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egnat69

What about their downforce? I think I read some comments from Toto suggesting that Red Bull and Ferrari were quicker in corners Belgium. Are they losing the downforce war? That isn't true at all. Hamilton was fastest of all in sector 2, they were running more downforce than anybody else. I still wo...

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So what do the windtunnel guys do for the rest of they year then? Stack shelves at Tesco? they will lease them to other companies... iirc sauber are already leasing their windtunnel and renting a cheaper one... Is it just me or did this come out of nowhere? Absolutely blindsided me. I guess those w...

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So who gets the other Renault seat, Vergne as a French driver ? Magnussen ? Does Maldonado even get to keep his seat ? The plot thickens ;-). AMuS reported today that Renault signed kind of a pre-contract with Genii and is only finalizing the details with FOM... They want (!) to keep Maldonado and ...

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It appears this isn't going to happen, was it Horner that proposed it should happen? horner initially proposed it... where have you got that "it appears this isn't going to happen" info from? according to autosport, 3 teams were in favour and 3 against it... but with FIA and FOM both being in favou...

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so what EJ suggests is that the new VW works team that will enter the sport in 2016 will be sponsored by Red Bull and powered by Ferrari? That is an interesting concept... but even more interesting is the fact that VW will enter f1 with its own engine at a time, when 95% of the power unit specificat...

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It appears this isn't going to happen, was it Horner that proposed it should happen? horner initially proposed it... where have you got that "it appears this isn't going to happen" info from? according to autosport, 3 teams were in favour and 3 against it... but with FIA and FOM both being in favou...

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i wonder, if there will be any rolling heads at the FIA... it would be about time... even though one could argue about who is responsible for the Red Bull situation, clearly that idea of the Hybrid PU's attracting new suppliers didn't work out... with the V8s we had 3 competitive suppliers and an a...

egnat69

moby wrote:I was expecting it to be in black and white

that is basically the black & white of the internet:

Source: http://www.pacificgrandprix.com

egnat69

Taking a shower while a driver you just praised online is still on-track is just reckless. You should have your super licence revoked. He was in the pits with ~20 minutes left in the session. How was I to know? I guess I'll just have to only bathe between sessions the rest of the weekend. :lol: onl...

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I love it. Displays fine on my PC, but of course, the site is optimised for Netscape 1.1 - Netscape is genuinely before my time, so this amused me. yeah... it displays "fine" in the left upper corner of my screen :lol: it actually fits much better on my smartphone in portrait mode... it basically i...

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bloody hell...

This site is optimized for Netscape 1.1

egnat69

A livery change to reflect the Ferrari bit? That would be strange. They have the red in their colors already. Did they do anything for Renault? I think Infiniti is still with them so that bit would remain I guess. I suppose it would just replace what they have for Renault. Can't recall if the STRF ...

egnat69

wooohooo... good to see lotus are running... they even have some change left for flow-viz...

seriously - flow-viz usually hints at development... so, that's a good sign, too...

egnat69

I always wished Jean Alesi had won more races. He was hugely talented, but followed his heart and his Italian heritage and joined Ferrari at a time when Williams began to dominate F1 and he could have chosen to go there (he even had a contract with Williams which Ferrari paid a penalty to scrap). D...

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Right forget about all that, they were talking complete crap! "AUTOSPORT understands suggestions of Red Bull taking on a year-old spec of power unit are wide of the mark as it naturally wants to be competitive with a new supplier from the off." http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/120856 hmm...

egnat69

so are we talking about wanting them see winning a race based on their performances or just because we believed they were nice guys and would have deserved some credit for their effort? i'm curious why wurz is not on any list yet... he probably was not THE f1-driver but he and PdlR as test drivers p...

egnat69

Well Renault are still posturing this week over terms which in the balance of probability suggests to me they aren't fully committed yet . Grosjean doesn't want to risk being shuffled out the pack with no drive for 2016. Some new upstart could come along and Grosjean forgotten. Even if Renault do b...

egnat69

To get back on topic slightly, and if you'll allow the ramblings of an un knowledgeable forumer... But something puzzles me about this whole situation:- This year, the Red Bull/Renault combination has been pretty lacklustre, even though, by most accounts, the RB chassis is now one of the best in th...

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Besides, the Marussia car is just marginally faster than what he's been driving all year so not too big a learning curve, if any. Learning curve is loosely related to speed and probably far more to complexity. A GP2 car might not be that much slower than a Manor F1 but it is far less complex. Basic...

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ChopSchuey wrote:I'm thinking along the same lines as Pokerman, that this isn't a good sign for Renault to buyout Lotus.

Lotus could be in trouble here.

the longer renault wait, the more high profile members will leave... at some point, you have to make a decision...

egnat69

Does anyone really think that Red Bull would have entered into an agreement with Ferrari without having a current spec requirement for the engines? Nor would Ferrari want the hell that would come from providing Red Bull year old engines. Would Ferrari pull an "upgrade" deal like Merc did to refrain...

