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General => Random Chat => Motorsport Board => Topic started by: Top Cat on January 28, 2014, 07:42:06 pm
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A new thread for the new season. :driver:
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Will be boring.... :laugh:
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Will post a picture, so as not to totally poop the party!
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So Hamilton binned his new car already, mind must be elsewhere as it sometimes is :signLOL:. Don't like the look of some of the cars, force India and mclaren :sick:
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So Hamilton binned his new car already, mind must be elsewhere as it sometimes is :signLOL:. Don't like the look of some of the cars, force India and mclaren :sick:
It was a front wing failure that caused him to crash :driver:
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No way! my bad :ashamed: just aswell it fell off, fugly looking :signLOL:
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No way! my bad :ashamed: just aswell it fell off, fugly looking :signLOL:
The Merc wing is OK, now the Caterham on the other hand :sick:
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Don't even wanna say what it looks like lol
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^^^^ PROPER fugly looking!
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Id say the merc loks like the best one
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Only ones I don't mind are the Mercedes (now iv seen it) ferrari s and red bull. But we will see which performs best soon :wink:
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aren redbull going to run away with it again though...lol
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Ferrari looks ok IMO.
It'll be the usual suspects at the head of affairs I imagine. I'd love it we had 4 or 5 teams all fighting from the start of he season, we can but hope.
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Yeah we can hope. It would be great if the big times, red bull, ferrari and Mercedes got it wrong and the force India fugly nose thing was most effective :grin:
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Fingers crossed for a good/interesting and varied season! :happy2: :driver: :drinking:
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This one is bound to be a front runner. :wink:
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^^^Lmfao :grin:
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Looking at some of the old bizarre designs from yesteryear is amusing!!
http://www1.skysports.com/f1/gallery/12837/7491792/strange-f1-designs (http://www1.skysports.com/f1/gallery/12837/7491792/strange-f1-designs)
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As a keen Williams fan, would be interested to see how other people rate the team's chances? Will the Mercedes engine be any good? Is the chasis a major improvement over last years effort? Will the big changes to the staff pay off? Was signing Massa a master stroke?
Would be interested to hear views of others!
rich
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Desperate for Mclaren to have a good season. So sad to hear about the death of Jensons father
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did you see his helmet the other day with Papa smirf on it was pretty cool :sad1:
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As a keen Williams fan, would be interested to see how other people rate the team's chances? Will the Mercedes engine be any good? Is the chasis a major improvement over last years effort? Will the big changes to the staff pay off? Was signing Massa a master stroke?
Would be interested to hear views of others!
rich
Interesting this one isn't it mate. I think the Mercedes engine is going to be strong, however I don't think they'll be a top team just yet. Maybe a year or 2 when they've found themselves. I personally think they've signd a great driver in massa, outpacing alonso in much of the 2nd half of the 2013 season and seems to be coming Back strong after his downwards part of form from his horrific accident. Heard a few sources say Williams could be the dark horse this year so lets hope so :drinking:
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I'm really looking forward to this season, despite some "irregular" looking cars, it's good to see a bit of variety and some do genuinely look good. My favourite is actually the Sauber.
Obviously, much of the attention is on the noses but there are so many unknowns with all the new engines and the unlimited ERS; it will be interesting to see who has the power and reliability. Cooling will be one potential pitfall for those who have been aggressive with the side pod aerodynamics.
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Further to my post about Williams last month, it was really good to see them have a decent test in Bahrain. I know its difficult to gauge a teams performance during testing, its hard to ignore that the Williams car was consistantly at (or very near) the top of the timesheets as well as number of laps completed.
It genuinley looks like they have learnt from all the mistakes from last season and have left no stone unturned. I think the catalyst for all this positive change has to be the appointment of Pat Symonds who has made changes to the team in every area.
I carry genuine hope for Williams coming into the new season and it would be amazing to see them back on the podium on a regular basis again. A good British team with decent British Engineering showing everyone how to pick yourself up after falling!
