The F1 Thread

[Nando]

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So much for the gorgeous Force India.

 

[Jolemai]

Also, wtf at these designs!

 

[Kenny]

Double Points for the Final Race is not enough it seems, now Bernie wants it for the Final 3 races

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

They are beginning the process of bringing Michael Schumacher out of his coma. Fingers crossed.

 

[Kenny]

Red Bull having a mare in the testing so far. The 3 days have not been good to them at all

 

[Carrotdude]

Good.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Good for the competition this season anyway. I'm expecting it to be quite open as the new regs kick in.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Might be my memory playing up but didn't last season start with a few unpredictable results and then once everyone had got their heads around the tyres/technology Red Bull cruised it?

They have the best man in the business on the books so the same will happen again, surely.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

I think we might find this being a little bit more like the year Button won it, in that Brawn found a solution that put them miles ahead in the early races and were trying to defend that lead as the other teams cottoned on later in the season. Last year Red Bull cruised once the reversion to 2012 spec tyres was made, as they knew they had the best package for that tyre.

 

[Nando]

Renault seem to be the biggest issue here. They're having a shocker.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

The Renault engine is fucking with the rest of the Renault-powered car packages? Seems a pattern.

 

[Kenny]

Action man Eddie - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-25969372

 

[broughtonwolf]

Action man Eddie - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-25969372

which makes the recent Sniff Petrol skit rather prescient.

http://sniffpetrol.com/2014/01/10/eddie-irvine-sentenced-again/

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

I'll be rooting for Williams this year if this turns out to be their real livery. Sex.

 

[MARKakaJIM]

Wasn't that an old rally car livery in years gone by? Thinking possibly a Lancia.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Yep - Lancia definitely had the Martini livery in the 80s

 

[Nando]

Delta Integrale and the Stratos I think. Used with Porsche in Le Mans too.

 

[Law's Bus]

Delta Integrale and the Stratos I think. Used with Porsche too in Le Mans too.

Brabham, Lotus and Tecno in F1 in the 1970s too.

 

[The Bear]

I'm just waiting for the inevitable crash and the team to ask if the driver is ok only to hear back - "shaken but not stirred...."

 

[Wombat del combate]

I'm just waiting for the inevitable crash

Maldonado isn't driving for them any more though?