RevolvingPrawn Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 MBKF1 said: Do you watch Ted's Notebook? He tried to talk to her after the Australian GP while she was running from the pit wall to the garage but she wasn't having any of it. Hughesy said: RevolvingPrawn said: Who's that? You don't know who she is? She worked at Ferrari before Haas and is the race strategisthttp://www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/alumna-ruth-buscombe-formula-one-scuderia-ferrari-strategist-joins-haas-f1-teamhttps://twitter.com/ruthbuscombe Ahh yea, I remember now. She's pretty hot ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughesy Posted May 14, 2016 Share Posted May 14, 2016 Exactly, never forget a pretty face me :p. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator MBKF1 Posted May 14, 2016 Moderator Share Posted May 14, 2016 RevolvingPrawn said: Ahh yea, I remember now. She's pretty hot ;) Classic internet boi ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjsharp2010 Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 Jiggy said: mike96 said: I never really liked it in Gran Turismo :p I always hated driving Suzuka in games and basically overdrove the **** out of Fuji. Like I've done a lot of laps on Fuji. Imdeed I struggle around Suizuka in car races in my bike games I've got I'm OK around it though. Fuji I've only driven on a couple of old touring car style games not had the chance to race an F1 round it though in any game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator MBKF1 Posted May 16, 2016 Moderator Share Posted May 16, 2016 Something I was thinking about the other day. I think we're past the worst of the 'pay driver' days in Formula 1. With nearly every team having some kind of young driver programme, they pick the best they can get and bring them through, so they don't need paying. Yes you do get the odd reserve driver who clearly has the cash, but the top drivers will usually be on some young driver programme.Look at Verstappen, Sainz, Ocon, Vandoorne, Wehrlein, Leclerc, for example. They're probably the next big things in F1 and all of them are on young driver programmes. They're not pay drivers. It's so refreshing.That was terribly worded I know, but do you get what I mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiggy Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 And the pay-drivers that do break through are usually quite okay as well. They're not terribly off the pace and don't embarrass themselves by looking like an amateur.Although a Maldonado did had his issues. But Perez, Palmer, Ericsson and Nasr are okay. Most of them a bit boring, but it used to be a lot worse in the sense that people were happy with Pedro Diniz' abilities for a pay driver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevolvingPrawn Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 If any of you guys enjoy full races and entire season reviews, don't tell Bernie about this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator MBKF1 Posted May 24, 2016 Moderator Share Posted May 24, 2016 Bookmarked, thank you! No doubt it'll be taken down in a couple of days though lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttonfan Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 MBKF1 said: Bookmarked, thank you! No doubt it'll be taken down in a couple of days though lol Nah, usually Dailymotion gets away with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevolvingPrawn Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 MBKF1 said: Bookmarked, thank you! No doubt it'll be taken down in a couple of days though lol No worries! So far I've been through the 2009 and 2005 reviews, still many more years to go lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VetteIfan Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/mclaren-will-dethrone-mercedes-says-dennis-739539/Just thought I'd share this as I found it quite amusing. One Q3 appearance and the delusionalists at McLaren think it's 1988 again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator MBKF1 Posted May 24, 2016 Moderator Share Posted May 24, 2016 Yes they can make progress and they clearly have since 2015, but how can they honestly expect to beat Mercedes when both of them are making improvements to the engine. Mercedes are still finding more and more power, and no matter how much Honda make up, Mercedes will still keep pushing forward.I don't see McLaren winning a championship for at least 3 more years. Alonso won't win a championship next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenColt Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Problem with McLaren is, even if they managed to produce a car capable of winning a championship, they still screw up in so many other areas (2012). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiggy Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 VetteIfan said: http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/mclaren-will-dethrone-mercedes-says-dennis-739539/Just thought I'd share this as I found it quite amusing. One Q3 appearance and the delusionalists at McLaren think it's 1988 again Stuff like that makes me don't feel bad at all about being happy at McLaren's situation in recent seasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator MBKF1 Posted May 24, 2016 Moderator Share Posted May 24, 2016 GoldenColt said: Problem with McLaren is, even if they managed to produce a car capable of winning a championship, they still screw up in so many other areas (2012). It still boggles my mind to this day that McLaren managed to lose the 2007 championship. With just 2 races to go, Hamilton was 17 points ahead of Raikkonen with 20 remaining. All Hamilton had to do was score 7 points over the final 2 races (which was almost guaranteed when you look at the rest of the season), and the championship was his. That's like getting a 5th and a 6th.And then bang, one retirement and a dodgy gearbox and he loses it, with Raikkonen having faultless weekends and winning both. Why oh why oh why did McLaren not just change Lewis' tyres earlier? Even if it meant he finished 2nd, it still would have given him the title.I know I sound like a real Lewis fanboy here, but that should have been his year. He drove superbly, and with such maturity for a rookie, he was so far ahead.If you then take the unreliability of the 2012 season and the couple of times where McLaren f*cked up pit stops and whatever, that probably should have given him the 2012 title too. He could very easily be a 5x world champion by now, it pains me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator f1since08 Posted May 24, 2016 Author Moderator Share Posted May 24, 2016 http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2016/05/24/monza-planning-tear-first-chicane/Monza could be about to destroy the Curva Grande... