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The Formula 1 2015 Season |OT| Formula E Feeder Series
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Somebody should, organize an independent racing series, take some Ferrari F2004s, put Alonso, Button, Barichello, Häkkinen, Villeneuve, Montoya, and fucking Heidfeld in the cockpits, and let them drive in Silverstone, Monza, Nürburgring, Imola, Spa, and Magny-Cours.
A1GP tried that. It didn't ended well.
nature boy
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Red Bull in new threat to exit F1:
Red Bull will quit F1 if it doesn't get Ferrari works parity
No Audi buy out, back to putting the pressure on Ferrari.
Red Bull will quit F1 if it doesn't get Ferrari works parity
No Audi buy out, back to putting the pressure on Ferrari.
Mercedes decision for not supplying RBR is getting more and more clear.
Ferrari should answer: will do at the double of the price or if you guys provide us all of your aerodynamic secrets.
Dunno why they keep huffing and puffing and just fucking do it. There are plenty of other motorsports where they excel and it's not like being in this crazy circus makes any sense long-term for a company like redbull.
JadedWriter
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brotkasten
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Like I said before, the biggest loss would be losing Toro Rosso and the junior program. But no one would lose sleep over the main team leaving the sport.
Wax Free Vanilla
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Suzuka tyre pressures 21.5 / 20.5, if Mercedes don't bounce back and crush the rest here Vettel will win the championship.
Psychotext
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Interesting that they're higher. Wasn't expecting that.
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LOL
Fox Mulder
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Except losing a company that's willing to dump lots of money into a team to be top tier. They invest in developing young talent, their aero has been the envy of the field, and they even bought and renovated a track. Who's another company eager to get into this F1 now that would do the same?
I dont mind redbull whining. Renault is awful and got worse this year. I guess it's tough shit that theyre a customer team that wants works status or parity in the current landscape. Two engines are shit and Ferrari holds the leverage with Mercedes refusing redbull because theyd be too good.
JadedWriter
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massivekettle
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It was pretty much a given, though.
Don't think Mercedes's issues are straightforward. Why were they dominant in Monza, then (if you believe the root of the problem to be tyre pressures)?
aspiegamer
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Weather update! The typhoon seems like it'll hold off through the weekend at least. Still a chance of rain Sunday.
Tuesday is probably okay. Current wisdom shows Wednesday as the closest pass to the south shore megalopolis. In exchange for the thing being held up for several days it's going to be more intense but should stay offshore. All still highly subject to change, of course.
fu3lfr3nzy
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Red Bull is quite demanding for a desperate company running out of options.
Marchionne should just tell them to fuck off so they can finally leave for good at the end of this season.
Looking at this chart from last year:
Thats a "$156M" that could go towards other teams should Red Bull leave the sport.
most likely the big teams will just hoard that extra money while the mid field and back marker teams continue to struggle
fake edit: McLoser getting more money than Williams last year is a goddamn travesty. It'll probably happen this year again *shrug*
Myoclonic Jerk
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Mastah
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I have a feeling Mercedes will throw this championship away and Vettel will indeed win. He's just too lucky, to walk out from Red Bull after being smashed by Dany Ric to Ferrari, where they had horrible 2014 season, but in 2015 it's a race and maybe title winning car :/
Mohonky
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Said it a couple of pages ago, no one wants to give a team like Red Bull an engine when its just too much drama. When they aren't winning their throwing their shit out of the pram, blaming everyone else and running your name through the mud.
If Red Bull do get Ferrari engines and they don't jump out the gate winning immediately, they'll have the lawyers out accusing Ferrari of B Spec engines.
If Ferrari do supply Red Bull, I give it just under half a season before the B Spec accusations start getting thrown about and a single season before Ferrari tell them to go get fucked.
Well yeh, if Merc are that off the pace again and suffering from high degradation you'd have to imagine there is something to the Merc chasis just not liking higher pressures. They had the same problem back in 2012 and 2013 where the car was quick but it just ate tyres, they weren't just slower than Red Bull and Ferrari at Singapore, they were absolutely nowhere.
brotkasten
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Stop getting my hopes up like that!
While you're making good points, none of them put them into a position where they can demand top tier a-spec engines from the competition. They simply should've looked much earlier for a replacement engine. It's bad management.
Psychotext
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I didn't think it had anything to do with tyre pressures... nor was my post anything to do with Merc. I just figured they'd set a minimum and have it the same all season. Makes sense that they wouldn't though.
it would be so glorious
If Rosberg was better and we had a situation like 2007 where Vettel has a long-shot chance at winning the championship in the last race and then pulls it off Kimi-style. Hnnng.
But alas, it'll be smooth sailing for Mercedes post-Japan.
Business
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Looking at the season stats I don't see any DNF from Perez except Hungary where he was told to retire the car.
Perez works in the same way as Star Trek films and Windows versions where every other number is a complete mess.
massivekettle
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Incredible that people here would want Vettel to win his fifth WDC in six seasons...
Psychotext
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Fine with me. He'd certainly have earned it.
This week's press conference lineup.
Thursday, September 23, 1500 hours local time (0600 hours GMT)
Valtteri Bottas (Williams)
Jenson Button (McLaren)
Nico Hulkenberg (Force India)
Will Stevens (Marussia)
Max Verstappen (Toro Rosso)
Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari)
Friday, September 24, 1600 hours local time (0700 hours GMT)
Yasuhisa Arai (Honda)
Luigi Fraboni (Ferrari)
Christian Horner (Red Bull)
Paddy Lowe (Mercedes)
Jonathan Neale (McLaren)
I'm always up for a driver in a non-dominant team winning no matter who it is.
Thursday, September 23, 1500 hours local time (0600 hours GMT)
Valtteri Bottas (Williams)
Jenson Button (McLaren)
Nico Hulkenberg (Force India)
Will Stevens (Marussia)
Max Verstappen (Toro Rosso)
Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari)
Friday, September 24, 1600 hours local time (0700 hours GMT)
Yasuhisa Arai (Honda)
Luigi Fraboni (Ferrari)
Christian Horner (Red Bull)
Paddy Lowe (Mercedes)
Jonathan Neale (McLaren)
I'm always up for a driver in a non-dominant team winning no matter who it is.
Fine with me, I think it would be his best, plus there isn't enough samurai quotes in the world of fernando
Danny Ricky retweeted this:
Someone said in Ricciardo's page that it's a normal sized tooth brush.
Meanwhile in Rio, late at night...
JadedWriter
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Here I was thinking he got reduced to dumpster diving.
Business
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A complete mess? Not really.
I need to see Ferrari and Mercedes repeat their Singapore performance two more times before I'd even being to entertain the possibility that Vettel could catch up on Hamilton, given that he is currently still 49 points behind.
There is a very real possibility that he might get Rosberg, though.
There is a very real possibility that he might get Rosberg, though.
brotkasten
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LMAO.
brotkasten
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Alonso said he's had enough of P2 finishes and only regrets his move to McLaren, if Vettel wins the WDC this season.
Yep, I'm sure he has no regrets at all after he barely gets to Q2 and retires midway through the race where he struggles to stay ahead of the Manor's with last years car and Ferrari engine.
No regrets at all.
Sure thing, Fernando...
