sjsharp2010 Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 fIsince08 said: Jiggy said: Technically, Adrian Sutil also has a contract for this season, so.....if he really wanted to... He already has but just wants money.Kaltenborn is supposed to be a lawyer don't want her on my case!Well, I guess Sauber wish we had three car teams... Maybe they were half expecting 3 car teams :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator f1since08 Posted March 15, 2015 Author Moderator Share Posted March 15, 2015 Horner and Marko's whining is getting pathetic. If they had a decent engine they would possibly be able to challenge Merc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttonfan Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 fIsince08 said: Horner and Marko's whining is getting pathetic. If they had a decent engine they would possibly be able to challenge Merc. They say they'll quit F1 huh? I'd say DO IT but it would be a shame to lose Ricciardo :p :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiggy Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 Part of that might be coming from very, very speculative rumors that Renault is looking to take over the Red Bull Racing-team. Renault wants to become a team after all because it promotes their brand better than just engines and Red Bull, the company, feels that they've basically maximized all the potential they could've gained, based on commercial successes, in F1, so in an effort to reduce costs (because the profits of 2014 were lower than expected), they would be willing to continue with their smaller team, but sell the main team to Renault.Dutch commentator spoke of these rumors, but also pointed out that it's an incredibly vague one that could be mostly guesswork and theories created out of the current Red Bull-Renault conflict. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjsharp2010 Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Jiggy said: Part of that might be coming from very, very speculative rumors that Renault is looking to take over the Red Bull Racing-team. Renault wants to become a team after all because it promotes their brand better than just engines and Red Bull, the company, feels that they've basically maximized all the potential they could've gained, based on commercial successes, in F1, so in an effort to reduce costs (because the profits of 2014 were lower than expected), they would be willing to continue with their smaller team, but sell the main team to Renault.Dutch commentator spoke of these rumors, but also pointed out that it's an incredibly vague one that could be mostly guesswork and theories created out of the current Red Bull-Renault conflict. I don't know about that as they already had one before selling it to Lotus but I guess we'llsee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juice29 Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 fIsince08 said: Get in! I'm going to the British GP with school for my 18th! Not at all jealous :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
couger1981 Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Toto Wolff telling Horner to F****** get your head down work harder to catch us, it's not just the Bulls who need to work harder its the rest of the field as well.Grandprixtimes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevolvingPrawn Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 couger1981 said: Toto Wolff telling Horner to F****** get your head down work harder to catch us, it's not just the Bulls who need to work harder its the rest of the field as well.Grandprixtimes And Toto is not wrong. Rather than cry and whine because things aren't going well for them anymore, do as Toto said and get there on merit, not because you want the FIA to slow Mercedes down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
couger1981 Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Also Renault is looking at taking over Toro Rosso not RBR.Grandprixtimes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttonfan Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Trolling at it's besthttps://twitter.com/MonsieurF1/status/577558114628665344 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
couger1981 Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Bernie Ecclestone backs Red bull to close the gap between Mercedes and the rest of the fieldESPN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator MBKF1 Posted March 17, 2015 Moderator Share Posted March 17, 2015 mike96 said: Trolling at it's besthttps://twitter.com/MonsieurF1/status/577558114628665344 In reply to that tweet, I said:https://twitter.com/MrMattBirkett/status/577875946923012096So I then received this notification a couple of minutes later:I couldn't help but have a chuckle at this, but then when I went on his profile a couple of minutes ago, this was the result!Ah, wonderful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenColt Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Dude, if that's you on that pic, you look like Marc Marquez. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator MBKF1 Posted March 17, 2015 Moderator Share Posted March 17, 2015 GoldenColt said: Dude, if that's you on that pic, you look like Marc Marquez. Yeah that is me, and um, really?! :p I guess in that picture I look a bit like him...But I can't believe he blocked me, it wasn't that bad, especially in comparison to what AL0NS0FAN used to tweet people before he was banned from Twitter :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenColt Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Maybe he doesn't like Marc Marquez. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiggy Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 He looks like young Thomas Müller to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamuelTrautman Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 no german grand prix this season :-(( F1 really likes to shoot itself in the foot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenColt Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 It's official, Lewis will win the championship this year...http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/drivers/lewis-hamilton.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juice29 Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 SamuelTrautman said: no german grand prix this season :-(( F1 really likes to shoot itself in the foot. Hopefully could/should be back for next season but grandstand numbers were falling anyway... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam12d Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Juice29 said: SamuelTrautman said: no german grand prix this season :-(( F1 really likes to shoot itself in the foot. Hopefully could/should be back for next season but grandstand numbers were falling anyway... This further increases the chances of a qatar or the other middle east gp more likely. I do hope not though.Oh and Colt I think I missed the reference? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenColt Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Liam12d said: Oh and Colt I think I missed the reference? It said 3 World Championships in his profile when I shared the link. They've corrected it now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juice29 Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Liam12d said: Juice29 said: SamuelTrautman said: no german grand prix this season :-(( F1 really likes to shoot itself in the foot. Hopefully could/should be back for next season but grandstand numbers were falling anyway... This further increases the chances of a qatar or the other middle east gp more likely. I do hope not though.Oh and Colt I think I missed the reference? Not another one... Further proof that the owners (CVC) just want profit, im also going to guess that GP2/GP3 may go to a "new" Middle East GP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamuelTrautman Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 I don't get it, for 4 years there was a german world champion, then last year and this year a german team winning so why do the germans not go? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ojasalo Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Juice29 said: PeteTheDuck said: Yeah I knew he did that but with an F1 race seat available I wouldn't be surprised if he still ended up at Manor.In other news, Lotus have signed Carmen Jorda as their development driver for 2015.Obviously great to see another girl involved in a team's development programme but have you seen her GP3 results and times? Absolutely rubbish and in her three seasons she finished 28th, 30th and 29th with a best finish of 13th in Valencia 2012. Her next best finish was 17th.There are waaay more other drivers who deserve that kind of position. I know, F1 teamslooking for potential female related sponsorship? :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juice29 Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 SamuelTrautman said: I don't get it, for 4 years there was a german world champion, then last year and this year a german team winning so why do the germans not go? In their eyes I guess no one can replace Shumacher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam12d Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 GoldenColt said: Liam12d said: Oh and Colt I think I missed the reference? It said 3 World Championships in his profile when I shared the link. They've corrected it now. Ahh Well I guess the sport really is a fix after all :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juice29 Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Liam12d said: GoldenColt said: Liam12d said: Oh and Colt I think I missed the reference? It said 3 World Championships in his profile when I shared the link. They've corrected it now. Ahh Well I guess the sport really is a fix after all :p Are we surprised :tongue: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afrodude41 Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Official: No German GP this year http://www1.skysports.com/f1/news/12433/9768592/the-fia-has-confirmed-that-there-will-be-no-german-gp-this-year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttonfan Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 So apparently Pastor Maldonado is on rFactor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator MBKF1 Posted March 24, 2015 Moderator Share Posted March 24, 2015 Those cars desperately need some wheel tethers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liaveil Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 mike96 said: So apparently Pastor Maldonado is on rFactor. My moneys on that Red Bull to win the race. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenColt Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 mike96 said: So apparently Pastor Maldonado is on rFactor. Shouldn't it be Grosjean given that it's Spa? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juice29 Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 VetteIfan said: Juice29 said: Why not? New super license regs are to make sure drivers earn thier way to the top and talent is prioritised over money which can only be good for the sport. Under the system that is run, drivers such as Schumacher, Alonso, Vettel, Raikkonen, Ricciardo, Button (to name a few) would never have made their debut when they did under the super license points system that exists now. Using equivelant series of course to what exists nowadays. It's quite ironic actually out of the 9 drivers on the grid this year who wouldn't have made it with this regulation in place, 4 of them became world champion and 6 of them are race winners. Two of them are only making their debut this year, so we can't judge them yet. So that just leaves Ericcson as the only current driver on the grid who you could say this regulation would've been suitable for in the quest for looking for "talent over money". It's a regulation that has good intentions but hasn't really been thought through. Having thought about this for 'several' days I think that the FIA is trying to streamline the way to the top of single seater car racing just look at euro F3 many many people wanted to enter this year. Also I can see why WSR got a lesser 'points' rating probably because GP2/GP3 is owned by the same people as Formula 1 or the FIA is trying to make room for a new Formula 2 category Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juice29 Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 GoldenColt said: mike96 said: So apparently Pastor Maldonado is on rFactor. Shouldn't it be Grosjean given that it's Spa? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttonfan Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 So, Sutil is now Williams' reserve driver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liaveil Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 I wonder if he signed that before Bottas was given the all clear for this weekend or after... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttonfan Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Is it just me or has Brundle suddenly got white hair? :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lukedfrt Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 I noticed as well aha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator f1since08 Posted March 27, 2015 Author Moderator Share Posted March 27, 2015 Bloody hell, F1 Connection have offered me a role as GP Editor! I'm in two minds as to whether to take it or not.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevolvingPrawn Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Is it paid? :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator f1since08 Posted March 27, 2015 Author Moderator Share Posted March 27, 2015 RevolvingPrawn said: Is it paid? :p No but I turned it down anyway. I offered to join as lead technical writer and they're considering it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator MBKF1 Posted March 28, 2015 Moderator Share Posted March 28, 2015 I've just thought, Lewis Hamilton keeps up his record of being the only driver on the grid to have won a race in every season he has raced in. 9 consecutive seasons now, very impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VetteIfan Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 PeteTheDuck said: I've just thought, Lewis Hamilton keeps up his record of being the only driver on the grid to have won a race in every season he has raced in. 9 consecutive seasons now, very impressive. Respectable acheivement, but not an entirely difficult one. In 7 out of the 8 previous seasons his teammate at the time won at least one race too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam12d Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 VetteIfan said: PeteTheDuck said: I've just thought, Lewis Hamilton keeps up his record of being the only driver on the grid to have won a race in every season he has raced in. 9 consecutive seasons now, very impressive. Respectable acheivement, but not an entirely difficult one. In 7 out of the 8 previous seasons his teammate at the time won at least one race too. Shusshh don't undermine Hammy like that :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenColt Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Moderator f1since08 Posted April 1, 2015 Author Moderator Share Posted April 1, 2015 I don't know if anyone saw this, but proper april fooling and trolling by Merc.http://wtf1.co.uk/hamilton-fired-from-mercedes/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevolvingPrawn Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 fIsince08 said: I don't know if anyone saw this, but proper april fooling and trolling by Merc.http://wtf1.co.uk/hamilton-fired-from-mercedes/ Love the link to BBC News :D And this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChocolateSennna Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiggy Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 Wait a minute, what the *blessed* is going on here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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