I believe they wil be unveiling their offical car and livery with the Martini being the new title sponsor this Thursday - Can't wait!! Maldanado can keep his Venuzuelan oil money!!
Rich
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Yeah I agree rich, they were very close to the top. Be a good way to turn your nose up at Ferrari for massa too after they flogged him off. Like you day you can't tell exactly what's going to happen from testing, but one things for sure and that's red bull Arnt number 1 as things stand. Vettel 4seconds a lap down on quickest Hamilton, and mechNical failures for. The red bull. I have no doubt that they will come back with a new invention or something but for the first 3-4races I think they will struggle
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A good British team with decent British Engineering showing everyone how to pick yourself up after falling!
Let's see if McLaren can mimic that
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What's everyone think of the noise the cars make now ? Think it sounds ok now was not sure at first
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Love the turbo noise!
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Sounds more like a super bike very deep/gravelly noise
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Sound is VERY different and as mentioned on commentary, you can now here the comms between drivers and the pit.
Race was fairly dull, chuffed that Rosberg won it, really REALLY pleased that Ricciardo hung onto second and those Macca's of Magnussen and Button look to have the pace this year.
Nice to see ze other German not finish! :grin:
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Reports that Ricciardo has be DQ after using too much fuel! Not been confirmed yet! Loving the turbo whistle and the fact German pointy finger is struggling! Should love to have seen Webber still in the sport! Watch out for Williams this year! Lotus need all the help they can get!
Bring on the next race!!! :driver:
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Yeah was a good race. Kimi isn't getting on with those brakes is he lol, locking up at every other lap. Shame with Hamiltons retirement. Rosberg for world champion in my eyes
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Shocked no one has mentioned Bottas!! He wa sby far the driver of the day. The Mclarens wouldn't have been on the podium if Bottas hadnt clipped that wall. Williams definitely have the second fastest cars without doubt.
Chuffed for Ricciardo, Magnussan, Rosberg and Bottas. Awesome races for them. Gutted for Massa as he would have also been in the top ten easily, mostly gutted for Hamilton, that should have been his race, Merc have even said they new the engine was misfiring on the parade lap, but didnt inform Hamilton just to see how it all panned out and if it would cure itself
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Shocked no one has mentioned Bottas!! He wa sby far the driver of the day. The Mclarens wouldn't have been on the podium if Bottas hadnt clipped that wall. Williams definitely have the second fastest cars without doubt.
Chuffed for Ricciardo, Magnussan, Rosberg and Bottas. Awesome races for them. Gutted for Massa as he would have also been in the top ten easily, mostly gutted for Hamilton, that should have been his race, Merc have even said they new the engine was misfiring on the parade lap, but didnt inform Hamilton just to see how it all panned out and if it would cure itself
Yeah your dead right, bottas drove really really well. It's crazy that you think nothing of these "lower rank" drivers until they're given the car that they need, and they're just as good as the top 5. Riccardo has been disqualified for too much fuel usage :sad1:
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Good news for button then moves up to third then. Can't get over red bull knowing and being told to sort the fuel part out even while they were racing. Poor show red bull do what your told
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Roll on Malaysia, hopefully none of the cars go missing! (Sorry couldn't resist).
Interested on who's going to win out of the Mercs though, in the hope Hamilton doesn't have any problems as Rosberg just keeps getting better. Would be made even sweeter if the Williams are up there too!
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Im a Hamilton fan and want him to win the championship, but id love to see Bottas or Massa take a win. (Bottas becuase he seems to be a gret adriver and finally has a car under him, and Massa because it would be an awesome recovery from his time at Ferrari as a No2 driver)
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Good race today I thought. Pleased Hamilton had no problems and didn't put a foot wrong. Gutted for riccardo, how Often do you see red bull make a mistake like that :surprised:. Also massa must have been livid when he heard team orders this time from Williams, he did the right thing IMO
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^^^^ Echo everything you say. Chuffed for Hamilton, gutted for Ricciardo and chuckled when Massa refused to pull over and good on him for that.
