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Morning guys, welcome to the 'FACKING, FACKING RAIKKONEN, WHADDA FACKEN IDIOT. ' race weekend
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Aug 26, 2016 08:38
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Anyone want to chip in? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Buttsy-Butler-Goon-Squad-F1-Show-Car-/131899644140?hash=item1eb5d4d8ec:g:XI4AAOSwt7ZXpJ7J
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Aug 26, 2016 09:24
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So far in FP1 : Poois is changing poo poo and will get a penalty. Max Verstappen's sister also looks like a toad.
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Aug 26, 2016 09:24
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HJB posted:As long as he contracts some sort of medieval disease as a result I'm all for it This was in response to the Colgate Bogan drinking from his shoe in Germany Trench Lung is now my favourite fictional ailment
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Aug 26, 2016 11:05
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simplefish posted:This was in response to the Colgate Bogan drinking from his shoe in Germany That would also be a great forums name.
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Aug 26, 2016 13:33
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Halo14 posted:Belgian Grand Prix: Lewis Hamilton confirms Spa grid penalty If Nico wins the WDC simply because Their Loois keeps getting grid penalties and can't rack up enough points, I legit might hang myself. The flip side is it could make the back half of this season extremely interesting.
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Aug 26, 2016 13:36
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Hobbo just said "In the old days when men were men" talking about the shameful asphalt runoff that just prevented Grosjean from having any real consequences due to blowing a corner
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Aug 26, 2016 13:36
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If there isnt a wall instead of a white line, it should be a gravel trap  Hobbs for president.
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Aug 26, 2016 14:07
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gret posted:Um excuse me her birthing hips rock. With hips like that kids would be popping out like a water slide
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Aug 26, 2016 14:26
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Aug 26, 2016 14:37
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So loving glad we have a race this weekend
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Aug 26, 2016 15:47
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iospace posted:Crossing from Indy, expect the halo arguments to fire up again: I can't believe that this is a pit lane in 2016. Seems more 1976, and even then...
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Aug 26, 2016 16:07
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simplefish posted:I can't believe that this is a pit lane in 2016. Seems more 1976, and even then... Indy has had some bumper car problems in the pits this year. The Indy 500 had a big problem, then Aleshin loses in the most Russian Dash Cam way in Mid-Ohio. US pit lanes are much more compact than F1, and usually everyone pits around the same time leading to a bit more chaos than F1 pits.
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Aug 26, 2016 16:22
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simplefish posted:I can't believe that this is a pit lane in 2016. Seems more 1976, and even then... Do they still use watering cans to refuel or have they upgraded to hosepipes now?
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Aug 26, 2016 16:24
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simplefish posted:I can't believe that this is a pit lane in 2016. Seems more 1976, and even then... Indycar's pits have historically been a loving gongshow.
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Aug 26, 2016 16:28
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Brainwrong posted:Do they still use watering cans to refuel or have they upgraded to hosepipes now? NASCAR still uses the cans. Indy uses hoses.
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Aug 26, 2016 16:32
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Yeah Indycar/CART have used fuel rigs since at least the 80s.
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Aug 26, 2016 16:50
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Brainwrong posted:Do they still use watering cans to refuel or have they upgraded to hosepipes now? Probably super soakers
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Aug 26, 2016 18:06
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djssniper posted:Probably super soakers they shoot a jet of water at the car after the refueling rig disconnects in order to dilute any spillage, so yeah, kind of
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Aug 26, 2016 18:15
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djssniper posted:Probably super soakers If they aren't the back pack super soakers, gtfo
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Aug 26, 2016 18:48
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So i want to understand the HAM situation: Hamilton arrived on his last set of engine components this weekend, and since spa and monza are back to back was likely to suffer an engine failure, so this weekend he arrived with a swapped engine (10 place grid penalty) and is now swapping that new one out for a second new engine (Now at back of the grid) Whats to stop him from changing the engine completely in each practice session and before Q1, and just starting at the back of the grid but with 4 additional engines? If i was a backmarker team i'd throw away 2-3 rounds each season doing nothing but getting new engines and running in full-power qualifying mode constantly.
