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I wish Azerbaijan Was still communist so the Baku GP would of never happened.
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GOOD TIMES ON METH posted:F1 simply needs to purchase Taylor Swift and have her perform at every race problem solved The best idea.
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wicka posted:I'm fascinated by the implication that F1 should generate a significant chunk of its revenue by charging sanctioning fees so high that it's literally impossible to profitably host a race. Congrats on making strawmen and knocking them down.
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daslog posted:Congrats on making strawmen and knocking them down. You're right, we really should take your argument based on a decade old internet meme more seriously 
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1500quidporsche posted:You're right, we really should take your argument based on a decade old internet meme more seriously It's got to be more than a decade old.
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Mar 16, 2017 02:22
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You're the man now Brawn
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Tony Montana posted:I dont trust that they'll last the distance. They're fine, just make sure you change the sole for no reason.
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daslog posted:It's got to be more than a decade old. 1998
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GOOD TIMES ON METH posted:You're the man now Brawn
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GOOD TIMES ON METH posted:You're the man now Brawn 2017 thread title.
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If I was your boss, I'd deny that PTO request so hard.
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Mar 16, 2017 04:00
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you work weekends lol
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hehe, but you're not my boss. If I knew my boss was a humorless oval office, I wouldn't have written that. I don't work weekends, you bloody American, you just live in a time warp.
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I wish my boss was Ron Dennis and I could cater to his need for efficiencies and floor tiles that aren't cut.
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Minto Took posted:you work weekends lol You only work weekends in the United bootstraps if you don't work 80 hour weeks you're a gay states of america.
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1500quidporsche posted:I wish my boss was Ron Dennis and I could cater to his need for efficiencies and floor tiles that aren't cut. That was a cool Google. The crazy fucker really ordered custom tiles so there would be no partial tiles. Being that detail orientated and having absolutely no control over the most important single component in the car must have driven him crazy
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dentist toy box posted:I wish Azerbaijan Was still communist so the Baku GP would of never happened. The Hungarian GP happened.
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Tony Montana posted:hehe, but you're not my boss. If I knew my boss was a humorless oval office, I wouldn't have written that. quote:I don't work weekends, you bloody American, you just live in a time warp. *checks calendar* long weekend, nevermind~
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I know a cool boss I'd like to come by if you catch my drift 
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I live in Melbourne and have 0 chance of having enough money to buy tickets ever ever. But, you know, have fun and all.
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Only a couple of days ago there were still 4 day passes in the Schumacher stand for 300 bucks. On Ticketmaster, not eBay. The Schumy stand is good for the money! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P46Ep_XMHLI You can't really see down the straight, the awesome stand on the corner is Prost and that's probably the best stand at the GP. It's expensive, like the new Riccardo stand. You might be able to rock up and buy from a scalper.. but I've never done that and kinda don't want to.
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I just go general admission on Friday, it's cheap enough, since it's my only sporting event thing I do for the year in most cases.
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Hrm, I just had a look  while  Saturday has the same price. If you want to watch the race at home on TV coz general admission isnt the best for that, then go on Sat and see quali for reals!
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When I went to Suzuka, you could sit anywhere you wanted with the exception of the stand on the start/finish straight on Friday. It was cool to get pictures of the cars. Nothing really happened up where I was sitting on race day except for a car catching fire. I think it was Jovalainen's poo poo Lotus.
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daslog posted:Congrats on making strawmen and knocking them down. Did you read your own post?
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daslog posted:Congrats on making strawmen and knocking them down. Specifically which part has he exaggerated to make his point, in a year when stalwarts like silverstone are/were at risk? Not to mention Germany and the others that have been on/off for years. Like ask them why they can't hold the race and it's "because there's no profit because of the fees"
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quote:Brawn has spent recent weeks discussing outline ideas with F1 figures, and this week Liberty Media held a meeting with teams to inform them of its next steps. I just can't comprehend how anyone not named Bernie could be complaining about what we've seen from Liberty so far.
