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Human Grand Prix
Jan 24, 2013

by FactsAreUseless
I'm in love with the Keke.

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Human Grand Prix
Jan 24, 2013

by FactsAreUseless

George Zimmer posted:

Syrian Grand Prix for 2017! Make it happen Bernie, the other circuits are dropping like flies.

Lebanon nearly had a GP in the early 00s.

Human Grand Prix
Jan 24, 2013

by FactsAreUseless

Funzo posted:

Wait, why is Canada listed as provisional? Is it in danger of not happening?

I think they are working something out. I hope they resolve the German GP situation too. Apparently Malaysia and Singapore are going away. Sepang is neat and all but I don't really care if those 2 vanish; hopefully Baku kicks the bucket as well.

Human Grand Prix
Jan 24, 2013

by FactsAreUseless
I could also do without Bahrain and Sochi.

Human Grand Prix
Jan 24, 2013

by FactsAreUseless

Oh yeah.

Human Grand Prix
Jan 24, 2013

by FactsAreUseless
They should end the season with Japan.

Human Grand Prix
Jan 24, 2013

by FactsAreUseless
It's a little too narrow and it gives me Cataluyna vibes, which is not a good thing.

Human Grand Prix
Jan 24, 2013

by FactsAreUseless
80-91 is worth watching.

Human Grand Prix
Jan 24, 2013

by FactsAreUseless
'92 is awful, '93 is decent and '94 is mediocre.

Human Grand Prix
Jan 24, 2013

by FactsAreUseless
Cool beans.

Human Grand Prix
Jan 24, 2013

by FactsAreUseless
I want a French GP at Paul Ricard. Anything but Magny-Cours please.

Human Grand Prix
Jan 24, 2013

by FactsAreUseless

ImplicitAssembler posted:

The old Hockenheim was usually a complete snoozefest. New layout, with all it's faults, is way better.

It's not. Thank you for boring-rear end medium downforce circuit #463.

Human Grand Prix
Jan 24, 2013

by FactsAreUseless
Turkey was good, as are Sepang and COTA. Korea was decent too.

Human Grand Prix
Jan 24, 2013

by FactsAreUseless

Alain Post posted:

Yeah but most F1 tracks suck rear end. Big part of the general loss of spectacle the product suffers from.

Also the inability to make the cars work well on the classic circuits (see: Monza).

Human Grand Prix
Jan 24, 2013

by FactsAreUseless
I tend to focus on places like Hockenheim specifically because circuits like it were already endangered by 2001. Monza and Austria are the last of the really "fast" circuits.

Human Grand Prix
Jan 24, 2013

by FactsAreUseless
The old layout was awesome but it was pretty apparent why it was changed.

Human Grand Prix
Jan 24, 2013

by FactsAreUseless
It's (Austria) a good "compromise circuit" like Fuji's 3rd revision prior to mutilation.

Human Grand Prix
Jan 24, 2013

by FactsAreUseless

keevo posted:

Wait so who is the Moral WDC of 2016? I don't think I ever read a definitive answer.

We (by "We" I mean The Thread Council of human being Retards) reached a consensus around the European arm of the championship that it was Fernando Alonso.

Human Grand Prix
Jan 24, 2013

by FactsAreUseless

Alain Post posted:

The moral WDC was you, the fans.

Unlikely.

Human Grand Prix
Jan 24, 2013

by FactsAreUseless

Alain Post posted:

Paul Ricard owns as a layout and it kind of always looked a bit like a parking lot/highway. Hope they use the long layout.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpYd65IdQv0


I hope so.

Human Grand Prix
Jan 24, 2013

by FactsAreUseless
Let us also reflect on how bad Magny-Cours was. Dijon-Prenois is cool as well, if not on Ricard's level.

