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The Formula 1 2014 Season |OT| Who Will Win? Nobody Nose
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Wax Free Vanilla
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Honda's engine said to produce 600bhp, what are the others packing?
The same, with an extra 140 for ERS.
Psychotext
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That can't be legit can it?
About the guy pictured;
Sounds a little convenient.
Also, looking through their past news stories on their site, the article about the F1 sale is the only breaking news story about a sale of goods, from what I can see. It looks quite out of place.
It could just be that "The Sheriff's Office" is a shitty company looking for some attention and they're milking the F1 stuff because they can spin it as a big bounty. When they say they have tyres, for example, there's not gonna be very many since Pirelli are the ones that keep and transport them.
I'd wait for more news before wringing your hands.
Psychotext
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Aye, could just be that he's a massive fan and thought he'd crow about being involved though.
That said, I'm still erring on "bullshit" for that.
Ok, Américo Teixeira Junior, a very well known and respected Brazilian journalist says that Alonso will race for McLaren next year. The deal is done.
http://www.diariomotorsport.com.br/2014/10/exclusivo-alonso-sera-piloto-da-mclaren-em-2015/
http://www.diariomotorsport.com.br/2014/10/exclusivo-alonso-sera-piloto-da-mclaren-em-2015/
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PitLaneTalk ‏@pitlanetalk 3m3 minutes ago
Honda's Yasuhisa Arai says they're still undecided on their 2015 line-up. Our sources say they want Vettel to partner Alonso. #F1
Lol, they must've read that Eddie Jordan piece.
Alonso will stay at Ferrari.
Honda's Yasuhisa Arai says they're still undecided on their 2015 line-up. Our sources say they want Vettel to partner Alonso. #F1
Lol, they must've read that Eddie Jordan piece.
Alonso will stay at Ferrari.
He didn't said.
Plausible theory from a friend on another forum: The supplier in question is part of the Caterham Group (namely Caterham Composites). Caterham F1 is no longer part of the group, but if true they're still being fucked by Fernandes.
Dropping Kmag a year after Checo's cameo would make the RBR young driver program look like a retirement village. I'll lose a lot of respect for McLaren if that happens (which I'm sure will hurt their feelings). But I also want to see Button doing at least the first year of the Honda partnership. So I'm torn.
A straight Alonso/Vettel seat swap would be much more interesting, and in a way, healthier for the sport.
A straight Alonso/Vettel seat swap would be much more interesting, and in a way, healthier for the sport.
massivekettle
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Magnussen hasn't lit the world on fire. Ultimately, I think it's McLaren's fault. Kid got promoted way too quickly. Keeping Perez for another year and having Magnussen at Force India would have been a better plan,
Maybe McLaren was caught in the hype at the Young Driver test in Abu Dhabi last year, but it was always going to be risky to promote him directly to the main team. And then the comparisons with Hamilton after the first race...
Lastly, Alonso and Vettel in the same team is actually much, much healthier for the sport. People want to be able to benchmark Vettel and Alonso. It would be the ultimate showdown and would either legitimise (i) Vettel's 4 WDCs or (ii) Alonso's mind games about Vettel not being the best and flattered by his machinery. Pitting them against each other would be HUGE for the sport. We are still talking about 2007...
Even Danny Ricky spent a good few years simmering before bringing him up to the big leagues. That half season in HRT and however many seasons in STR did him a world of good, IMO. Didn't help Checo much, but that wasn't so much a young driver thing as a rash decision thing.
But bringing someone like K-Mag in that quickly to a top-tier (kinda) team was almost always going to be trouble. Ideally, if Alonso rumours are true, they should go an Alonso/Hulk combo. Give the other Nico the chance he deserves, plus give McLaren a bit more of a future beyond Alonso's limited years.
I just want Hulk to have a decent shot :/
Don't we know about (ii) with how Vettel has gone this year?
Wax Free Vanilla
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So Ron Dennis could be on his way out of McLaren and Honda want Berger as TP according to autobild.
Psychotext
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You could bet on him upping his game to fight that particular battle.
I still say people are reading too much into Vettel this year. I think he accepted early on that he didn't have a chance at the title (especially with all the car failures) and just wrote the season off.
