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Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.

keevo posted:

Keep in mind that Haas bought their base and some of their equipment. They don't have a car that meets the 2015 requirements and probably don't have enough equipment to put together the car at Melbourne.

any chance Haas could be partially backing the team as a dry run, like Pollack did with Tyrrell in '98?

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Ghost of Mussolini
Jun 26, 2011

Riso posted:

Vettel on record saying he will stick to the helmet design!

this is what a real team looks like lads

Wirth1000
May 12, 2010

#essereFerrari
I have it on good authority that if you trace the Vettel lineage far back enough you'll find his ancestors were Nazis.

Jon Von Anchovi
Sep 5, 2014

:australia:

Wirth1000 posted:

I have it on good authority that if you trace the Vettel lineage far back enough you'll find his ancestors were Nazis.

Fwiw my uncle is a nazi with senior in his title and he said that is shite

MustardFacial
Jun 20, 2011
George Russel's
Official Something Awful Account
Lifelong Tory Voter

Jon Von Anchovi posted:

Fwiw my uncle is a nazi with senior in his title and he said that is shite

fwiw my shite is a senior with nazi in his title and he said that is uncle.

Human Grand Prix
Jan 24, 2013

by FactsAreUseless

Alain Post posted:

any chance Haas could be partially backing the team as a dry run, like Pollack did with Tyrrell in '98?

Does Marussia/Manor even have a suitable chassis at this point?

track day bro!
Feb 17, 2005

#essereFerrari
Grimey Drawer

Ghost of Mussolini posted:

this is what a real team looks like lads

Big Vettel and the scud WDC '15 :hellyeah:

MustardFacial
Jun 20, 2011
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Human Grand Prix posted:

Does Marussia/Manor even have a suitable chassis at this point?

I think they are going to try to get special dispensation from FOM or the FIA or someone to use their 2014 car.

[edit] yeah they are.

quote:

“The Formula 1 commission meet on Thursday and they should agree to allow Marussia, or Manor as we should call them, to use last year’s car in the 2015 world championship. I understand that this deal has finally been agreed because Marussia have been allowed to keep their prize money from the 2014 season, which has effectively halved their debts.”

nsaP
May 4, 2004

alright?

keevo posted:

Keep in mind that Haas bought their base and some of their equipment. They don't have a car that meets the 2015 requirements and probably don't have enough equipment to put the car together at Melbourne.

Unless the spirit of Jules Bianchi is enough...

Alonso is still tweeting #forzajules every few days :smith:

Wirth1000
May 12, 2010

#essereFerrari
What about Michael?

Stone loving cold.

Jedit
Dec 10, 2011

Proudly supporting vanilla legends 1994-2014

Wirth1000 posted:

What about Michael?

Stone loving cold.

No, he's still warm. IQ at room temperature though.

Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester
Oct 3, 2000

Wirth1000 posted:

What about Michael?

Stone loving cold.
Ted said Mercedes moved their MSC hashtag from the cockpit side to some tiny invisible spot on the nose. He's dead to Germany.

LeadSled
Jan 7, 2008

Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:

Ted said Mercedes moved their MSC hashtag from the cockpit side to some tiny invisible spot on the nose. He's dead to Germany.

They're just paying as much attention to his as he did to their get well wishes. It's only fair.

RideTheSpiral
Sep 18, 2005
College Slice
I haven't followed F1 or this thread for the entire winter. Can anyone summarise in 50 words the best bits?

nsaP
May 4, 2004

alright?
Lewis' hair

Brainwrong
Mar 20, 2004

RIP Bobby K
Poland's Rose. Like a cabbage in the wind.

RideTheSpiral posted:

I haven't followed F1 or this thread for the entire winter. Can anyone summarise in 50 words the best bits?

McLaren didn't paint their car red and white.
Everyone argued.

RideTheSpiral
Sep 18, 2005
College Slice

Brainwrong posted:

McLaren didn't paint their car red and white.
Everyone argued.


Don't tell me they've painted it silver.

Riso
Oct 11, 2008

by merry exmarx
Silver's the McLaren colour.

Brainwrong
Mar 20, 2004

RIP Bobby K
Poland's Rose. Like a cabbage in the wind.

Riso posted:

Silver's the McLaren colour.

Actually silver is the official Honda colour.

Awful florescent orange/red is the official McLaren colour

track day bro!
Feb 17, 2005

#essereFerrari
Grimey Drawer

RideTheSpiral posted:

I haven't followed F1 or this thread for the entire winter. Can anyone summarise in 50 words the best bits?

