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Khablam posted:Chance of him finishing monaco hasn't been affected though?  True though.  Myrddin_Emrys posted:When he won the Monaco Grand Prix of course ho ho ho.
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enri posted:The best bit of Monaco is that it looks kinda nice, plus hot posh totty in those rooftop swimming pools. But gently caress the racing. BT Sport. Or :files:
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Baron Corbyn posted:Go find the nearest roundabout and sit there for 5 hours to replicate the experience. sounds... thrilling  Roller Coast Guard posted:BT Sport. Curses, OK cool... ta 
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enri posted:sounds... thrilling It's easily the second most entertaining motor race in the world.
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Alonso at the Indy 500 rules and I kinda want to go to it now
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wicka posted:It's easily the second most entertaining motor race in the world. Dare I ask what you consider to be the *most* entertaining? (Obviously the answer is Formula E) Just out of curiosity, not snarkiness
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enri posted:sounds... thrilling He's probably never watched it.
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enri posted:Dare I ask what you consider to be the *most* entertaining? (Obviously the answer is Formula E) 24 Hours of Daytona
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wicka posted:It's easily the second most entertaining motor race in the world. Here's someone who's never seen banger racing or rallycross...
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So if his engine fails at the indy 500 does he just retire?
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Monaco has been poo poo for years, though I'm actually quite hopeful that the longer wheelbase (esp. Merc) adds some drama to it this year. Traffic jam at the hairpin! But seriously: quote:Alonso, 35, will race for the Honda-powered Andretti team on 28 May, and the car will be branded a McLaren. Ahahaha, as if that car will make it 5 laps. Even having McLaren's name on the car is enough to doom it to failure, but with a Honda engine too?
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It's worth noting that in the last IndyCar race, at Long Beach, every single Honda-powered Andretti car retired.
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GOOD TIMES ON METH posted:Honda makes very good non-F1 engines Oh I get that, I know the US Honda is totally different to the Japanese Honda too, it's more the fact that it's Alonso driving a McLaren-branded, Honda-powered car. Some forces are more powerful than mere physics.
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Oh ok sorry now I am the joke ruiner guy. I can't imagine the poo poo fit Bernie would be having over this.
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GOOD TIMES ON METH posted:Oh ok sorry now I am the joke ruiner guy. Bernie wouldn't be having a poo poo fit because F1 is the only racing series on planet earth? Remember how Baku taking place 30 minutes after le mans was fine because no one watches le mans? dentist toy box fucked around with this message at 12:58 on Apr 12, 2017 |
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Bernie is probably rolling over in his grave over this. He's gonna be sore in morning.
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So Jenson for Monaco then? Or is Matsushita qualified enough to race in F1?(He's a Honda guy with works backing).
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wicka posted:It's worth noting that in the last IndyCar race, at Long Beach, every single Honda-powered Andretti car retired. It's also worth noting that the Honda is the best engine in that series.
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Watch Our Jense start a loving thread war
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Human Grand Prix posted:So Jenson for Monaco then? Or is Matsushita qualified enough to race in F1?(He's a Honda guy with works backing). WIth the conditioning even the younger guys are saying you need to finish a race in these cars, i don't think you can pull grampa jense out of retirement for a single race. e: scratch that, he can do 15 or whatever laps until the electrical failure.
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Human Grand Prix posted:So Jenson for Monaco then? Or is Matsushita qualified enough to race in F1?(He's a Honda guy with works backing). I think having Honda backing right now is a solid way to end your career before it starts. They're not exactly in a position to push their driver into the team. "Let him race or we'll stop making you engines and you'll have to go back to Mercedes!"
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Powershift posted:WIth the conditioning even the younger guys are saying you need to finish a race in these cars, i don't think you can pull grampa jense out of retirement for a single race. Button just ran an triathlon so I'm sure he would be fine
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mcalren should just run 1 car 0 are gonna finish anyway no matter how many start
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Put Gio into the seat, make an online competition where you have to chose which happens first: he bins it or the engine gives out. Award prizes to winners.
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Bold prediction Button replaces Alonso at Monaco Grand Prix, Alonso retires on the first lap of the Indy 500, while Button goes on to Trulli his way to a win in Monaco. Alonso's body found later. The coroner rules cause of death as self inflicted wakizashi wound to the torso. The gypsy that cursed Alonso's career will remain at large.
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Dubs posted:mcalren should just run 1 car Run both cars, when the first one breaks down, Vandoorne can switch, like formula E.
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I really can't believe it, Alonso at Indy? I thought this sort of thing was impossible for modern F1 drivers, they never skip F1 races. Amazing. Also, you know who won Indy last year? Alexander Rossi, his first time at the 500, and he ran out of fuel on the cool down lap. Outcomes are not predetermined in this race! Amazing.
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:I really can't believe it, Alonso at Indy? I thought this sort of thing was impossible for modern F1 drivers, they never skip F1 races. Amazing. It makes sense in a way, he's not anywhere near the WDC and MCLRN+ can put anyone in the car if it's just going to break halfway through the race, WCC is not a concern. Kinda excited for the Indy 500, actually.
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GOOD TIMES ON METH posted:Button just ran an triathlon so I'm sure he would be fine The dude finished third in his age class.
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I wouldn't be surprised if they do open up an indy car team. The cost to enter is rather low, and well, given it's moving back to a spec series outside of the engines again next year, no aero devel costs. Just the cost of buying the car.
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Great for motorsport, but a bit odd in general. The crown jewel of Formula One, and a team's star driver, absent? I thought the sponsors would never allow it, but then I remembered there aren't any.
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Sulman posted:Great for motorsport, but a bit odd in general. The crown jewel of Formula One, and a team's star driver, absent? There's also this: https://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/mclaren-open-to-full-works-indycar-programme-in-future-892893/ He'll probably be in a Honda, natch, but they've had some success at the super speedways lately and this year they seem to have gotten their act together in Indy.
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Sulman posted:Great for motorsport, but a bit odd in general. The crown jewel of Formula One, and a team's star driver, absent? The crown jewel is a turd and that a team is finally admitting that even if it is indirectly is a step in the right direction.
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1500quidporsche posted:The crown jewel is a turd and that a team is finally admitting that even if it is indirectly is a step in the right direction. Always fun to see who drops it under braking at the nouvelle chicane though.
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1500quidporsche posted:The crown jewel is a turd and that a team is finally admitting that even if it is indirectly is a step in the right direction.  Monaco is meh at best. They probably just like having a home race.
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This is so weird. You'd think he'd be looking forward to Monaco this entire time just to make up for the power deficit. Indy 500? Are you loving nuts, Alonso? You guys kept joking about him dying and now he really is gonna die in some retarded circle jerk.Sulman posted:Great for motorsport, but a bit odd in general. The crown jewel of Formula One, and a team's star driver, absent? lol
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I love Monaco and always have.
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