Definitely. But McLaren took the punt, and I think it would be really shitty not to give him a second season. I want a sport where drivers have a little time to develop, not one where drivers are disposable because they're not the second coming of Lewis.
Good point. And TBH I wouldn't really want to see Ricciardo up against Alonso next year.
massivekettle
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Vettel wouldn't jeopardize his legacy on purpose.
Issue with Magnussen is that, above the lack of consistency and poor racecraft, he has not shown flashes of "exceptional" raw pace.
Not sure with team principals are not sold on Hulk. Do they know something we don't?
I think Hulk has a high ceiling, but does not achieve that ceiling on a consistent enough basis. For instance, on one hand, he impresses everyone with races like Korea 2013, and on the other, he allows Perez to destroy him.
Psychotext
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I don't think he's even seeing it that way. People have disagreed with me on it, but his whole demeanour tells me that's he's checked out. He doesn't even get that pissed off about car failures any more.
Mastah
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Well, it was quoted by The Telegraph, Reuters or James Allen, so... who knows.
And it's only Thursday. As usual, crazy, crazy fans.
marvelharvey
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I love F1. I really do. But you won't find me sitting in a grandstand on Thursday, watching the teams unpack.
Edit: the weather looks to be dry for qualifying and wet for race.
Big Takeover
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Are you going this weekend?
Wet race? Yay! Love the tyre strategy of a wet race. Seems like the rains been threatening some of the past few races, but has never hit. Hopefully we get one this time around. They're a fun change.
The Caterham news has been pretty nuts. Will be fascinating to see if they show up on the grid this weekend. Would be really sad to see KK miss his home race over some silly business going on with his team.
marvelharvey
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Sadly not.
Looking at the typhoon tracker, it seems as though the centre of the storm will be around 500km away on Sunday, so they'll certainly be a few showers around. Fingers crossed for rain.
Business
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I disagree too. Nobody will waste their reputation on purpose, their status, their profesionalism and their future contracts inside and outside F1 because "I can't be bothered anymore since I can't win this year". Vettel is doing as good as he can, like everybody else.
oh yeah, even earlier wake up on Sunday
Why does the commercial rights holder get a say? It should be up to the race officials and the FIA.
I guess they would run into problems with the tv stations. Though running earlier would not be as big of a problem than postponing. They could just air it in the reserved slot, but obviously couldn't call it "live".
It is.
But you still need to talk to the guy in charge of handing out licenses to TV broadcasters.
Bah, he should be notified after the discussion. Hell, he shouldn't be notified at all, all he is is a reseller of somebody elses product to companies that can't buy direct from the FIA/Teams because of the way he set up the sport.
/angry futile rant.
Well, we don't know that isn't what happened. It could be that they're fairly certain they want to change the time of the race and so they brought Mr. E in to say "hey, we're gonna need to tell the broadcasters to change their slots", and then FOM will have to do their thing to make sure everyone is prepared for any possible change in the race time.
Anyway - I think it's good they're considering changing the time of the race before it's too late. In the past F1 has been guilty of letting the weather ruin races when it was completely avoidable.
Anyway - I think it's good they're considering changing the time of the race before it's too late. In the past F1 has been guilty of letting the weather ruin races when it was completely avoidable.
Yeah, quite possible. Any mention of that evil little fucker just sets me off, apologies.
I'd bleed out.
Mastah
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Also, on Ferrari's Twitter there's not a single tweet about Alonso since Singapore. Preview quotes, video preview - only with Kimi. The same on Ferrari website - http://formula1.ferrari.com/news.
Something is indeed happening.
Wax Free Vanilla
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Maybe Alonso signing depends on this Ron Dennis story? Eddie Jordan mentioned a possible management change and the rumours say Dennis will be out if he doesn't come up with the new investment he promised when he forced Whitmarsh out, he has until the end of October to show them the money.
It seems his Chinese mates have failed to cough up the £100m plus that was mentioned during the reports of him regaining control of the team last year.
James Allen
RIP Ron.
Ron out, Alonso in.
It seems his Chinese mates have failed to cough up the £100m plus that was mentioned during the reports of him regaining control of the team last year.
James Allen
RIP Ron.
Ron out, Alonso in.
Talk to inform him that it has to change. Not to ask his permission.
Psychotext
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Looking more and more likely.
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