Sebastian Vettel WDC '15

Tsaedje
May 11, 2007

BRAWNY BUTTONS 4 LYFE
There have been 4 days of testing, which means this thread knows exactly how well each team will do this season. Force India may not make it to the grid, Marussia/Manor/Whatever might make it with special dispensation to run their 2014 car.

RideTheSpiral
Sep 18, 2005
College Slice

Tsaedje posted:

There have been 4 days of testing, which means this thread knows exactly how well each team will do this season. Force India may not make it to the grid, Marussia/Manor/Whatever might make it with special dispensation to run their 2014 car.


What's happened to FI? Any interesting driver news?

Tsaedje
May 11, 2007

BRAWNY BUTTONS 4 LYFE

RideTheSpiral posted:

What's happened to FI? Any interesting driver news?

The answer to both questions is "shite"

Ghost of Mussolini
Jun 26, 2011

Tsaedje posted:

The answer to both questions is "shite"
gone the way of maclaren rip, at least had the decency to bow out and not bring the sport into further disrepute

Dubs
Mar 6, 2007

Stroll Own Zone.
Disregard Stroll outside zone.
lewis' hair

enri
Dec 16, 2003

Hope you're having an amazing day

Alain Post posted:

The only thing negative in here is McLaren's title chances.

WCC maybe with that fraud Alonso not pulling his weight*, Jenson has the WDC wrapped up already, I can feel it in my bones.

Riso posted:

Vettel on record saying he will stick to the helmet design!

Has he stopped giving his cars ridiculous nicknames yet though? This is the important question.

edit: whether or not he's given his car a name, I'm sure by the time the summer rolls around he will have named it "shite sheila"

You Am I
May 20, 2001

Me @ your poasting

enri posted:

WCC maybe with that fraud Alonso not pulling his weight*, Jenson has the WDC wrapped up already, I can feel it in my bones.


Has he stopped giving his cars ridiculous nicknames yet though? This is the important question.

edit: whether or not he's given his car a name, I'm sure by the time the summer rolls around he will have named it "shite sheila"

He'll probably go with something with Italian like Belladonna Betty or some such

RideTheSpiral
Sep 18, 2005
College Slice
Muscly Ernie.

Riso
Oct 11, 2008

by merry exmarx
Enzo's Embarrassment.

enri
Dec 16, 2003

Hope you're having an amazing day

Riso posted:

Enzo's Embarrassment.

This just in, Ferrari's ERS system partially powered by harvesting the power of Enzo spinning in his grave

RideTheSpiral
Sep 18, 2005
College Slice
Ferrari new power unit: a spicy meatball

Ghost of Mussolini
Jun 26, 2011

enri posted:

This just in, Ferrari's ERS system partially powered by harvesting the power of Enzo spinning in his grave
What a team. WDC WCC locked in.

Brainwrong
Mar 20, 2004

RIP Bobby K
Poland's Rose. Like a cabbage in the wind.

Riso posted:

Enzo's Embarrassment.

Mein Kampf

simplefish
Mar 28, 2011

So long, and thanks for all the fish gallbladdΣrs!


make your own joke out of fingerboy, enzo spinning in his grave, and the phrase "sit on it and spin"

there's one in there somewhere

RideTheSpiral
Sep 18, 2005
College Slice

simplefish posted:

make your own joke out of fingerboy, enzo spinning in his grave, and the phrase "sit on it and spin"

there's one in there somewhere


Pretty rude of Red Bull to give Ferrari the finger.

NtotheTC
Dec 31, 2007


Vettel is a oval office.

Tsaedje
May 11, 2007

BRAWNY BUTTONS 4 LYFE

simplefish posted:

make your own joke out of fingerboy, enzo spinning in his grave, and the phrase "sit on it and spin"

there's one in there somewhere

or "go loving swivel"

Dubs
Mar 6, 2007

Stroll Own Zone.
Disregard Stroll outside zone.

NtotheTC posted:

Vettel is a oval office.

Lewis' Hair

Rhopunzel
Jan 6, 2006

Stroll together, win together
f1

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NtotheTC
Dec 31, 2007


Dubs posted:

Lewis' Hair

That's the real reason Nicole left, she couldn't handle Lewis out-styling her.

Proper F1 girlfriends like Jess know to wait til their mans career is seemingly over before insisting they get married. Vettel got married last year right?

So did Grosjean.

Oh and Rosberg. Theory looking pretty sound right now.

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