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2015 British GP Thread Backmarker 07/04/15 (Sat) 12:50:00 e344e3 No.15861 [Open thread][Last50 Posts]

Qualy is now!

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Backmarker 07/13/15 (Mon) 01:31:57 e344e3 No.16745

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Day 7: Went to a shitty family reunion with no alcohol in there at all, was boring as shit and because of it i missed like 230 laps of the Indycar race.

RIP Satoru Iwata, i don't play Nintendo games but rip.

Also i fucking miss F1, i cannot wait the next 2 weeks to then wait 4 more weeks.

fucking bernie i swear stop doing this shitty calendar.

>inb2017 has 3 races with 3 weekend gaps for some reason.

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Backmarker 07/13/15 (Mon) 01:44:43 e344e3 No.16746

>>16745

I'm downloading JAV porn to get me through the week. Not going to be much news or WAGposting so may as well have that instead.

The winter break is going to be so difficult for next year.

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Backmarker 07/13/15 (Mon) 04:09:25 e344e3 No.16747

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>>16746

>>16745

you could always try playing Jee Chee Racing Dvah

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Backmarker 07/13/15 (Mon) 06:45:51 e344e3 No.16749

>>16739

The way he dresses makes me think that he is so far left it's ridiculous. Does anyone have any recent links that pertain to his political views?

I would bet 50 bucks that this guy is full on SJW/liberal.

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Backmarker 07/13/15 (Mon) 07:29:51 e344e3 No.16751

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>>16749

>hurr hurr he dresses like a liberal

When you dribble shit like that, you sound as retarded as SJW's do to sane people.

Also, for the benefit for Mexibro:

NEW THREAD

>>16750

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Red Bull Aston Martin Backmarker 07/05/15 (Sun) 05:09:14 c45e67 No.15936 [Open thread]

http://en.f1i.com/news/17865-aston-martin-linked-with-f1-return-with-red-bull.html

>Aston Martin has been linked with a return to F1 via a partnership with Red Bull which could facilitate a deal to use Mercedes power units.

>According to a report by Autocar, Aston Martin bosses are in talks with Red Bull about a possible deal as the four-time constructors' champion considers its future with current power unit supplier Renault. Relations between Red Bull and Renault have been strained on numerous occasions this year due to a lack of competitiveness from the power unit compared to Mercedes and Ferrari.

>With Renault considering its options, the report suggests Aston Martin branding would appear on the Red Bull in a partnership similar to the one currently in place with Infiniti - the upmarket brand of Renault's sister marque, Nissan.

>Mercedes currently holds a 5% stake in Aston Martin and the potential partnership would see Red Bull receiving the Mercedes power unit, an attractive proposition for the team as Renault pushes ahead with plans to take over Lotus.

>Aston Martin previously entered F1 for a handful of races in 1959 and 1960, but after limited success quit to focus on its sportscar projects.

Joe Saward's take is here https://joesaward.wordpress.com/2015/07/04/aston-martins-in-formula-1/

If they do this, Red Bull has to do everything in their power to recruit more people for their technical and design departments to bolster the ranks. They should also convince Newey to back to designing as technical director as well.

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Backmarker 07/05/15 (Sun) 05:15:58 c45e67 No.15942

Aston butterworth was such a shitty team back in the day. The current leadership of Aston Martin has lost the plot. It's another UK based automaker that may as well be German.

This could be good for Red Bull though.

Also fuck Joe Saward.

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Backmarker 07/05/15 (Sun) 05:39:48 c45e67 No.15955

>>15942

fuck im retarded, just a similar name, they're not the same thing. The works aston martin project with the DBR4/5 sucked too.

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Backmarker 07/05/15 (Sun) 06:14:03 c45e67 No.15964

Nothing more than a glorified sponsor.

It's literally just replacing Infiniti with Aston.

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Backmarker 07/05/15 (Sun) 18:27:23 c45e67 No.16491

http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/mercedes-rules-out-aston-martin-red-bull-tie-up

That was fast.

