couger1981 94 Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Mexicola said: So he escapes bribery chargers through... bribery?BernieLAD. Looks like itA look at the heart of a Formula E car Quote Link to post Share on other sites
couger1981 94 Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 Work on improving the Pits, paddock, grandstands and pit entry and commenced at Interlagos before the race this year.F1 times Quote Link to post Share on other sites
buttonfan 5 Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 Raikkonen to become father http://www.inautonews.com/raikkonen-to-be-father Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moderator MBKF1 91 Posted August 6, 2014 Moderator Share Posted August 6, 2014 I share the same birthday as Esteban Gutierrez <3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moderator MBKF1 91 Posted August 6, 2014 Moderator Share Posted August 6, 2014 Jesus, this is scary.Max Verstappen is apparently being linked with the Red Bull and Mercedes young driver programmes, and his father, Jos, even hinted at him driving in F1 next year.This guy is a month younger than me, and he's only 16 years old. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
buttonfan 5 Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 Alonso wants 50 million per year to stay in Ferrari until 2019. Something else interesting is that there's a performance clause in Alonso's contract, if Ferrari finish lower than 3rd in WCC this year Alonso can leave Ferrari next year. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lukedfrt 91 Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 Will be interesting to see how Ferrari respond to that aha Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mexicola 10 Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 The jackass who stole Schumacher's medical files has been found hung in his prison cell.I'm not shedding any tears. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
alonsofan46 0 Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 Mexicola said: The jackass who stole Schumacher's medical files has been found hung in his prison cell.I'm not shedding any tears. He hanged himself. Horrible thing to do , but it's sad at the same time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
alonsofan46 0 Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 PeteTheDuck said: Jesus, this is scary.Max Verstappen is apparently being linked with the Red Bull and Mercedes young driver programmes, and his father, Jos, even hinted at him driving in F1 next year.This guy is a month younger than me, and he's only 16 years old. This was a post by someone on the autosport forums at the end of last year : This guy (son of ex-F1 Driver Jos Verstappen) deserves some attention here. He just turned 16 years old, but this kid is definitely something else. In 2005 at the age of 7 he begins karting in the Belgium MiniClass Championship. He wins it. In the year following he drives the same class again. Dry races, wet races... it doesn't matter. 21 Races, 21 Wins.In 2007 he enters the Rotax Max Mini class. 18 Races. 18 Wins.In 2008 (10 years old) he enters 3 championships: Rotax Max Mini class: 18 Races, 16 wins. BeNeLux chamionship (Rotax Max Mini): 12 races, 11 wins. Cadetclass: 11 races, 11 wins.Because of his age he is not allowed to go to faster classes, so in 2009 he drives the same championships as in 2008. 42 Races. 39 Wins. 3 Championship titles.In 2010 he is 12 years old and allowed to go international. He drives multiple series in the KF3 class as a works driver for CRG and becomes European Champion.In 2011 he drives the same championships as before (again age won't allow him to go higher up) and is again crowned EU Champ, dispite missing a weekend because of a back injury.In 2012 he enters the KF2, KF1 and KZ2 (manual gearbox) classes. He shows amazing speed, but fails to deliver results with lots of mechanical issues and crashes.2013 Is a different story however. He becomes World Champion in the KZ and European Champion in both KZ and KF. He wins almost everything he enters. Now being quick in a kart doesn't always mean you're quick in a racecar as well, that's always something that has to be seen.And so he went testing a Formula Renault 2.0 at the age of 15 (and later 16) a few times last month. First he drives some privat tests for Manor GP and Koiranen. He goes quicker than any (experienced) driver ever did for those teams. Then he enters tests where other (more experienced) drivers participate in: Hungaroring:28/29 okt 2013: 1st (Breaks the official lap record) Spa-Francorchamps (wet):04 nov 2013: 1st05 nov 2013: 1st Circuit de Catalunya:12 nov 2013: 1st13 nov 2013: 1st. (Breaks the official lap record)Not exactly a bad CV. :o :open_mouth: :open_mouth: He's crazy good. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KRTheIceman 0 Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 Although being quick in lower categories doesn't always mean that they are quick in F1, but for the most part it does. I'd rather not have a child on the grid though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GoldenColt 1 Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 We've seen so many of those young drivers who impressed everyone at this early stage, and then they became the greatest flops in F1 history.Let's wait and see. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moderator f1since08 110 Posted August 6, 2014 Author Moderator Share Posted August 6, 2014 Considering he has no racing experience in anything other than a kart, I really, really do not want him anywhere near the F1 grid for a long time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Skiddyboy13 0 Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 He's currently competing in the European F3 championship, and after recently having a 6 win streak is in 2nd overall (Tho he is almost 100 points behind the leader who is also a Euro F3 rookie, Esteban Ocon with 3 rounds left to go). He's struggled with a lot of DNFs. I do hope they don't force him straight up to the top level, it can absolutely ruin a drivers career. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lukedfrt 91 Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 http://www.sportskeeda.com/f1/fernando-alonso-the-ultimate-warrior-of-formula-one Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RevolvingPrawn 1 Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 And one of F1's best corners has just become boring... http://www.espn.co.uk/f1/motorsport/story/170703.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GoldenColt 1 Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 This is how a written orgasm looks like. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
APR193 0 Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 RevolvingPrawn said: And one of F1's best corners has just become boring... http://www.espn.co.uk/f1/motorsport/story/170703.html Spa lost a lot of its appeal in my opinion when they added all the run off it has now to the point where I don't rate it much higher than the likes of Abu Dhabi or China now, frankly I think spa is a pretty poor overrated track now, Monza looks to be going to same way. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moderator MBKF1 91 Posted August 7, 2014 Moderator Share Posted August 7, 2014 Well Monza is now trending on my Twitter...What a shame, it was a corner that actually punished a mistake. Look at Hamilton last year, he took his eye of the track briefly and ran off wide, and he therefore had a rubbish session. Now, he'll just re-join with no punishment. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moderator MBKF1 91 Posted August 7, 2014 Moderator Share Posted August 7, 2014 http://www.redbull.com/en/motorsports/f1/stories/1331669231445/hungarian-grand-prix-cartoon?linkId=9178658This is pretty funny, check it out! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VetteIfan 0 Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 APR193 said: Spa lost a lot of its appeal in my opinion when they added all the run off it has now to the point where I don't rate it much higher than the likes of Abu Dhabi or China now, frankly I think spa is a pretty poor overrated track now, Monza looks to be going to same way. The removal of gravel traps is not something that I think many people are in favour of, but it doesn't demote Spa to being one of the worst races of the season. The cars are still driving round the same ribbon of road. A ribbon of road that is one of the best of the season at Spa. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KRTheIceman 0 Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 Lukedfrt said: http://www.sportskeeda.com/f1/fernando-alonso-the-ultimate-warrior-of-formula-one "Silent". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KRTheIceman 0 Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 Spa is all about the circuit undulation and fast sweeping corners, the runoff doesn't really affect this. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
APR193 0 Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 VetteIfan said: APR193 said: Spa lost a lot of its appeal in my opinion when they added all the run off it has now to the point where I don't rate it much higher than the likes of Abu Dhabi or China now, frankly I think spa is a pretty poor overrated track now, Monza looks to be going to same way. The removal of gravel traps is not something that I think many people are in favour of, but it doesn't demote Spa to being one of the worst races of the season. The cars are still driving round the same ribbon of road. A ribbon of road that is one of the best of the season at Spa. Personally I think it has removed a huge amount of the challenge and as a result the excitement, in the same way adding massive run off did at Silverstone, Catalunya, Hockenheim etc. They all used to be tracks I looked forward to for a variety of championships throughout the year but now I personally think they are all fairly average. Spa is not one of the worst races of the year but it is the most overrated track in my opinion. Nowhere near what it used to be which is a shame, as it was amazing. In a way I am glad F1 goes to the silly amount of tilke tracks it does, if it still went to the kind of tracks it did 10-15 years ago they'd all have silly amounts of run off and all be ruined. At least this way MotoGP/SBK etc get some good classic tracks to go to Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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