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learnincurve
May 15, 2014

Smoosh
Watching testing repeat. It has begun. Ted , a man in jorts and sandals, is openly mocking Lewis' fake glasses.

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learnincurve
May 15, 2014

Smoosh
Five jet lagged people try to remember what's in the corporate handbook and one Yank

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQBu9kXTUUw

learnincurve
May 15, 2014

Smoosh

track day bro! posted:

Wait, so are McLaren not poo poo?

They are less poo poo than the rest of the mid field and back markers who range from very poo poo to appalling.

learnincurve
May 15, 2014

Smoosh
They seem to be slightly shitter than the Manor but it's hard to call. The bottom end of the FP timing scores seem to be worryingly accurate.

learnincurve
May 15, 2014

Smoosh
Did we mention that force India can't afford carbon fibre and have 3D printed parts yet?

learnincurve
May 15, 2014

Smoosh

ukle posted:

That makes little sense as carbon fibre is about half the price of the 3D printing material. Probably a case of they were that lacking in man power they just didn't have the time needed to build the missing carbon fibre parts, while 3D printing it is a lot quicker.


Wild theory: They are that broke there is no one at the factory but one bloke and his 3D printing machine.

learnincurve
May 15, 2014

Smoosh
Fair few teams had serious problems with handling on turn 14 with either wild under or over steer. Only ones I didn't see have a problem were Ferrari/Mercedes.

learnincurve
May 15, 2014

Smoosh

Kilonum posted:

Something something practice times something bacon briefcase something

something something going all out and still being 13 seconds off the pace.

learnincurve
May 15, 2014

Smoosh
People Lewis has pissed off in the last week: Sky, The Telegraph, SirJackie Stewart, The New Zealand Police, everyone at the FIA Thursday press conference, Sky City Casino (Auckland), everyone at the Mercedes press conference last Friday including Toto Wolff, Mercedes sponsorship department, Hugo Boss, Blackberry, The Daily Mail, The Mirror, The Guardian, The Daily Express, and Charlie Whiting.

The Daily Mail in particular is out for blood after the taking a selfie while riding a motorbike thing.

learnincurve
May 15, 2014

Smoosh

Payndz posted:

The Daily Heil disliking someone should make anyone who isn't a petty little Middle England fascist more favourably disposed to them.

Middle England fascists are unpicking "Lewis" from the George cross banners and trying to work out how to spell Joylin Jollyen Joylan?? as I write.

learnincurve
May 15, 2014

Smoosh
The Maclaren Major Elite will continue to be loving terrible

learnincurve
May 15, 2014

Smoosh
It's really fuckin' early.

learnincurve
May 15, 2014

Smoosh
Sorry Toto you are a Sky presenter now.

learnincurve
May 15, 2014

Smoosh
His race suit is even worse than the coat :/

learnincurve
May 15, 2014

Smoosh
It would be a lot simpler for the "average viewer" if Sky just admitted it was musical chairs.

learnincurve
May 15, 2014

Smoosh
lol Haas going to slow everyone else behind them down and Seb stuck behind a force india. They did not think the garage position thing though.

learnincurve
May 15, 2014

Smoosh
Well this is genuinely exiting.

learnincurve
May 15, 2014

Smoosh
Timing list would be good FOM.

learnincurve
May 15, 2014

Smoosh
There are two McHondas in Q2...

learnincurve
May 15, 2014

Smoosh
Gene Haas in the team press conference was very endearing, he's the Ricciado of team owners.

learnincurve
May 15, 2014

Smoosh
Brundle is confused and unhappy with all this newfangled "excitement" shenanigans.

learnincurve
May 15, 2014

Smoosh

Kataphract posted:

...And he's racing around, looks like he is on pace to qualify...oops, 90 seconds elapsed. Just pull it into the pits.

How loving anti-climatic is that? Okay, first time through, maybe I'll come to appreciate it, but first impression of the new qualifying: I despise it.

Yes but what if it's not some poo poo backmarker...

learnincurve
May 15, 2014

Smoosh
lol FOM close up on the ferrari pit wall as they stopped sandbagging.

learnincurve
May 15, 2014

Smoosh
I like Brundle I really do but how is his constant bitching about this helpful.

learnincurve
May 15, 2014

Smoosh
People in the grandstands are going to be happy they saw far far more cars on track than they did last year crofty.

learnincurve
May 15, 2014

Smoosh
Drink every time the commentators get confused even though there is a big list with a count down on it.

learnincurve
May 15, 2014

Smoosh
All this really does is forces the work shy bastards on to the track instead of sitting in the garage half of each session,.

learnincurve
May 15, 2014

Smoosh
New Quali isn't poo poo, red bull is poo poo for not getting the car out on time to do a lap.

learnincurve
May 15, 2014

Smoosh
It's almost like the shitter teams not being able to do a good lap and being eliminated gives the people higher up the list time to get the cars ready.

learnincurve
May 15, 2014

Smoosh
I like the way it's making people lose their drat minds.

learnincurve
May 15, 2014

Smoosh
lol at that shot of Lewis in the car driving past a trudging vettel.

learnincurve
May 15, 2014

Smoosh
in the immortal words of Bart Simpson "come on snipers where are you?"

learnincurve
May 15, 2014

Smoosh
So Seb has taken over from Jenson/Alonso in the role of driver with the most forced enthusiasm for a car that can't win this year then.

learnincurve
May 15, 2014

Smoosh
"the fast cars didn't have the right to reply" Not sure this would have made any difference to you Christian.

learnincurve
May 15, 2014

Smoosh
Sky still broadcasting.

"Toto voted for it and not me" chuckled a clearly delighted Niki Lauda.

learnincurve
May 15, 2014

Smoosh
Niki said that the team principles and Bernie all voted for it before talking to their teams and then all the team managers had screaming fits at them.

learnincurve
May 15, 2014

Smoosh
Williams....have hosed up.


They haven''t filled in mandatory FIA we ain't cheating paperwork to do with suspension settings and could end up with grid drops or DSQ at worst.

learnincurve
May 15, 2014

Smoosh

keevo posted:

So I should find a replay of this clusterfuck of a qualifying session?

Yes. It was certainly entertaining in it's own right.

learnincurve
May 15, 2014

Smoosh
We really need a gif of that glorious shot of the Ferrari pit wall the moment Mercedes stopped sandbagging in the OP.

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learnincurve
May 15, 2014

Smoosh
Yeh cos if a team wins more than two years in a row the sport will immediately die. Or Worse, people may be forced to watch amazing battles in the midfield and pay attention to more than two teams.

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