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Aug 26, 2016 19:20
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MattD1zzl3 posted:Whats to stop him from changing the engine completely in each practice session and before Q1, and just starting at the back of the grid but with 4 additional engines? If i was a backmarker team i'd throw away 2-3 rounds each season doing nothing but getting new engines and running in full-power qualifying mode constantly. Time constraint and resources. Mercedes as a brand has not been particularly renowned for their reliability in the past and I'm pretty sure even if swapping out the engine from Q3 and qualifying was feasible the idea of taking on an absurd number of engines would be axed to avoid "Mercedes F1 team in massive reliability woes" headlines and accusations that they're buying the championship.
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Aug 26, 2016 19:24
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Note McLaren did just that though one race last year and swapped the full engines a few times and got a 100+ grid penalty. They have to run the engines for a few laps with the new parts to count, so time really is the limiting factor.
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Aug 26, 2016 20:49
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McLaren only swapped the entire power unit once, but the penalty was x places per part (IC engine, battery pack, MGU-K etc.) so replacing every part incurred a mega-combo penalty. The limiting factor apart from brand shame is time. It takes ages to swap the entire power unit and asking the mechanics to do it 3 or 4 times on the bounce between p1 & 2, or p3 & quali is impossible. Plus you can guarantee if some team did attempt it the rules would be re-written by the next round to only allow you to replace each part once per weekend. MattD1zzl3 posted:Whats to stop him from changing the engine completely in each practice session and before Q1, and just starting at the back of the grid but with 4 additional engines? If i was a backmarker team i'd throw away 2-3 rounds each season doing nothing but getting new engines and running in full-power qualifying mode constantly. No you wouldn't, because then you'd have spunked your budget for the year up the wall wrecking engines.
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Aug 26, 2016 21:01
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I think they mentioned that on the BBC text feed from P2 earlier on, that Jenson holds the current record for grid penalties at 75 positions
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Aug 26, 2016 21:05
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jammyozzy posted:The limiting factor apart from brand shame is time. It takes ages to swap the entire power unit and asking the mechanics to do it 3 or 4 times on the bounce between p1 & 2, or p3 & quali is impossible. Plus you can guarantee if some team did attempt it the rules would be re-written by the next round to only allow you to replace each part once per weekend. The only way I could see being able to swing that is if the driver had 4 gearboxes in rotation and you had it set up so you had four rear half's of cars assembled and you just essentially had to bolt and hook connections and lines up. Might be justifiable if Mercedes was neck and neck with another team in both championships, but it's going to be a blowout even if Lewis has to take another penalty somewhere down the line so there's no reason to waste resources like that.
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Aug 26, 2016 21:46
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I'm amazed that they're going to let Mercedes getting away with this.
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Aug 27, 2016 00:04
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Mercedes did nothing wrong.
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Aug 27, 2016 00:19
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ImplicitAssembler posted:I'm amazed that they're going to let Mercedes getting away with this. No matter how you sliced it Lewis was going to get given a penalty for 20 grid places and Mercedes chose to get them all done at a track where there was a decent chance of a recovery. That's just good strategy.
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Aug 27, 2016 00:35
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Last year Mercedes actually asked to have the engine change over a weekend loophole closed last year and it got rejected. I guess it's worked out well for them.
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Aug 27, 2016 00:49
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They should've just given Lewis one of Nico's engines.
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Aug 27, 2016 00:56
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Left over position drops from grid penalties should carry over to the next race(s).
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Aug 27, 2016 01:12
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blunt posted:Left over position drops from grid penalties should carry over to the next race(s). They did but the rule was changed at somepoint last season.
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Aug 27, 2016 01:20
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What about all the GOOD things Mercedes did?
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Aug 27, 2016 01:52
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:What about all the GOOD things Mercedes did? Leaving motor racing in '55 was pretty good.
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Aug 27, 2016 02:28
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cgfreak posted:
Literally Mr. Bean
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Aug 27, 2016 05:05
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I wish the EU management at Mercedes wouldn't involve Lewis with their rule-bending and cheating, but on the other hand it's probably a good idea not to be around Crooked Nico and his sharp front wing on the first lap...
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Aug 27, 2016 09:27
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The Croc posted:They did but the rule was changed at somepoint last season. Because Honda. I see what they've done - they're taking the penalty here, but now have two "fresh" engines for the rest of the year. Well played.
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Aug 27, 2016 09:29
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he could've turned up late to the fia too to get a reprimand (3rd) to clear that slate too.
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Aug 27, 2016 09:46
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Remember that time Ferrari changed Massa's gearbox at the American GP and incurred a grid drop so that Alonso would go up a place on the grid and switch to the better side of the track?
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Aug 27, 2016 10:07
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