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poty
Jun 21, 2008

虹はどこで終わるのですか? あなたの魂の中で、または地平線で?

Jedit posted:

An amusing article on the BBC website today about how Red Bull own a team in the Bundesliga (RB Leipzig) and they are the most hated team in football. In fact they're so disliked that one German newspaper doesn't even name them in the league tables, instead putting "Dosenverkauf" - can sellers.

Germans using Rivals.com puns when competitors are better than them? As a Lewis fan in this thread full of German posters, it's hard to imagine

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Barbun
Aug 20, 2012

poty posted:

Germans using Rivals.com puns when competitors are better than them? As a Lewis fan in this thread full of German posters, it's hard to imagine

Yeah but they are literally peak plastic

harperdc
Jul 24, 2007

Barbun posted:

Yeah but they are literally peak plastic

Aluminum, daresay.

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:

1500quidporsche's sad old Japanese man is making me sad, man. Not because he looks sad because you can never tell what an old Japanese man is thinking but I saw what happened and I know why he's sad and it's so sad.

Is it what happened in France this year at the end of a very long race? :smith:

learnincurve
May 15, 2014

Smoosh
Car news :dance:

Launch dates are Feb 21-26th

http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/f1-2017-launch-test-and-race-schedule-872067/

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

iospace posted:

Is it what happened in France this year at the end of a very long race? :smith:
The French tv commentary gets me the most, where one of the guys keeps saying in a totally deadpan tone, "C'est pas possible" over and over

enri
Dec 16, 2003

Hope you're having an amazing day


Ok... why are some race weekends listed as 4 days, some 3, and others only 2? (ignoring Monaco weirdness that is) - British GP is apparently on the 15-16th July.... yet the weekend before, the Austrian GP spans 3 days. Derp. It doesn't bother me overly, but I've just copied all the dates into my calendar for the year and it looks all screwy.

F1DriverQuidenBerg
Jan 19, 2014

You Am I posted:

I thought the Austin Allegro would be your spirit animal

I may be terrible but I'm more of a Rover SD1 kind of terrible.

HJB
Feb 16, 2011

:swoon: I can't get enough of are Dan :swoon:

enri posted:

Ok... why are some race weekends listed as 4 days, some 3, and others only 2? (ignoring Monaco weirdness that is) - British GP is apparently on the 15-16th July.... yet the weekend before, the Austrian GP spans 3 days. Derp. It doesn't bother me overly, but I've just copied all the dates into my calendar for the year and it looks all screwy.

Their dates are just bizarre, use this instead - https://www.formula1.com/en/championship/races/2017.html

Meanwhile I spotted they've done a feature on orange liveries, which is nice if you like orange

Skarsnik
Oct 21, 2008

I...AM...RUUUDE!




or use

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/contact/f1-fanatic-calendar/

subscribe in your mobile calender of choice and then it'll update automatically. Its got all the testing and launch dates in it too

learnincurve
May 15, 2014

Smoosh
Mercades are Looming Ominiously already. Toto has been telling the press exactly the same bullshit as he was saying last year.

Also I've seen 5 different interviews with Arrivabene and he's saying the same thing word for word in both Italian and English, and then I saw another one with that Indiana Jones villain comfy jumper wearing chunt and he was reading word for word off the same script. God drat it Ferrari, you are supposed to be about Passion and your team principle nearly punching ted and using Viagra metaphors to confused sky interviewers.

F1DriverQuidenBerg
Jan 19, 2014

Hot tip: Ferrari records a generic interview, has it translated, sends it out to lazy reporters.

learnincurve
May 15, 2014

Smoosh
It's not that, it's been at different Ferrari events during the break. :( They did it last year to some extent with "keep your head down and feet on the ground", but this year looks to be the year of stick to the script.

Ferrari have been big with the take downs recently but they missed this one in Italian. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2BxlbrqH_mI

Norns
Nov 21, 2011

Senior Shitposting Strategist

Hot take: Ferrari is garbage

Full Collapse
Dec 4, 2002

Ferrari are best when they're garbage.

enri
Dec 16, 2003

Hope you're having an amazing day

Skarsnik posted:

or use

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/contact/f1-fanatic-calendar/

subscribe in your mobile calender of choice and then it'll update automatically. Its got all the testing and launch dates in it too

I would but this would require me using that cockwomble's site, I'd rather scoop my eyeballs out than even be seen to supporting F1 fanatic.

