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Actually good thread title.
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So this is what it feels like to be in the Trump White House...
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Apr 3, 2017 22:12
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Flesh Croissant posted:"Poois Shamilton" and "Princess Pascal"
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Apr 3, 2017 22:12
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Gigi Galli posted:My dude, there are at least two Christ, it's like seeing your teachers outside of high school.
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Apr 3, 2017 22:12
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Can we not go too hard on the puns though? Like, I can understand that Lewis Hamilton means f1 driver poois shamilton, but if he were called loses whinge-a-ton it gets a bit hard to follow.
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Apr 3, 2017 22:14
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ilmucche posted:loses whinge-a-ton Thats pretty good! Youre getting it.
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Apr 3, 2017 22:22
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Here's a video from a series where Honda and French people can win https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44EJE8mJSxI
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Apr 3, 2017 22:27
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Oh gently caress a mod that reads this poo poo
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Apr 3, 2017 22:30
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Norns posted:Oh gently caress a mod that reads this poo poo There's at least two of us 
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Apr 3, 2017 22:32
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iospace posted:There's at least two of us I'm sorry
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Apr 3, 2017 22:32
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iospace posted:Mods would have to read it when someone filed a report anyway, so there ya go. So you are going to be Max Mosley, Bernie, Jean Todt or mustache Liberty man?
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Apr 4, 2017 00:21
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iospace posted:There's at least two of us Hopefully they pay you enough to endure this poo poo.
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Apr 4, 2017 00:40
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Wirth1000 posted:Wehrlein is out for China and possibly Bahrain as well. Pascal isn't bad but I love me some Our Gio.
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Apr 4, 2017 02:33
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It was pretty funny seeing pascal die in person alonso style. He just gave up driving at the end and drove into a stationary object that sent him out of control. My first thought was "well thats what you get for racing a three wheeled car. Have these kids not seen 'TopGear'"?
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Apr 4, 2017 02:50
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Alain Post posted:Pascal isn't bad but I love me some Our Gio. This type of skip doesn't bode well for his long term career, though. He'll have to come back and perform noticeably better than Giovinazzi, or he'll turn himself into an also ran and never get another ride. Given Giovinazzi's performance after so few hours in the car, he really has a chance to make a mark in China and Bahrain.
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Apr 4, 2017 04:01
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EoRaptor posted:This type of skip doesn't bode well for his long term career, though. He'll have to come back and perform noticeably better than Giovinazzi, or he'll turn himself into an also ran and never get another ride. Given Giovinazzi's performance after so few hours in the car, he really has a chance to make a mark in China and Bahrain. This was the man that made Rio Haryanto look impressive. His career is already over.
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Apr 4, 2017 04:52
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Yeah, an overhyped driver who produces unremarkable results and fails to distinguish himself against a teammate he should be handily beating is going nowhere within the Mercedes system. Wait a second...
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Apr 4, 2017 06:13
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His name is Rio and he drives realy bad
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Apr 4, 2017 06:15
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EoRaptor posted:This type of skip doesn't bode well for his long term career, though. He'll have to come back and perform noticeably better than Giovinazzi, or he'll turn himself into an also ran and never get another ride. Given Giovinazzi's performance after so few hours in the car, he really has a chance to make a mark in China and Bahrain. Especially when he's driving for a team who are notorious for dropping drivers like hot turds even when they have contracts in place.
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Apr 4, 2017 06:43
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iospace posted:Mods would have to read it when someone filed a report anyway, so there ya go. F1 2017: if you know what I mean fellas Do it. Do it now!
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Apr 4, 2017 08:10
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GramCracker posted:Talk about catching a break, jesus. Good on him though I genuinely liked seeing him race in Aus. My worry is that he's not going to do as well in China and Bahrain, here's hoping that's not the case. Certainly can't hurt his chances having two more races to fill in for.
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Apr 4, 2017 08:31
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lol at Pascal wehrlein killing his brain at a loving ROC event. It must be nice to be so bad you can flip a car in a supercross stadium.
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Apr 4, 2017 08:43
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dentist toy box posted:lol at Pascal wehrlein killing his brain at a loving ROC event. It must be nice to be so bad you can flip a car in a supercross stadium. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1_k0Lmfjz0 Let us all appreciate his legendary terribleness. All completed in front of rows and rows of empty seats.
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Apr 4, 2017 08:57
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Christ I didn't know there was a passenger as well. Idiot.