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McLaren explore Mercedes engine option after Honda problemsThe Article posted:McLaren have made an exploratory approach to Mercedes about engine supply in the wake of problems with partner Honda. Incredible. They're going to go back to Mercedes the year after Alonso retires and have the best car, Jenson is going to come out of sabbatical and win another WDC. NtotheTC fucked around with this message at 12:32 on Mar 16, 2017 |
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NtotheTC posted:McLaren explore Mercedes engine option after Honda problems Post of the thread
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Building an engine that shakes itself to death has to be pretty dang close to a last straw.
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The engine isn't shaking itself to death, it's just shaking everything around it to death. it's also hella down on power.
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Powershift posted:The engine isn't shaking itself to death, it's just shaking everything around it to death. No, it's turned down very low because it can't be run at full tilt for any appreciable amount of time. It's not anywhere near as slow as the trap speeds indicated (unless by "slow" you mean "broken and thus stationary").
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wicka posted:No, it's turned down very low because it can't be run at full tilt for any appreciable amount of time. It's not anywhere near as slow as the trap speeds indicated (unless by "slow" you mean "broken and thus stationary"). Well, with the amount of time it spent parked on the track. it's average track speed is probably in the double digits.
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Remember this time last year Bernie pushed through that awful qualifier change haha
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Khablam posted:Specifically which part has he exaggerated to make his point, in a year when stalwarts like silverstone are/were at risk? Not to mention Germany and the others that have been on/off for years. The part about Liberty should increase sanctioning fees. No one is making that argument. The post was specifically about Liberty, not the overall sport. If you want to actually have a discussion on the topic (I don't know why anyone would because it's boring financial stuff) then someone should explain how Liberty will increase their revenues 10% per year, every year. 10% is actually a low Return for a multi-billion dollar investment, but it's a nice benchmark. Keep in mind that Liberty doesn't own the tracks, so the profit/loss that Silverstone or Germany makes has little impact to Liberty. The exception to that is when a race gets cancelled because the track can't afford the sanctioning fee. Bernie made more money when that happened by moving to the race to a corrupt dictatorship that would pay him top dollar to bring the race there. Liberty can take less money and keep the races where they are and promote the sport. That's great for the fans and the tracks, but Liberty's revenue goes down, not up. They can sell the digital rights (another great thing for fans) but streaming over the internet isn't very lucrative, and it's certainly not going to justify the investment they made. That leaves TV rights. Liberty would need a substantial increase in TV rights fees of at least 12% annually just to justify their initial investment. Good luck getting that. Or perhaps they don't care about making money and are willing to take losses forever for the good of the sport? At any rate, it's boring financial stuff, we are are all better of not posting about it. There are more important things to discuss, like the impact to aero of Alonso shaving his beard.
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daslog posted:The part about Liberty should increase sanctioning fees. No one is making that argument. And no one said you made that argument. What you DID say, and what you continued to say above, is that F1 SHOULD use sanctioning fees as a primary source of revenue. This is dumb, this is not done in other motorsport, and it's a huge reason why F1 is floundering in its traditional markets. Is that more clear? The fact that you view lowering criminally high sanctioning fees as nothing more than lost revenue normalizes a strategy that never should've been used. It was purely done to make Bernie rich. It benefits no one else.
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wicka posted:And no one said you made that argument. What you DID say, and what you continued to say above, is that F1 SHOULD use sanctioning fees as a primary source of revenue. This is dumb, this is not done in other motorsport, and it's a huge reason why F1 is floundering in its traditional markets. Can you quote the post where I stated that? I'm not finding it. Just the one line will do. daslog fucked around with this message at 13:49 on Mar 16, 2017 |
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NtotheTC posted:McLaren explore Mercedes engine option after Honda problems My dreams for a Mclaren-Ferrari unholy alliance    are once again dashed.
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