap you are on becomes the last lap. So every race where the leader laps anyone from 10th and up, what happens, gets points for not finishing every lap. Lewis wasn't that far from lapping JEV at the last race.
Elvin Atombender
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There might be a problem if someone in a top car (Mercedes) has trouble in the pits or something and gets lapped, SC car comes out and they get the lap back. They might get back to a podium position without doing the full distance and have extra fuel and less tyre-wear.
Sometimes the SC comes in without waiting for the backmarkers to catch up as well.
Sometimes the SC comes in without waiting for the backmarkers to catch up as well.
Yeah, of course. But those drivers are actively scored as a lap down, whereas I'm talking about drivers who are scored as completing the race on the lead lap who haven't done all the race distance.
I appreciate this is a really sad thing for me to be arguing about
theignoramus
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Daily Telegraph's F1 journalist says Marussia employees have been made redundant, team will not be at Abu Dhabi. Chalk up a win for the new cost saving, eco friendly formula. But hey, at least Honda's coming back and Renault stuck around to give its customers the worst engine on the grid.
Daniel Johnson said:
massivekettle
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Confirmed by Sky F1.
Losing Mercedes and Renault is worse than keeping them and Honda and losing Marussia. Marussia would've gone even without the eco friendly formula.
Them only receiving 10 million from a billion dollar revenue is a bigger part of the problem.