Adam Scott Aukerman
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That's really interesting, as it's been speculated that Bob Bell could return to Enstone to lead a(nother) Renault buyout. Perhaps his consultation is just expected to be short term though, or the speculation is bollocks.
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The Formula 1 2015 Season |OT| Formula E Feeder Series
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That's really interesting, as it's been speculated that Bob Bell could return to Enstone to lead a(nother) Renault buyout. Perhaps his consultation is just expected to be short term though, or the speculation is bollocks.
Big Takeover
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They cut out Stavelot because Jos had a flashback
I hadn't seen the Monaco one before. I didn't even know these were a thing. Let's hope they do more of them!PjotrStroganov
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Mastah
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First engine tokens were used by Ferrari and Honda:
http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/exclusive-ferrari-and-honda-use-f1-engine-tokens
Mercedes: 7
Ferrari: 7 (3 used)
Renault: 12
Honda: 7 (2 used)
http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/exclusive-ferrari-and-honda-use-f1-engine-tokens
Mercedes: 7
Ferrari: 7 (3 used)
Renault: 12
Honda: 7 (2 used)
Not sure why Renault are playing some stupid conservative game considering their performance.
They have to understand what the problem is before they can fix it.
I'm interested to see what all the teams come up with. I would like to think Ferrari/Honda have more room for quick improvements than the Mercs, but I know that hop will quick be dashed.
Renault totally forgot they were making F1 engines.
Renault totally forgot they were making F1 engines.
They're fixing both the reliability and the driveability of their engine, which doesn't require any token usage. Don't expect any Renault performance development until the latter half of this season.
Psychotext
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I wonder how much that will address being a number 2 driver.
Would that make them Spa-ing partners?
theignoramus
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I love it when these guys drive regular cars. Its then when you can appreciate that you arent on their level.
I will buy that Webber book the moment its digitally available.
RIP Shaneus
Autosprint is reporting that Ferrari will use their 3rd engine in Canada, so they will have token stuff already included and 4th one with rest of the upgrades in Monza. In the races in between and later, they are planning to use 2nd (in Hungary) and 3rd engine (Singapore), depending on track nature.
Myoclonic Jerk
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Bernie owns the FBI, sorry.
I guess Kevin Magnussen is a shadow mod on GAF, oh well.
Went to the World Series by Renault at Francorchamps, was surprised to see how agressive the 3.5 Renault's are, very nice.
Also did a large part of the old Spa circuit, insane that they used to hold F1 races on that piece of tarmac.
Went to the World Series by Renault at Francorchamps, was surprised to see how agressive the 3.5 Renault's are, very nice.
Also did a large part of the old Spa circuit, insane that they used to hold F1 races on that piece of tarmac.
That was my first thought as well. But then I remembered that Bernie already faced bribery charges... and paid them off.
JadedWriter
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With Roscoe on the cover wearing headphones at a turntable.
RukusProvider
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Foreword by Vettel.
theignoramus
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No. By Helmut Marko.
Adam Scott Aukerman
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Webber coming second in his own book? Perfect.
Quotes on the book cover.
"Not bad for a number two writer." -- Sebastian Vettel
“It seems to me that Webber has on average two paragraphs per chapter where he is readable, but he can’t maintain this form throughout the book." -- Helmut Marko
"I am very happy with Marc and this book." -- Christian Horner
"My second favorite book after The Art of War." -- Fernando Alonso
"He wrote this book." -- Kimi Räikkönen
"Starts slowly, but gets better as the book progresses" -- Someone
Business
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Cheers.
Amusing how it still looks exactly the same really, like time stood still.
Big Takeover
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My man. Did Masta Kink make your stomach churn just looking at it?
What stands out to me in the first video is the relaxed way he handles the wheel. That's a lot of confidence considering he's probably pushing that car pretty hard. In the second video, it's his eyes. He has a relaxed but focused look in his eyes the whole time. Not even through Eau Rouge and the Radillon, he looks supremely confident. I like that. And as someone else noted, I find it more impressive seeing these guys in regular cars, because the difference between me and them becomes more pronounced. PEACE.
Psychotext
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Regular cars? That thing's a rocket ship.
I only did the part after Mata Kink.
https://youtu.be/ZDuZ5GCLitA?t=4m39s
This banking at Stavelot was pretty awesome to drive on though, odd corner to be public road really!
Business
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I was foolish enough to be interested and see how he would handle manual downshifting on a 'street' car, of course I left disappointed.
Autosprint reported this first, their info apparently comes from undisclosed source near Ferrari (probably some anonymous twitter guy pretending to be engineer). Same as 30 bhp upgrade for Ferrari engine only with 3 used performance tokens, which is almost on level with Reynolds Sci-Fi novels.
massivekettle
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What about HON?
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Wax Free Vanilla
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740bhp in gimp mode, McLaren will get lapped twice... or were those two tokens spent on replacing the mgu-k so no more fuel saving gimpage?
JadedWriter
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Does this mean both will finish the race? Though it seems like they both seem to finish when they don't have a chance of scoring points.
Psychotext
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In fairness though, if they've made it more efficient it should be much faster in the race anyway. It was drinking fuel previously.
Wax Free Vanilla
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Japanese media say Honda have used tokens on the turbo.
So they put Massa and Verstappen in the press conference today for this: https://youtu.be/04NgbK95GV0