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1500quidporsche posted:Edit: loving All is well now.
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quote:Furthermore, in a bid to minimise the oscillations, it is understood that Alonso and Stoffel Vandoorne have been asked to change gear in a different rev range – which is costing some laptime. How is this not an absolute crisis? Like Honda should be pulling resources from other projects to solve this immediately.
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Mar 24, 2017 21:00
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That reminds me of a really old ford transit van I once owned. "If the clanking gets really loud then get ready to open the box under the gear stick and hit things with this hammer until it changes gear"
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Mar 24, 2017 21:05
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learnincurve posted:That reminds me of a really old ford transit van I once owned. "If the clanking gets really loud then get ready to open the box under the gear stick and hit things with this hammer until it changes gear" Yeah but an old wanker of a Transit is still fit for purpose. Based on all evidence thus far 3 years of McLaren Honda are still shitboxes from day one. It's a goddamn shame that they haven't been competitive throughout a season since the early 2000s.
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Mar 24, 2017 21:14
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Looking at just how loving grim it is makes Alonso's 12th in free practice pretty drat impressive, too bad they'll be at the back row once everyone else turns the engine up.
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Mar 24, 2017 21:20
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1500quidporsche posted:Is this just a hobby for Honda? If the posts from that retired Honda F1 engineer are to be believed, then yes it is. Like they're literally dragging their own name through the mud on the world stage for the sake of running a training program for junior engineers.
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Mar 24, 2017 21:21
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1500quidporsche posted:Looking at just how loving grim it is makes Alonso's 12th in free practice pretty drat impressive, too bad they'll be at the back row once everyone else turns the engine up. He's a really good GP2 driver, what else would you expect?
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Mar 24, 2017 21:22
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For gently caress sakes man. Can Honda not act like hobbyist here? You are at the pinnacle of Motorsports, loving act like it.
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Mar 24, 2017 21:26
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GramCracker posted:He's a really good GP2 driver, what else would you expect? A GP2 car would not be this bad.
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Mar 24, 2017 21:25
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Dude. Your av is just like...the worst.
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Mar 24, 2017 21:35
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lmbo that Stroll avatar holy poo poo
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Mar 24, 2017 21:37
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GramCracker posted:Dude. Your av is just like...the worst. I love that I've wound people up this much.
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Mar 24, 2017 21:40
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1500quidporsche posted:I love that I've wound people up this much. You bought it yourself
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Mar 24, 2017 21:41
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wicka posted:It honestly seems like they've taken a step back from last season. This is what happens when you design a brand-new engine from scratch because you wasted 3 years on a very lovely concept. Also you didn't hire anyone that had experience with this formula and also you don't listen to your consultants.
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Mar 24, 2017 21:47
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We can add the 2015-2016 Honda Engine to the list of ultra-compact engine designs that don't work.
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Mar 24, 2017 21:48
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1500quidporsche posted:Is this just a hobby for Honda? This has been the rationale for all of their F1 programs. It was extremely successful once, but not so much other times.
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Mar 24, 2017 21:51
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julian assflange posted:You bought it yourself The last avatar I bought got replaced like a day after I bought it, it's funnier seeing what people come up with at this point. The Ron one was my favorite but the Highlander quote is a nice touch to this one. Human Grand Prix posted:This is what happens when you design a brand-new engine from scratch because you wasted 3 years on a very lovely concept. Also you didn't hire anyone that had experience with this formula and also you don't listen to your consultants. I still say they should've used atleast part of last year exploring TJI or some other concept instead of throwing everything at the wall at once like they have.
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Mar 24, 2017 21:52
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I remember when Mclaren was proud of the back of the car, size zero i think? What happened? Also i hope Ferrari can put herself between the mercedes. I think Vettel and Kimi are better than not Rosberg, i dont remember the dudes name right now.
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Mar 24, 2017 21:55
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1500quidporsche posted:The last avatar I bought got replaced like a day after I bought it, it's funnier seeing what people come up with at this point. The Ron one was my favorite but the Highlander quote is a nice touch to this one. I thought it was you that compared Stroll to Are Jacques (  ) with the Highlander strapline? Or did I spend  on misattributing it? Either way, those amazing driver pics were too good an opportunity to not buy an av.GramCracker is next on my poo poo list. I'm sick of seeing sexy Fernando nonchalantly wink at me.
