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I am very upset. We have 2 of the best 6 drivers on the grid (Alonso, Hamilton, Button,Vettal, Kimi, Nico. not in that order) and the car today is a dog. How can this be? It paperers the engine is not the best but its better than the Renault. It must be the design and Aero I just don't understand th...

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The car is a dog.

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Exactly. If you could get all that data from the ECU logs and accurately and reliably infer the fuel flow rate, then there would be no need for an additional sensor. As there is an additional sensor, we must logically infer that you cannot accurately and reliably infer the fuel flow rates from the ...

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Here we go!
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1.Hamilton
2.Alonso
3.Kimmi

Astoria Rifles is the team

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There's a huge bunch of issues around cost-cutting... in general Ron is right, F1 is expensive but also it shouldn't be SO expensive that only 3-4 teams can compete. 1) Bernie / CVC keep too large a slice of the pie (around 50%?). They shouldn't keep more than 25% and redistribute the rest to the t...

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Actually, Astoria is right in many cases, especially here in the USA. The NFL is a joint enterprise of thirty member clubs distributed throughout the United States which are engaged in the business of exhibiting football games. The NBA is also a joint enterprise by the teams of the league. As is Ma...

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I've been saying the same thing as Ron - it cannot be policed. If you have a rule that cannot be policed, you don't have a rule (except for honest losers). The answer was not to waste money on the fuel saving rubbish that they have stuck on the cars. Change the rules so that you have to spend huge ...

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Also don't get me started on MR. E. that guy is a billionaire from F1 a BILLIONAIRE!!!! in any other sport the teams own the commercial rights to their respective sport and share in that revenue and monitor the rules and the enforcement of the sport. Here we have F1 teams that share a majority of r...

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Also don't get me started on MR. E. that guy is a billionaire from F1 a BILLIONAIRE!!!! in any other sport the teams own the commercial rights to their respective sport and share in that revenue and monitor the rules and the enforcement of the sport. Here we have F1 teams that share a majority of re...

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as we can see the typical fan is confused and not sure of the costs and who does what, can you imagine the FIA trying to monitor theses costs in local language reporting as RD suggests? If you want a spec series go to INDY Car for a fraction of the cost of F1, if you want to be a european team go to...

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I disagree completely. The smaller teams are essential to F1; if you lose them then you end up with a grid composed of three or four teams each running several cars who then have team orders imposed on them to prevent them from racing each other. As far as I'm concerned the more teams we have the b...

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http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/112808 Now I am not nor never been a fan of Ron however what he has to say is so true in my opinion. The most bold point was that F1 was and always expensive and some teams just don't belong in F1. There are other forms of racing you can go to if you can'...

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http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/112808 Now I am not nor never been a fan of Ron however what he has to say is so true in my opinion. The most bold point was that F1 was and always expensive and some teams just don't belong in F1. There are other forms of racing you can go to if you can't...

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It seems clear to me that Enzo only used the prancing horse logo on his cars because it is a 4 legged mammal standing on it's 2 hind legs, exactly the same as PMI's rampant lions. HA HA..Agreed. This is so silly it is beyond conspiracy theory. The same point that Blake submitted about Newport Cigs ...

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Again what about the Directors of tobacco companies that are on the boards of other F1 teams? Why would this be exceeded ? You cannot even make the connection between Marlboro and Ferrari. I would say the bigger issue is trademark infringement on Mclaren using the Nike swoosh as there logo. Look clo...

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All the above is basically supposition and conjecture. It's possible you are right, but it's not relevant unless you can prove you are right. A prosecutor wouldn't be able to do much by simply saying "it's obvious, innit?" As far as I can see, all the evidence for the prosecution consists of claims...

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I am reading this thread and finding it really disturbing. From my point of view PM being on the Ferrari website has no bearing on it being a F1 team sponsor nor does it have any livery on the F1car. That should be the case, easy case closed. :uhoh: :uhoh: :uhoh: :uhoh: Now for those out there that...

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From my point of view PM being on the Ferrari website has no bearing on it being a F1 team sponsor nor does it have any livery on the F1car. That should be the case, easy case closed. 8O Either I don't understand your comment, or you haven't understood (as in "seen with your own eyes) that PMI are ...

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@Zoue yeah sorry for being confrontational, I just think your posting is insincere sometimes, when you seek out these arguments and then have nothing in mind but 'winning' if it takes 1,000 posts. Also you tend to start it dude, with things like 'easy tiger', after which the hypocrisy is a bit prov...

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If they are given the opportunity to make it right before the race, then they have not broken the rules, therefore why should there be a penalty? Most racing series I know of have tech inspections prior to the race to insure that the race is as fair as possible. A car is not technically illegal unt...

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I used to hope that one day McLaren would build their own engines. But no longer because McLaren's forte is to partner with an engine manufacturer, build a darn good chassis, and develop it into a winner. That pattern runs throughout their history (road cars and Formula One), and is part of why the...

