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Sulphagnist
Oct 10, 2006

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Tsaedje posted:

:lol: there's some serious poo poo going down between Toro Rosso and Renault. Toro Rosso accusing Renault of deliberately supplying defective parts so they fail and the Renault works team finishes ahead of them in the WCC standings

Yeah this is pretty spicy: https://twitter.com/ToroRossoSpy/status/929323585910575104

Renault not happy at all to be accused of trying to screw over a customer team. McLaren looking at this and going "oh jesus christ"

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Tsaedje
May 11, 2007

BRAWNY BUTTONS 4 LYFE
Renault in return say Toro Rosso are just loving up the engines themselves and have implied they could just refuse to give Toro Rosso anything to put in the cars if they keep slandering

learnincurve
May 15, 2014

Smoosh
Well, it’s something I would do if I didn’t want Honda having detailed information on a engine much better than their own.

NtotheTC
Dec 31, 2007


McGuinty posted:

Also Nelson Piquet confirms himself as a hell of a guy and dick grabber numero uno.

This is interesting cos I thought Nelson Piquet came out of it looking like a giant pissbaby. Going to hospital while Frank is half dead and crying "Tell Nigel I'm number 1 driver he keeps racing me".

Fraud.

Sulphagnist
Oct 10, 2006

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Speaking of which, Stroll's car made a sound like a distressed cat and died in the middle of the track.

geonetix
Mar 6, 2011


SulphagneSocialist posted:

Renault not happy at all to be accused of trying to screw over a customer team. McLaren looking at this and going "oh jesus christ"

I'm still not convinced Renault would be the winning engine next year anyway, so I'm pretty sure McLaren has been "oh jesus christ" all year already regardless of who they'd realistically end up with

Tsaedje
May 11, 2007

BRAWNY BUTTONS 4 LYFE
Currently in FP3 Mercedes and Ferrari are covered by 0.06s. 5th place is Alonso, just under a second slower. 5th-18th are separated by less than a second

Tsaedje
May 11, 2007

BRAWNY BUTTONS 4 LYFE
And Max is paying a nice tribute to Massa by running wide and spinning

Sulphagnist
Oct 10, 2006

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FP is usually nice to just put on and listen to while doing other stuff but that constant beeping from the pit lane alarm bleeding through microphones is driving me up the wall.

There's talk of changing the compound names to letters because you can't really go softer than "Ultra soft" in the present nomenclature, but I actually like "Hyper soft" or renormalizing the scale so US is Soft, SS is Medium, etc. If it's relative, it's easier for a casual viewer to understand what it is.

Tsaedje
May 11, 2007

BRAWNY BUTTONS 4 LYFE
I think the proposal is A-G, hardest-softest. If anyone is confused by that, they are probably going to be just as confused by soft, super-soft, ultra-soft, mega-soft and giga-soft.

djssniper
Jan 10, 2003


Theophany posted:

Lewis Hamilton's team robbed at gunpoint according to Sky News.

It's like they havn't learnt anything about security going there

Sulphagnist
Oct 10, 2006

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Tsaedje posted:

I think the proposal is A-G, hardest-softest. If anyone is confused by that, they are probably going to be just as confused by soft, super-soft, ultra-soft, mega-soft and giga-soft.

I can dig that as long as we keep the colours. I like the colours.

Falken
Jan 26, 2004

Do you feel like a hero yet?
Sky had footage of a Renault higher up having a pretty big go at Helmut Marko in the paddock due to the comments that Franz Tost said...

Looked heated.

poty
Jun 21, 2008

虹はどこで終わるのですか? あなたの魂の中で、または地平線で?

Falken posted:

Sky had footage of a Renault higher up having a pretty big go at Helmut Marko in the paddock due to the comments that Franz Tost said...

Looked heated.