Keith something? Twat

Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester
Oct 3, 2000
https://rushsync.com/motorsport-calendars

F1DriverQuidenBerg
Jan 19, 2014

Let us all hold a moment of silence for the brave sad old Japanese man.

Skarsnik
Oct 21, 2008

I...AM...RUUUDE!




enri posted:

I would but this would require me using that cockwomble's site, I'd rather scoop my eyeballs out than even be seen to supporting F1 fanatic.

Keith something? Twat

I am not up to date on who is a nobber in the f1 journalism world beyond Joe's award so I shall take your word for it

enri
Dec 16, 2003

Hope you're having an amazing day

brainwrong or someone will back me up on the F1 fanatic guy :colbert:

GramCracker
Oct 8, 2005

beauty by stroll

Norns posted:

Hot take: Ferrari is garbage

daslog
Dec 10, 2008

#essereFerrari
The usual f1 websites seem to be speculating that the new tires and new car design will result in more Follow the Leader because of the aero.

Skarsnik
Oct 21, 2008

I...AM...RUUUDE!




enri posted:

brainwrong or someone will back me up on the F1 fanatic guy :colbert:

I am not doubting you, I just had no idea

I shall continue to use the calendar but shall curse Keith every time I use it in solidarity

loving keith

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.
That guy sucks rear end.

enri
Dec 16, 2003

Hope you're having an amazing day

Skarsnik posted:

I am not doubting you, I just had no idea

I shall continue to use the calendar but shall curse Keith every time I use it in solidarity

loving keith

Good man, Keith I think is less 'F1 journo' and more 'annoying oval office who does all this poo poo in his spare time' last time I checked?

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


1500quidporsche posted:

Let us all hold a moment of silence for the brave sad old Japanese man.

Nice avatar

wicka
Jun 28, 2007


https://instagram.com/p/BQQoo7FhXd9/

Either they're trolling or holy poo poo.

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


wicka posted:

https://instagram.com/p/BQQoo7FhXd9/

Either they're trolling or holy poo poo.

Please

They're trolling :smith:

I hope they're not

wicka
Jun 28, 2007


iospace posted:

Please

They're trolling :smith:

I hope they're not

They're either doing it or New McLaren is so cool that they're trolling everyone. And I wouldn't be super disappointed by either outcome.

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.
Dead rear end team sponsored by a dead rear end oil company.

F1DriverQuidenBerg
Jan 19, 2014

Alain Post posted:

Dead rear end team sponsored by a dead rear end oil company.

dentist toy box
Oct 9, 2012

There's a haint in the foothills of NC; the haint of the #3 chevy. The rich have formed a holy alliance to exorcise it but they'll never fucking catch him.


There was a gulf gas station by my house that was open for like a month then closed down last year so maybe it's a sign?

wicka
Jun 28, 2007


Alain Post posted:

Dead rear end team sponsored by a dead rear end oil company.

Shell is a perfectly healthy company.

djssniper
Jan 10, 2003


Judging the response of the return of the Martini liverery, a gulf one would be awesome

Edit; tbf excellent marketing

djssniper fucked around with this message at 02:08 on Feb 9, 2017

Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester
Oct 3, 2000
The Gulf Astons in WEC were awesome, Gulf makes everything better

ImplicitAssembler
Jan 24, 2013

Completely agree. It's an iconic brand, so who cares if it's dead or not.

Norns
Nov 21, 2011

Senior Shitposting Strategist

Alain Post posted:

Dead rear end team sponsored by a dead rear end oil company.

Synergy

F1DriverQuidenBerg
Jan 19, 2014

Its a dead brand gets licensed out and isn't paying any amount of money. Doing this for the sake of nostalgia is dumb as poo poo. Martini is an active company that sells an actual product and is looking to promote it.

wicka
Jun 28, 2007


1500quidporsche posted:

Its a dead brand gets licensed out and isn't paying any amount of money. Doing this for the sake of nostalgia is dumb as poo poo. Martini is an active company that sells an actual product and is looking to promote it.

Barely.

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iospace
Jan 19, 2038


Maybe they're picking the livery to illustrate the Gulf between them and the actual competitive cars.

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