Formula1 talk

astroron (Ron) · #1 22-01-2014, 08:40 PM

This owner talks good sense.
I agree with what he says in the sentence.

(Quote)
"The racing stays the same, with the same three or four teams there winning. There is no underdog who comes in.

I hope F1 will be more competitive this year.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/formula1/25833881
Cheers

Andy01 (Andy) · #2 22-01-2014, 11:02 PM

Yeah, ontresting point but barring a Bradbury like shunt where half the field is taken out (a la Melbourne 2002 where Webbo's Minardi came in 5th) that's not going to change.

What was Max Mosley thinking?

Driving out Toyota, BMW & Honda and bringing in underfunded, underdeveloped, unrarksble back marker teams with pay drivers like Caterham, Marussia, USGP & HRT?

F1 has always been a development formula. Best smartest, most funded team wins. Want parity? Watch Indycar. (Arguably better racing) won't stop me watching, but any billionaire like Tony Fernandes can buy an F1 team. But without perseverance, mega bucks and decent drivers no one will replicate Deitrich Matechitz success in a hurry.

JB80 (Jarrod) · #3 22-01-2014, 11:16 PM

When Button and Brawn came through and took the championship somewhat by surprise I was hoping it would be a sign of things to come but of course F1 was back to business as usual soon after.

Still, I love it and prefer it to any other racing format.

viperau · #4 23-01-2014, 05:05 PM

Should be more competitive with everyone having new chassis and engines. Well hoping so anyway. I was kinda hoping it would be like the 80's with cars on fire all over the place, but i fear things will be too reliable with modern engineering.

gary · #5 23-01-2014, 08:57 PM

Hi Ron,

The McLaren 2014 MP4-29 F1 car gets revealed online at 12pm UK time on Friday
24th which is 22:00 on Friday night in Qld and 23:00 in Sydney -
http://www.mclaren.com/formula1/car/

They are looking for a sponsor to replace the missing Vodaphone livery.
If everyone on IceInspace chips in $1000 and Mike comes up with
a big IceInspace decal for the rear wing, unfortunately I figure we would still
be about $73 million short.

Ferrari present their car online on the 25th at 23:30 Qld time which is the 26th at
00:30 in Syd -
http://2014f1car.ferrari.com/en/

How would it feel to be a 24 year old Daniel Ricciardo at the moment about to be
presented with an Adrian Newey designed car for the forthcoming season.
Not a bad place to be and there will be many other drivers on the grid wishing it
was them.

The Red Bull RB10 will be revealed at Jerez in Spain on the 28th where the teams
go for the limited pre-season testing and we will also get to see what Mercedes
have to offer and a few other teams as well.

Astro_Bot · #6 24-01-2014, 12:29 AM

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Originally Posted by gary

... I figure we would still be about $73 million short.

Only $73 million? Chicken feed.

Thanks for posting the links - I'll be sure to checkout the cars.

astroron (Ron) · #7 24-01-2014, 01:09 AM

Thanks Gary, great links.
Cheers

gary · #8 24-01-2014, 01:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by astroron

Thanks Gary, great links.
Cheers

Hi Ron,

Did you see on the Ferrari web site you can vote on choosing the name of the car?

http://2014f1car.ferrari.com/en/#choose

Unfortunately the "Knight Rider" does not appear as an option.
The next time the cameras go on Hasselhof, I am sure his face will be disappointed too.

goober (Doug) · #9 24-01-2014, 11:30 AM

I saw some images of the new Williams FW36 last night. Interesting nose that will attract a lot of ... comments. I'll start. What a cock-up

The_bluester (Paul) · #10 24-01-2014, 01:06 PM

Actually the nose pretty much mirrors the predictions made last year about what they expected rule changes to result in. Expect to see a lot more of them.

This is from back on November last year

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/111262

And this is this week.

http://scarbsf1.com/blog1/2014/01/23...ses/#more-4033

gary · #11 24-01-2014, 02:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The_bluester

And this is this week.

http://scarbsf1.com/blog1/2014/01/23...ses/#more-4033

Thanks Paul!

Great link.

Astro_Bot · #12 24-01-2014, 11:29 PM

Cool. The McLaren MP4-29 looks great! Better than the 2013 car. Now, lets hope it performs better as well.

gary · #13 24-01-2014, 11:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Astro_Bot

Cool. The McLaren MP4-29 looks great! Better than the 2013 car. Now, lets hope it performs better as well.

Looks impressive!

Kevin Magnussen says we'll see some more sideways driving.

astroron (Ron) · #14 25-01-2014, 12:12 AM

Thanks Gary and Astrobot and Paul for all the info.

Now the nonsense continues.

Double points to stay

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/formula1/25859321
Cheers

astroron (Ron) · #15 25-01-2014, 09:37 AM

Just had a look at the at the new McLaren MP4-29
Wow such a lot of nose in front of the front wheels.
I think there will be a lot of front end damage as the driver will have such a great difficulty because he will have no idea where the nose is.
I really don't like the nose assembly at the moment.
Also Eric Boullier from Lotus, has taken up the position of team principal, replacing Martin Whitmarsh in that role.
http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/formula1/25858643
Lots of things going on in F1 at the moment.
Cheers

The_bluester (Paul) · #16 25-01-2014, 09:52 AM

That is quite a different approach to the nose than most were predicting, looks pretty good from most angles.

I am not so sure about that Ron, I made confident predictions of much the same thing including race outcomes being set by ripping off somethign that the drivers could not even see when going into the first corner when the previous aero changes produced the ironing board front wings hanging out to the outer sidewalls (Which I have always thought that combined with the skinny rear wings that look like they belong on an F2 car made the cars look ugly and unbalanced) But it did not happen much.

astroron (Ron) · #17 25-01-2014, 10:15 AM

News from Lotus.
New Car picture,plus Eric Boullier departs,and is replaced by Gerard Lopez
It looks like the Lotus nose is more intergrated into the front wing,not like the McLaran, which is like Snoopy.
http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/formula1/25877832.
Cheers

04Stefan07 (Stefan) · #18 25-01-2014, 10:15 AM

Sound revealed.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/112270

astroron (Ron) · #19 25-01-2014, 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by 04Stefan07

Sound revealed.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/112270

Cool sound

Cheers

gary · #20 25-01-2014, 11:26 AM

Did you also see this Jan 24th link -
http://en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/story/142581.html

Come 2015, tyre warmers will be banned.

Whoa!

Amid safety concerns about coming out on cold tyres, Pirelli have to
come out with a new compound.

Given the change of compounds in recent years have made huge differences
with regards how drivers trade-off speed versus tyre management, this might put
another cat amongst the pigeons.

For example, it is often cited that Vettel coped with the faster wearing tyres
whilst drivers like Hamilton did not.

So what changes might this make? Will the 2015 compound wear faster or slower?
Will tracks still "rubber-in"? What levels of grip will these new tyres provide when cold?
Can you come out of the pits, hit Eau Rouge at 300km/h and not come skating off?

Speaking of Eau Rouge, turn up the sound, go full screen, up the quality setting
and check out this onboard start by Fernando Alonso at Spa last year as he goes
wheel to wheel with the Red Bull.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu34Kw490Ws