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Tomayto tomahto With that logic I count 5 this year - Merc, Ferrari, Renault, Honda and Manor's 2014 Ferraris Fail on the logic! There are 4 suppliers this year. Manor is supplied directly from Ferrari, which you well know. A foolproof way of applying the logic would be to only count engine supplie...

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they probably meant kilometres an Hour I had not thought of that. i had considered that, so i investigated the article... it does not only mention the 196mph max speed but also an average speed of 143mph... which is accurate, given the winning time of 1:40:49.4 over 245.56 miles... 196kph is a mere...

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Reading about the 1967 Belgium Grand Prix at Wikipedia, there was this item about the winning Eagle Weslake car: "The Eagle was timed at 196 mph on the start/finish straight, an extraordinary speed for a car with an engine producing (at that time) something less than 400 h.p." What I dont understan...

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i just said it in the other thread... a rule change for next season at this point needs unanimous agreement from all participants... i would not think red bull would agree to something that puts them at a disadvantage... Couldn't Ferrari then say "buzz off you're not getting engines from us"? sure....

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All very good points but I'm still unsure if Bernie can make a reluctant team supply an engine to a rival... But most likely as someone said he'll throw money at the problem until it disappears. well... that or he does it rather diplomatic ... errrr ... maybe let's call it sneaky... Ferrari do need...

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From what I could gather from Dieter Rencken's article there would be damn all the FIA could do about it. If you think about it, how could the FIA force Ferrari to give Red Bull the same spec engine while the other customers, let's say Toro Rosso or Sauber, get year-old engines? I get the impressio...

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Is it possible Red Bull will have no engine next season? If Ferrari turned around and stuck the fingers up at them then I'm sure Uncle Bernie would be getting involved And do what exactly? Sort a deal with someone somehow, be it Merc, Ferrari or even year old Hondas. Bernie is not going to let Red ...

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I'm wondering if Renault have found a loophole here. Correct me if I'm wrong but Lotus still have the Mercedes unit for next season, right? I'm wondering if Renault intend to discontinue their role as an engine supplier in order to sidestep the token system and fully redesign their PU for 2017. If ...

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Red Bull gave them 0 credit when winning, they weren't even in the name of the car/team unlike McLaren who plastered the Merc link everywhere. I think even Lotus where called Lotus Renault at some point and there was Sauber Ferrari. Even with the infiniti name thing as an outsider a person would ha...

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I don't fully understand this (words from Renault CEO Carlos Ghosn): "We already alerted the Formula 1 authorities [saying] that 'Don't count on us as a provider of an engine. It's over'." "We will honour our contracts, no problem, but the occasion of Renault as a developer and supplier of engines ...

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so... i've been wondering if renault are waiting for lotus to go into administration so that they can buy it without or with reduced debts afterwards... even though it would be logical to do so, it seems quite cold-hearted in relation to the people working at lotus... and it also wouldn't seem to be...

egnat69

This sport needs a lot more engine suppliers in general. In 2003 we had 9 (Ferrari, Mercedes, Honda, BMW, Renault, Toyota, Cosworth, Ford & Petronas). Every team had their own engine, even Jaguar's Cosworth was a different spec to that of Minardi. 10 years later, we were left with just 3 suppliers....

egnat69

Blackhander wrote:Painting the raceline on the track for the drivers to follow like on Forza?

good idea... i like that...

but it is a night-race and haze+darkness requires light:

Source: 2dayblog.com

egnat69

Renault is the most successful engine maker in the last decades... I am sure they can be trusted to get it right if they commit to stay. well... you have to factor in what happened this year and what will happen next year... let's start with next year... at the end of this season, a lot in the area...

egnat69

Alienturnedhuman wrote:The cars how have turbo chargers. They don't need to rely on the pressure of the airflow going into the car to maximise the air entering the combustion chamber.

exactly this and nothing else...

egnat69

Renault is the most successful engine maker in the last decades... I am sure they can be trusted to get it right if they commit to stay. well... you have to factor in what happened this year and what will happen next year... let's start with next year... at the end of this season, a lot in the area...

egnat69

Well... in Singapore we always have the possibility of a Safety Car that can significantly shake up the order :twisted: :twisted: honestly... they could be in for points but they would need some help... if all the merc teams run trouble-free, i can't see them scoring... even if we take lotus out of ...

egnat69

Sorry to quote my own post but been thinking further on this. Energy recovered from the MGU-H is completely unregulated is it not? So, why not design to keep it running at maximum and feed it directly to the wheels? Lose a little in the cylinder, but get a constant output from the H, which is not l...

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I pointed on early in this discussion so it may have been missed by some, but as that article points out developing certain compounds and isolating and concentrating molecules from the fuel that have the properties that these engines need is critical. Yes they're restricted to molecules naturally o...

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