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Backmarker 07/07/15 (Tue) 12:44:13 c45e67 No.16589

>>16491

it was never going to happen anyway. Merc would be incredibly stupid to give RedBull any kind of competitive engine. They can easily make up for the non-factory deficit with their chassis.

RB have one more year with Renault and unless Ilmor can fix them by next year, this partnership is dissolving.

They must have some sort of backup plan if Renault does fail. Toyota maybe? They are being very secretive about their new engine they are developing for their LMP1 car. The F1 version can very easily be a derivative of it to help save on costs. Ferrari can also be a short stop gap solution until they can find a factory partner.

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Engines Engineer 10/24/14 (Fri) 01:44:37 88a38e No.10 [Open thread]

What do you think of F1s policy towards the new engines? What are the long term implications, politically and in terms of sportsplay?

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Backmarker 07/05/15 (Sun) 23:42:55 88a38e No.16525

>>16521

And is single seater and has open wheels.

Really those are the first two definitions I would put down as they are the definition of a formula car.

Breaking either makes you a hybrid formula/sportscar.

Breaking both makes you 100% a sports car, no questions asked.

And before you mention the W196. It should never have been allowed and Mercedes should have those victories removed.

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Backmarker 07/06/15 (Mon) 00:01:46 88a38e No.16526

>>16518

>1.5 liter limit is how it has always been

That is a stupid reason to do anything and with that reasoning we should still be using a 1950's formula.

>If we didn't have a minimum weight, this would not be as much of a problem.

>Now, with teams unable to make the car lighter (and in most cases ballasting the car) there is a huge benefit in having a lighter driver as you can choose where you want the weight.

This is a logical error, actually the opposite is true. The more ballast a constructor is already forced to use the less the value of the each additional kilo of ballast becomes.

Let's say they were forced to make the cars weigh a ton, meaning they would be able to use several hundred kilos of ballast. They would then be able to make the cars so perfectly balanced that gaining a few % more ballast by choosing a lighter driver would be of absolutely no consequence. In other words the heavier the cars are forced to use be less reason they will have to sacrifice a skilled driver to gain ballast for balancing.

This is not saying a minimum car weight is good or bad, just that your logic is entirely broken.

>>16519

>A piston on a common crank with another piston is not another engine

But you see, that is entirely arbitrary. If I take two lawnmower engines and connect a chain from each to the rear wheels of my cart do they magically become a single engine? If I connect both chains to a single axle so they run in sync do they now magically become a single engine? If I connect their cranks do each other and run just a single chain do they now magically become a single engine?

>a heat engine that converts heat energy

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Backmarker 07/06/15 (Mon) 17:53:27 88a38e No.16564

>>16526

>That is a stupid reason to do anything and with that reasoning we should still be using a 1950's formula.

Formula 1 is that 3 liter NA/1.5 liter forced induction formula, that is what this formula is. Just as formula 5000 was 5 liter stockblocks. It's in the fucking name.

>In other words the heavier the cars are forced to use be less reason they will have to sacrifice a skilled driver to gain ballast for balancing.

Except the exact opposite is true historically. At the same time Colin Chapman was trying to get the FIA approve doped cardboard as a firewall (as an extreme weight saving measure because there was no minimum weight until 1970), he had Graham hill who by all estimates was in the 6 foot tall range driving for him. Innes Ireland who won lotus' first race was by no means a short, wiry man. Jack Brabham was a big guy.

When there was a minimum weight, most of the time, it was a theoretical safety measure that would prevent shortcuts in construction (this is now irrelevant as crash testing is mandated). The minimum weight for a good amount of F1 history was not reachable by all or most of the teams. Drivers like Alan Jones and Denny Hulme drove in this era. Ronnie Peterson was 5 foot ten inches and lotus engineered his car to accommodate him as Mario Andretti was a good deal shorter. Yet you don't see a consistent qualifying or race pace deficit on from Peterson to Andretti. Jody Scheckter (5 foot 10.5 inches) was substantially taller than Patrick Depailler, yet Jody Scheckter strongly outpaced him.

