I definitely agree with the bolded bit.Water wrote:Prediction: One Mercedes will lose - not win - this by an odd pitstop strategy. The other driver just needs to do his thing and drive calmly. Whichever way it goes, it would be just the anticlimax right now.
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- Sun Nov 02, 2014 8:32 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: 2014 USGP Race thread
- Replies: 299
- Views: 47996
Re: 2014 USGP Race thread
- Sun Nov 02, 2014 8:30 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: 2014 USGP Race thread
- Replies: 299
- Views: 47996
Re: 2014 USGP Race thread
Generally, or just today?zaar wrote:Vettel is really slow.
- Sun Nov 02, 2014 8:29 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: 2014 USGP Race thread
- Replies: 299
- Views: 47996
Re: 2014 USGP Race thread
Naughty naughty Yep, that was bad. :blush: What happened ? I pretended I thought Zaar's frustration at Sauber's exit had to do with their hiring Caterham cast-off Marcus Ericsson for next year. As if that weren't bad enough, I then attempted a joke conflating 'Drs' (DRS) with 'Profs' (professors). ...
- Sun Nov 02, 2014 8:21 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: 2014 USGP Race thread
- Replies: 299
- Views: 47996
Re: 2014 USGP Race thread
Eh?zaar wrote:What has happened? RTL decided to advertise Did Nico straighten a bend?
- Sun Nov 02, 2014 8:20 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: 2014 USGP Race thread
- Replies: 299
- Views: 47996
Re: 2014 USGP Race thread
Yep, that was bad.w1Y! wrote:Naughty naughty
- Sun Nov 02, 2014 8:19 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: 2014 USGP Race thread
- Replies: 299
- Views: 47996
Re: 2014 USGP Race thread
Hopefully he still has a few Profs.w1Y! wrote:Nico now out of Drs
- Sun Nov 02, 2014 8:18 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: 2014 USGP Race thread
- Replies: 299
- Views: 47996
Re: 2014 USGP Race thread
I know. I mean - Ericsson!zaar wrote:Gutted for Sauber
- Sun Nov 02, 2014 7:49 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Where does CotA rank among the established greats?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4923
Re: Where does CotA rank among the established greats?
Well, we don't know. That's what we're trying to find out!Water wrote:I may be in the minority among F1 fans, but C otA is nowhere near greatness in my book.
- Sun Nov 02, 2014 7:45 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Where does CotA rank among the established greats?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4923
Re: Where does CotA rank among the established greats?
I really like this system, I might borrow it. Although 'iconicness' does seem a bit suspect, I must admit.Alienturnedhuman wrote:I'm going to grade them under two criteria, how exciting the races there are, and their iconicness. That is a word.
- Sun Nov 02, 2014 7:06 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Where does CotA rank among the established greats?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4923
Where does CotA rank among the established greats?
The more I see of this place, the more I'm impressed by it. It's a great venue, and a great track. But ought that be a casual turn of phrase, or can Circuit of the Americas lay claim to genuine greatness? I think perhaps it can. The flowing nature of a high-speed track; the varied challenges it thro...
- Sun Nov 02, 2014 6:23 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Nico - and pace in his pocket?
- Replies: 125
- Views: 22448
Re: Nico - and pace in his pocket?
It's all head games. The track in Texas is very flowing and requires precision. And in qualifying Rosberg dominated, laying down a killer lap end of Q2 and the final one in Q3. Anyone who witnessed those laps saw absolute precision, timing, and zero mistakes. No matter how good you are (as in the c...
- Sun Nov 02, 2014 6:17 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: F1 to exceed 20 races as Madrid plans emerge
- Replies: 27
- Views: 6049
Re: F1 to exceed 20 races as Madrid plans emerge
What has everybody got against street circuits? A street circuit which provides for high speeds and overtaking opportunities is a wonderful thing. Even Monaco, which doesn't, is. Plenty of purpose-built tracks make for processional races, remember. Even the Spas and the Suzukas throw up dull grands ...
- Sun Nov 02, 2014 7:54 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: McLaren livery
- Replies: 43
- Views: 23115
Re: McLaren livery
But it seems to me your rejection of McLaren Orange is based on an aesthetic rationale despite the return to a distinctive colour of heritage and significance being something with which you in principle approve. This seems a shame. Yeah, I guess that's pretty much it - I'm a bit shallow and I like ...
- Sun Nov 02, 2014 5:07 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: McLaren livery
- Replies: 43
- Views: 23115
Re: McLaren livery
Ron just likes anything grey because it is the colour of his soul.
