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The Formula 1 2015 Season |OT| Formula E Feeder Series
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JadedWriter
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They bitched about Renault even when they were winning cause of the difference in horsepower which barely even mattered for 90% of the tracks baring stuff like Monza, Canada and Spa. Toto should just give them an engine with 5 cylinders working and call it a day.
Goldrusher
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Monza grid penalties:
Button: 5 places
Alonso: 10 places
Kvyat: 15 places
Ricciardo: 25 places
Button: 5 places
Alonso: 10 places
Kvyat: 15 places
Ricciardo: 25 places
JadedWriter
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Does this season have the most grid penalties over the last 15 years? I'm curious.
Definitely, by miles...
Mostly because these penalties never really existed before.
Nope. There are moved X places back, and than the field is brougt together again.... so if you got a million grid places penalty, you still start 20th... and that is it...
JadedWriter
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Lol then does this season have more grid penalties than the last 15 years combined? Cause Spa or whenever Mclaren got like 50 grid penalties must do something to the stats. Granted the penalty rules are pretty stupid.
brotkasten
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And his speed will go down for another 25%
brotkasten
Member
Speaking of slow Vettel, he already gave up on the race.
"However, with Mercedes still holding a clear advantage, the German admits it would be a surprise if they didn't grab the front row of the Monza grid.
"It's obviously difficult to say what people are doing on Friday but they are very strong," he said. "They do look very, very quick.
"No surprise I would say and if they are not in front tomorrow then that would be a surprise.
"But we like surprises, so we'll do our utmost to turn things around.""
e: The FIA bans changing the helmet design. Vettel does it anyway. In a sneaky way.
Vettel, you sly bastard.
"However, with Mercedes still holding a clear advantage, the German admits it would be a surprise if they didn't grab the front row of the Monza grid.
"It's obviously difficult to say what people are doing on Friday but they are very strong," he said. "They do look very, very quick.
"No surprise I would say and if they are not in front tomorrow then that would be a surprise.
"But we like surprises, so we'll do our utmost to turn things around.""
e: The FIA bans changing the helmet design. Vettel does it anyway. In a sneaky way.
Vettel, you sly bastard.
Wax Free Vanilla
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That was the western media besmirching Arai's good name by making stuff up:
http://as-web.jp/news/info.php?c_id=1&no=67414
Magnussen says it's likely the driver lineup will remain the same at McLaren next season.
JadedWriter
Member
Dat sad unintentional ether.
JadedWriter
Member
He hopped off the Titanic right before it hit the iceberg. I was happy to see him leave after watching McLaren flush his title down the toilet like a diarrhea dump.
Surely Villeneuve is Villeneuve 2.0?
That's right. He had a left ear, a right ear, and a final front ear.
JadedWriter
Member
And to think people were saying not to leave McLaren because McLaren would be able to guarantee him a championship, now they can't even guarantee a podium with Kmag's introductory podium being the last one since he left if I'm not mistaken.
theignoramus
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Lewis looks like his douchebag stereotype with that dyed blonde hair...what.the.fuck.
But whatever.
But whatever.
I'm not the biggest fan of Lewis as a driver, but I appreciate that he just does whatever the hell he wants in terms of his personal life/style. Just keep doing whatever makes you happy Lewis!
His new hair looks super dumb, but it's also hilarious. Hope he keeps it for a while.
His new hair looks super dumb, but it's also hilarious. Hope he keeps it for a while.
theignoramus
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Lewis says hell switch it back next race weekend, thank fuck.
Ive rewatched some of Lewis' drives from 08. The exceptional driving talent was very apparent but his racecraft was piss poor. He would be leading a race by 25+ seconds and Mclaren would have to get on the radio and tell him to slow it down and take it easier on the car because the gap hed created was sufficient.
Hes more mature about that aspect of driving now, car sympathy and race management.
But what I really want is a technical breakdown of what he did to improve his qualifying performance this year because last year in Q3 he constantly was overdoing it in the braking zones..massive lockups constantly and getting soundly beaten by Nico.
Whats changed this year?