Moreover if the FIA cared about fuel economy, they would do away with minimum weight.

Champcars (which were made substantially heavier as they had to handle the stresses of driving on ovals and which were often made from aluminum not carbon fiber) weighed 789 kg. F1 cars of today weigh 702 kg, which is enormous for cars that are carbon fiber and ostensibly at the top level of motorsport.

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Backmarker 07/06/15 (Mon) 20:43:52 88a38e No.16570

>>16564

Damn, rekt him sunnn.

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Backmarker 07/06/15 (Mon) 20:47:00 88a38e No.16571

>>16514

>No, this is fucking retarded.

>>16526

>That is a stupid reason to do anything

>just that your logic is entirey broken.

Torfag, y so salty? Sweden started prohibiting immigration or some shit?

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2015 British GP Thread Backmarker 06/28/15 (Sun) 01:58:25 1944e3 No.15069 [Open thread][Last50 Posts]

Return of the best & worst trophy on the calendar.

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Backmarker 07/04/15 (Sat) 12:42:11 1944e3 No.15856

i can see shit F1 pls

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Backmarker 07/04/15 (Sat) 12:42:22 1944e3 No.15857

shit cunt shit…

checo you shit…only 0.013 fuck

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Backmarker 07/04/15 (Sat) 12:42:08 1944e3 No.15858

>>15851

I don't think something like that will happen, it's bad from a safety standpoint.

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Backmarker 07/04/15 (Sat) 12:43:09 1944e3 No.15859

>>15857

>mexicans finally start to realize how shit Perez is

oh today is a glorious day!

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Backmarker 07/04/15 (Sat) 12:45:28 1944e3 No.15860

>>15859

will be funny if he ends up ahead of Le Mans Winner Hulkeburg in the race.

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Fucking Fuck Backmarker 07/02/15 (Thu) 12:20:37 999a37 No.15394 [Open thread]

THIS IS WHY WE CAN'T HAVE NICE THINGS!!!!

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Backmarker 07/02/15 (Thu) 12:21:07 999a37 No.15395

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Backmarker 07/02/15 (Thu) 20:24:29 999a37 No.15416

Aww man this is fucking heart breaking. How the fuck do you crash a group c car at goodwood? I hope they get it fixed.

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Backmarker 07/02/15 (Thu) 20:32:31 999a37 No.15418

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R.I.P. in peace

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Backmarker 07/03/15 (Fri) 07:44:13 999a37 No.15545

Good, rotaries are junk anyways.

:^)

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Backmarker 07/03/15 (Fri) 22:02:09 999a37 No.15729

>>15416

>I hope they get it fixed.

Most things should just pop out. The rest just need a good weld.

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Aussie Grit Backmarker 07/02/15 (Thu) 08:23:13 d0e600 No.15392 [Open thread]

Are you guys planning on reading this? Seems like it could be interesting, especially if it details the inner workings of the teams and the drama at Red Bull with Sebas.

http://www.markwebber.com/news/2015/aussie-grit-by-mark-webber-out-now/

> Global sport

> Only available in Australia for now

Good way to encourage piracy…

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Backmarker 07/02/15 (Thu) 21:24:22 d0e600 No.15435

>>15422

It's his twitter handle

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Backmarker 07/02/15 (Thu) 21:24:51 d0e600 No.15437

>>15435

wow that's worse

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Backmarker 07/03/15 (Fri) 07:54:34 d0e600 No.15550

If any of you faggots DON'T buy this, then stricter regs and more rules will encumber F1.

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Backmarker 07/03/15 (Fri) 19:17:06 d0e600 No.15721

>>15392

>Aussie Grit

>AKA aussie shitposting

>AKA aussies are criminal islanders that hate humanity

>AKA aussies are human scum that make shitposts because it's all they know

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Backmarker 07/03/15 (Fri) 20:03:59 d0e600 No.15722

I'll probably buy it, I'm sure he has a lot of interesting things to say about the sport.

