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The Formula 1 2015 Season |OT| Formula E Feeder Series
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1. Mercedes - I like the silver/black combo, and even the mint is ok. hatersgonnahate.gif comeatmebruh.gif
2. Ferrari - Classic red with nice white/black accents.
3. Lotus - Simple and elegant.
4. Red Bull - Colorful but still balanced.
5. Toro Rosso - Not a big fan of gold and the darker blue, but nice pattern.
6. Williams - Generally nice, but I am not a huge fan of white.
7. McLaren - Terrible red accents, especially on the nose. Could have been much better.
8. Force India - Don't like the accent color of the Indian flag.
9. Manor - Shitty colors with no concept.
10. Sauber - Why...
2. Ferrari - Classic red with nice white/black accents.
3. Lotus - Simple and elegant.
4. Red Bull - Colorful but still balanced.
5. Toro Rosso - Not a big fan of gold and the darker blue, but nice pattern.
6. Williams - Generally nice, but I am not a huge fan of white.
7. McLaren - Terrible red accents, especially on the nose. Could have been much better.
8. Force India - Don't like the accent color of the Indian flag.
9. Manor - Shitty colors with no concept.
10. Sauber - Why...
aspiegamer
Member
Lewis spotted being a douche with random floozies at posh NYC fashion event VIP circlejerk. I think I like him this way. It's at least a personality and not a corporate tool, and so long as he keeps winning and making fans happy Mercedes is really in no position to tell him to tone it down. Also, his hair finally almost looks okay.
Souldestroyer Reborn
Banned
For me:
1 - Williams
2 - Mercedes
3 - Force India
4 - Ferrari
5 - Red Bull
6 - Toro Rosso
7 - Scrapheap (Guess ?)
8 - Lotus
What the fuck is this shit tier - Manor/Sauber
1 - Williams
2 - Mercedes
3 - Force India
4 - Ferrari
5 - Red Bull
6 - Toro Rosso
7 - Scrapheap (Guess ?)
8 - Lotus
What the fuck is this shit tier - Manor/Sauber
LicenceToK1ll
Member
Sky made a nice montage of Wonderboy 'stappen's best overtakes:
http://www.skysports.com/f1/news/31...en-max-attacks-verstappens-top-2015-overtakes
http://www.skysports.com/f1/news/31...en-max-attacks-verstappens-top-2015-overtakes
Lovely video. The move on Nasr at Spa remains the best one he did this year.
Oooh, a liveries discussion! Some of my favourite actual and concept ones:
Toro Rosso STR7 (2012):
Royal blue, gold pinstriping and just the right amount of red. Probably my favourite of the most recent liveries.
Toro Rosso concept:
Breaks my heart they never thought to use this.
Jaguar R4 (2003):
Hngh.
Williams FW36 (2014):
Second-best of the recent liveries IMO. Everything should have Martini branding.
Toro Rosso STR7 (2012):
Royal blue, gold pinstriping and just the right amount of red. Probably my favourite of the most recent liveries.
Toro Rosso concept:
Breaks my heart they never thought to use this.
Jaguar R4 (2003):
Hngh.
Williams FW36 (2014):
Second-best of the recent liveries IMO. Everything should have Martini branding.
Psychotext
Member
I've actually touched that Jag, and yeah, it's very pretty.
Closest I've been to an F1 car was Jos Verstappen's Arrows car in the Lost Boys office.
Mohonky
Member
So Red Bull are continuing with Renault, but they have co-designed the unit and finally agreed on ownership of the design and components with Red Bull supplying the entire design and make of the ERS.
Looks like Red Bull won't have anyone to blame if they power unit isn't up to scratch since they were involved in designing it now.
Looks like Red Bull won't have anyone to blame if they power unit isn't up to scratch since they were involved in designing it now.
marvelharvey
Member
Is there a dedicated Formula-e thread? Can't seem to find one.
You're in it.
It's the happy part of this thread.
Bonus, the single best F1 Livery ever used:
1998 Jordan GP.
The yellow/black Jordans were great to look at. I've sat in a '97 snake Jordan. Sadly didn't get to drive it, I was like 12
Looking at those old liveries from Jordan, Jaguar, or that Arrows... those were liveries you could actually tell apart on the grid. Nowadays the only cars that REALLY stand out are the Ferraris and Red Bull branded teams, and maybe the McLarens (though not in a positive sense)
marvelharvey
Member
Thanks guys!