Poor guys. From watching Grosjean and Formula E team radios it's obvious to me that there is nothing more annoying in the world that French people whining

NtotheTC
Dec 31, 2007


Also nothing more frequent

wicka
Jun 28, 2007


:siren: https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/kubica-set-to-drive-for-williams-in-abu-dhabi-f1-test-977157/ :siren:

Dubs
Mar 6, 2007

Stroll Own Zone.
Disregard Stroll outside zone.
Sultry Eric B. is the greatest man to set foot in the paddock. This francophobia must stop (at mclaren).

wicka
Jun 28, 2007


Boullier is a genuinely great team principal, I’m excited to see him on the podium next year.

NtotheTC
Dec 31, 2007


McGuinty posted:

Just got finished watching the Williams doc, phwoar. Big takeaway for me is that Ginny Williams was an incredible person and the part of her that lives on in her daughter is the main reason we all love Claire.

To add- I'm embarrassed to say I didn't know who Ginny was before I saw the documentary but yeah, wow. She's as much a part of that team as Frank, Patrick Head, or Claire. Incredible woman, and I'm really glad that they pivoted the documentary around her.

Also, Claire going "Good, gently caress off" when Kimi crashes into Bottas and breaks his own front suspension in 2016 is hilarious.

mrfart
May 26, 2004

Dear diary, today I
became a captain.

SulphagneSocialist posted:

Speaking of which, Stroll's car made a sound like a distressed cat and died in the middle of the track.

That sound wasn't the car.

GramCracker
Oct 8, 2005

beauty by stroll

McGuinty posted:

Also Nelson Piquet confirms himself as a hell of a guy and dick grabber numero uno.

This is a Cool And Good opinion, op

wicka
Jun 28, 2007


Falken posted:

Sky had footage of a Renault higher up having a pretty big go at Helmut Marko in the paddock due to the comments that Franz Tost said...

Looked heated.

quote:

Dr Helmut Marko: "Over the last 10 years, many successful, we have been through every emotion with our current engine supplier. As usual at the end of another long season, emotions are running high but it is a valued relationship and will remain so.

There has never been any question that we have not been treated fairly and equitably by our engine suppliers. And that is still true today."

learnincurve
May 15, 2014

Smoosh
franz tost Is a god amongst men.

GramCracker
Oct 8, 2005

beauty by stroll

Phwooooaaar :getin:

Thanks Ants
May 21, 2004

#essereFerrari



:gizz:

Falken
Jan 26, 2004

Do you feel like a hero yet?
Sky F1 just introduced Rob Smedley as Felipe Massas husband.

GramCracker
Oct 8, 2005

beauty by stroll
Quali starts at 11am est?

Thanks Ants
May 21, 2004

#essereFerrari


20 minutes from now

Norns
Nov 21, 2011

Senior Shitposting Strategist

Mornin y'all. This better be good today

Wirth1000
May 12, 2010

#essereFerrari
Reminder that Franz Tost did what all of us wanted to do and punched Scott Speed (in the back)

Tsaedje
May 11, 2007

BRAWNY BUTTONS 4 LYFE

Wirth1000 posted:

Reminder that Franz Tost did what all of us wanted to do and punched Scott Speed (in the back)

What was the size of Scott Speed's boner at the time?

Wirth1000
May 12, 2010

#essereFerrari

Tsaedje posted:

What was the size of Scott Speed's boner at the time?

Like THIS big bro!

learnincurve
May 15, 2014

Smoosh
Haaaaahahaha ahahahaha

Beautiful.

Thanks Ants
May 21, 2004

#essereFerrari


lmao

McGuinty
Feb 11, 2008

Where's the nearest golf course? I have to shit.
Whoa Hamilton crashed!

This is 2015 all over again lol

HJB
Feb 16, 2011

:swoon: I can't get enough of are Dan :swoon:
Wrong one, Ayrton

MalarkeyToboggan
Jan 4, 2015



Great start.

Thanks Ants
May 21, 2004

#essereFerrari


#megablessed

geonetix
Mar 6, 2011


Perrrrrfect #blessed!

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CactusWeasle
Aug 1, 2006
It's not a party until the bomb squad says it is

Norns posted:

Mornin y'all. This better be good today

It was :allears:

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