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2015 Austrian GP thread Backmarker 06/20/15 (Sat) 13:26:58 b45f2d No.14245 [Open thread][Last50 Posts]

>The city of Mercedes

 1	HAM	Mercedes	1:08.455
2	ROS	Mercedes	1:08.655
3	VET	Ferrari	    1:08.810
4	MAS	Williams	1:09.192
5	HUL	Force India	1:09.278
6	BOT	Williams	1:09.319
7	VPN	Toro Rosso	1:09.612
8	KVY	Red Bull	1:09.694
9	NAS	Sauber	    1:09.713
10	GRO	Lotus	
11	MAL	Lotus		1:10.374
12	ERI	Sauber		1:10.426
13	SAI	Toro Rosso	1:10.465
14	RIC	Red Bull	1:10.482
15	ALO	McLaren		1:10.736
16	PER	Force India	1:12.522
17	BUT	McLaren		1:12.632
18	RAI	Ferrari		1:12.867
19	MER	Manor		1:14.071
20	STE	Manor		1:15.368

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Backmarker 06/27/15 (Sat) 17:05:11 b45f2d No.15064

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>>15063

at least Rosberg isn't bald

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Backmarker 06/27/15 (Sat) 18:03:46 b45f2d No.15065

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British Top Cucks Championship - Croft - Qualifying Result

1. Sam Tordoff Team JCT600 with GardX BMW 125i M Sport 1 minute 23.886 seconds

2. Andy Priaulx Team IHG Rewards Club BMW 125i M Sport 1 minute 23.956 seconds

3. Gordon Shedden Honda Yuasa Racing Honda Civic Type-R 1 minute 24.464 seconds

…

27. Derek Palmer Support Our Paras Racing Infiniti Q50 1 minute 27.326 seconds

28. Max Coates Support Our Paras Racing Infiniti Q50 1 minute 27.555 seconds

29. Nicolas Hamilton AmD Tuning.com Audi S3 1 minute 28.026 seconds

>there is some ballast joke in there about carrying dead weight

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Backmarker 06/28/15 (Sun) 01:34:26 b45f2d No.15066

>tfw no posting

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Backmarker 06/28/15 (Sun) 01:34:37 b45f2d No.15067

>>15065

If only Nico had a sister

>Hamilton's tard brother enters BTCC

>does poorly

>Troll Nico buys a seat, and convinces his no racing experience sister to enter BTCC

>Nico's sister beats Hamilton's brother

>Hamilton brother embarrassed

>Hamilton rages

>SkyF1 declares Hamilton "mentally destroyed"

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Backmarker 06/28/15 (Sun) 01:35:02 b45f2d No.15068

>>15066

It was broken.

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WEC Thread Backmarker 06/14/15 (Sun) 08:56:25 68f59b No.13534 [Open thread][Last50 Posts]

WEC THREAD

4 hours until end of the #LM24

>Will the Porsches catch fire before the end?

>Is the rain going to fuck everything up?

>Can Audi harvest nazi energy to win?

>Will Nissan avoid being dead last?

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Backmarker 06/15/15 (Mon) 17:51:54 68f59b No.13723

>>13721

Yeah, it's overclocked duct tape. Awesome duct tape.

That's pretty nice though.

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Backmarker 06/15/15 (Mon) 18:29:23 68f59b No.13724

>The #22 driven by Harry Tincknell, Michael Krumm and Alex Buncombe greeted the chequered flag, but was not scored as a finisher due to being 154 laps down on the winning Porsche 919 Hybrid.

HAHAHAHAHA

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Backmarker 06/15/15 (Mon) 19:13:47 68f59b No.13726

>>13724

A-at least it still worked

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Backmarker 06/15/15 (Mon) 20:13:29 68f59b No.13728

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>>13720

>>13719

m8 it is sorted by most recent down.

The link you want is this:

http://www.motorsport.com/lemans/photos/main-gallery/?t=grid%20girl

The only ones which are 2015 are the third and fourth pic.

The 3rd one is a G-Drive grid girl and the 4th are Strakka racing grid girls.