Business
Member
A few of my favorite liveries.
Ah the sky blue march livery is one of my earliest memories of F1. As a kid that could barely name one driver in the race I loved the blue cars really standing out in the middle of the field.
Guys, check this: https://twitter.com/F1_Images/status/662585154658025472
brotkasten
Member
Since we're still talking about liveries.
I really, really wish Mercedes hadn't messed with the engine cover.
It actually looked good at the start of the season.
Clear and distinctive lines.
Then they messed with it sometimes in the middle of the season and now is just more of this messy airbrush shit.
I disagree, but either way, it's a shame that we'll never find out.
I really, really wish Mercedes hadn't messed with the engine cover.
It actually looked good at the start of the season.
Clear and distinctive lines.
Then they messed with it sometimes in the middle of the season and now is just more of this messy airbrush shit.
It would look cool even with silver ones, IMHO.
I disagree, but either way, it's a shame that we'll never find out.
brotkasten
Member
Ricciardo is not a fan of Interlagos, huh.
"You have to take it corner-by-corner and concentrate on the one you're in. There's not many that you string together. There's not many corners full stop.
"Brazil's a wonderful grand prix with a great atmosphere in an exciting city but the track doesn't really do it for me.
"There's just not a corner that gives you any real satisfaction. I don't want to make it sound dull, because it isn't, but like Russia, there isn't a corner that makes you go "Woooo-Hoooo!"
"It needs a few more corners and something really high speed. There's a couple that look good on paper but because of the cambers, you never really have the grip to go barrelling in."
"You have to take it corner-by-corner and concentrate on the one you're in. There's not many that you string together. There's not many corners full stop.
"Brazil's a wonderful grand prix with a great atmosphere in an exciting city but the track doesn't really do it for me.
"There's just not a corner that gives you any real satisfaction. I don't want to make it sound dull, because it isn't, but like Russia, there isn't a corner that makes you go "Woooo-Hoooo!"
"It needs a few more corners and something really high speed. There's a couple that look good on paper but because of the cambers, you never really have the grip to go barrelling in."
Since we're still talking about liveries.
I really, really wish Mercedes hadn't messed with the engine cover.
It actually looked good at the start of the season.
Clear and distinctive lines.
Then they messed with it sometimes in the middle of the season and now is just more of this messy airbrush shit.
Yeah, more solid colors. Off with this airbrush crap! :3
Any Photoshop guru around?
It's Ok, nobody is perfect.
LOL
PdotMichael
Banned
Ricciardo is a wood girl?
I agree. Time for that shit track to make way for the ISIS Grand Prix next year.
Wtf Ricky
Trulli please...
"Trulli to miss another Formula E round after cars fail scrutineering "
http://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2015/november/trulli-to-miss-putrajaya-eprix.aspx
http://www.gpupdate.net/en/autosport-news/332555/trulli-misses-further-formula-e-round/
"Trulli to miss another Formula E round after cars fail scrutineering "
http://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2015/november/trulli-to-miss-putrajaya-eprix.aspx
http://www.gpupdate.net/en/autosport-news/332555/trulli-misses-further-formula-e-round/
Comparing a circuit designed by Herman Tilke to a track partially designed by Ayrton Senna is kind of sad, really. But who am I to disagree to a Formula 1 driver? But at least on computer sims (I'm not comparing videogames with real life!), you really have to to think ahead on Senna's 'S', where if you miss the entry, you'll obviously lose time on the second leg of it and also at the 'Curva do Sol', that leads to a straight. Later there's the "Ferradura' leading to 'Laranjinha', a blind corner, very hard to do it flat out (maybe not so hard for a Neway designed car
). Later you have the 'Bico do Pato' turn, one of the few overtaking points that is not preceded by a straight, and at the end of the lap you have the 'Curva da Junção' that demand a very precise take because it leads to the longest flat out stretch of the entire season, so you'll lose a lot of time and can be overtaken if you don't do it right.Yeah, I love Interlagos. Too bad it doesn't have the Jacarepaguá vistas.
Psychotext
Member
Sounds like it might be a bit too much on the technical style for him, rather than balls out "feel".
brotkasten
Member
Haas revealed that talks with Grosjean led to a deal being agreed at the Italian Grand Prix, after discussions with another driver ended unsuccessfully.
