Jezbollah
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Given that they've just announced the LMP2 program, I would suggest they have more funds than people expect.
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Given that they've just announced the LMP2 program, I would suggest they have more funds than people expect.
Graphics Horse
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F1 looks too dangerous.
Should be a hairpin right where it joins the roundabout then go around in a semi circle & out onto the opposite lane.
Nice! Would love to see Rossi in the other seat, but I'm expecting Haryanto.
IIRC the LMP2 team has nothing to do with the F1 team. Kinda like Lotus (Renault) and Lotus (Caterham) a few years ago.
Aaaand it looks like Flavio's had plastic surgery https://www.instagram.com/p/BBa-Pgos7V9/
Graphics Horse
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Shhh
While you're at it, don't forget to pave every patch of dirt or grass that looks like it might punish a driver for their mistakes.
JadedWriter
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I knew Wehrlein was going to make it Manor, I hope he does well.
brotkasten
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It does look like he was part of the engine deal with Mercedes.
JadedWriter
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Yeah that's pretty much what I suspected was going to happen the moment they announced the engine deal.
Hope they advertise this well and it gets good numbers. Really good opportunity to prove the value of streaming as a viable alternative to relying on the traditional broadcasters, who don't really seem to care.
ITV have the snooker? Since when?
Formula e would have a pitlane to change cars.
Psychotext
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Looks like Ferrari have gone to town on their engine: http://www.formula1.com/content/fom...-unit-layout-changes-could-boost-ferrari.html
The audience would also have a live vote on whether a driver should pass the circle on the left or on the right side.
This could lead into some reliability issues. It is all more or like copy&paste of Mercedes design
Wax Free Vanilla
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That 2015 Renault was a big fat lump:
Have Ferrari and Merc had their 2015 engines laid out bare?
A work of art:
Have Ferrari and Merc had their 2015 engines laid out bare?
A work of art:
Psychotext
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Yeah, I'd expect testing to be interesting.
brotkasten
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Oh God. This should be good news, but for me there's never good news with Ferrari. I can already see it. Less power than last year, more reliability issues, worse drivability.
Icefire1424
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Can I be cautiously optimistic regarding the Ferrari news? That's what I think I am. Anything that would potentially create competition between the Mercs and the Ponies is a good thing.
...until one of 'em explodes, or something.
...until one of 'em explodes, or something.
There are rumors that Mercedes did not even unveil the true power of their engine last year (that from Monza, when they steamrolled everybody for 1.5 seconds in free practice and then turned it down and then they stumbled into power transfer issues that killed their chances in Singapore) and Mercedes engine department is very confident before the season about their 2016 engine. I think they still have an advantage, only question is how big is it - is it smaller than in 2015 (possible) or even bigger (also possible).
Icefire1424
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Oh wow, not sure how I missed hearing that.
Will be an interesting start to the season anyways, really curious how all the work done in the offseason equates to time on the track. We know the Mercs are over the 900 BHP mark, and with the latest it sounds like Ferrari has made some pretty aggressive changes.
Still not expecting much from them, but eagerly keeping an eye on the Hondas to see what improvements they've managed to make.
JadedWriter
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aspiegamer
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Good to see the WEC continues to be an ex-F1 refugee camp, with Kobayashi getting a permanent spot with the Toyota LMP1. The Toyota program alone has 3 of their 6 primary as alumni. At this rate the contenders will exclusively be ex-F1s in a few years, and that's frankly fine by me. Far too many good drivers get bumped out for political and economic reasons.
I know that was largely seen as an excuse from Hamilton for trailing off at the end of the year, but qualifying alone where there's no way he'd hand Rosberg any poles just for fun to me was proof enough that something was off.
I've always wondered about that power change. Hamilton kept saying that he didn't like the car from Singapore onward and it simply didn't feel right. Considering that from a purely hardware and physical component perspective they could surely change the car back to the precise specs and settings from before, could it have been a change in power distribution or slight weight balance from a different unit that made things harder?
I know that was largely seen as an excuse from Hamilton for trailing off at the end of the year, but qualifying alone where there's no way he'd hand Rosberg any poles just for fun to me was proof enough that something was off.
No, everyone should have made a step forwards and if you're the leader of the pack the assumption is that your step should in theory be smaller, since you have less gains to find compared to say Honda.
On that basis, if Merc rock up in Aus and are 1.5s clear again then they've done an incredible job.
They did not had right settings for that additional power and simply collapsed their tyre operating windows down the drain and car turned into rubber chewer. They needed almost a month to sort that out - we never learned what they did - they could changed something on car that did not suit Lewis and it helped Nico. Add testing new components for 2016 in this equation...
We will see what they have in their sleeves for 2016. I think they will sandbag in Barcelona, ramping up laps like in the last season testing, hiding their true pace till the first race.
There is also a tinfoil hat theory that Mercedes simply let other manufacturers to come closer just to ensure use of current engines til 2020...
If they mean those live web controlled 360 degree cameras, it would be excellent.
Yeah I was thinking of something in that line. They might get in on the VR hype train.
Psychotext
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I'd buy VR for something like that. A 360 feed from one of the cars that you could watch? I'd cream my little panties.
Adam Scott Aukerman
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I can't imagine that a live 360 feed from a race car would be anywhere near sufficient quality to want to have it strapped to your face.
Psychotext
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Current tech, maybe not, but in time, who knows.
Could certainly do it as an after the event sort of thing rather than live too.
Could certainly do it as an after the event sort of thing rather than live too.
You mean that 700 Euro fad that'll soon go the way of 3D television?
You can tell how hyped I am.
onboard VR livestream
Fox Mulder
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That would be hilarious, but I doubt they'd show it off even if they had that power gap.
Wax Free Vanilla
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Already running at max rev I hear.
Jesus, did everyone come away unharmed?!
Starting to get exciting again with the first test and 2016 car launches ahead !
We had the Renault launch in early February but it's expected to be heavily revised even by the first test, so now we have :
17 Feb Red Bull Livery launch in London
19 Feb Ferrari Online
21 Feb McLaren Online
22 Feb Haas F1 Barcelona
22 Feb Mercedes Barcelona
22 Feb Red Bull Barcelona
22 Feb Toro Rosso Barcelona
22 Feb Williams Barcelona
22 Feb Manor Barcelona
22 Feb Force India Barcelona (TBC)
01 Mar Sauber Barcelona (Test n°2)
I'm really looking forward to next week, especially with a good teaser for this week-end
We had the Renault launch in early February but it's expected to be heavily revised even by the first test, so now we have :
17 Feb Red Bull Livery launch in London
19 Feb Ferrari Online
21 Feb McLaren Online
22 Feb Haas F1 Barcelona
22 Feb Mercedes Barcelona
22 Feb Red Bull Barcelona
22 Feb Toro Rosso Barcelona
22 Feb Williams Barcelona
22 Feb Manor Barcelona
22 Feb Force India Barcelona (TBC)
01 Mar Sauber Barcelona (Test n°2)
I'm really looking forward to next week, especially with a good teaser for this week-end
"New central location for Berlin ePrix"
http://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2016/february/new-central-location-for-berlin-eprix.aspx
...lol, looks like that roundabout picture.
http://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2016/february/new-central-location-for-berlin-eprix.aspx
...lol, looks like that roundabout picture.
As per usual the layout doesn't seem too good as a racing track but it does look cool.
It sounds like you just volunteered to host the first FEgaf get together.
It sounds like you just volunteered to host the first FEgaf get together.
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