Both of them will have been employed privately by the team and neither the FIA, ACO or WEC could stop that (or at least it would be hilarious to see them try)

The grid girls (and boys) who did the sign holding and flag waving were paid for by Motul who have been there for quite a while and are the official lubricant partner (I'm not joking) of the ACO and Le Mans. They signed a new partnership with the ACO in April.

https://www.motul.com/gb/en/news/motul-strengthens-its-partnership-with-the-aco-by-becoming-the-official-lubricant-partner-for-the-driving-school-the-fete-de-l-aco-and-the-karting-center

They also do the driver parade through the town and made the decision to have 12 grid boys alongside the 49 grid girls.

This is what happens when a race has actual sponsors & partners. They pay for the grid girls because they want the advertising space.

All the other races have no sponsors or partners so nobody foots the bill for them. The WEC just straight up lied and said it was to do with being progressive.

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Backmarker 06/21/15 (Sun) 20:10:50 68f59b No.14750

one line post for sticky so I don't have to scroll so much

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2015 Austrian GP thread Backmarker 06/12/15 (Fri) 10:29:19 5167c7 No.12788 [Open thread][Last50 Posts]

Best grid girls of the year edition

>Spoilers:

Hamilton wins

Rosberg second

Vettel third

McLaren double mechanical DNF

>inb4 edgy Red Bull haters call it the A1 ring, because "that's the real name", not knowing that A1 was a phone company that paid for redevelopment of the track and slapped their name on it…. just like Red Bull did.

What you're looking for is "Osterreichring"

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Backmarker 06/21/15 (Sun) 03:22:24 5167c7 No.14288

>>14285

I would have had toppings but I'm a tubby piece of shit.

Enjoy it, it looks good.

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Backmarker 06/21/15 (Sun) 03:29:28 5167c7 No.14289

>>14286

i think thats how probably they make it.

>>14287

>>14288

they don't let you add toppings on this 4 cheese pizza, i gotta try a pepperoni pan pizza next.

also thanks.

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Backmarker 06/21/15 (Sun) 04:15:03 5167c7 No.14290

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Ted's Qualy Notebook

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Backmarker 06/21/15 (Sun) 09:08:46 5167c7 No.14291

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Chris Evans is going to be hosting Top Gear now… Ugh…

Here he is interviewing a black British lesbian on TFI.

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Backmarker 06/21/15 (Sun) 09:33:02 5167c7 No.14292

NEW THREAD

>>14245

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Finally people are waking up to the corrupt media in auto and motorsport journalism Backmarker 05/12/15 (Tue) 19:46:38 44f900 No.8496 [Open thread]

>>>/gamergatehq/143348

Autogate crosspost thread.

tl;dr Project cars sucks balls like every other game made by slightly mad studios. People who (much like 10 bux) bought it during development defended it and people who criticize the game are getting banned from backer forums. Jack Baruth of TheTruthAboutCars, who is aware of the media narrative about GG calls them out and points out how this shitty excuse for auto journalism is ruining Auto enthusiasm.

This is completely 100% related to F1, this is why people defend what F1 has become to the death. They are emotionally invested in the disaster that is the current formula. The media is complicit.

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Backmarker 05/27/15 (Wed) 06:06:54 44f900 No.10688

I'd argue that grid girls are a very big part of the pageantry of a grand prix and it would be just as silly to not have a podium ceremony to not have grid girls.

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Backmarker 06/20/15 (Sat) 13:29:43 44f900 No.14247

I've never given a single fuck about grid girls and wouldn't mourn a bit if they were got rid of. If I want to see pretty girls I go to the internet.

I neither think there is anything wrong or degrading about them. If some girls are ready to take such a job they are free to do so. I get the argument about it being patriarchal or whatever, and in essence it is I guess if it truly is that they are there just to be pretty and please some old men, but they are not forced to be there, if a woman chooses to do that what can you do? If it truly was such an issue for women's rights you would expect no self-respecting woman to take a job like that, but obviously there are lots of willing people doing it.