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevolvingPrawn Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 fIsince08 said: http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2016/05/24/monza-planning-tear-first-chicane/Monza could be about to destroy the Curva Grande... I kinda like the look of that! A longer straight for even higher top speeds and a crazy fast first corner. Yea, we'd lose one of the main overtaking spots, and it'd be sad to not go round Curva Grande, but with the current first chicane it's more of a curved straight these days anyway than a corner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator MBKF1 Posted May 24, 2016 Moderator Share Posted May 24, 2016 At first I was a bit annoyed when I heard the news, but this proposal doesn't look too bad actually. It's good that they'll be bypassing the first chicane so they'll be arriving at the new one at full pelt.This might be an unpopular opinion, but I didn't rank Curva Grande as a particularly amazing corner in the first place. The first chicane got rid of the challenge and made it into a curved straight effectively. However, there's no denying it is an amazing corner without the first chicane, going through there at 230mph + is mega.The proposed design would see greater speeds through that right hand kink and it is more of a challenge which is a good thing. I think this proposal would also see a faster lap time which is sort of what Monza is all about. I'd be fine with the change.The only problem is, I think that first right hand kink might reduce overtaking opportunities, as there will probably be one racing line through there, so it'll be tough to go side by side through it. But at the same time, there's more straight now so overtakes might happen before the corner. We'll have to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syn Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 After looking through the PDF for the proposed changes, I saw keep *both* chicanes (old and newly proposed). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mexicola Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 Very good interview with Hamilton, rare chance to witness a 30 minute in-depth chat with a current F1 driver.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ei4uWo5B_9U Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
couger1981 Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 What turn 8 looks like at BakuThe track looks narrower than Monaco?Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator MBKF1 Posted May 25, 2016 Moderator Share Posted May 25, 2016 I thought Ted said on his notebook that the track would also go over the pavement on the right hand side? Doesn't look like it here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VetteIfan Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Mexicola said: Very good interview with Hamilton, rare chance to witness a 30 minute in-depth chat with a current F1 driver.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ei4uWo5B_9U This is a good interview. When he's asked good questions about F1 and his driving experiences, Lewis is actually a really good interviewee. This is sometimes lost in the Sky F1 interviews where it's "do you have any new tattoos?" or "what was the inspiration behind this cap design?". MBKF1 said:If you then take the unreliability of the 2012 season and the couple of times where McLaren f*cked up pit stops and whatever, that probably should have given him the 2012 title too. He could very easily be a 5x world champion by now, it pains me.Make that 6x if you include 2010, although in that instance he actually screwed it up for himself. With 6 races to go it was in his hands, but the mistakes in Monza, Singapore and Korea cost him at least 31 points - easily enough to take the title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liaveil Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Even with the mistakes, the car failure in Spain in the final laps was enough. He lost 18 that day and was only 16 behind in the end. On the same token though, Vettel's mechanical issues in Bahrain, Melbourne and Korea more than made up for that loss. Without the issues, 2010 wouldn't have been nearly as exciting though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenColt Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 I think all of the top 5 made huge mistakes throughout 2010. You could also argue that Singapore wasn't Lewis' fault entirely. And then again, where did JB finish in Korea that year? The McLaren was dreadful to drive that weekend and Lewis - despite a few lock ups - made a hell of a better job than JB who finished outside the points.I still think that 2010 was one of his best performances ever given the car was hardly ever the one to beat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiggy Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Not to be that guy, but at the other end of the coin, Lewis' 2008-title win did happened in a season where Kubica nearly won it in a BMW. Nothing against anyone, but Kubica was beyond good that season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenColt Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Yep, he