CratSock posted:

With a pit crew like that... "Guetta in"

Maybe Lewis uses Ronco (or is it GLH?) spray on hair for interviews and non-sweaty applications. He usually gives bad interviews. Anyone remember when he was on Top Gear and he tried to tell Clarkson about his "pimp wagon"?

Ghost of Mussolini posted:

2005 USGP is peak Formula 1, the best race ever

Wirth1000 posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_Y47PhY1PY

quote:

The move has been linked to a small section of Formula 1's 2015 regulations, regarding a driver's engine allocation.

Next year, the rules state that the number of engines drivers can use per season will be cut from five to four, if there are no more than 20 races.

The rulebook goes on to state that drivers can use five "if the number of events in the championship, as originally scheduled, exceeds 20".



With the key phrase being "as originally scheduled", it would mean that even if Korea drops off the schedule, drivers would still be able to use five engines.

The four-unit rule for 2015 was established prior to the new turbo V6 engines hit the track, but there have been calls to keep the limit at five following the technical problems suffered in 2014 and to allow Renault and Ferrari a better chance of closing the gap to pace-setter Mercedes.

Five drivers took penalties for stepping over the usage limit this season, with Romain Grosjean's 20-place grid drop at Abu Dhabi – which led to in-race time penalties – the biggest example.

There is also the arrival of Honda to consider, with fears that an early struggle, amid overly strict regulations, could deter other manufacturers from entering the sport.

Honda's new engine made its first public appearance at the recent Abu Dhabi test, but various technical problems restricted it to just five laps over two days.

By adding a race to the calendar, and removing it at a later date, the aim of boosting engine allowance is achieved without the usual arguments over minor regulation details.

nsaP posted:

In the wiki spergs defense, they're wiki spergs and that's the wiki rule. If the race isn't confirmed at a venue, no flag for the location of the venue.

I wonder if we could remove Korea if we got some citations saying they hadn't done poo poo to get the race back and it's just a ploy to allow 5 engines in the season.

ed: Just checked, Korea is TBA too but now they both have flags. Oh god.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Formula_One_season

Brainwrong posted:

The love for Haas on there is ridiculous. If you dare to point out the obvious (i.e. they probably won't make the grid in 2015 and if they do they will be horrifically under-prepared and poo poo like Caterham) you get downvoted all the way to China.

The top post earlier was a screenshot of a YouTube video of an interview of a man called "Fernando Alonso" who works for Airbus.

They make the worst thread look like a shining beacon of intellect and reason.

Wirth1000 posted:

Alain Post posted:

You can keep Di Resta.

CoffeeBooze posted:

Someone on Reddit posted this gif of Grosjean getting it up on two wheels during the ROC Nations Cup. Not exactly his best driving, but then again something tells me that truck is running a lot less down force than he is used to.

Wirth1000 posted:

Reading Ferrari's announcement about Guiterrez and you can get a sense that it was purely done for commercial purposes in order to get access to his Mexican sponsors and market, lol.

Brainwrong posted:

Wirth1000 posted:

Here you go.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbi...son-Button.html

Human Grand Prix posted:

I am going to poo poo my pants if Marussia and Caterham make the grid.

Sebastian Vettel posted:

CNN are sponsoring McLaren next season in exchange for getting to use their new control centre.

EDIT: it's actually called the Thought Leadership Centre, whatever that means. It sounds sinister though.

JFairfax posted:

^here's the big pic from that

Tsaedje posted:

The 2009 ING Renault is the most hideous car in recent history

Sebastian Vettel posted:

I think Lewis Hamilton's dogs' Twitter has been hacked.

https://mobile.twitter.com/roscoelovescoco

aequalis posted:

Thatcher

be nice wicka posted:

track day bro! posted:

I dont, also I cant remember anything that Heinz-Harald Frentzen did and I wont remember what the hell Sutil/Hulkenberg did in a few years i'm sure.

But I will remember Sebastian vettel racking up lots more WDCs with Ferrari which is something we can all enjoy.

Professor Grumpy posted:

2015 Merc running at Silverstone

https://twitter.com/MercedesAMGF1/status/560820227261210624

From this the bodywork looks the prettiest I've seen so far. Perhaps the promo shots will make it look like poo poo

Possibly Chicken posted:

Mclaren is silver "LOL THIS SUCK RON DENIS LOL"

Merc is silver and looks the loving same " HOLY poo poo BONER GUYS I LOVE THIS UGGGH"

Fumble posted:

Monisha Kaltenborn, I would stir her curry, if you know what i mean fellas?

The Sweet Hereafter posted:

I can absolutely see McLaren going the way of original Lotus or Brabham or any of the once great teams that just withered and died. Mainly because Ron's style of management is incredibly loving tedious and he doesn't seem to really be cutting the mustard any more.