Tbh if I was being paid about just being myself and standing around a Grand Prix I would do it too.

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Backmarker 06/20/15 (Sat) 14:06:00 44f900 No.14252

>>14247

What if they got rid of the champagne, or the wreaths, or the trophies, or the podium itself? It wouldn't be a grand prix. No one of these elements so greatly changes the sport, but they're each big chunks of the experience and glitz.

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Backmarker 06/20/15 (Sat) 14:18:46 44f900 No.14253

>>14252

IMO they are not comparable at all. Podium ceremony is important because you see the drivers celebrating, the drivers pouring champagne etc. The girls are just standing on the background.

Also I guess this is part of the issue, that you are comparing them to inanimate objects, which is pretty much objectifying women.

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Backmarker 06/20/15 (Sat) 14:35:32 44f900 No.14254

>>14252

>or the wreaths

They got rid of wreaths after the 1986 Italian GP.

It was understandable though as it covered up the sponsors who paid for that advertising.

And that is how it is like with all of those things.

Why have they not got rid of champagne? Because Mumm pays a lot of money.

Why have they not got rid of the trophies? Because race sponsors pay a lot of money for those designs..

Why have they not got rid of the podium? Because the sponsors on the podium and the suits pay a lot of money.

Why have they not got rid of grid girls? Because grid girl sponsors pay a lot of money.

There is no idea of trying to keep the "glamour and glitz" of an F1 race. It is down to cold hard fucking cash,

Money makes F1 go round and as long as there are sponsors there will be grid girls.

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Monaco Pitgate™ Backmarker 06/05/15 (Fri) 20:41:16 be5241 No.11623 [Open thread]

SkyF1 doesn't want you to see this

Team radio from Monaco

>Lewis repeatedly questions the teams decision to keep him out

>Lewis spergs out about not being pitted for new tires

>team relents and pits him

>somehow 0% Lewis' fault

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Backmarker 06/06/15 (Sat) 18:07:27 be5241 No.11902

>>>11900

NEW THREAD

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Backmarker 06/06/15 (Sat) 18:07:53 be5241 No.11903

>>11900

DON'T DO THIS TO ME

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Backmarker 06/07/15 (Sun) 00:47:52 be5241 No.11936

>>11623

he a good boy, he dindu nuffin

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Backmarker 06/14/15 (Sun) 22:33:35 be5241 No.13690

Cool video, who put this together?

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Backmarker 06/14/15 (Sun) 22:56:52 be5241 No.13692

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>>13690

FOM

It is from their youtube channel.

There is a longer version on the website.

FOM is actually doing good stuff.

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24 heures du mans or however the fuck you spell it/WEC thread Backmarker 06/14/15 (Sun) 08:56:40 a91f3f No.13535 [Open thread]

Mexico, this is the thread now.

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Backmarker 06/14/15 (Sun) 08:58:43 a91f3f No.13538

jk, apparently there's another that went up first.

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WEC Thread Backmarker 06/02/15 (Tue) 08:14:20 44c452 No.10985 [Open thread][Last50 Posts]

WEC THREAD

Less than two weeks until the Le Mans 24 hour.

>who will win?

>will Nissan be as funny as we hope?

>will Wobbler get airborne yet again?

>will Chilton take out the leading car in the last hour?

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Backmarker 06/14/15 (Sun) 08:44:17 44c452 No.13530

>>13527

>>13528

make sure the last post here tells mexico to move over

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Backmarker 06/14/15 (Sun) 08:46:57 44c452 No.13531

Please make it rain

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Backmarker 06/14/15 (Sun) 08:48:17 44c452 No.13532

>>13531

We all do

also, someone make a new thread, I'm too lazy.

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Backmarker 06/14/15 (Sun) 08:52:25 44c452 No.13533

>>13532

I'm too lazy to come up with something original and funny for the OP

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Backmarker 06/14/15 (Sun) 08:56:46 44c452 No.13536

>>13533

Anyway there we go.