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post deleted. never mind, it's not worth it.... ciao Blake---It is worth it. It really looks like the German engineered and Italian engineered cars are running strong. Only in testy can we determine this, so I bet anything that Red Bull right now would be saying we need more track testing. The show...

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There is not one halfway intelligent human being that never watched an F1 race before can look at the Ferrari F1 car in 2014 and a pack of Marlboro's and say the two are connected in any possible way. It is just not reality. If you are a fan of F1 and watched when Marlboro was a sponsor actually on...

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There is not one halfway intelligent human being that never watched an F1 race before can look at the Ferrari F1 car in 2014 and a pack of Marlboro's and say the two are connected in any possible way. It is just not reality. If you are a fan of F1 and watched when Marlboro was a sponsor actually on ...

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Sounds very cunning. According to Gary Anderson on Autosport it gives more downforce at low speed, less drag at high speed, is legal, and not easy to copy! How many wins is that? Just suppose Whitmarsh and Lowe oversaw the creation of a stunningly fast car? How ironic would that be! I'm just waitin...

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this is all playing out that testing makes people talk. Even though its the first test of the year we need more testing. Look what do we have less than 200 laps so far for the teams at the halfway part of day 2!! This is crazy these teams need to test the cars put milage on them and get more data. t...

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my question is why didn't they think of this when they set out the engine specs? If it wasn't mandated or included in the specs why do it after they invested millions building them? Apparently it is regulated- 5.18.5 Measures must be taken to ensure that in the event of failure of the turbine wheel...

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my question is why didn't they think of this when they set out the engine specs? If it wasn't mandated or included in the specs why do it after they invested millions building them? Apparently it is regulated- 5.18.5 Measures must be taken to ensure that in the event of failure of the turbine wheel...

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That cover absolutely should be there. As mentioned earlier, the turbine and compressor wheels will be spooling much higher and at a faster rate than even a high performance car. Turbocharged road cars have the firewall to act as a layer of protection. An F1 car does not have that luxury, with the ...

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Very interesting info on the high costs of simulators, thanks Astoria. And great idea to have tests open to the public. All your points should be read by Bernie E and the FIA: exposure being so important for sponsors, and cheaper opportunities for fans. Drivers would prefer on-track testing too! Ye...

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Hmmm, I don't remember Ferrari ever opening up Fiorano testing to the public :) It's a sleight-of-hand by Monte to pretend loads of people would watch in-season testing. I've been and it was good but only for 1 day, more for the noise than anything. It was cheap and uncrowded - for a reason: the ca...

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The point Luca was making I believe was really about opening up testing so the cars can be seen, the testing can be conducted on a circuit the cars and sponsors are visible and fans can go. The money derived is not the commercial value the commercial value is the looks the car gets at any point in ...

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I think it's been great having teams turn up to a race weekend and their upgrades might work OR NOT. No testing adds a much-needed element of variability. Teams spend all the money they have, I don't think cost comes into it too much. A test team is expensive, so is a simulator. I like simulators p...

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Your first point is completely wrong---you haven't taken in the cost of the systems engineers on the sim, the software cost to drive the sim, the developer to actually build the software, the techie running the sim, the many data techies working the sim and the computers inputting the data….so your...

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I think it's been great having teams turn up to a race weekend and their upgrades might work OR NOT. No testing adds a much-needed element of variability. Teams spend all the money they have, I don't think cost comes into it too much. A test team is expensive, so is a simulator. I like simulators p...

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near central park you have the Guggenheim, Natural History and Moma Museums you should see. Food I would just say ask the concierge although for a taste of NYC go to Katz deli in the Bowery. amazing deli food. Rockefeller center, take the circle line cruise which goes around the whole island of manh...

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Cost to manufacture a front-wing: $120k+ Cost to "manufacture" a front-wing in a race simulator: cost of electricity to power the simulator This is why running in a race simulator is cheaper than real-world testing. See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9lzNeTTP64 for an idea how ridiculously expensi...

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I am from NYC- the question really is what are you interested in? You should go to the attractions like: Chrysler Building, Empire State Building Statue of Liberty Ground Zero Area. Intrepid air space museum Then you have museums that are amazing: Giggenheim, Natural History, MOMA Neighborhoods, lik...

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I think the main difference from teams to Ferrari is that they make no hiding the fact that the ten comes first. You are driving with history. I think Mclaren comes as c lose to Ferrari in terms of team coming before a driver however Mclaren plays to the sponsors too much and the drivers in some cas...

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the only problem with testing on GP day would be costs of bringing in the parts and the old parts etc. I think testing on Thursday and Friday is a good idea for sure plus testing during say Tuesday, WED and Thurs of non GP days as well. that would give you the ability to test the new parts and upgra...

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