- Sun Nov 02, 2014 3:56 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: McLaren livery
- Replies: 43
- Views: 23115
Re: McLaren livery
Why does there have to be any silver at all? And what sort of orange is that? I don't know, why aren't McLarens green? It's a British team, after all. (And the German color was actually white; the silver was just a shortcut to a lighter car) I'm not calling for national colours here, although a das...
- Sun Nov 02, 2014 1:08 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: McLaren livery
- Replies: 43
- Views: 23115
Re: McLaren livery
Why does there have to be any silver at all? And what sort of orange is that?Viggen wrote:How about the 2015 concept Mclaren in orange/silver from here....
http://wtf1.co.uk/f1-2015-concept-liveries/
- Sun Nov 02, 2014 1:04 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: FEEDBACK THREAD
- Replies: 3980
- Views: 1576486
Re: FEEDBACK THREAD
That's alright, worked out fine. And another new one for the race, isn't it?
You'd think after all these years I'd have it down pat. But then we've never quite gone as far as to formally sanction a protocol, and so I'm always wondering how it is we do it these days...
You'd think after all these years I'd have it down pat. But then we've never quite gone as far as to formally sanction a protocol, and so I'm always wondering how it is we do it these days...
- Sun Nov 02, 2014 12:38 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: McLaren livery
- Replies: 43
- Views: 23115
Re: McLaren livery
Personally - and this is coming from a McLaren fan from day one when I started following F1 - I've never liked the orange... But it's utterly distinctive and unmistakably McLaren. These are far more important attributes than personal preference or individual taste, both of which are subject to chan...
- Sat Nov 01, 2014 8:20 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: McLaren livery
- Replies: 43
- Views: 23115
Re: McLaren livery
Honda White + McLaren Orange = Success
- Sat Nov 01, 2014 8:12 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Get Well Soon Sir Frank
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2949
Re: Get Well Soon Sir Frank
Sir Frank,
Get well soon!
Sincerely,
Guia
Get well soon!
Sincerely,
Guia
- Sat Nov 01, 2014 7:42 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Nico - and pace in his pocket?
- Replies: 125
- Views: 22448
Re: Nico - and pace in his pocket?
8O I'm still not sure Nico is absolutely faster tun Lewis around Austin. Lewis just didn't seem hooked up at all in Quali. If he's still unsure of the car tomorrow then Nico could win at a canter though if the pace difference stays like that. Lewis has a healthy lead he must just hold on to. Nico h...
- Sat Nov 01, 2014 7:30 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: 2014 US GP qualifying thread
- Replies: 77
- Views: 12104
Re: 2014 US GP qualifying thread
Left pocket: PaceThe Great One wrote:Well I guess Nico did have some "time in his pocket." Almost too easy.
Right pocket: Fangio
Breast pocket: Caracciola
Inside pocket: Rosberg Sr
Handbag: Andretti
Suitcase: Senna
- Sat Nov 01, 2014 7:22 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Nico - and pace in his pocket?
- Replies: 125
- Views: 22448
Re: Nico - and pace in his pocket?
8O I'm still not sure Nico is absolutely faster tun Lewis around Austin. Lewis just didn't seem hooked up at all in Quali. If he's still unsure of the car tomorrow then Nico could win at a canter though if the pace difference stays like that. Lewis has a healthy lead he must just hold on to. Nico h...
- Sat Nov 01, 2014 7:08 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Nico - and pace in his pocket?
- Replies: 125
- Views: 22448
Re: Nico - and pace in his pocket?
Turns out he had Senna in his suitcase!flyboy10 wrote:He he he. I see what you did there!Guia wrote:If he has Pace available in his pocket, that might come in handy for Brazil. In the meantime, what he really needs is Andretti in his handbag.
- Sat Nov 01, 2014 6:48 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Silly Season 2015 Uberthread [MERGED]
- Replies: 2131
- Views: 390524
Re: Silly Season 2015 Uberthread [MERGED]
Just when you thought we'd got rid of Marcus Ericsson... Seems he's signed for Sauber (BBC).
- Sat Nov 01, 2014 6:05 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: 2014 U.S Free Practice thread
- Replies: 30
- Views: 7142
Re: 2014 U.S Free Practice & Quali thread
Have just started a separate quali thread. I'm quite sure we're supposed to have a separate quali thread.
- Sat Nov 01, 2014 6:04 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: 2014 US GP qualifying thread
- Replies: 77
- Views: 12104
- Sat Nov 01, 2014 6:01 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: FEEDBACK THREAD
- Replies: 3980
- Views: 1576486
Re: FEEDBACK THREAD
No qualifying thread? How do we do this these days?
Oh, and All Hail Mod Silver, God Save the Mod, etc.
Oh, and All Hail Mod Silver, God Save the Mod, etc.