did a great job dragging that BMW to 4th place at the end. Especially given that BMW abandoned a huge upgrade somewhere around the middle of the season to focus on building a championship winning car for 2009 early on which meant the development on their 2008 car stopped somewhere around July. Didn't turn out well for 2009 though. Btw, I was rooting for BMW a bit in 2007 and 2008, they were such a cool team and it was nice to see them getting closer and closer to the nearly invincible Ferraris and McLarens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiggy Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Too bad they rage quit'd over one bad season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenColt Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 I hope they will return one day. But can't see it happening too soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator f1since08 Posted May 26, 2016 Author Moderator Share Posted May 26, 2016 Latest driver rumours for 2017:Mercedes: Hamilton and RosbergFerrari: Vettel and RaikkonenRed Bull: Ricciardo and VerstappenWilliams: Button and BottasForce India: Hulkenberg and PerezRenault: Magnussen and Palmer/SainzToro Rosso: Gasly and Sainz/KvyatSauber: £££ and €€€McLaren: Alonso and VandoorneManor: Wehrlein and $$$Haas: Grosjean and Gutierrez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator MBKF1 Posted May 26, 2016 Moderator Share Posted May 26, 2016 Ah, another perfect opportunity to shamelessly promote my blog! I wrote a piece last week about my take on the 2017 silly season, so you can read all my thoughts on it here. https://droptheclutch.wordpress.com/2016/05/19/f12017sillyseason/In short though, this is what I think / hope will happen.MERCEDES | Lewis HAMILTON | Nico ROSBERGFERRARI | Sebastian VETTEL | Kimi RAIKKONENRED BULL | Daniel RICCIARDO | Max VERSTAPPENWILLIAMS | Valtteri BOTTAS | Alex LYNNTORO ROSSO | Carlos SAINZ | Pierre GASLYMcLAREN | Fernando ALONSO | Stoffel VANDOORNEFORCE INDIA | Sergio PEREZ | Nico HULKENBERGHAAS | Romain GROSJEAN | Esteban GUTIERREZRENAULT | Kevin MAGNUSSEN | Daniil KVYATSAUBER | Felipe NASR | Marcus ERICSSONMANOR | Pascal WEHRLEIN | Esteban OCON Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevolvingPrawn Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Here's my wishful thinking!MERCEDES | Lewis HAMILTON | Fernando ALONSOFERRARI | Sebastian VETTEL | Nico ROSBERGRED BULL | Daniel RICCIARDO | Max VERSTAPPENWILLIAMS | Valtteri BOTTAS | Daniil KVYATTORO ROSSO | Carlos SAINZ | Pierre GASLYMcLAREN | Jenson BUTTON | Stoffel VANDOORNEFORCE INDIA | Sergio PEREZ | Nico HULKENBERGHAAS | Romain GROSJEAN | Alexander ROSSIRENAULT | Kevin MAGNUSSEN | Jolyon PALMERSAUBER | Dean STONEMAN | Marcus ERICSSONMANOR | Pascal WEHRLEIN | Esteban OCON Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator f1since08 Posted May 26, 2016 Author Moderator Share Posted May 26, 2016 RevolvingPrawn said: Here's my wishful thinking!MERCEDES | Lewis HAMILTON | Fernando ALONSOFERRARI | Sebastian VETTEL | Nico ROSBERGRED BULL | Daniel RICCIARDO | Max VERSTAPPENWILLIAMS | Valtteri BOTTAS | Daniil KVYATTORO ROSSO | Carlos SAINZ | Pierre GASLYMcLAREN | Jenson BUTTON | Stoffel VANDOORNEFORCE INDIA | Sergio PEREZ | Nico HULKENBERGHAAS | Romain GROSJEAN | Alexander ROSSIRENAULT | Kevin MAGNUSSEN | Jolyon PALMERSAUBER | Dean STONEMAN | Marcus ERICSSONMANOR | Pascal WEHRLEIN | Esteban OCON I'd love to see Rossi in a Haas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liaveil Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Only way I can see Rosberg moving to Ferrari is if he loses out to Hamilton again and that's assuming Ferrari don't keep Raikkonen on. He's been closer to Vettel this season so far so if he keeps it up I don't see them changing. I don't think Alonso would risk moving right before the reg changes anyway and I'd be surprised if Mclaren didn't keep Button as well for the first season with the new regs. But Vandoorne shouldn't be without a drive. Maybe Williams if Button doesn't or even Renault if either Magnussen or Palmer get the boot. (Wouldn't that be annoying for Magnussen if he was left without a drive because of Mclaren again even after leaving them!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syn Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 I just want to see Alonso in a competitive ride before he retires. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chadwick8505 Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 Yeah I don't think there's gonna be much of a shake up drive wise next year. Verstappen obviously, but we all knew that. Maybe something happens with Massa, Button, Raikkonen, or Alonso but I doubt much. I doubt Ferrari will drop Kimi, he's been doing pretty well so far. I don't think dropping Massa for Button is all the much of an improvement. While yes Button is better, but why swap a (probably) soon to retire driver for another (probably) soon to retire driver? And Merc isn't going to drop either of their drivers, even for Alonso. If either drive decides to leave, that's a different story. But why would they leave? They have the best car and even Rosberg knows he won't win without it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughesy Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 Are GP2 racing at Baku? Those poor old building are going to get ruined :joy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VetteIfan Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 There were some mild rumours last week that Rosberg had been in talks with Ferrari, but it's a nothing story really. Seems like most of you guys have already sacked Massa, I think he'll stay on because Williams won't build up the courage to do so. Even though they'll know there are better options out there. The biggest story is going to be McLaren. There's no way they can leave Vandoorne on the sidelines another year without expecting him to join another