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- Sun Sep 06, 2015 12:47 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: What are the chances of McLaren going bankrupt?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 9124
Re: What are the chances of McLaren going bankrupt?
I would have expected them to have at least seconded an engineer to the McLaren team to learn as much as possible throughout 2014 Season? What am I missing ? I would have done that! That would require recruiting a Japanese engineer from Mercedes, if the stories about Honda's no-foreigner policy are...
- Tue Jul 14, 2015 1:12 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Ted Kravitz
- Replies: 59
- Views: 14793
Re: Ted Kravitz
No love for him from me. I saw him walking through the general access area at Hockenheim a few years back and I asked him if I can get a photo with him and he just ignored me and walked on. Fair play to him. Why should he stop and let everyone take a piece of him when he's got a job a job to be get...
- Sun Jun 14, 2015 7:17 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: 2015 24 Hours of Le Mans thread
- Replies: 188
- Views: 30470
Re: 2015 24 Hours of Le Mans thread
I liked the way the tyres can go for two hours flat out, and the cars still going round corners on rails. Shows you can have durability with performance. Very pleased for Hulk. Since I watched him dominate A1GP years ago I thought he was a top driver, and it's great that le Mans can give him the cha...
- Sat Jun 06, 2015 10:05 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: When will McLaren get back on the podium?
- Replies: 191
- Views: 93126
Re: When will McLaren get back on the podium?
When it rains.
- Mon May 04, 2015 3:45 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Webber on current F1
- Replies: 113
- Views: 21994
Re: Webber on current F1
I think a lot comes down to how many fans want to see a battle between drivers (and not just team mates), or a battle between engineers. Both have their place in motor sport, but which do the fans prefer?
- Sun May 03, 2015 11:39 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Cutting F1 Costs
- Replies: 42
- Views: 8665
Re: Cutting F1 Costs
Thanks. Then the obvious follow up question would be why don't they ban all the overly complicated front wings? I mean, they did it with all the little winglets that proliferated in the early 2000s. There must be more to it, surely? I think the cars should look like this : :D http://www.jpslotus.or...
- Sun May 03, 2015 11:25 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Cutting F1 Costs
- Replies: 42
- Views: 8665
Re: Cutting F1 Costs
No matter what the league or Series, if there is more than one team, somone is going to finish last. If you guys want a cookie cutter F1 (ie spec series) then you can go a long ways to control cost and glory be maybe the Marussias of this world can have an "easy" way to compete for the top rung. Em...
- Sun May 03, 2015 10:37 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Webber on current F1
- Replies: 113
- Views: 21994
Re: Webber on current F1
In online political discourse these days they call such arguments 'whataboutery'. I'm not a fan of these engines with their specific problems of cost and complexity, but pointing to them doesn't alter the fact that the control tyre was introduced for a good reason I disagree. These new tyres were i...
- Thu Apr 30, 2015 3:21 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Webber on current F1
- Replies: 113
- Views: 21994
Re: Webber on current F1
moby wrote:The golden era of racing?
When your 3 favorite drivers were fighting for the title, in your 3 favorite cars.
Cynical? me, nah
- Thu Apr 30, 2015 3:20 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Webber on current F1
- Replies: 113
- Views: 21994
Re: Webber on current F1
If I want entertainment I'll go and see a show. If I want to see a competition I'll go and see a sporting event. So sport is not supposed to entertain people? Are you a Chelsea fan by any chance? ;-) As I said above, I do respect the argument in favour of 'pure' racing, but don't expect it to be po...
- Thu Apr 30, 2015 3:07 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Webber on current F1
- Replies: 113
- Views: 21994
Re: Webber on current F1
In online political discourse these days they call such arguments 'whataboutery'. I'm not a fan of these engines with their specific problems of cost and complexity, but pointing to them doesn't alter the fact that the control tyre was introduced for a good reason I disagree. These new tyres were i...
- Wed Apr 29, 2015 10:39 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Webber on current F1
- Replies: 113
- Views: 21994
Re: Webber on current F1
If I want entertainment I'll go and see a show. If I want to see a competition I'll go and see a sporting event. So sport is not supposed to entertain people? Are you a Chelsea fan by any chance? ;-) As I said above, I do respect the argument in favour of 'pure' racing, but don't expect it to be po...
- Wed Apr 29, 2015 10:12 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Webber on current F1
- Replies: 113
- Views: 21994
Re: Webber on current F1
Moving to a single supplier has probably been the single biggest change affecting the way the cars (and drivers) drive than any other regulation for decades, if not all time. ... The tyres are the biggest obstacle to proper racing in F1 today IMO. The 'tyre war' days of Bridgestone and Michelin wer...
- Wed Apr 29, 2015 12:29 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Lewis and Bernie. Caption again
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3458
Re: Lewis and Bernie. Caption again
http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/eccl-hami-bahr-1-886x591.jpg Bernie: So I've got these stupid engines that no-one can afford. I've got Red Bull threatening to leave, teams dead or dying, cars running with no sponsorship, classic circuits dropping out, empty grandstands and plu...