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Mar 24, 2017 21:56
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Posting UK times because I have it open on another tab. Saturday: Qualifying 5am Sunday: track parade 4:30 am. pit lane live 5am. race start 5:30am Yes this factors in the clock change.
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Mar 24, 2017 21:57
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learnincurve posted:Posting UK times because I have it open on another tab. Goodpost. Thank you.
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Mar 24, 2017 21:58
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That sounds like something I would say to be honest. I do definitely remember saying he was in the mould of Villeneuve.
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Mar 24, 2017 21:58
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Stroll seems like a pretty bad Canadian tbh. I doubt he even drinks bag milk.
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Mar 24, 2017 22:00
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Nice warm day today so that I could drop the car roof and me and the missus went tearing through empty countryside roads.. im all fired up for the season opener now.
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Mar 24, 2017 22:01
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Norns posted:Stroll seems like a pretty bad Canadian tbh. I doubt he even drinks bag milk. It's actually illegal to sell milk in bags where I live and I've seen the milk bag thing all of once in my life, I'm constantly baffled why Americans think this is a Canadian institution.
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Myrddin_Emrys posted:Nice warm day today so that I could drop the car roof and me and the missus went tearing through empty countryside roads.. im all fired up for the season opener now. Unless you explicitly state the engine so I can imagine the note then I just don't believe a stranger on the internet 
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Mar 24, 2017 22:04
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I was watching the KU game last night and they had a Honda commercial come on where at the end of it the doofy spokesman guy is like "...and at Honda we build engines like this" and the camera pans over to an Indy Car that peels off into the sunset. It felt like a massive troll and I hope they buy ad space for it during the F1 broadcasts all season. I could not stop laughing.
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Mar 24, 2017 22:05
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Their Indycar engine is actually good, as opposed to bad.
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Mar 24, 2017 22:15
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learnincurve posted:Posting UK times because I have it open on another tab. Race start at half past the hour? how does that work?
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wuffles posted:I was watching the KU game last night and they had a Honda commercial come on where at the end of it the doofy spokesman guy is like "...and at Honda we build engines like this" and the camera pans over to an Indy Car that peels off into the sunset. It felt like a massive troll and I hope they buy ad space for it during the F1 broadcasts all season. I could not stop laughing. It'd be interesting to see how their IndyCar V8 'de-tuned to not lunch itself' competes with their V6 'brick in a washing machine.' For all the terrible press they're getting I've loved the Hondas I've owned for their ridiculous against the prevailing wind manufacturing ethos, infuriating as it often is. I even got rid of my absolutely brilliant diesel Honda (their first diesel, one of the finest diesel engines ever mass produced) to switch to a BMW V8 because BMW are the engine savants and I've always held their V12 M12 in the highest regard. It was like going from a happy marriage to an abusive relationship.
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I don't think it starts at half past. My calendar says it starts at 1am EST.
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keevo posted:I don't think it starts at half past. My calendar says it starts at 1am EST. Pit lane live on SSF1 is 1 hour long, so it starts at 6am UK time.
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Mar 24, 2017 22:24
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You guys know the official F1 website gives you the session start times in your own time zone right?
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I did not. Also the 'expert's predictions' are still not available on GP Predictor. What gives?
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1500quidporsche posted:You guys know the official F1 website gives you the session start times in your own time zone right? Yeah but when I last checked the Australian GP it said it was Saturday 9 PM eastern time 
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1500quidporsche posted:You guys know the official F1 website gives you the session start times in your own time zone right? It bloody well does not for me. I spent nearly two weeks thinking it was on at 4pm and planned a house decoration around the wrong times. :shakefist:
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Mar 24, 2017 22:32
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*Looks on my calendar* gently caress keith It's 6am with the clock change, so 5am as we're looking at it now
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Mar 24, 2017 22:42
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Norns posted:Stroll seems like a pretty bad Canadian tbh. I doubt he even drinks bag milk. Only the bad Canadians drinks milk out of bags.
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Mar 24, 2017 22:42
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It's repeated around midday is my rule of thumb if the boozing precludes me from getting up at a weekday time.
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They are predicting rain for quali 
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