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DoctorGonzo posted:http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/130222/sauber-f1-has-become-too-technical gently caress off Sauber Heh. Free development for our ailing/non-existent R&D please. Sauber has been turning into those people who deliberately buy cheap property next to a race track and then spend a chunk of time trying to get noise regulations in place. I'm not sure if that analogy made sense but it did when I was typing ' Sauber has'.
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NtotheTC posted:I watched a lot of LM24 this year. Is it supposed to be exiting? because it isn't. Wow some bad gt cars in a class noone gives a poo poo about had a slight battle after 24 hours. Truly the jewel in the motor racing crown. Maybe you should look into formula 1? also mods?
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Oh god, get hosed with the hilariously forced Sauber hate
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Jun 18, 2017 17:15
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NtotheTC posted:I watched a lot of LM24 this year. Is it supposed to be exiting? because it isn't. Wow some bad gt cars in a class noone gives a poo poo about had a slight battle after 24 hours. Truly the jewel in the motor racing crown. you need a new gimmick
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Jun 18, 2017 17:21
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I dont care about cost or regulations on F1 and im sure as gently caress i dont care about Sauber of all teams. If Ferrari is winning im cool with the sport, let them spend billions what do i care, its not my money.
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Jun 18, 2017 17:21
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Sauber Honda will be fun to watch.
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Still think they need to change the name to Spirit and go with a retro livery.
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Jun 18, 2017 17:24
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I found out what Thierry Boutsen does now. He runs his own private jet sales company based in Monaco and runs a bunch of lower-tier racing teams. The older I get the more my desires shift from racing the car to owning a racing team.
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Jun 18, 2017 17:39
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Wirth1000 posted:The older I get the more my desires shift from racing the car to owning a racing team. 
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Jun 18, 2017 17:47
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I probably would've enjoyed it in the late 70s to mid 80s. Today it's such a precise science and you can't really come up with a radical concept that I'd likely get bored of it.
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1500quidporsche posted:I probably would've enjoyed it in the late 70s to mid 80s. Today it's such a precise science and you can't really come up with a radical concept that I'd likely get bored of it. What you're saying is that you want to be Hesketh and not Sauber.
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Jun 18, 2017 18:36
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Wirth1000 posted:What you're saying is that you want to be Hesketh and not Sauber. I mean that's basically my kart operation so I guess. Edit: Article on Suzuki's entry into 500cc class with a square four-two stroke in motorcycle racing, this is the kinda poo poo I wish still existed in racing. http://www.sportrider.com/stroke-genius quote:The exhaust end-cans on the RG500 were modified green-tea cans. They looked the correct size, so I introduced this technology into the GP bike. The same tea company made the exhaust cans for the XR14 and updated XR22 model. quote:After each race the engineers and riders would sit down and hand-write pages and pages of notes on the bike’s performance and where it could be improved. These would be faxed or telexed to Japan, and I would have to imagine the issues and what they wanted. ... They would even cut disc valves with scissors to see if they could alter the performance. F1DriverQuidenBerg fucked around with this message at 19:53 on Jun 18, 2017 |
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1500quidporsche posted:I mean that's basically my kart operation so I guess. I doubt it, if you can't afford tyres, you definitley won't be eating lobster and drinking bolly
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Sounds like he could definitely afford tires but would rather win with a chassis-shattered kart on bald tires with a badly misfiring engine and you literally have to reach out to turn the wheels yourself cause the steering column seized up long ago and the exhaust is nothing more than a Tetley's green tea tin where he hasn't even bothered to strip away the branding.
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Wirth1000 posted:Sounds like he could definitely afford tires but would rather win with a chassis-shattered kart on bald tires with a badly misfiring engine and you literally have to reach out to turn the wheels yourself cause the steering column seized up long ago and the exhaust is nothing more than a Tetley's green tea tin where he hasn't even bothered to strip away the branding. please don't doxx me tia
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Wirth1000 posted:Sounds like he could definitely afford tires but would rather win with a chassis-shattered kart on bald tires with a badly misfiring engine and you literally have to reach out to turn the wheels yourself cause the steering column seized up long ago and the exhaust is nothing more than a Tetley's green tea tin where he hasn't even bothered to strip away the branding. He wins with HEART and GRIT.
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Jun 18, 2017 20:31
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Because I had a fathers day BBQ in my honour today I only caught the last 35 minutes of the Le Mans and holy poo poo it was epic. I had to keep running into the house while doing steaks whenever the commentators got excited. Racing was great, no steaks were harmed during this viewing.
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NtotheTC posted:I watched a lot of LM24 this year. Is it supposed to be exiting? because it isn't. Wow some bad gt cars in a class noone gives a poo poo about had a slight battle after 24 hours. Truly the jewel in the motor racing crown. 
