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Kevin Sparknussen

 

[theignoramus]

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.

Teams like Marussia should have been allowed the option to run a restricted V8 rather than spend millions and millions of pounds overhauling everything for the new engine formula. F1 allowed Minardi/Torro Rosso a workaround like that in 06 when the v8s were introduced.

 

[Juicy Bob]

Juncadella's stuffed it into the wall.

 

[Aiii]

Boss calls me into a meeting right before the FP1 start, and I come back to Verstappen in third?

Of course I miss that.

 

[DD]

Juncadella's stuffed it into the wall.

Video: https://twitter.com/grandepremio/status/530707233341177856

 

[DBT85]

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.

But they get the lap back when the SC comes out already. The difference is they also get about half a kg of fuel and one less lap of very light SC speed tyre wear.

 

[Juicy Bob]

Aiii, don't panic but Max just got lost at Turn 1.

 

[Aiii]

Aiii, don't panic but Max just got lost at Turn 1.

Creative driving is Dutch drivers' forte. No road? We'll make our own.

 

[DD]

Just like Kimi, he went to check the old circuit to see if it was nice. It was, Max. It was...

 

[Goldrusher]

Kevin Sparknussen

McLaren @McLarenF1
Kev's been testing titanium skid blocks during this morning's session - hence the sparks! #FP1 #BrazilGP

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[Juicy Bob]

Kimi, Kimi, Kimi....

Spoiler

A MAN AFTER MIIIIID NIIIIIIIGHT

 

[nature boy]

LOL Sky F1 is reporting that Caterham is launching a crownfunding campaign so that they can go to Abu Dhabi.

Who's in?

 

[Aiii]

LOL Sky F1 is reporting that Caterham is launching a crownfunding campaign so that they can go the Abu Dhabi.

Who's in?

Do I get to decide who drives the car?

 

[nature boy]

Doubt it.

They're looking for over 2 million.

 

[Juicy Bob]

Fuck Wikipedia, I'm donating money to Caterham.

 

[nature boy]

https://twitter.com/RachelBrookesTV/status/530717260286283776

BREAKING: Caterham's administrators are using crowd funding to secure team's return in Abu Dhabi. Hoping to raise £2.35 million #skyf1

 

[Aiii]

Verstappen playing it smart, pretty sure skipping the chicane and taking this part down is much faster.

 

[Nyx]

Verstappen 6th?

Damn! Can't wait till the new season.

 

[nature boy]

Can't believe I agree with Will Buxton:

Frankly I find the idea of asking fans to fund a team in order to give it a better chance of being sold off, distasteful in the extreme.

They are REALLY desperate.

 

[kharma45]

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.

How much extra funding would they have got for beating Sauber and Caterham in the standings?

 

[mrklaw]

I still say lapped cars should stay in the queue. The leader loses any gap they have after a SC, giving the chasers more benefits in not having to pass the backmarkers is not for me.

I do realise it is not the prevailing opinion

I agree with you.

 

[Addnan]

The pinnacle of motorsport needs crowd funding. Fucking hell, what has this sport come to.

 

[Fisico]

How much extra funding would they have got for beating Sauber and Caterham in the standings?

If you look at this

Then it would mean around 40M$ which is huge.

 

[duckroll]

Very sad to hear about Marussia closing shop. On the other hand, Caterham's crowdfunding plan is a huge joke. Considering the lack of transparency and confusion around how they ended up in this state in the first place, begging fans for money is just gross.

 

[DD]

Sutil is at it again!

 

[Ruruja]

Verstappen playing it smart, pretty sure skipping the chicane and taking this part down is much faster.

I didn't even know that escape existed, Verstappen is a future GOAT confirmed.

 

[kharma45]

If you look at this

Then it would mean around 40M$ which is huge.

If only they could run one car at Abu Dhabi to get the money.

 

[Ark]

The pinnacle of motorsport needs crowd funding. Fucking hell, what has this sport come to.

This is the same sport that crowdfunded over $1 million for Kamui to get a decent drive.

 

[DD]

EDIT: WOW KIMI!

 

[nature boy]

Crowd funding is up:

https://www.crowdcube.com/caterham/

 

[Aiii]

I don't see why crowdfunding is worse than shady chinese "investor groups" tbh.

 

[Goldrusher]

LOL

Kimi really doesn't like the official layout of this track.

 

[muteki]

Crowd funding is up:

https://www.crowdcube.com/caterham/

dogeF1 do it.

 

[Juicy Bob]

Fernando is the hero next door

 

[Zeknurn]

Alonso is becoming a marshal for next year.

 

[duckroll]

Crowd funding is up:

https://www.crowdcube.com/caterham/

They need 2.3 million. If you add together every single limited reward at a higher cost, it'll add up to about 400k. I guess they're hoping for a lot of supporters at lower amounts!

 

[Addnan]

They need 2.3 million. If you add together every single limited reward at a higher cost, it'll add up to about 400k. I guess they're hoping for a lot of supporters at lower amounts!

or you know, their maths is probably the reason they are in trouble right now.

 

[RoKKeR]

Ferrari on fire. Alonso on fire extinguisher.

 

[Zeknurn]

Everyone is squeezing Kimi this afternoon.


Rosberg's front right tyre looks absolutely ruined. There's a massive gash in the middle all the way around.

 

[Myoclonic Jerk]

Did my part. I've put $10 for Caterham

 

[nature boy]

Rosberg's front right tyre looks absolutely ruined. There's a massive gash in the middle all the way around.

No kidding:

 

[hamchan]

Caterham things seems mega gross to me. The owners got themselves into their own financial mess, asking fans to save the team is just embarrassing.

 

[Ruruja]

Fernando is the hero next door

 

[brotkasten]

The pinnacle of motorsport needs crowd funding. Fucking hell, what has this sport come to.

As long as we don't see Doge Coin liveries or other bullshit like that, I'd say it's fine.

 

[Diablo Rosso]

As long as we don't see Doge Coin liveries or other bullshit like that, I'd say it's fine.

How is begging the fans for money better than Dogecoin?

 

[TCRS]

Ferrari on fire. Alonso on fire extinguisher.

oh ferrari

 

[brotkasten]

How is begging the fans for money better than Dogecoin?

I was just talking about the livery. And Caterham begging the fans for money is okay, because they don't have any.

 

[Chris R]

Leave the Dogecar alone guys You would totally sponsor a car for a weekend if you could do it for only $55k, don't lie

 

[Aiii]

Leave the Dogecar alone guys You would totally sponsor a car for a weekend if you could do it for only $55k, don't lie

If I had 55k I'd do a tons of fun stuff, but wasting it on a F1 sponsorship is not among them, I assure you.

 

[Chris R]

If I had 55k I'd do a tons of fun stuff, but wasting it on a F1 sponsorship is not among them, I assure you.

You wouldn't have to spend $55k yourself, just a portion of that to get a NeoGAF branded car to the grid