- Wed Apr 29, 2015 12:19 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Webber on current F1
- Replies: 113
- Views: 21994
Re: Webber on current F1
Moving to a single supplier has probably been the single biggest change affecting the way the cars (and drivers) drive than any other regulation for decades, if not all time. ... The tyres are the biggest obstacle to proper racing in F1 today IMO. The 'tyre war' days of Bridgestone and Michelin wer...
- Tue Apr 14, 2015 11:55 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Mercedes tyre wear, 2013, 2014 and 2015
- Replies: 39
- Views: 9747
Re: Mercedes tyre wear, 2013, 2014 and 2015
Oh, and I remember watching plenty of F1 processions in the 80s.
- Tue Apr 14, 2015 11:54 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Mercedes tyre wear, 2013, 2014 and 2015
- Replies: 39
- Views: 9747
Re: Mercedes tyre wear, 2013, 2014 and 2015
I don't see that without tyre gimmicks everything would automatically turn into a procession. The '80s are often referred to as the Golden Age of F1 and there wasn't a comedy tyre in sight. They still had different tyre compounds so the teams had to make the strategic choice between doing comparati...
- Fri Apr 10, 2015 1:27 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: If F1 really did 'collapse'
- Replies: 42
- Views: 10617
Re: If F1 really did 'collapse'
:thumbup: I'm much more entertained by endurance racing. I love watching the strategies play out over a longer span of time and the fact that rules allow teams to try different approaches to the drive train. I hear this all the time from fellow F1 fans and honestly it baffles me. I can get respecti...
- Fri Apr 10, 2015 1:01 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: If F1 really did 'collapse'
- Replies: 42
- Views: 10617
Re: If F1 really did 'collapse'
I voted for whichever had the best racing, which I suspect would be your GP1. F1's escalating costs have become competitively unsustainable, which is why it is in the current crisis. There is something wonderfully romantic about the idea of building a car and going racing, but these days are a long ...
- Thu Mar 26, 2015 11:04 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: The Real Biggest Story in F1
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5729
Re: The Real Biggest Story in F1
More like Keke Rosberg.owenmahamilton wrote:He's turning into Nigel Mansell
- Thu Mar 26, 2015 5:07 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Due to High costs, Indy Car wants to be F1 alternative
- Replies: 33
- Views: 6338
Re: Due to High costs, Indy Car wants to be F1 alternative
I'd like to see a Euro-Indy series, and would certainly go. F1 snobbery for spec-series is mistaken imo, and the so-called pinnacle of motor sport is over-rated, over-priced and increasingly over-there for European fans. Bring it on!
- Thu Mar 26, 2015 4:56 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Poll: What Should Red Bull Do Next?
- Replies: 116
- Views: 20463
Re: Poll: What Should Red Bull Do Next?
It's not what they should do (they created a damn fine car last year), it's what the FIA should do. It's what the FIA should have done all along. Open up PU development so manufacturers on the back foot actually have a chance to get back at the top. If that causes Mercedes to be even further up, th...
- Tue Mar 24, 2015 11:07 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Poll: What Should Red Bull Do Next?
- Replies: 116
- Views: 20463
Re: Poll: What Should Red Bull Do Next?
It's not what they should do (they created a damn fine car last year), it's what the FIA should do. It's what the FIA should have done all along. Open up PU development so manufacturers on the back foot actually have a chance to get back at the top. If that causes Mercedes to be even further up, th...
- Tue Mar 24, 2015 3:27 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Poll: What Should Red Bull Do Next?
- Replies: 116
- Views: 20463
Re: Poll: What Should Red Bull Do Next?
It's not what they should do (they created a damn fine car last year), it's what the FIA should do. It's what the FIA should have done all along. Open up PU development so manufacturers on the back foot actually have a chance to get back at the top. If that causes Mercedes to be even further up, th...
- Tue Mar 24, 2015 3:17 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Poll: What Should Red Bull Do Next?
- Replies: 116
- Views: 20463
Re: Poll: What Should Red Bull Do Next?
Maybe a bit more neutral OP next time and I'll vote. What's the point of a poll if the OP doesn't declare his own opinion? Surveys are supposed to be opinion-free in order to not "push" the surveyee in any direction. Granted the options themselves were fine. So basically, you couldn't trust yoursel...
- Tue Mar 24, 2015 3:13 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Poll: What Should Red Bull Do Next?
- Replies: 116
- Views: 20463
Re: Poll: What Should Red Bull Do Next?
It's not what they should do (they created a damn fine car last year), it's what the FIA should do. It's what the FIA should have done all along. Open up PU development so manufacturers on the back foot actually have a chance to get back at the top. If that causes Mercedes to be even further up, th...
- Sun Mar 22, 2015 11:35 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: So What's Wrong With F1
- Replies: 120
- Views: 18444
Re: So What's Wrong With F1
The cost of the power plants is killing the smaller teams, and they are so complex that it's hard to get them to work at all, and developing them is even more expensive, hence the restrictions. To be fair to Ecclestone, didn't he oppose them?