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Whoaaa -What a race!!! who says F1 isnt exciting???So many talking points!
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^^^^ This!
Best race I've seen in years. I'll be watxhing it again later on Reply,great stuff all throughout the pack.
I think of the two (Hamilton and Rosberg) that Hamilton will come out on top over a whole season as he's simply the better racer but god it looks like its going to be fun.
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Whoaaa -What a race!!! who says F1 isnt exciting???So many talking points!
^^ agreed
Best race I've seen in years. I'll be watxhing it again later on Reply,great stuff all throughout the pack.
I think of the two (Hamilton and Rosberg) that Hamilton will come out on top over a whole season as he's simply the better racer but god it looks like its going to be fun.
I felt sorry for Button today losing soooo many places so near the end.
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Yeah awesome race today! Hamilton deserves a lot of credit for holding on to the lead on the slower tyre towards the end. What are ferrari doing it has to be said, I'd love to see them somewhere competitive but no idea when that will be
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Just watched the race now. Absolutely brilliant racing from the Mercedes boys!
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Great race nice to see some wheel to wheel driving :driver:
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best race i have seen for a long time with no team orders
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First race I've had time to watch this season, at first I had to turn the volume up on the tv so I could hear the cars. I miss the sound of the v8's but the sound of the new turbo engine down shifting sounds good.
Like a few of you lads have said it was very interesting race yesterday most action I've seen in a while. I hope it carries on for the rest of the season.
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I miss the sound of the v8's but the sound of the new turbo engine down shifting sounds good.
Now the V10 sounded good the V8 not so much. I think people are mistaking volume for a nice sound. The V8s were very very loud, simple as that, they didn't sound good.
I love the new new engine note, it has character and depth, you can hear so many other elements of the race from tyres, radio, crowd, turbo, ERS etc etc
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Best race in terms of on track battles for a good few seasons IMO. Hamilton and Rosberg proved why they are in the best team this year as well, not many drivers would be able to pull that out like they did with out crashing. Talking of crashing, Maldonado strikes again!
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Lewis Hamilton is on a roll, hopefully he can keep it going! :driver:
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He was pissed at his engineer at some points today! Hope he keeps it going though!
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Enjoyed that. Nuff said.
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This season gets better every race! And I can't wait as I'm off to Belgium for the next one!!!
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Anyone get the suspicion that as we're approaching the business end of the season Mercedes have started to think that they'd rather have a german driver winning their first ever F1 driver's championship as Mercedes AMG, than a brit? :confused:
Maybe I'm just paranoid. I bet Hamilton is!
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^^^^ Thought that since Australia. Can't blame them though as a German manufacturer, one of their peeps is going to win the championship and you can bet your last Deutschmark they want it to be a German.
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They're paying Hamilton close to 20 million, which is more than Rosberg. If they wanted a number 2 driver I'm pretty sure they wouldn't have hired him that's for sure. That's Massa's job
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Well.......A HUGE congratulations to Lewis Hamilton for winning the 2014 World Drivers Championship!
It's been a fantastic year on track but sadly a shambles off it! Never mind. At 84, Bernie might disappear soon.
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Well.......A HUGE congratulations to Lewis Hamilton for winning the 2014 World Drivers Championship!
It's been a fantastic year on track but sadly a shambles off it! Never mind. At 84, Bernie might disappear soon.
Only by severe ill health or death...
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Shame he's not getting locked away any time soon. :laugh:
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Am I alone in thinking that even the drivers have no idea what's going on with F1 as a whole? Rumours of 3 car teams next year but seems loads of drivers have no idea where they're going, or even staying. Thinking the super money days of F1 are over and the sport is going down.
Look at the BTCC this year, 31 cars on the grid but only a few factory teams with almost 2/3 of the grid being independent low-budget teams. Think F1 needs to go that sort of way and seriously lower manufacturing costs.