team. Therefore I think it will be Button's final year. Oh, and Alonso's never going to win another race again. In fact he'll be lucky to make it to the podium. I'm afraid that's the reality as far as Fernando is concerned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenColt Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 VetteIfan said: There were some mild rumours last week that Rosberg had been in talks with Ferrari, but it's a nothing story really. Seems like most of you guys have already sacked Massa, I think he'll stay on because Williams won't build up the courage to do so. Even though they'll know there are better options out there. The biggest story is going to be McLaren. There's no way they can leave Vandoorne on the sidelines another year without expecting him to join another team. Therefore I think it will be Button's final year. Oh, and Alonso's never going to win another race again. In fact he'll be lucky to make it to the podium. I'm afraid that's the reality as far as Fernando is concerned. I wouldn't be so quick writing McLaren off for 2017. Just a gut-feeling. Agree with the rest, Nico and Massa are going to stay. Kimi will stay at Ferrari for another year aswell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjsharp2010 Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 GoldenColt said: VetteIfan said: There were some mild rumours last week that Rosberg had been in talks with Ferrari, but it's a nothing story really. Seems like most of you guys have already sacked Massa, I think he'll stay on because Williams won't build up the courage to do so. Even though they'll know there are better options out there. The biggest story is going to be McLaren. There's no way they can leave Vandoorne on the sidelines another year without expecting him to join another team. Therefore I think it will be Button's final year. Oh, and Alonso's never going to win another race again. In fact he'll be lucky to make it to the podium. I'm afraid that's the reality as far as Fernando is concerned. I wouldn't be so quick writing McLaren off for 2017. Just a gut-feeling. Agree with the rest, Nico and Massa are going to stay. Kimi will stay at Ferrari for another year aswell. Agreed as I think McLaren are starting to find their feet again they're certainly more competitive this year than last and I think that'll only improve given that both Button and Alonso know how to win given they both are former champs. Granted they're coming towards the end of their careers but still they know how to drive and drive fast. I don't think they'd ever lose that. Because I think that both Button and Alonso will both know when they've left their peak and can't push themselves to that level anymore. Also what with Button's fitness regime he has there's a good chance he may be able to extend himself for a few more years yet. It's just a question of whether he wants to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mexicola Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 https://twitter.com/tgruener/status/736313498964262912fs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjsharp2010 Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 Mexicola said: https://twitter.com/tgruener/status/736313498964262912fs Where's the Master chief he needs to be warned before we all get FLOODed :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImDyingYouIdiot Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 https://twitter.com/Motorsport/status/736821790429708288Looks like the upgrades worked out for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevolvingPrawn Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 Looks like Monza is staying on the calendar until 2020 :)http://sport.sky.it/sport/formula1/2016/05/30/monza-ecclestone-accordo-trovato-sara-gp-italia-2017-2020-.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjsharp2010 Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 RevolvingPrawn said: Looks like Monza is staying on the calendar until 2020 :)http://sport.sky.it/sport/formula1/2016/05/30/monza-ecclestone-accordo-trovato-sara-gp-italia-2017-2020-.html Glad about that Monza's one of my favourites. I'm glad it's not going anywhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator f1since08 Posted May 31, 2016 Author Moderator Share Posted May 31, 2016 Doesn't Spa's contract expire this year too? Im sure it was a 3 year deal starting in 2014. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjsharp2010 Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 fIsince08 said: Doesn't Spa's contract expire this year too? Im sure it was a 3 year deal starting in 2014. I doubt Spa will be going anywhere because it's one of F1's few remaining classics not that Bernie cares too much for that only money it seems these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenColt Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 Good news regarding Monza, but unfortunately that minimizes the chances of Imola returning, which is a shame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator f1since08 Posted May 31, 2016 Author Moderator Share Posted May 31, 2016 sjsharp2010 said: fIsince08 said: Doesn't Spa's contract expire this year too? Im sure it was a 3 year deal starting in 2014. I doubt Spa will be going anywhere because it's one of F1's few remaining classics not that Bernie cares too much for that only money it seems these days. I just looked it up and apparently it has a deal to 2018 anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xTheDarkLightx Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 Imola would only return if there was more money in it than Monza which is ashame. I would rather have Imola as the European GP instead of Azerbaijan because to be honest Azerbaijan doesn't even look that good and it's only there cause of money. I think Bernie should go he doesn't no what he's doing anymore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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