- Thu Dec 11, 2014 2:39 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Alonso and Button confirmed for 2015
- Replies: 217
- Views: 45643
Re: Alonso and Button confirmed for 2015
They had a rubbish car then too ... in 2002.davidheath461 wrote:re-united at last:
- Sat Nov 08, 2014 6:47 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Jenson Button's future
- Replies: 469
- Views: 112963
Re: Jenson Button's future
I like the way Jenson's comments hinted at maybe dumping them because of their uncompetitive car before they dump him. Fair play to him. He's done his time in slow cars, and doesn't need an F1 drive for the sake of it.
- Sat Nov 08, 2014 6:20 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Christian Horner crowdfunding is wrong
- Replies: 47
- Views: 9427
Re: Christian Horner crowdfunding is wrong
Prema, these teams were promised a budget cap, which was the reason they got into the sport. To use your analogy, it's more like going into a restaurant and being charged 3 times what it said on the menu. FWIW I have no love for Caterham, and agree that the 'begging bowl' is a sad state to see, but ...
- Sat Nov 08, 2014 3:11 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Christian Horner crowdfunding is wrong
- Replies: 47
- Views: 9427
Re: Christian Horner crowdfunding is wrong
I wouldn't have considered giving money to Caterham, but am tempted to do so after hearing Horner's comments. A super-rich team, buying years of success with free money from a drinks company, and trying to keep the poor teams poor by hogging the commercial revenues, and they want to even prevent Cat...
- Tue Oct 21, 2014 4:12 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Another Caption featuring DC
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2700
Re: Another Caption featuring DC
With actor Steve Coogan moving on to more serious work, David Coulthard auditions for the part of Paul Calf.
- Tue Oct 14, 2014 12:56 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: why is no-one criticising Massa
- Replies: 104
- Views: 19905
Re: why is no-one criticising Massa
His finger-pointing after Japan were not nice either, if the quotes I've read are to be believed.
- Tue Oct 07, 2014 1:46 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Button or KMag
- Replies: 230
- Views: 46639
Re: Button or KMag
Good thread. In all the years of reading the opinions of F1 fans on the internet I don't recall often seeing JB's stock so high and it's nice to see the respect, as he's taken a lot of stick over the years. Perhaps the fine race he drove in Japan and getting to double his team-mate's points has some...
- Sat Oct 04, 2014 11:36 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Eddie Jordan
- Replies: 25
- Views: 7099
Re: Eddie Jordan
Eddie Jordan is fantastic for Sky. He must get them loads of viewers.
- Tue Sep 09, 2014 5:59 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Hamilton to lose more by losing WDC than gain by winning it?
- Replies: 99
- Views: 16881
Re: Hamilton to lose more by losing WDC than gain by winning
No it isn't.Seanie wrote: All this straight fight rubbish is rubbish.
If driver X in the fastest team has multiple breakdowns but driver Y doesn't how can you dismiss driver X as not being good enough, especially if he keeps beating driver Y when his car doesn't break down?
- Tue Sep 09, 2014 5:26 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Hamilton to lose more by losing WDC than gain by winning it?
- Replies: 99
- Views: 16881
Re: Hamilton to lose more by losing WDC than gain by winning
So far I think Rosberg has beaten Hamilton an entire once in a straight fight, where the reverse is true around five times. Also, surely no objective analysis can ignore the mechanicals going heavily in Nico's favour so far, and how Nico has benefited from his own mistakes in Monaco, Canada and Belg...
- Sun Sep 07, 2014 10:39 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Russian GP and Russian invasion in Ukraine
- Replies: 87
- Views: 18663
Re: Russian GP and Russian invasion in Ukraine
Lots of Russophobic hysteria on here, but that is to be expected as it only reflects the one-sided commentaries people are probably exposed to by the newspapers and politicians in their countries. Russia has taken back Crimea (historically Russian but awarded to Ukraine within the USSR) for defensiv...
- Tue Jul 29, 2014 4:00 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Merc "panic" team order drug-induced ?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 5792
Re: Merc "panic" team order drug-induced ?
No - Lewis needs to prove it. I Dont think he s as good as Rosberg I think Nico's only beaten Lewis once in a fair fight this season. Nico benefitted from his own mistake in Monaco, and from from four mechanical failures to one on the reliability front. You have been complaining bitterly about Lewi...
- Mon Jul 28, 2014 12:56 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Hungary Merc Team Orders Uberthread - [Merged]
- Replies: 184
- Views: 24475
Re: Hungary Merc Team Orders: Were Merc right to make the ca
Giving both drivers the fast strategy would have optimised the points. Merc were wrong not to put him on his unused options, and wrong for a second time when telling him to slow down for Nico.DOLOMITE wrote:Drivers were on different strategies, letting Rosberg past *may* have optimised chance of team points...