>>13534

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2015 Canada GP thread Backmarker 06/06/15 (Sat) 18:07:14 ad91b4 No.11900 [Open thread][Last50 Posts]

>Hamilton outqualifying Rosberg

>Verstappen a shit

>Honda a shit

>Vettel's motor a shit

Top three quali is as follows

1. HAM

2. ROS

3. RAI

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Backmarker 06/12/15 (Fri) 02:30:51 ad91b4 No.12776

>>12775

We can all taste the sarcasm, it's just that your phrasing almost always makes it sound like you're okay with it. There's such a tone of passivity that it's almost hard to tell where the joke ends (that's not a criticism of your sarcasm ability, actually it's an endorsement). That you explain away all the problems like they don't matter or are features is really redolent of certain people… Plebbit joke aside.

Maybe this is more a commentary on the state of the motorsport "fanbase" (many of these people are bandwagoners who have no actual investment in the sport) than it is on your sardonic wit that it's so hard to tell your flippancy from seriousness.

Tl;dr: if enough people pretend to be retarded, genuine tards will eventually join them and replace them, in the case of F1, there are so many bandwagoners who have supported every wrong turn that it is actually hard to tell sarcasm from retardation.

The tl;dr wasn't very short, sorry.

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Backmarker 06/12/15 (Fri) 02:58:50 ad91b4 No.12777

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>>12774

>Bernie can put as many loop de loops he wants

>not wanting F1 to have loop de loops

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Backmarker 06/12/15 (Fri) 03:12:43 ad91b4 No.12779

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>>12776

Without the voice I think it is much harder to read.

>There's such a tone of passivity

That is probably just the British-'Put the kettle on, get in the queue, and moan about it'-ness coming through.

If you pull it all apart though I do find the drone racing video a bit cool.

I wouldn't watch it as a series/sport or want it to replace motorsport in anyway but a video of them going close to each through a forest from FPV is pretty cool. I have quadcopter chassis sitting around with no guts or engines and now that I have job I can finish it.

RC stuff has always been an interesting hobby

And I do find on some level the electric bike class quite interesting in it's own little world

It's new, it's developing quickly and John McGuinness races in it & he lives down the road from me.

So I guess if you do have a small interest in it then it's much easier to pull off being over the top or passively flippant.

It's 4am. I'm not fully conscious anymore and Le Mans is soon. I'm going to bed.

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Backmarker 06/12/15 (Fri) 04:53:53 ad91b4 No.12782

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>all this talk of TT

>browsed YT

>found this (YT vid related)

>am now hooked

Been a motoGP fan for a while, I never really took interest in TT, I even watched a doc on it.

What is the live coverage like?

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Backmarker 06/12/15 (Fri) 10:23:21 ad91b4 No.12787

Sky F1 Midweek Report:

https://vid.me/Gi2T

Pinkham, 16:30

>McLaren have… "the most loyal set of fans in F1"

My sides

>dat Brit team circlejerk

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Documentaries about F1 and other motorsports Backmarker 02/03/15 (Tue) 23:49:28 13f01a No.1216 [Open thread]

To get all the new people up to speed what Motorsports are all about, it's important for people to understand what's really happening on the track and paddock. So, post some cool documentaries about motorsports here.

My example is a fairly dry but detailed documentary about the development of turbocharged F1 engines.

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Backmarker 05/15/15 (Fri) 19:43:08 13f01a No.8619

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>>8612

I love these videos

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Backmarker 05/25/15 (Mon) 07:11:32 13f01a No.10583

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Pole position: The Warriors of Formula 1 is a good one.

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Backmarker 06/08/15 (Mon) 08:16:26 13f01a No.12555

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this is a short television snippet on the beginnings of the jordan team's foray into f1

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Backmarker 06/08/15 (Mon) 08:17:09 13f01a No.12556

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this is the topical video on the f1 youtube account

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Backmarker 06/11/15 (Thu) 19:46:47 13f01a No.12660

>>10583

Watched it again. Kind of a shitty movie for movie reasons, but the footage and interviews (some of which are dubbed) are great.

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