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Mercedes have done some top tier letter of the law following: the FIA didn't like the way they (and other teams) mounted the cameras on the nose to reduce the drag The FIA said the mountings were "too long" to try to force teams to stick them horizontally on the side of the nose, but instead Mercedes have stuck them on pillars 
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Brainwrong posted:I try to stay away from reddit these days but it's quality like this that keeps dragging me back: It's like all information people on reddit knows comes from the front page. McLaren is building a bird of prey, not a car. Makes sense now.
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Dudley posted:In the same session Alice Powell was 6 seconds and 6 places quicker, Vicky Pirla 7 seconds and 13 places quicker. Her teammates by the way were also 6 and 7 seconds quicker. Alice Powell... OK, she's faster and better, but maybe not so "marketable".  Vicky Piria, on the other hand, even faster and also cleans up real nice.  WTF, Lotus?
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Feb 27, 2015 15:13
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Simona uber alles. loving Monisha.... 
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Feb 27, 2015 15:16
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Did they really need to put her in heels for that picture? Would her being in her racing shoes have lessened the quality of that image somehow? It would be really nice if someone could promote a woman driver without having to resort to that kind of nonsense. Williams seems to have done a pretty decent job of talking about Susie Wolff without resorting to putting her in a short dress or things like that. Usually she's in a firesuit, just like the men on the team.
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Feb 27, 2015 15:19
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Maybe she really likes wearing heals?
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Feb 27, 2015 15:21
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Funzo posted:Did they really need to put her in heels for that picture? Would her being in her racing shoes have lessened the quality of that image somehow? It would be really nice if someone could promote a woman driver without having to resort to that kind of nonsense. Williams seems to have done a pretty decent job of talking about Susie Wolff without resorting to putting her in a short dress or things like that. Usually she's in a firesuit, just like the men on the team. It's not exactly astonishing that a team being run by a woman is less skeevy about its marketing of a woman
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Feb 27, 2015 15:23
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Spaced God posted:Apparently the Alonso crash is a McClaren cover-up I like to think we can bring together 2 thread favourites out of this: Ron "Sperglord" Dennis being himself, and ~~mindgames~~ Ron has seen that a lack of information is apparently upsetting or otherwise stopping other drivers from relaxing (according to that article, this is a Fact with a capital F) So he's deliberately keeping Ferdie in hospital longer than he needs to and witholding the camera footage so that it *looks like* a coverup The FIA were busying about because there are rules governing ownership of testing footage and Ron is trying to stall them or otherwise convince them that the camera memory chip is a car component and therefore property of Macca (or something like that) All of this for the purpose of ~~mindgames~~
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Feb 27, 2015 15:28
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Funzo posted:Did they really need to put her in heels for that picture? Would her being in her racing shoes have lessened the quality of that image somehow? It would be really nice if someone could promote a woman driver without having to resort to that kind of nonsense. Williams seems to have done a pretty decent job of talking about Susie Wolff without resorting to putting her in a short dress or things like that. Usually she's in a firesuit, just like the men on the team. Is it a coincidence that Williams is run by a woman?
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Feb 27, 2015 15:29
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Butt Wizard posted:Maybe Alonso's accident was caused by running over a loving field mouse that didn't hear him coming Holy poo poo, that is such a funny post that now I have a groin injury.
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Feb 27, 2015 15:32
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Tsaedje posted:It's not exactly astonishing that a team being run by a woman is less skeevy about its marketing of a woman No, but that doesn't give the other teams an excuse. They shouldn't get a pass because they're being run by men. All I really want out of this is to be able to tell my daughters that they can be race car drivers when they grow up, without having to add the caveat of "but only if you're pretty" at the end.
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Feb 27, 2015 15:35
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Funzo posted:No, but that doesn't give the other teams an excuse. They shouldn't get a pass because they're being run by men. Nobody's holding a gun to her head. Google her name - she's not exactly shy about getting her kit off. e: actually she's Italian so there might indeed be a gun at her head. 
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Feb 27, 2015 15:42
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CratSock posted:Alice Powell... OK, she's faster and better, but maybe not so "marketable". That double chin diffuser has to yield some sort of aerodynamic advantage.
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Feb 27, 2015 15:52
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Riso posted:Exactly.
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Funzo posted:Did they really need to put her in heels for that picture? Would her being in her racing shoes have lessened the quality of that image somehow? It would be really nice if someone could promote a woman driver without having to resort to that kind of nonsense. Williams seems to have done a pretty decent job of talking about Susie Wolff without resorting to putting her in a short dress or things like that. Usually she's in a firesuit, just like the men on the team. I actually agree with you, they really shouldn't seed to sexualize a pretty female driver for publicity stuff, but we all know that "sex sells" (still) and most of these corporate guys will do whatever they think gives them a slightly better bottom line, regardless of whether or not it makes you look like TeamDirtbag and may have negative long run implications. It's funny, when I was looking for pictures, I found myself wondering if the women felt the need to wear makeup on race day. Williams has actually done a pretty commendable job of marketing Suzie as a driver, and not ... well, Danica Patrick. Edit: Copedy option... put Pastor in a dress.