Something we now see in every race when he is leading, he will build up the gap to between 5 and 10s and then drop back to hold the 2nd place car around 2/2.5s down. You will normally hear the commentators squee with glee over how tight the racing is and how the gap is shrinking and an imminent battle... etc...etc. But each and every time it's deliberate, he just holds that 2nd place car in the dirty air and makes their tyres and aero suffer for it. He has always had immense pace and a feel for the car but now with good experience, a second WDC under the belt and free from women woes the overall race craft has really stepped up. Still the odd hot-head mistake but that will always be in his character.
Hope he visits the WEC scene in a few years.
brotkasten
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I really like how Mercedes could've used their old engine for this race, but decided to use their new engine and perhaps more unreliable engine, because they wanted a challenge.
I think that PU #2 was nearing the end of its life, they had some issues at Spa, so they had to tuned down the engine during the race
brotkasten
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brotkasten
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Ricciardo's car is dead again. Oh well.
That really looked amazing and super unsafe (but probably isn't).
That really looked amazing and super unsafe (but probably isn't).
They decided that they will use PU #3 with all the remaining token upgrades. With their advantage at engine front, they can play riskier game.
brotkasten
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That makes sense, thank you.
And to bring some old news in here, the situation at McLaren is looking worse and worse.
Apparently Santander and Johnny Walker could walk away from the team next season.
" The Daily Telegraph understands that both Johnnie Walker, the whisky brand, and Santander, the banking group, are likely to walk away from McLaren with the team languishing ninth in the constructors championship.
Johnnie Walker have been with McLaren for a decade, bringing £15 million a season. Their expected departure will be all the more galling for Ron Dennis, the McLaren chairman, given they offered at the end of 2013 to become the teams title sponsor in a £43 million-a-year deal.
Dennis turned it down because he believed the offer was too small. A Johnnie Walker spokesman said on Friday night they are in ongoing conversations with McLaren but refused to comment on speculation. Santanders £5 million yearly sponsorship is also set to end. "
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/mo...set-to-lose-20m-in-sponsorship-next-year.html
brotkasten
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Ricciardo's brand new engine is completely broken and they have to use the old one from yesterday again.
What a show.
What a show.
But fuck Red Bull for complaining about Renault.
Yep, Renault gave them the power plant for 4 in a row world championships, an engine that Horner did nothing but bitch about as it was a tiny bit down on peak power, never heard him compliment Renault on making an engine which was smaller, lighter, had better fuel economy, better lower down torque and ideal mappings for exhaust blown diffusers all we got was bitching. Then one of their key partners struggles during an era of massive rules changes and immediately we get Red Bull throwing all their toys out of the pram and does everything they can to drag Renault through the mud.
So yes, fuck them.
I'm the opposite (sort of). I'm a big fan of Lewis Hamilton the driver, but I'm thoroughly apathetic towards his personal life. I've enjoyed watching him race since his pre-F1 career.
They're not boyfriend and girlfriend. Red Bull is paying Renault money to provide them an engine.
Right now, Red Bull waste hundreds of millions of dollars on a wasted GP season thanks to Renault. But yeah, they should be oh so grateful to Renault for their amazing service.
I'm sorry, but this is a B2B relationship and there is no emotion to be had there.
Lewis is in his prime right now, he's almost untouchable. All the little racecraft niggles have neen ironed out, he's hugely confident in his own ability, and for the first time since '08 it seems like he's comfortable in his own skin.
I would be very surprised if he didn't wrap the title up this year, and fairly soon.
I would be very surprised if he didn't wrap the title up this year, and fairly soon.
Fuck Red Bull, seriously and fuck Horner.
They dominated the sport for half a decade whilst no other manufacturer could suss out how to get closer to them. They have 18 months of difficulties and they throw there toys out of the pram.
Make your own engines then. It's never there fault, they always pin the blame on Renault, and when they won it was the driving of vettel and the craft and designer brain of newey. There very quick to praise themselves and take all the plaudits but when it's the other way round there is no accountability.
They dominated the sport for half a decade whilst no other manufacturer could suss out how to get closer to them. They have 18 months of difficulties and they throw there toys out of the pram.
Make your own engines then. It's never there fault, they always pin the blame on Renault, and when they won it was the driving of vettel and the craft and designer brain of newey. There very quick to praise themselves and take all the plaudits but when it's the other way round there is no accountability.