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The Formula 1 Off-Season |OT| Haas to get better, right?
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QED.
The fellas over at wtf1 managed to get a video of what Maldonado sees when he races.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFSC9_O1H-w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFSC9_O1H-w
Fox Mulder
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Not if you're honest with yourself. Merc has this formula on lock down. They will rout the field again next year. Maybe 2017.
Still better than a Tilke track.
brotkasten
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The dream is dead, surprising no one.
brotkasten
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DC is confirmed for the Channel 4 live coverage.
ReadingRambo
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Their sponsor is John Cage.
Not a reference I expected to see.
That's fantastic haha
Phew. Any news on anyone else coming across? DC is the main one for me
brotkasten
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Ferrari announced an event with a countdown clock and all.
http://readysetred.ferrari.com/
Too soon to unveil the 2016 car?
http://readysetred.ferrari.com/
Too soon to unveil the 2016 car?
I would think it is too early, especially since they said they got a late start on the 2016 car (could be sandbagging though).
brotkasten
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That's what I was thinking. We usually get the reveals at the end of January, but the countdown is clearly F1 related. Very weird.
Who does McLaren still have as sponsors? Probably one of them leaving for Ferrari.
brotkasten
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I found this in an article from 4 days ago.
Reports on Thursday suggested the new Ferrari would be launched online on either February 19 or 20 ahead of the start of pre-season testing in Barcelona on February 22. However, Ferrari denies it has set a date to unveil the new car and says it will make an announcement when it finalises its plans.
"The launch date and format will be made public in due time," a Ferrari spokesman told F1i. "What you may have heard so far is plain speculation."
Still weird, but I guess if they'd really launch the car at that date, they would've already told so.
A new sponsor makes sense or the launch of their new social media campaign, as a follow-up to the #RedSeason they had last year.
More rules tug-of-war: http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/a...-abandon-planned-2017-downforce-gains-667404/
This combined with the rumour that Ferrari and Mercedes will agree to a 12m power unit cost cap effectively killing the independent power unit means dire times ahead.
Congratulations Hamilton on your 7 championships.
JadedWriter
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Watch them name it the F-16 and get sued by Lockheed.
Kevin Magnussen in talks to drive for new-look Renault team - and could replace Pastor Maldonado next season
While it would hurt me to see Maldonado go, I have to admit that I would rather see Magnussen get a drive.
While it would hurt me to see Maldonado go, I have to admit that I would rather see Magnussen get a drive.
Fox Mulder
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He at least won a race, better than some will ever do.
I know of plenty good drivers that never won a race, sure.
But in F1, just being a good driver is only half of the sum of winning.
This reminded of one of the races I got to watch at the circuit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_European_Grand_Prix
Best GP.
JadedWriter
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Yeah and when he won Senna's ghost set their garage on fire.
theignoramus
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That doesn't mitigate his many unforced errors and instances of reckless behavior.
Psychotext
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Was also the day of my wedding. Something odd going on in the universe on the 13th May 2012.
SictorVullivan
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I for one would be very happy to see Magnussen in place of Maldonado.
theignoramus
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So would I.
you're not alone buddy
JadedWriter
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Everybody would, Pastor can play Burnout Takedown at home by himself.
And in case you were worried that the Paris track wouldn't be a Formula E track.
http://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2016/january/formula-e-ready-to-electrify-the-city-of-light.aspx
http://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2016/january/formula-e-ready-to-electrify-the-city-of-light.aspx
Me too. I mean, Maldonado does have a way of making races less boring with his recklessness, but I'd rather see Magnussen get another shot than have Maldonado continue his role as a mobile hazard.
NM. was thinking of the trocadero
xrnzaaas
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And in case you were worried that the Paris track wouldn't be a Formula E track.
http://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2016/january/formula-e-ready-to-electrify-the-city-of-light.aspx
That's a weird looking pitlane. Any photos of that area?
Unfortunately, most photos are of the big, interesting building up front!
Still, I think this one keeps the pitlane in view, up at the back, there:
Edit: This is better:
brotkasten
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Remember when someone brought up blue shells in F1? That's what Maldonado is.
xrnzaaas
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Yeah it wouldn't work in an F1 race but since Formula E has long mandatory stops it could work. Very nice idea for the track and I'm surprised they may be allowed to race there.
I wonder if Bernie ever approached a driver with some cash and asked him to torpedo off a dominant driver.
xrnzaaas
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Here in Poland F1 disappeared from free tv 2 seasons ago and now it's only on premium sports channels (no one knows for how long). This was big news, because it was on tv since the 90s. It was also very popular when Robert Kubica was racing, but after he had to leave F1 the viewership numbers quickly declined to abysmal levels.
Slovenia.
I don't think F1 has ever been on free TV here in the US (outside the few GP's NBC shows on NBC instead of NBCSN). Fox used to show a couple when SPEED had the coverage as well but it's never been on free TV as far as I know. It's also not nearly as popular here as it is in Europe though.
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