- Sat Nov 01, 2014 7:26 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Nico - and pace in his pocket?
- Replies: 125
- Views: 22448
Re: Nico - and pace in his pocket?
If he has Pace available in his pocket, that might come in handy for Brazil. In the meantime, what he really needs is Andretti in his handbag.
- Fri Oct 31, 2014 7:13 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Miracle accidents - Berger at Tamberello
- Replies: 50
- Views: 11387
Re: Miracle accidents - Berger at Tamberello
I suppose Zanardi's accident could be added as well. Which one? He survived two pretty huge ones. I vaguely recall some talk of a notable accident during his first career as an F1 driver. But a quick check of Wikipedia mentions only a road traffic accident in which Zanardi was knocked off his bicyc...
- Fri Oct 31, 2014 7:24 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Lotus Nose
- Replies: 23
- Views: 8698
Re: Lotus Nose
Well something's going on!
- Fri Oct 31, 2014 6:42 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Lotus Nose
- Replies: 23
- Views: 8698
Re: Lotus Nose
Does anybody else think it odd that Lotus should turn up to Austin without the notorious nose, while at the same event Daniel Ricciardo shows up with a new and very distinctive beard?
- Fri Oct 31, 2014 5:39 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Miracle accidents - Berger at Tamberello
- Replies: 50
- Views: 11387
Re: Miracle accidents - Berger at Tamberello
Very good series of racing photographs by 1950s standards. I remember seeing the final one, perhaps the most well known, at the Donington Park Racing Museum in the late 90s when I was just a boy and I must have stood there for almost a minute marveling at how the driver survived. :thumbup: I'll be ...
- Fri Oct 31, 2014 4:19 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Miracle accidents - Berger at Tamberello
- Replies: 50
- Views: 11387
Re: Miracle accidents - Berger at Tamberello
Very good series of racing photographs by 1950s standards. I remember seeing the final one, perhaps the most well known, at the Donington Park Racing Museum in the late 90s when I was just a boy and I must have stood there for almost a minute marveling at how the driver survived. :thumbup: I'll be ...
- Fri Oct 31, 2014 3:49 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Miracle accidents - Berger at Tamberello
- Replies: 50
- Views: 11387
Re: Miracle accidents - Berger at Tamberello
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- Thu Oct 30, 2014 2:07 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Mercedes F1 W05 the most dominant F1 car of all time?
- Replies: 47
- Views: 9640
Re: Mercedes F1 W05 the most dominant F1 car of all time?
Dominant cars; 1950 Alfa Romeo- Won 6/7 85.7% 1952 Ferrari- Won 7/8 87.5% 1953 Ferrari- Won 7/8 87.5% 1955 Mercedes- Won 5/7 71.4% 1956 Ferrari- Won 5/8 62.5% 1963 Lotus- Won 7/10 70% 1984 McLaren- Won 12/16 75% 1988 McLaren - Won 15/16 93.75% 1989 McLaren - Won 10/16 62% 1992 Williams - Won 10/16 ...
- Thu Oct 30, 2014 1:43 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Mercedes F1 W05 the most dominant F1 car of all time?
- Replies: 47
- Views: 9640
Re: Mercedes F1 W05 the most dominant F1 car of all time?
Didn't 1952 Ferrari won all races, expect Indy, where Ferrari used different car? In 1953 it also dominated. And 1950 was a clean sweep for Alfa Romeo with Fangio and eventual WDC Farina each taking three wins apiece. So you found a winner. :thumbup: As was the case throughout the 1950s, the inaugu...
- Wed Oct 29, 2014 8:23 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Silly Season 2015 Uberthread [MERGED]
- Replies: 2131
- Views: 390524
Re: Lewis Vettel Alonso Triangle
Ooh, is it a love triangle?
They're my favourite kind.
Right after the green ones you get in Quality Street.
They're my favourite kind.
Right after the green ones you get in Quality Street.
- Wed Oct 29, 2014 8:21 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Fiat to sell Ferrari
- Replies: 24
- Views: 6838
Re: Fiat to sell Ferrari
Just as long as the tab isn't picked up by an Allied nation, right Fik?Fiki wrote:FIAT to sell Ferrari? Well, it would give new meaning to the word downforce...
- Wed Oct 29, 2014 6:34 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Hulkenberg: The next Alesi
- Replies: 30
- Views: 6206
Re: Hulkenberg: The next Alesi
There is scarcely a comparison to be made between Hulkenberg and Alesi. That both are or were capable drivers is about as much as can be said. But so many are and have been, and such a trite assessment would fall way short of describing the extent of Jean Alesi's flaboyance. Even to consider both as...