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Jun 18, 2017 22:26
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https://twitter.com/nico_rosberg/status/876335034923462656 Nico gives no fucks, looks like he's getting his midlife crisis out the way.
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Jun 18, 2017 22:59
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Nico is the greatest champion for what he's done to Lewis.
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Jun 18, 2017 23:02
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Who is the driver with the most grit?
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keevo posted:Who is the driver with the most grit? Lance stroll gets tons of grit in his car putting it in the gravel every weekend
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Kilmers Elbow posted:Toto throws Nico some serious shade (i believe the kids are calling it these days?) Ok, Ive seen how this thread constantly cracks wise about pro-Lewis bias in the British media but since Im in the US and dont see much British coverage of F1 I thought it was just a running gag. Apparently not that article is hilariously bad even by Daily Mail's standards.
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Xisticide posted:The accident that caused the damage was entirely his fault though so you are right in a roundabout way I don't really think the accident was entirely his fault, he was almost entirely in front of the Manor and the Manor would have had blue flags to get the gently caress out of the way. CoffeeBooze posted:Ok, Ive seen how this thread constantly cracks wise about pro-Lewis bias in the British media but since Im in the US and dont see much British coverage of F1 I thought it was just a running gag. Apparently not that article is hilariously bad even by Daily Mail's standards. The British media fellates literally all British athletes. It's what makes all British sports coverage insufferable if you aren't British.
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Jun 19, 2017 03:12
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50 years ago this weekend: http://www.racer.com/f1/item/141565-50-years-ago-today-gurney-s-all-american-f1-win My absolute favorite F1 car, so beautiful
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Lord Crapulus posted:50 years ago this weekend: http://www.racer.com/f1/item/141565-50-years-ago-today-gurney-s-all-american-f1-win 197mph in this thing....  nope.gif
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Kilmers Elbow posted:197mph in this thing.... Driving those era race cars in Asseto Corsa really gives you a great respect for the guys who raced them and the earlier cars. Basically anything pre-decent aero race cars are horrible to drive and I can't imagine how terrifying they'd be in real life at those speeds. And yeah, those things are so simple and beautiful. Love 'em.
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Schlesische posted:I don't really think the accident was entirely his fault, he was almost entirely in front of the Manor and the Manor would have had blue flags to get the gently caress out of the way. Blue flags really only mean that in F1, in WEC it just means "you're about to get passed, don't make any stupid moves." It's the responsibility of the faster car to get past the slower one, Lapierre's as much at fault there as the driver of the P2 car that punted the Risi Ferrari into the fence was.
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Almost time for Baku to welcome us again. Interested to see how they navigate the castle section with the wider cars.
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Jun 19, 2017 09:46
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Stroll will do it poorly
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This is going to be a race between Williams, Renault, and Sauber to say which of their drivers is ill first.
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I literally cannot remember who is racing for Sauber and Haas. Ericsson, Grosjean and ? and ? The thought occurred to me when I realized that Sauber running Honda engines next year means that they're possibly not going to be running as a pseudo driver development team for Ferrari. So I was trying to figure out who they'd drop for a possible Japanese pay driver. I was also trying to figure out who might be slotted in at Haas if they were to take Sauber's place as a Ferrari driver development team. Edit: Magnussen and Wehrlein. I actually had to look it up.
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Haas are already Ferrari's development team. K-mag got slotted in there in a hurry because they had been grooming Gutierrez and then realised that he really was poo poo after all. One or both of the Haas drivers are gone, k-mag will be dropped like a rock but Grossjean would end up with a NASCAR drive.
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Xisticide posted:Blue flags really only mean that in F1, in WEC it just means "you're about to get passed, don't make any stupid moves." It's the responsibility of the faster car to get past the slower one, Lapierre's as much at fault there as the driver of the P2 car that punted the Risi Ferrari into the fence was. Lapierre thought he was past it and lifted off to harvest energy for the battery. The P2 car didn't have to lift off and appeared not to know P1 cars did that and kept going.
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Jun 19, 2017 10:43
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Hey guys, murder me if this happens: https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/opinion-f1-mclaren-alfa-romeo-919226/
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Jun 19, 2017 13:49
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So is Baku going to have the hilarious pictures of nice buildings hung up in front of the terrible looking buildings again?
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wicka posted:Hey guys, murder me if this happens: https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/opinion-f1-mclaren-alfa-romeo-919226/ Oh no not a good rear end engine. Would be really weird though.
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Jun 19, 2017 14:03
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I know Carlo loved dogs but taking in McLaren is a step too far.
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Apparently Kubica is not an option for Renault? https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/f1-kubica-not-list-renault-seat-919151 Silly season is going to be rightfully silly this year.
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