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1500quidporsche posted:I hope Lance Stroll Senna's into Max Verstappen.
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Hasegawa gave another vague answer about Alonso's problem.
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Human Grand Prix posted:Hasegawa gave another vague answer about Alonso's problem. It's that his McLaren is powered by Honda
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GramCracker posted:It's that his McLaren is powered by Honda I wouldn't say it's powered, Bob.
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I just read this and my first thought was "would it have been a record if there were no overtakes?"quote:After a processional start in Australia, China and Bahrain were better races. However, in Russia last weekend, there was just a single passing move all race. http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns36340.html The FIA decided that 1 overtake is more than enough for them, so they are not making any changes.
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May 3, 2017 02:51
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I believe the 1999 Spanish Grand Prix had Zero Overtakes.
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Also what do you want F1 to do? Radically change the aero rules halfway through a season?
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Feels Villeneuve posted:Also what do you want F1 to do? Radically change the aero rules halfway through a season? Yes, it'd be drat amusing.
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Feels Villeneuve posted:I believe the 1999 Spanish Grand Prix had Zero Overtakes. How do you know/remember poo poo like that? 
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GramCracker posted:How do you know/remember poo poo like that? I presume he's not dyslexic and/or not suffering from dementia
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I was wrong, Spain 1999 had One Overtake. Some site has a database of overtakes in GPs (excluding first lap overtakes), and Zero Overtakes has happened three times: Valencia 2009, Indy 2005, and Monaco 2003. Strangely I remember Monaco 2003 being a pretty fun race.
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Also lol. Remember this when you hear someone who used to complain about how bad DRS was and then how bad the racing is now. I'm also glad this confirms how loving awful the 2005 season was. Probably the biggest surprise is that 1992 is still relatively high.
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GramCracker posted:How do you know/remember poo poo like that? I think everybody flipped out about it at the time. I remember it too.
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Hot take on the lack of overtaking: Maybe if it becomes so much of an issue teams will use their hundreds of millions making it so their cars are able to overtake easier.
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Yeah, Spain '99 was very poor and resulted in a slew of "F1 is dying" articles from the press.
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Feels Villeneuve posted:Also lol. '92 isn't that surprising as some of the midfield to lower midfield was relatively close. poo poo season however.
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Actually the most shocking thing in that graph is that 2008 apparently had fewer overtakes than 2007 despite me remembering 2008 as an astounding on-track season. Maybe it was mostly due to dramatic collisions and retirements, in retrospect.
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Feels Villeneuve posted:Yeah, Spain '99 was very poor and resulted in a slew of "F1 is dying" articles from the press. The big problem is Cataluyna itself.
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Also I think a lot of the drop from about 1993 to 1997 can be attributed to the grid thinning out and the truly hopeless teams being priced out of the sport.
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Feels Villeneuve posted:Also I think a lot of the drop from about 1993 to 1997 can be attributed to the grid thinning out and the truly hopeless teams being priced out of the sport. That and the fact that all the minor engine manufacturers left in that period too. Before that you might have been able to turn the engine up a bit on Saturday to get a decent grid position and the turn it down and pray for some points on Sunday.
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I was watching some Forti FG01 footage and that thing was abysmally slow. Probably the last garagiste car.
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random question that mclaren's current predicament left me wondering about, but I can't really find much online that gives any insight to: 1) why did McLaren dump Peugeot so quickly in 1994? compared to honda right now they were light years ahead and at least could achieve podiums when they weren't blowing up, so surely there was potential. how were they in a position to back out of the peugeot agreement back then, but not honda now, given that it's that much worse results wise 2) why were honda so intent to get rid of david richards as part of their buyout of BAR in 2005? 2004 was BAR's best season and from all accounts richards had turned the team around, why would it make sense to get rid of the guy behind it all in place of nick loving fry
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I don't know the answer to number 2, but the answer to number 1 was the Peugeot engine was a complete dog and they got a great deal from Mercedes to run their motors. I think McLaren was hoping to get Renault there for a while, but Williams put a stop to that. They should've stuck with Ford, but I think Ron got into a fight with them.
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Alonsos first Indy test at this link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXh9uxthFnk He wants to pass the rookie test on the first day http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/129286/what-alonso-first-day-at-indy-will-involve DoctorGonzo fucked around with this message at 09:37 on May 3, 2017 |
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dentist toy box posted:LOL I was born the day senna died. Tony Montana posted:youre the same age as Dakota Fanning. Please never speak to me again I think it's more worrying that you either: a) knew when Dakota Fanning was born; or b) googled "celebrities born in 1994" just so you could make "dentist toy box" feel bad. Shame on you.
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I hope Lewis Hamilton emulates his childhood hero Ayrton Senna.
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Damon Hill was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year. Twice.
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Theophany posted:Damon Hill was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year. Twice. He and Lewis would be joint winners every year if there was any justice in the world. Didn't they also give Vettel the "Johnny Foreigner" sports personality award once? NtotheTC fucked around with this message at 11:10 on May 3, 2017 |
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I go away for a handful of days and you lot go all Gordon bloody Ramsey on me. For what it's worth, I had chicken nuggets and potato letters for dinner last night. With ketchuip and BBQ sauce to dip in. I am 37 years old and made this decision all by myself (my carer wasn't looking). I also fell asleep halfway through the Russian GP but it sounds like I didn't miss much. I woke up, as I always do when I fall asleep during an F1 race, just in time to see the podium.
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Wasn't the lack of overtaking or even attempts at overtaking just because everybody was behind a faster car? Like everyone just drove away from the guy behind, nobody was stuck behind someone slower.
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Laziest paintjob ever but the weird thing is on an Indycar it almost looks like they actually have sponsors.
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What're them duke boys up to now.
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Nice to see they were saving the good paint scheme for may.
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Dudley posted:Laziest paintjob ever but the weird thing is on an Indycar it almost looks like they actually have sponsors. They have a decent number of sponsors, it's just that more and more are smaller deals or shared with other teams. Like they replaced TAG Heuer with Richard Mille, a considerably less prestigious company that you will also find on the Haas.
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Dudley posted:Laziest paintjob ever but the weird thing is on an Indycar it almost looks like they actually have sponsors. It may be lazy, but it's infinitely better than the loving livery-by-committee horse poo poo they have on their F1 car. Paint the fucker orange and be done. It's the approach that saved Force India from their original lovely livery.
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Yeah it definitely looks better than the third trimester abortion that is their F1 paint scheme.
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Rhopunzel posted:random question that mclaren's current predicament left me wondering about, but I can't really find much online that gives any insight to: Ron thought that based on Peugeot's endurance racing success that they would also achieve the same in F1. This did not turn out to be the case. He wanted a works deal, and Mercedes came calling at the right time so he dumped Peugeot. In hindsight that was the right move, but remember the 1995 McLaren was also a dud of car. There are no other works deals available now, so they are stuck with Honda. In addition, 1995 McLaren was in a much more favourable position than 2014 McLaren; Peugeot wasn't propping up the team and neither were Mercedes. Human Grand Prix fucked around with this message at 14:21 on May 3, 2017 |
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