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Am I alone in thinking that even the drivers have no idea what's going on with F1 as a whole? Rumours of 3 car teams next year but seems loads of drivers have no idea where they're going, or even staying. Thinking the super money days of F1 are over and the sport is going down.
Look at the BTCC this year, 31 cars on the grid but only a few factory teams with almost 2/3 of the grid being independent low-budget teams. Think F1 needs to go that sort of way and seriously lower manufacturing costs.
Never gonna happen... You cant make a 800bhp car that does 200mph on a shoe string.
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Bet Hurdy could... :signLOL:
Probably not an ideal comparison, but listening to the interview with Christian Horner on the BBC coverage, it's clear that even the big teams are starting to struggle to justify the cost of engines and parts. Interesting that only Mercedes don't seem to complain about engine costs... Who won the manufacturer's championship again? :P
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Its almost like F1 has had super inflation, engines were supposed to cost £5million and ended up costing £15million, front wings cost £150,000+ its mental. Running a team costs from 100million up to 200million that's insane I'm guessing a whole year of WRC costs 10million tops.
Its turned an expensive but popular sport into Bernie's personal cash cow and he's going to milk it dry before he's dead. Tickets cost silly money too.
The pinnacle of motor racing is always going to be expensive but Bernie sits on his throne of money while the lower teams bleed money and wither away.
As someone said earlier, on the track its fantastic to watch but all the BS deals that go on are appauling.
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Well done Lewis, great season which shows he's put the at times frustrating and silly behaviour behind him and shown that he now has a true racer's brain both on (never in doubt) and off the track :congrats:
Turns out i was wrong for even thinking about a hint of conspiracy at the mid point of the season. :grin: I think Mercedes conducted themselves superbly and gave great support to both drivers in one of the most trying situations any team has gone through for many a season - Red Bull always clearly favoured Vettel and never gave Webber the chance of a fair battle.
Mercedes' philosophy from start to end of the season has been that their drivers go out there and battle one another and the best driver wins, no-one other than Lewis or Nico has had an influence or determined who has won any given race this season - hats off to Mercedes i say :happy2:
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chuffed to hear jenson button got his drive for next year, lets hope mclaren can build a decent competative car.
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Reviving this thread.
A great race today, really enjoyed that and had just about everything. Hamilton some how finished ahead of Rosberg after contriving 2, 3 or was it 4 times not to.
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Reviving this thread.
A great race today, really enjoyed that and had just about everything. Hamilton some how finished ahead of Rosberg after contriving 2, 3 or was it 4 times not to.
Agreed best race of the calendar so far. Got to feel for Raikkonen :driver:
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Watching Maldonado is always pure theatre. It's like he's in a BTCC race amongst a pack of Formula one drivers.
Another 'bash and stash' effort from him today :signLOL:
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So annoyed I've missed the last two races! Been the best ones from the highlights I've seen.
Missed Silverstone because I was at GTi International
Missed Hungary because I was on holiday
Hoping next race is going to be just as eventful!
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Well, so far, this season's F1 is being dominated by the Mercedes boys until the recently concluded Hungarian Grand Prix. It has ben a kick start win for Sebastian Vettel who surpassed Hamilton and Rosberg who didn't even make it to the top 3 spots. Let's see how this season will progress.
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Thread revival....
Great result for Hamilton at the Monaco GP. Tough luck for Ricciardo and glad the ze German Rosberg came down the field. All adds up to a great start to the season and hopefully some good battles ahead between Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull.
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Yeah cracking race, I thought it would be a close one with the Mercs not being able to utilise their superior pace round the track.
Hamilton drove brilliantly, looked after the tyres well and picked up the pace when Ricciardo was getting too close.
Sucks for Ricciardo though, no wonders he didn't want to talk much in the interview. I'd be seething with the team over that failed pit stop.
Really happy that Alonso finished P5 though! I'm a big fan of Alonso, think he is one of the best F1 drivers to grace the scene and is a great sportsman. Hoping the Mercs can find themselves in similar positions this season with a few more upgrades still to come.