"It was in Monza," Haas explained. "Before that we had talked to another driver I don't want to mention his name who in the end, after talking to each other for a month, decided to stay where he was.
"That was acceptable. I didn't have a problem with that because every start-up team is high risk. Romain saw what we are doing, and obviously Lotus was having its little issues so he decided, 'I might as well do this!'"
Do we know who he's talking about? Who else was rumored for the Haas seat? Hulkenberg?
"It was in Monza," Haas explained. "Before that we had talked to another driver I don't want to mention his name who in the end, after talking to each other for a month, decided to stay where he was.
"That was acceptable. I didn't have a problem with that because every start-up team is high risk. Romain saw what we are doing, and obviously Lotus was having its little issues so he decided, 'I might as well do this!'"
Do we know who he's talking about? Who else was rumored for the Haas seat? Hulkenberg?
In my head it's the opposite, honestly. Old tracks like Monza, Suzuka, Spa, Interlagos, Silverstone and Montreal are more on the balls out side, whilst modern tracks are more technical (hence boring).
Magnussen?
Psychotext
Member
I was reading a piece about the differences on the teams in Formula E. It seems that Piquet Jr. will probably stay out of the race for the title this year. It's been said that Renault invested a lot of money on e.Dams, coming with a single engine (instead of the two planed) with a very light carbon fiber gearbox with two gears (one for the race start coming from 0 Km/h and the other for the rest of the race), while China came with a two engined car (which means it is heavier) with a single gear. So e.Dams has a lighter car (only Audi Abt has a car as light) with optimal power usage. Virgin is also very heavy, so Vergne and Bird might be in trouble too.
PdotMichael
Banned
"You have to take it corner-by-corner and concentrate on the one you're in. There's not many that you string together. There's not many corners full stop.
That sounds like coners how they were designed on older tracks though. Fluid high speed corners are more a thing of modern tracks.
darkinstinct
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darkinstinct
...lacks reading comprehension.
Elvin Atombender
Member
He did, really! Interlagos was a very different beast than it is today:
Then they sent the race to Rio de Janeiro in the eighties, but by the end of that decade, it was decided to bring it back to Interlagos, after some big reformations.
This was the first design proposed by Chico Rosa, delivered to Bernie Ecclestone:
But then Senna appears and decide to design the first 'S', and that changed the whole project, leaving out almost half of the old circuit.
Now it's one of the shortest circuits of the calendar. Some people resent that until today.
Kölsch Bloot
Member
How reliable is TJ13? Never heared of him before and really want that engine project to be true
Big Takeover
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You can see from satellite shots that all of the the original tarmac is still there. Anytime they want to bring it back to life, they have my blessing
It would be anything, but boring.Hmm, a former Formula 1 driver that says that he doesn't intend to quit his current winning environment is Piquet Jr.
It is, but many parts of it is used for other stuff like grandstands and even a court. Is it possible to bring it back? Well, money can do it, but I honestly can't see it happening.You can see from satellite shots that all of the the original tarmac is still there. Anytime they want to bring it back to life, they have my blessing
Some high speed corners very close to the walls at the limits of the circuit, etc.EDIT: Kimi escaped to one of these old parts of the track few years ago, lol.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkKli_aWi2g
Big Takeover
Member
It is, but many parts of it is used for other stuff like grandstands and even a court. Is it possible to bring it back? Well, money can do it, but I honestly can't see it happening.
EDIT: Kimi escaped to one of these old parts of the track few years ago, lol.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkKli_aWi2g
Oh, they'd never do it of course. I mean T1a and 1b are like half an oval (I think they were modeled after T3 & 4 at Indy). They both be very sketchy 195mph corners in a modern car. No run off. Charlie would faint on first site. Tilke would demand three separate chicanes be put in.
It's comforting to me that it's still there though. That it's not completely lost, and hey, you never know.
Big Takeover
Member
PdotMichael
Banned
You can see from satellite shots that all of the the original tarmac is still there. Anytime they want to bring it back to life, they have my blessing
Good, that it didn't get the Hockenheim treatment :/
I miss you my friend: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8YQHDwUKik
Big Takeover
Member
Indeed.
That '97 race is one of my favorites.
Berger returned to his up-to-that-point disappointing Benetton after six weeks of being sick, as well as his father being killed in a plane crash, and being told he was out of the team for '98.
Boom, pole/win/fastest lap. Mic drop.