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Feb 27, 2015 16:04
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Tsaedje posted:
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Button has done 50 laps so far today
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McLaren are up to 78 laps today, they have just exceeded Mercedes (77) and Williams (75)
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Feb 27, 2015 16:07
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CratSock posted:Edit: Copedy option... put Pastor in a dress.
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Feb 27, 2015 16:12
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Funzo posted:No, but that doesn't give the other teams an excuse. They shouldn't get a pass because they're being run by men. If your daughters aren't driving kart already they will never make it to F1.
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Feb 27, 2015 16:19
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Riso posted:If you
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Feb 27, 2015 16:22
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Tsaedje posted:McLaren are up to 78 laps today, they have just exceeded Mercedes (77) and Williams (75) McLaren confirmed to be bringing a race winning car to Australia.
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Feb 27, 2015 16:30
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On his 80th lap Jenson has jumped from 1:28 to 1:26.362. Fastest time is Bottas with 1:23.995
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Feb 27, 2015 16:32
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the mclaren has looked balanced and easy to drive throughout all the tests (according to those who are actually there, e.g. chandhok) but no one knows what that means since it's unlikely they are running at full power
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Feb 27, 2015 16:34
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Crank that Honda up and set some pace, Jense! 
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Feb 27, 2015 16:40
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I think it means McLaren have built a decent car, but are extremely reliant on Honda having built a good and reliable engine, which remains to be seen.
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Feb 27, 2015 16:40
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Tsaedje posted:I think it means McLaren have built a decent car, but are extremely reliant on Honda having built a good and reliable engine, which remains to be seen. Even the car is an unknown, if they're backing off the car we really don't know how it'll handle at full speed. It is a positive sign but we really can't read too much into the car at this stage. There hasn't been any comments about the power curve being uneven like there was with Renault last year so that's a plus.
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quote:Stevens, who raced in the final round of 2014, must obtain a super licence. Wait, what? Will Stevens managed to race without a superlicense??
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Wirth1000 posted:Wait, what? Will Stevens managed to race without a superlicense?? I'm presuming he needs a 2015 superlicense
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1500quidporsche posted:Even the car is an unknown, if they're backing off the car we really don't know how it'll handle at full speed. It is a positive sign but we really can't read too much into the car at this stage. Bad news: Honda's engines have traditionally been all about top end power.
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Riso posted:If your daughters aren't driving kart already they will never make it to F1. Of course they won't. I doubt either one of them wants to race at all. It would still be nice to have women in jobs like that without relying on sex to promote them as role models though.
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Tsaedje posted:I'm presuming he needs a 2015 superlicense Doesn't he qualify already though?
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Human Grand Prix posted:Doesn't he qualify already though? He should do, I imagine it's all paperwork and  "processing"
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Funzo posted:Of course they won't. I doubt either one of them wants to race at all. It would still be nice to have women in jobs like that without relying on sex to promote them as role models though. Sex appeal is going to be a big part of it, unfortunately, which is somewhat weird as the best woman F1 drivers (Lombardi and Wilson) were hardly lookers and drove in a time that was much less progressive.
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Riso posted:If Toto is Tywin, who is Bernie?
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Rosberg just put on the soft tyre and did a 1:22.792, 1.2s faster than Bottas with the next nearest time.
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Lol at all the McFailern fanboys in this thread, Mclaren are poo poo and they will get comfortably beaten by force india and pave the way for Sebastian Vettels first wdc with the glorious Scuderia Italia Ferrari f t w
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Tsaedje posted:Rosberg just put on the soft tyre and did a 1:22.792, 1.2s faster than Bottas with the next nearest time. Mindgames.
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track day bro! posted:Lol at all the McFailern fanboys in this thread, Mclaren are poo poo and they will get comfortably beaten by force india and pave the way for Sebastian Vettels first wdc with the glorious Scuderia Italia Ferrari f t w You're going to be bitterly disappointed when McLaren are hauling in 1-2s while the fraud is racing his heart out for 9th place.
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Tsaedje posted:Rosberg just put on the soft tyre and did a 1:22.792, 1.2s faster than Bottas with the next nearest time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGN3TSdievc
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Button just hit 100 laps. An actual thing that McLaren did. (on the 10th day of 12 days of testing)
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