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The Formula 1 2015 Season |OT| Formula E Feeder Series
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Very clean lap from Hammer. None of the crazy lock-ups he had last season.
I hope Verstappen isn't pressured too badly by the people around him. If he has the talent it will show in time. He doesn't need to be doing extraordinary things at this point.
Shocking McLaren performance. The car looked pretty stable though. I expect them back when they fix the power.
I hope Verstappen isn't pressured too badly by the people around him. If he has the talent it will show in time. He doesn't need to be doing extraordinary things at this point.
Shocking McLaren performance. The car looked pretty stable though. I expect them back when they fix the power.
Whoa. Did Bernie die?
Next you're going to tell me Bernie has a twitter account.
Elvin Atombender
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I think Honda regrets that they didn't offer one of the backmarker teams cheap engines so they could get more data and experience.
Jezbollah
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Ron Dennis is also Chairman and majority owner of the McLaren Technology Group. Yes, the team principle would have accepted the decision from above, but in this case, the person who made the main decision to switch engine supplier is that same person.
I thought Boullier had that position? If it's Ron Dennis then yeah, agree on all points.
nature boy
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Malaysia is going to be great then.
The Ron Dennis interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqY1WqRH65Q
Pretty downbeat.
Jezbollah
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Boullier's official position is that of "Racing Director"
nature boy
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Honda not that far behind in top speed:
^^
Look how low Mercedes is sitting
They will have a nice BBQ party in the garage in Malaysia lol
Look how low Mercedes is sitting
They will have a nice BBQ party in the garage in Malaysia lol
I think his Q1 performance shows that he doesn't have too much trouble with pressure. Sure he made a mistake in his fast lap in Q2, but even decade-long experienced drivers make mistakes sometimes.
All in all, the midfield is insanely close, if you look at the Q1 times, there's only .7 between place 3 and 13.
Honda not that far behind in top speed:
Lol.
nature boy
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Back pain, checked by the FIA doctors.
Wolff?
Nobody, one one Williams would be in the race
Opus Angelorum
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What on earth McClaren, all that money and expertise...
Giedo van der Garde, of course.
brotkasten
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McLaren wouldn't look so bad if Marussia and Caterham were still there. They did turn a McLaren into a Civic, though.
nature boy
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Look like Lewis is in good spirits:
Joking aside, nobody could step in if needed. Any replacement driver would have needed to have driven during practice or qualifying sessions :/
Well, there's two drivers at McLaren that will have nothing to do in the race. Perhaps they should ask them?
Even Renault weren't this bad a year ago. The year delay and limited testing has nothing to do with the McLaren Honda being a shitbox.
Couple things, don´t know what´s been covered yet:
- Peter Sauber flew in to see what can be salvaged of the situation
- Lauda called her "a icecold bitch"
- HUL said he´s not surprised that situation has arisen - "I´ve been there, so I know what that team is like"
- ROS with break temp/tyre pressure problems, he´s always only getting one of the two working
- Manor software problems: seems like they do have a working software, but are not allowed to use it for "security concerns", they´d need an updated version, hope to race in Malaysia
- Peter Sauber flew in to see what can be salvaged of the situation
- Lauda called her "a icecold bitch"
- HUL said he´s not surprised that situation has arisen - "I´ve been there, so I know what that team is like"
- ROS with break temp/tyre pressure problems, he´s always only getting one of the two working
- Manor software problems: seems like they do have a working software, but are not allowed to use it for "security concerns", they´d need an updated version, hope to race in Malaysia
Interesting! I was under the impression, those "security concerns" were raised by the FIA. If not, there are only two remaining possibilities: either they are real, and have been raised by someone else (PU manufacturer? SW manufacturer); or its a complete smoke screen.
Is this the first race he's done? There's usually a settling in period, but he just seems to get it.
This is the biggest news of the season. Woah.
Great result from qualy. It's really nice to see Ferrari up there fighting with Williams, and the gap from Rosberg to Hamilton. Wow.
It's also nice to seemingly see Rosberg and Hamilton on better terms, at least publicly, than they were last year. Congratulating each other outside of the car and in the press conference, etc.
He was great during the whole thing. Although I did learn his favourite word is "ding dong", much like how Brundle doesn't have another word for "dividends", except it's more hilarious.
brotkasten
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Mohonky
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I wonder if those brake balance settings are preprogrammed in there, like he dials it in the numbers he works out from practice with fine tuning, then they are left in the system so he just presses a button and cycles through them as he goes round the track. I cant imagine having to dial in the number every couple of corners every lap; thats a lot of work to do when you're trying to consider everything else.
I think that they have several possible brake ratio settings that they can access on the fly...
also very interesting wheel/display setting at Williams - they have screen mounted on chassis and not on the wheel