EPTOn November 25 2013 03:02 Release wrote:
Button too good yo. Gratz to Webber.
Button too good yo. Gratz to Webber.
Too good?
He finished just ahead of his teammate... nothing particularly good about that. They started together and finished together.
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Lonyo
United Kingdom3884 Posts
Too good? He finished just ahead of his teammate... nothing particularly good about that. They started together and finished together. | ||
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Firestorm
Canada341 Posts
On November 26 2013 11:45 Release wrote: Introduce sprinklers and emergency helicopter water dumps. Mr E was proposing it 10 years ago. | ||
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Lonyo
United Kingdom3884 Posts
Mandatory TWO pitstops. Now you can no longer do a different strategy, everyone will just two or three stop, no longer would lower teams have any chance to get good finishes by trying an audacious one stop strategy, and everyone will just follow each other into the pits every race. Hopefully enough of the lower teams will point out how absurd it is and vote the stupid proposal down as making no sense and doing nothing to help anything, except make everything way more predictable. | ||
zere
Germany1287 Posts
http://www.f1technical.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=14366&p=465866#p465815 | ||
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ViperPL
Poland1775 Posts
On November 30 2013 00:46 Lonyo wrote: Oh good, they are proposing the most absurd rule in history. Mandatory TWO pitstops. Now you can no longer do a different strategy, everyone will just two or three stop, no longer would lower teams have any chance to get good finishes by trying an audacious one stop strategy, and everyone will just follow each other into the pits every race. Hopefully enough of the lower teams will point out how absurd it is and vote the stupid proposal down as making no sense and doing nothing to help anything, except make everything way more predictable. Wow, that sounds really retarded. If they force it it's gonna be the end of F1 for me. They should also roll the dice to determine the the order at the finish line before the race. | ||
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Vagabond
Scotland149 Posts
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baldgye
United Kingdom1103 Posts
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Zaros
United Kingdom3692 Posts
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FractalsOnFire
Australia1756 Posts
On December 01 2013 01:40 Zaros wrote: The strategy for winning races next season will now be how to come out on track as far away from the two lotus drivers as possible to avoid contact. LOL SO TRUE maybe i'll actually get back into watching F1 to see that clusterfuck | ||
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Firestorm
Canada341 Posts
On November 30 2013 23:20 baldgye wrote: Maldanado having a drive pretty much sums up everything that is wrong with F1 atm To be fair, Maldonado is no slouch. He does have one win to his credit which he earned and he was very competitive, particularly at the end of the 2012 season (when he kept it on the road). And this year, the car has been shit (even 'star-in-waiting' Bottas has struggled). We are not talking of Alex Yoong or Taki Inoue levels of pay driver here. | ||
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baldgye
United Kingdom1103 Posts
On December 01 2013 07:06 Firestorm wrote: To be fair, Maldonado is no slouch. He does have one win to his credit which he earned and he was very competitive, particularly at the end of the 2012 season (when he kept it on the road). And this year, the car has been shit (even 'star-in-waiting' Bottas has struggled). We are not talking of Alex Yoong or Taki Inoue levels of pay driver here. No, but we are talking about someone who deliberately drove into other drivers, intentionally put himself and his car in a position to crash into others putting all involved out of the race, someone who blamed his team for tampering with his car when his performance is laughable compared to that of his team mate... and lets not forget someone that came very close to being totally banned from racing in Monaco becasue in a junior formula he ignored doubled waved yellows and almost killed a marshal... The man is a dangerous idiot, at least with Roman you can see him growing and progressing as a racing driver, yes he made idiotic mistakes but there was never any intent to harm like Pastor has... further more his performance has grown at his career and this year has gone on... Pastor has had a race or two... | ||
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Aristodemus
England2010 Posts
As for talent, Maldonado was Hulk's team-mate in 2009, Nico scored three times the points Pastor did and won the title. He was in his debut season while Maldonado was in his third. They do not compare. I feel bad for Boullier as well as Nico, he has clearly stated that Hulkenberg is the guy he wants but yet has had to give in on Quantum (who are seemingly full of shit) because people's jobs are at stake. I would say only McLaren, Ferrari and Mercedes are a meritocracy now, with RB only interesting in promotion from within and that is a very sad thing for F1. | ||
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kierpanda
United States757 Posts
Nerf Newey please. | ||
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Release
United States4397 Posts
--1 year later-- Marussia is your 2015 WCC!!!+ Show Spoiler + Vettel still wins the WDC though  | ||
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Firestorm
Canada341 Posts
On December 01 2013 08:10 baldgye wrote: No, but we are talking about someone who deliberately drove into other drivers, intentionally put himself and his car in a position to crash into others putting all involved out of the race, someone who blamed his team for tampering with his car when his performance is laughable compared to that of his team mate... and lets not forget someone that came very close to being totally banned from racing in Monaco becasue in a junior formula he ignored doubled waved yellows and almost killed a marshal... The man is a dangerous idiot, at least with Roman you can see him growing and progressing as a racing driver, yes he made idiotic mistakes but there was never any intent to harm like Pastor has... further more his performance has grown at his career and this year has gone on... Pastor has had a race or two... I didn't forget those incidents. Whilst I agree they were stupid incidents and not punished harshly enough, I think we can move past it now. Schumacher isn't defined for some of the more questionable moves he made in his career, people gave him another chance, I think Maldonado deserves the same. | ||
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zere
Germany1287 Posts
We are delighted to confirm that @NicoHulkenberg will return to Sahara Force India for the 2014 season! | ||
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zere
Germany1287 Posts
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Vagabond
Scotland149 Posts
On December 04 2013 00:26 zere wrote: @clubforce 1m We are delighted to confirm that @NicoHulkenberg will return to Sahara Force India for the 2014 season! EJ spoiled that 2 months ago xD But i think Perrez is going to be in the other seat. I just hope the 2014 season has alot of retirements for RBR, But i wonder if how many issues the number 2 car will suffer next season, Bad starts and "ERS" failures. | ||
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FiWiFaKi
Canada9859 Posts
So the 1.6L V6 is already a huge cut, but they are also limiting RPM to 15000, raising the minimum weight of the the cars by 50 or so kg... Not to mention they are adding a maximum to the rate of fuel consumption? Lowering the aerodynamic capabilities of too? Really? Have there really been this many accidents in the last couple years to slow the cars down that much. I feel like the cars are as safe as they have ever been. Next year we will have slower cars, less retirements, more stress on efficiency and maximizing fuel consumption... Bleh, gross. Only cool thing is the ERS-K system, which is sort of like KERS, but uses a different technology and adds 120hp for 7 seconds a lap instead the previous 80hp for 3 seconds. Could make passing a more now resting dynamic. I still believe the reasons why Formula 1 had lost a lot of charm is because I feel as the actual driving aspect doesn't contribute as much as it used to. I think it's more car than ever, because of all the aides that have been getting added in the last 5-10 years. And so it becomes a battle of engineering, which sure, I guess is cool too - for the first race. I know this argument has been brought up many times before, but I just wish they would go more barebone. | ||
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Zaros
United Kingdom3692 Posts
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