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Apr 4, 2017 09:04
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learnincurve posted:Christ I didn't know there was a passenger as well. Idiot. Almost as good as Antonio Pizzonia's murder/suicide attempt with a journalist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XxU9IVwg-U Ars has a semi-interesting article up today. Clearly not written by an F1 wonk, but still quite interesting to see some of the other surprisingly specific restrictions the FIA enforce, like on compute power: https://arstechnica.co.uk/cars/2017/04/formula-1-technology/
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Apr 4, 2017 09:20
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That is a cool article. It reads like it's written by an IT guy, it's not as broad as the title suggests. It's interesting though and I had no idea they limited CFD computing power.
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Apr 4, 2017 09:37
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Babby Verstappen only just learned the concept of heel-and-toe less than two weeks ago. https://www.motorsport.com/v8supercars/news/supercars-star-introduces-verstappen-to-classic-driving-technique-889394/Motorsport.com posted:As part of a sponsor promo, the F1 star was given a tour of the RBHRT garage and shown around van Gisbergen’s Commodore during the Australian Grand Prix weekend.
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Apr 4, 2017 10:00
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td4guy posted:Babby Verstappen only just learned the concept of heel-and-toe less than two weeks ago. That makes me a little bit sad. What feeder series' do you have to come through to get to F1 that means you skip all forms of car with a clutch pedal?
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Apr 4, 2017 11:17
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Daddy's money/surname
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Apr 4, 2017 11:20
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Theophany posted:Ars has a semi-interesting article up today. Clearly not written by an F1 wonk, but still quite interesting to see some of the other surprisingly specific restrictions the FIA enforce, like on compute power: https://arstechnica.co.uk/cars/2017/04/formula-1-technology/ This whole thing owns owns owns but: quote:Another surprising aspect of F1 logistics is that there's a large amount of camaraderie between the teams. While car designs and race tactics are top secret, "if I need something flown over, I'll ask another team to see if they already have someone on that flight," Simmonds says. This is adorable, I never would've expected this.
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Apr 4, 2017 12:17
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wicka posted:This whole thing owns owns owns but: We rarely ever get to see it but apparently a lot of the other teams' guys rallied around the Williams team after their garage set fire in Barcelona a few years back helping them sort out the wreckage and whatnot. I guess that travelling circus/insular bubble lifestyle means that whilst they are all technically against each other they can't help but work together sometimes too. Also, I can't wait to see this year's cars going around Monaco and how they stack up to 2004. There's not a great deal of onboard footage (which looks maddeningly quick) but even the longer FOV shots make them look insane. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB3-e5JBgRM
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Apr 4, 2017 12:24
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I'm not one of those douchecanoes who complains about the sound of this year's F1 cars but there's just something distinctive about the mad mid 00 V10s. Almost as good as the old Ferrari V12s.
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Apr 4, 2017 12:29
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I wasn't one to admit it in the past but I think it's true that more RPMs = better than. Some of the old GP bikes from the 70s could rev to near 20k and they sound pretty amazing.
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Apr 4, 2017 13:49
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:I wasn't one to admit it in the past but I think it's true that more RPMs = better than. Some of the old GP bikes from the 70s could rev to near 20k and they sound pretty amazing. The V10s were unrestricted for a period and would reach 20k RPM IIRC. I don't think there's any reason that the current F1 engines couldn't do the same in theory, but not with the fuel efficiency and engine allocation/seal restrictions.
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Apr 4, 2017 13:59
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The fuel flow restriction is the problem. Period. Less fuel = less explosions = less noise. Im sure these new engines could reach astonomical RPM (they do after all, have less rotating mass) but every shift in the entire f1 calander now is effectively a hypermiling short-shift.
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Apr 4, 2017 14:19
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Flesh Croissant posted:Less fuel = less explosions = less noise. Im sure these new engines could reach astonomical RPM (they do after all, have less rotating mass) but every shift in the entire f1 calander now is effectively a hypermiling short-shift. In their current state I really doubt they could reliably spin much faster, I'm sure they're engineered to the current limit and no more.
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Apr 4, 2017 14:23
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The cars are going north of 1,000 bhp now, the fuel flow limit is such a non issue I have no idea why people act like it's crippling the sport.
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Apr 4, 2017 14:27
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:I wasn't one to admit it in the past but I think it's true that more RPMs = better than. Some of the old GP bikes from the 70s could rev to near 20k and they sound pretty amazing. Old kart engines used to go up to 20k and there's a very good reason they don't anymore.
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Apr 4, 2017 14:28
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1500quidporsche posted:The cars are going north of 1,000 bhp now, the fuel flow limit is such a non issue I have no idea why people act like it's crippling the sport. B-B-B-B-BUT ENGINE SOUND!
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1000 BHP was impressive..... in the late 90s. Also, the engine sound could use improving. I think a lot of it would be improved trackside microphones but they dont have the pop-bang-scream of even the 80s turbo 6's. Racecars bark fire, drat it.
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