Human Grand Prix fucked around with this message at 01:58 on Dec 2, 2016

Human Grand Prix
Jan 24, 2013

by FactsAreUseless

ImplicitAssembler posted:

Watkins Glen is still a pretty cool track and probably more easily adapted to F1 standards

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31g0YE61PLQ

Human Grand Prix
Jan 24, 2013

by FactsAreUseless
Even with the lovely camera you can tell Patrick is getting the poo poo beat out of him.

Human Grand Prix
Jan 24, 2013

by FactsAreUseless
The FIA would kill anything you liked about those (latter 3) tracks.

Human Grand Prix
Jan 24, 2013

by FactsAreUseless
Also could F1 cars even pass at Laguna? The Indycar guys had enough trouble doing that.

Human Grand Prix
Jan 24, 2013

by FactsAreUseless

Begall posted:

Yep, Rosberg has retired. Has this ever happened in F1 before?

Edit: Also yes most importantly, who the gently caress gets that seat??

Prost did it after he won in '93.

Human Grand Prix
Jan 24, 2013

by FactsAreUseless

POCKET CHOMP posted:

Hell of a surprise announcement.

Yeah this came out of nowhere.

Human Grand Prix
Jan 24, 2013

by FactsAreUseless
Does Fernando have an escape clause?

Human Grand Prix
Jan 24, 2013

by FactsAreUseless
It must be said that Wehrlein didn't look amazing.

Human Grand Prix
Jan 24, 2013

by FactsAreUseless

1500quidporsche posted:

The refusing to turn the engine off in a free practice thing soured me a bit and he's really struggled to beat teammates that he should've been consistently faster than.

On certain occasions he wasn't significantly faster than Haryanto. Perhaps he needs some more experience.

Human Grand Prix
Jan 24, 2013

by FactsAreUseless

Alain Post posted:

Also if Lewis/Ocon/Pascal doesn't run #0 in 2017 than F1 is dead

Are you allowed to under current rules?

Human Grand Prix
Jan 24, 2013

by FactsAreUseless

Alain Post posted:

Remember when Lewis was really bad at the start of the year and had a bunch of bad starts? IMO, he should have done less of this

He was also poor during the final part of the European leg. The engine failure hurt him, but his relatively poor performances this season put him in a "must win" situation. His starts were also really poo poo. I witnessed it firsthand in Japan.

Human Grand Prix fucked around with this message at 17:24 on Dec 2, 2016

Human Grand Prix
Jan 24, 2013

by FactsAreUseless
One is a child that got promoted for marketing reasons and the other is Mark Webber Mk2.

Human Grand Prix
Jan 24, 2013

by FactsAreUseless

iospace posted:

Why did people start to hate Max anyway? Yeah he's an aggressive as gently caress driver but off the course he seems cool.

I hate his dad.

Human Grand Prix
Jan 24, 2013

by FactsAreUseless
You could probably put Newey in his own drat car and he'd do pretty well (he is a decent driver, believe it or not).

Human Grand Prix
Jan 24, 2013

by FactsAreUseless
I'm will not predict the future but I think McLaren switched very early too, and Hasegawa at Honda basically gave up at the beginning of the year when he realized how much Arai hosed everything.

Human Grand Prix
Jan 24, 2013

by FactsAreUseless
Sour grapes.

Human Grand Prix
Jan 24, 2013

by FactsAreUseless

1500quidporsche posted:

Max had one over hyped result early on and will now fade into mediocrity and midfield crashes like his father did.

To be fair to Max he has already accomplished more than his father ever did.

Human Grand Prix
Jan 24, 2013

by FactsAreUseless
You will find fast Heikki winning over in the land of the Rising Sun.

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Human Grand Prix
Jan 24, 2013

by FactsAreUseless

1500quidporsche posted:

Seriously watch that F3 doc where Senna's performance absolutely nose dived because halfway through the season Brundle decided he had enough of Senna's bullshit and let him crash. I can easily envision that scenario happening with Max.

Did Brundle have a manager or did he represent himself? I can't understand his awful career choices.

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